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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">all the remnant of the people of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">you whom I have upheld since your birth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">and have carried since you were born.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.46.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even to your old age and gray hairs</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I am he, I am he who will sustain you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I have made you and I will carry you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">I will sustain you and I will rescue you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.46.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;With whom will you compare me or count me equal?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.46.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Some pour out gold from their bags</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and weigh out silver on the scales;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">and they bow down and worship it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.46.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They lift it to their shoulders and carry it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">they set it up in its place, and there it stands.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">From that spot it cannot move.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">it cannot save them from their troubles.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.46.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Remember this, keep it in mind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">take it to heart, you rebels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.46.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Remember the former things, those of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is no other;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">I am God, and there is none like me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.46.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I make known the end from the beginning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">from ancient times, what is still to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">I say, &#8216;My purpose will stand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">and I will do all that I please.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.46.10"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">See, I have refined you, though not as silver;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="content">I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.48.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">How can I let myself be defamed?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">I will not yield my glory to another.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Freed</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.48.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to me, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">Israel, whom I have called:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">I am he;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">I am the first and I am the last.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.48.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">and my right hand spread out the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">when I summon them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.48.13"><span class="content">they all stand up together.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">who teaches you what is best for you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">who directs you in the way you should go.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.48.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If only you had paid attention to my commands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">your peace would have been like a river,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">your well-being like the waves of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.48.18"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="content">he who formed me in the womb to be his servant</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="content">to bring Jacob back to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="content">and gather Israel to himself,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="content">for I am</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">49:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be</span></span></span><span class="content"> honored in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="content">and my God has been my strength&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.49.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">he says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.49.6"><span class="content">&#8220;It is too small a thing for you to be my servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.49.6"><span class="content">to restore the tribes of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.49.6"><span class="content">and bring back those of Israel I have kept.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.49.6"><span class="content">I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.49.6"><span class="content">that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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