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Rh :That trust in graven images,
 * That say unto molten images:
 * 'Ye are our gods.'


 * Hear, ye deaf,
 * And look, ye blind, that ye may see.
 * Who is blind, but My servant?
 * Or deaf, as My messenger that I send?
 * Who is blind as he that is whole-hearted,
 * And blind as the servant?
 * Seeing many things, thou observest not;
 * Opening the ears, he heareth not.
 * The was pleased, for His righteousness' sake,
 * To make the teaching great and glorious.
 * But this is a people robbed and spoiled,
 * They are all of them snared in holes,
 * And they are hid in prison-houses;
 * They are for a prey, and none delivereth,
 * For a spoil, and none saith: 'Restore.'
 * Who among you will give ear to this?
 * Who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
 * Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers?
 * Did not the ?
 * He against whom we have sinned,
 * And in whose ways they would not walk,
 * Neither were they obedient unto His law.
 * Therefore He poured upon him the fury of His anger,
 * And the strength of battle;
 * And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not,
 * And it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.


 * But now thus saith the that created thee, O Jacob,
 * And He that formed thee, O Israel:
 * Fear not, for I have redeemed thee,
 * I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine.
 * When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee,
 * And through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee;
 * When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned,
 * Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
 * For I am the thy God,
 * The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour;
 * I have given Egypt as thy ransom,
 * Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
 * Since thou art precious in My sight, and honourable,
 * And I have loved thee;
 * Therefore will I give men for thee,
 * And peoples for thy life.
 * Fear not, for I am with thee;
 * I will bring thy seed from the east,
 * And gather thee from the west;
 * I will say to the north: 'Give up',
 * And to the south: 'Keep not back,
 * Bring My sons from far,
 * And My daughters from the end of the earth;
 * Every one that is called by My name,
 * And whom I have created for My glory,
 * I have formed him, yea, I have made him.'
 * The blind people that have eyes shall be brought forth,
 * And the deaf that have ears.
 * All the nations are gathered together,
 * And the peoples are assembled;
 * Who among them can declare this,
 * And announce to us former things?
 * Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified;