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Rh :Because I knew that thou art obstinate,
 * And thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
 * Therefore I have declared it to thee from of old;
 * Before it came to pass I announced it to thee;
 * Lest thou shouldest say: 'Mine idol hath done them,
 * And my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.'
 * Thou hast heard, see, all this;
 * And ye, will ye not declare it?
 * I have announced unto thee new things from this time,
 * Even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
 * They are created now, and not from of old,
 * And before this day thou heardest them not;
 * Lest thou shouldest say: 'Behold, I knew them.'
 * Yea, thou heardest not;
 * Yea, thou knewest not;
 * Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened;
 * For I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously,
 * And wast called a transgressor from the womb.
 * For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger,
 * And for My praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
 * Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver;
 * I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
 * For Mine own sake, for Mine own sake, will I do it;
 * For how should it be profaned?
 * And My glory will I not give to another.


 * Hearken unto Me, O Jacob,
 * And Israel My called:
 * I am He; I am the first,
 * I also am the last.
 * Yea, My hand hath laid the foundation of the earth,
 * And My right hand hath spread out the heavens;
 * When I call unto them,
 * They stand up together.
 * Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear;
 * Which among them hath declared these things?
 * He whom the loveth shall perform His pleasure on Babylon,
 * And show His arm on the Chaldeans.
 * I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him;
 * I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.


 * Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this:
 * From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
 * From the time that it was, there am I;
 * And now the Lord hath sent me, and His spirit.


 * Thus saith the, thy Redeemer,
 * The Holy One of Israel:
 * I am the thy God,
 * Who teacheth thee for thy profit,
 * Who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
 * Oh that thou wouldest hearken to My commandments!
 * Then would thy peace be as a river,
 * And thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
 * Thy seed also would be as the sand,
 * And the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof;