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43.9 :And let them hear, and say: 'It is truth.'
 * Ye are My witnesses, saith the ,
 * And My servant whom I have chosen;
 * That ye may know and believe Me, and understand That I am He;
 * Before Me there was no God formed,
 * Neither shall any be after Me.


 * I, even I, am the ;
 * And beside Me there is no saviour.
 * I have declared, and I have saved,
 * And I have announced,
 * And there was no strange god among you;
 * Therefore ye are My witnesses, saith the, and I am God.
 * Yea, since the day was I am He,
 * And there is none that can deliver out of My hand;
 * I will work, and who can reverse it?


 * Thus saith the, your Redeemer,
 * The Holy One of Israel:
 * For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
 * And I will bring down all of them as fugitives,
 * Even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their shouting.
 * I am the, your Holy One,
 * The Creator of Israel, your King.


 * Thus saith the, who maketh a way in the sea,
 * And a path in the mighty waters;
 * Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse,
 * The army and the power—
 * They lie down together, they shall not rise,
 * They are extinct, they are quenched as a wick:
 * Remember ye not the former things,
 * Neither consider the things of old.
 * Behold, I will do a new thing;
 * Now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it?
 * I will even make a way in the wilderness,
 * And rivers in the desert.
 * The beasts of the field shall honour Me,
 * The jackals and the ostriches;
 * Because I give waters in the wilderness,
 * And rivers in the desert,
 * To give drink to My people, Mine elect;
 * The people which I formed for Myself,
 * That they might tell of My praise.


 * Yet thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob,
 * Neither hast thou wearied thyself about Me, O Israel.
 * Thou hast not brought Me the small cattle of thy burnt-offerings;
 * Neither hast thou honoured Me with thy sacrifices.
 * I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering,
 * Nor wearied thee with frankincense.
 * Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money,
 * Neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices;
 * But thou hast burdened Me with thy sins,
 * Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities.
 * I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake;
 * And thy sins I will not remember.
 * Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together;
 * Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.