1Hear this, O house of Jacob! Ye that are called by the name of Israel; Ye that have come forth from the fountain of Judah; Ye that swear by the name of Jehovah, And praise the God of Israel, But not in truth and sincerity!

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Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 4:2, Psalms 68:26, Psalms 68:26, Isaiah 65:16

2For they call themselves of the holy city, And stay themselves on the God of Israel, Whose name is Jehovah of hosts:—

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Micah 3:11, Micah 3:11, Romans 2:17, Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 10:20

3What hath happened I declared to you long ago; From my mouth it proceeded, and I made it known; On a sudden I effected it, and it came to pass.

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Isaiah 42:9, Isaiah 42:9, Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 41:22, Joshua 21:45

4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, And that thy neck is a bar of iron, And that thy brow is brass,

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Acts 7:51, Acts 7:51, Exodus 32:9, Exodus 32:9, Zechariah 7:11

5I declared it to thee long ago; Before it came to pass, I made it known to thee; Lest thou shouldst say, My idol effected it, And my graven image, and my molten image ordained it.

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Isaiah 48:3, Isaiah 48:3, Jeremiah 44:15, Jeremiah 44:18, Luke 1:70

6Thou hast heard it; now see it all! And will ye not confess it? From this time I make you hear a new thing, Even a hidden thing, which thou hast not known.

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Revelation 4:1, Revelation 4:1, Isaiah 42:9, Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26

7It is produced now, and not long ago; Before this day thou hast not heard of it, Lest thou shouldst say, Behold, I knew it.

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8Yea, thou heardest it not; yea, thou knewest it not; Yea, it was not disclosed to thee long ago; For I knew that thou wast wholly faithless, And wast called rebellious from thy birth.

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Psalms 58:3, Psalms 58:3, Matthew 13:13, Matthew 13:15, Hosea 5:7

9For the sake of my name I will defer my anger, And for the sake of my praise I will restrain it from thee, That I may not utterly cut thee off.

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Psalms 106:8, Psalms 78:38, Psalms 143:11, Psalms 79:9, Isaiah 37:35

10Behold, I have melted thee, and found no silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.

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1 Peter 4:12, 1 Peter 4:12, Proverbs 17:3, Proverbs 17:3, Job 23:10

11For mine own sake will I do it; For how would my name be blasphemed? And my glory will I not give to another.

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Isaiah 42:8, Isaiah 42:8, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:9, Isaiah 37:35

12Hearken to me, O Jacob, And Israel, whom I have called! I am He, I am the first, and I the last.

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Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 41:4, Revelation 1:8, Revelation 22:13, Isaiah 44:6

13Yea, my hand hath founded the earth, And my right hand hath spread out the heavens; I called them; they stood forth together.

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Isaiah 40:26, Isaiah 40:26, Exodus 20:11, Psalms 102:25, Hebrews 1:10

14Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among you hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth will execute his pleasure upon Babylon, And his power upon the Chaldaeans.

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Isaiah 43:9, Isaiah 43:9, Jeremiah 50:21, Jeremiah 50:29, Isaiah 13:17

15I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.

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Joshua 1:8, Joshua 1:8, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:2, Isaiah 45:1

16Draw near to me, and hear ye this! I spake not in secret from the beginning; And since it began to be, I have been there; And now hath the Lord Jehovah sent me with his spirit.

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John 18:20, John 18:20, John 20:21, John 20:22, John 20:21

17Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am Jehovah, thy God, who teacheth thee what will profit thee; Who leadeth thee in the way thou shouldst go.

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Psalms 32:8, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 25:12, Psalms 25:12, Job 22:21

18O that thou wouldst hearken to my commandments! Then shall thy peace be as a river, And thy prosperity as the waves of the sea;

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Deuteronomy 5:29, Deuteronomy 5:29, Isaiah 66:12, Isaiah 66:12, Psalms 81:13

19Then shall thy posterity be as the sand, And the fruit of thy body as the offspring of the sea; Thy name shall not be cut off, nor destroyed before me.

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Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 10:22, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 22:17, Romans 9:27

20Come ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the land of the Chaldaeans with the voice of joy! Publish ye this, and make it known; Let it resound to the ends of the earth! Say: "Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob;

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Jeremiah 51:45, Isaiah 52:9, Jeremiah 51:45, Isaiah 52:9, Jeremiah 51:6

21They thirst not in the deserts through which he leadeth them; Waters from the rock he causeth to flow for them; He cleaveth the rock, and the waters gush forth.

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Exodus 17:6, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 43:20, Exodus 17:6, Isaiah 43:19

22There is no peace, saith Jehovah, for the wicked."

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Isaiah 57:21, Isaiah 57:21, Job 15:20, Job 15:24, Job 15:20