1Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

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Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 41:8, Jeremiah 30:10, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:6

2This is what the Lord who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: "Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

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Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:5, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 46:3

3For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

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Joel 2:28, Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17, Acts 2:17, Isaiah 59:21

4and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

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Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 58:11, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 1:3, Psalms 92:13

5One will say, 'I am the Lord's;' and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand 'to the Lord,' and honor the name of Israel."

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Galatians 6:16, 2 Corinthians 8:5, Deuteronomy 26:17, Deuteronomy 26:19, 1 Peter 2:9

6This is what the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts, says: "I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

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Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:11, Isaiah 43:10

7Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.

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Isaiah 41:26, Isaiah 41:26, Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 46:9

8Do not fear, neither be afraid. Haven't I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I do not know any other Rock."

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Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:10, 1 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 2:2, Deuteronomy 4:35

9Everyone who makes an engraved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses do not see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.

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Isaiah 41:24, Jeremiah 10:14, Jeremiah 10:15, Isaiah 41:24, Jeremiah 10:14

10Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

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Jeremiah 10:5, Jeremiah 10:5, Habakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:18, Acts 19:26

11Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.

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Isaiah 42:17, Isaiah 42:17, Isaiah 45:16, Isaiah 45:16, Isaiah 1:29

12The blacksmith takes an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

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Isaiah 41:6, Isaiah 41:7, Isaiah 40:19, Isaiah 41:6, Isaiah 41:7

13The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.

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Judges 17:4, Judges 17:5, Judges 17:4, Judges 17:5, Acts 17:29

14He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

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Isaiah 40:20, Isaiah 40:20, Hosea 4:12, Jeremiah 10:3, Jeremiah 10:8

15Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

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2 Chronicles 25:14, 2 Chronicles 25:14, Isaiah 45:20, Judges 2:19, Isaiah 44:10

16He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire."

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17The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, "Deliver me; for you are my god!"

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Isaiah 45:20, Isaiah 45:20, Daniel 3:17, 1 Kings 18:26, Daniel 6:27

18They do not know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

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2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Isaiah 6:9, Isaiah 6:10, 2 Corinthians 4:3

19No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?"

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Deuteronomy 27:15, Deuteronomy 27:15, 1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 11:7

20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"

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Hosea 12:1, Psalms 102:9, Romans 1:28, Job 15:31, Hosea 12:1

21Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

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Isaiah 44:1, Isaiah 44:2, Isaiah 44:1, Isaiah 44:2, Isaiah 49:15

22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

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Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 43:25, Acts 3:18, Acts 3:19, 1 Corinthians 6:20

23Sing, you heavens, for the Lord has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

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Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:7, Revelation 5:8

24Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

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Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 54:5

25who foils the omens of the empty talkers, and makes fools of diviners; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

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Psalms 33:10, Psalms 33:10, Job 5:12, Job 5:14, Job 5:12

26who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited;' and of the cities of Judah, 'They will be built,' and 'I will raise up its waste places;'

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Isaiah 42:9, 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Kings 18:38, Isaiah 42:9, 1 Kings 18:36

27who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;'

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Isaiah 42:15, Jeremiah 50:38, Jeremiah 51:36, Isaiah 42:15, Jeremiah 50:38

28Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,' even saying of Jerusalem, 'She will be built;' and of the temple, 'Your foundation will be laid.'"

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2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:3, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:3, Isaiah 45:1