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Rh :Thy first father sinned,
 * And thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.
 * Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary,
 * And I have given Jacob to condemnation,
 * And Israel to reviling.


 * Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant,
 * And Israel, whom I have chosen;
 * Thus saith the that made thee,
 * And formed thee from the womb, who will help thee:
 * Fear not, O Jacob My servant,
 * And thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
 * For I will pour water upon the thirsty land,
 * And streams upon the dry ground;
 * I will pour My spirit upon thy seed,
 * And My blessing upon thine offspring;
 * And they shall spring up among the grass,
 * As willows by the watercourses.
 * One shall say: 'I am the ';
 * And another shall call himself by the name of Jacob;
 * And another shall subscribe with his hand unto the ,
 * And surname himself by the name of Israel.


 * Thus saith the, the King of Israel,
 * And his Redeemer the of hosts:
 * I am the first, and I am the last,
 * And beside Me there is no God.
 * And who, as I, can proclaim—
 * Let him declare it, and set it in order for Me—
 * Since I appointed the ancient people?
 * And the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
 * Fear ye not, neither be afraid;
 * Have I not announced unto thee of old, and declared it?
 * And ye are My witnesses.
 * Is there a God beside Me?
 * Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.


 * They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity,
 * And their delectable things shall not profit;
 * And their own witnesses see not, nor know;
 * That they may be ashamed.
 * Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image
 * That is profitable for nothing?
 * Behold, all the fellows thereof shall be ashamed;
 * And the craftsmen skilled above men;
 * Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up;
 * They shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.


 * The smith maketh an axe,
 * And worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers,
 * And worketh it with his strong arm;
 * Yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth;
 * He drinketh no water, and is faint.
 * The carpenter stretcheth out a line;
 * He marketh it out with a pencil;
 * He fitteth it with planes,
 * And he marketh it out with the compasses,
 * And maketh it after the figure of a man,
 * According to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.
 * He heweth him down cedars,