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Rh :They could not deliver the burden;
 * And themselves are gone into captivity.
 * Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob,
 * And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
 * That are borne [by Me] from the birth,
 * That are carried from the womb:
 * Even to old age I am the same,
 * And even to hoar hairs will I carry you;
 * I have made, and I will bear;
 * Yea, I will carry, and will deliver.


 * To whom will ye liken Me, and make Me equal,
 * And compare Me, that we may be like?
 * Ye that lavish gold out of the bag,
 * And weigh silver in the balance;
 * Ye that hire a goldsmith, that he make it a god,
 * To fall down thereto, yea, to worship.
 * He is borne upon the shoulder, he is carried,
 * And set in his place, and he standeth,
 * From his place he doth not remove;
 * Yea, though one cry unto him, he cannot answer,
 * Nor save him out of his trouble.


 * Remember this, and stand fast;
 * Bring it to mind, O ye transgressors.
 * Remember the former things of old:
 * That I am God, and there is none else;
 * I am God, and there is none like Me;
 * Declaring the end from the beginning,
 * And from ancient times things that are not yet done;
 * Saying: 'My counsel shall stand,
 * And all My pleasure will I do';
 * Calling a bird of prey from the east,
 * The man of My counsel from a far country;
 * Yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass,
 * I have purposed, I will also do it.


 * Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted,
 * That are far from righteousness:
 * I bring near My righteousness, it shall not be far off,
 * And My salvation shall not tarry;
 * And I will place salvation in Zion
 * For Israel My glory.


 * Come down, and sit in the dust,
 * O virgin daughter of Babylon,
 * Sit on the ground without a throne,
 * O daughter of the Chaldeans;
 * For thou shalt no more be called
 * Tender and delicate.
 * Take the millstones, and grind meal;
 * Remove thy veil,
 * Strip off the train, uncover the leg,
 * Pass through the rivers.
 * Thy nakedness shall be uncovered,
 * Yea, thy shame shall be seen;
 * I will take vengeance,
 * And will let no man intercede.
 * Our Redeemer, the of hosts is His name,
 * The Holy One of Israel.
 * Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness,
 * O daughter of the Chaldeans;
 * For thou shalt no more be called
 * The mistress of kingdoms.
 * I was wroth with My people,
 * I profaned Mine inheritance,
 * And gave them into thy hand;
 * Thou didst show them no mercy;
 * Upon the aged hast thou very heavily
 * Laid thy yoke.
 * And thou saidst: