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53:1 Who hath believed our report?  and to whom is the arm of the LORD
 revealed?
53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of
 a dry ground:  he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him,
 there is no beauty that we should desire him.
53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
 with grief:  and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised,
 and we esteemed him not.
53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:  yet we did
 esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
 iniquities:  the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
 stripes we are healed.
53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
 way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: 
 he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
 shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment:  and who shall declare his
 generation?  for he was cut off out of the land of the living:  for the
 transgression of my people was he stricken.
53:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;
 because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: 
 when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,
 he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in
 his hand.
53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:  by
 his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear
 their iniquities.
53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall
 divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto
 death:  and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of
 many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

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54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing,
 and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child:  for more are
 the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith
 the LORD.
54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains
 of thine habitations:  spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy
 stakes;
54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy
 seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be
 inhabited.
54:4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:  neither be thou confounded;
 for thou shalt not be put to shame:  for thou shalt forget the shame of thy
 youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and
 thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be
 called.
54:6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in
 spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
54:7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I
 gather thee.
54:8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with
 everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy
 Redeemer.
54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:  for as I have sworn
 that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn
 that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
54:10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my
 kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace
 be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I
 will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with
 sapphires.
54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles,
 and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
54:13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall
 be the peace of thy children.
54:14 In righteousness shalt thou be established:  thou shalt be far from
 oppression; for thou shalt not fear:  and from terror; for it shall not
 come near thee.
54:15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me:  whosoever
 shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
54:16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire,
 and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the
 waster to destroy.
54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue
 that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.  This is
 the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of
 me, saith the LORD.

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55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath
 no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money
 and without price.
55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?  and your
 labour for that which satisfieth not?  hearken diligently unto me, and
 eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me:  hear, and your soul shall live;
 and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies
 of David.
55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and
 commander to the people.
55:5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations
 that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and
 for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is
 near:
55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: 
 and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to
 our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
 ways, saith the LORD.
55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher
 than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth
 not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
 that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:  it shall not
 return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it
 shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:  the
 mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all
 the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the
 brier shall come up the myrtle tree:  and it shall be to the LORD for a
 name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

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56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice:  for my
 salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that
 layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth
 his hand from doing any evil.
56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the
 LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: 
 neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
56:4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and
 choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
56:5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place
 and a name better than of sons and of daughters:  I will give them an
 everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to
 serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one
 that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my
 house of prayer:  their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be
 accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer
 for all people.
56:8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I
 gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the
 forest.
56:10 His watchmen are blind:  they are all ignorant, they are all dumb
 dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they
 are shepherds that cannot understand:  they all look to their own way,
 every one for his gain, from his quarter.
56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves
 with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more
 abundant.

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57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart:  and merciful
 men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away
 from the evil to come.
57:2 He shall enter into peace:  they shall rest in their beds, each one
 walking in his uprightness.
57:3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the
 adulterer and the whore.
57:4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves?  against whom make ye a wide
 mouth, and draw out the tongue?  are ye not children of transgression,
 a seed of falsehood,
57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the
 children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they
 are thy lot:  even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast
 offered a meat offering.  Should I receive comfort in these?
57:7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed:  even thither
 wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
57:8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: 
 for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up;
 thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou
 lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
57:9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy
 perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself
 even unto hell.
57:10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not,
 There is no hope:  thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou
 wast not grieved.
57:11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and
 hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?  have not I held my
 peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
57:12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not
 profit thee.
57:13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall
 carry them all away; vanity shall take them:  but he that putteth his
 trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the
 stumbling block out of the way of my people.
57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose
 name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that
 is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble,
 and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth:  for
 the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him:  I
 hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
57:18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him:  I will lead him also, and
 restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off,
 and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose
 waters cast up mire and dirt.
57:21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

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58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my
 people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that
 did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God:  they ask of
 me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore
 have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge?  Behold, in the
 day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of
 wickedness:  ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to
 be heard on high.
58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen?  a day for a man to afflict his
 soul?  is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth
 and ashes under him?  wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day
 to the LORD?
58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen?  to loose the bands of
 wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free,
 and that ye break every yoke?
58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
 poor that are cast out to thy house?  when thou seest the naked, that thou
 cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall
 spring forth speedily:  and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the
 glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
58:9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he
 shall say, Here I am.  If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke,
 the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
58:10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
 afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness
 be as the noon day:
58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
 drought, and make fat thy bones:  and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
 and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: 
 thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be
 called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure
 on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD,
 honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding
 thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to
 ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of
 Jacob thy father:  for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

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59:1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither
 his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your
 sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
59:3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity;
 your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
59:4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth:  they trust in
 vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web:  he that
 eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a
 viper.
59:6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover
 themselves with their works:  their works are works of iniquity, and the
 act of violence is in their hands.
59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: 
 their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in
 their paths.
59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their
 goings:  they have made them crooked paths:  whosoever goeth therein shall
 not know peace.
59:9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: 
 we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in
 darkness.
59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no
 eyes:  we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places
 as dead men.
59:11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves:  we look for
 judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins
 testify against us:  for our transgressions are with us; and as for our
 iniquities, we know them;
59:13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from
 our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the
 heart words of falsehood.
59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: 
 for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a
 prey:  and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no
 judgment.
59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no
 intercessor:  therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his
 righteousness, it sustained him.
59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of
 salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for
 clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his
 adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay
 recompense.
59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory
 from the rising of the sun.  When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the
 Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from
 transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit
 that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not
 depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the
 mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

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60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen
 upon thee.
60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the
 people:  but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen
 upon thee.
60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness
 of thy rising.
60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see:  all they gather themselves
 together, they come to thee:  thy sons shall come from far, and thy
 daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and
 be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,
 the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and
 Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come:  they shall bring gold and incense;
 and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD.
60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams
 of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee:  they shall come up with acceptance
 on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their
 windows?
60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to
 bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the
 name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath
 glorified thee.
60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings
 shall minister unto thee:  for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour
 have I had mercy on thee.
60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut
 day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles,
 and that their kings may be brought.
60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea,
 those nations shall be utterly wasted.
60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine
 tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I
 will make the place of my feet glorious.
60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto
 thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the
 soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion
 of the Holy One of Israel.
60:15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through
 thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the
 breast of kings:  and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and
 thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for
 wood brass, and for stones iron:  I will also make thy officers peace, and
 thine exactors righteousness.
60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction
 within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates
 Praise.
60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness
 shall the moon give light unto thee:  but the LORD shall be unto thee an
 everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself:
  for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy
 mourning shall be ended.
60:21 Thy people also shall be all righteous:  they shall inherit the land
 for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be
 glorified.
60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation:
  I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

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61:1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed
 me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
 brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the
 prison to them that are bound;
61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance
 of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for
 ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
 heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting
 of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former
 desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of
 many generations.
61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the
 alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
61:6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD:  men shall call you
 the Ministers of our God:  ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in
 their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
61:7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall
 rejoice in their portion:  therefore in their land they shall possess the
 double:  everlasting joy shall be unto them.
61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I
 will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant
 with them.
61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring
 among the people:  all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they
 are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
 for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me
 with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with
 ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the
 things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause
 righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

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62:1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I
 will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and
 the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: 
 and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall
 name.
62:3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a
 royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more
 be termed Desolate:  but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land
 Beulah:  for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:
  and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God
 rejoice over thee.
62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never
 hold their peace day nor night:  ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not
 silence.
62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a
 praise in the earth.
62:8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,
 Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the
 sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast
 laboured:
62:9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it and praise the LORD; and
 they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my
 holiness.
62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people;
 cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for
 the people.
62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to
 the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is
 with him, and his work before him.
62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: 
 and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

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63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? 
 this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his
 strength?  I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
63:2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him
 that treadeth in the winefat?
63:3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none
 with me:  for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury;
 and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all
 my raiment.
63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my
 redeemed is come.
63:5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there
 was none to uphold:  therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and
 my fury, it upheld me.
63:6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in
 my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
63:7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of
 the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great
 goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them
 according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his
 lovingkindnesses.
63:8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie:
  so he was their Saviour.
63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence
 saved them:  in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare
 them, and carried them all the days of old.
63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:  therefore he was turned
 to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
63:11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying,
 Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his
 flock?  where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
63:12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm,
 dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
63:13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that
 they should not stumble?
63:14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused
 him to rest:  so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious
 name.
63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness
 and of thy glory:  where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of
 thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me?  are they restrained?
63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and
 Israel acknowledge us not:  thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer;
 thy name is from everlasting.
63:17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our
 heart from thy fear?  Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine
 inheritance.
63:18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: 
 our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
63:19 We are thine:  thou never barest rule over them; they were not
 called by thy name.

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64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down,
 that the mountains might flow down at thy presence.
64:2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to
 boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may
 tremble at thy presence!
64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest
 down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor
 perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what
 he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that
 remember thee in thy ways:  behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned:  in
 those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are
 as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
 wind, have taken us away.
64:7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up
 himself to take hold of thee:  for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast
 consumed us, because of our iniquities.
64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our
 potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
64:9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: 
 behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
64:10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a
 desolation.
64:11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is
 burned up with fire:  and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
64:12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD?  wilt thou hold
 thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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65:1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them
 that sought me not:  I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that
 was not called by my name.
65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which
 walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that
 sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
 swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than
 thou.  These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
65:6 Behold, it is written before me:  I will not keep silence, but will
 recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
65:7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the
 LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon
 the hills:  therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one
 saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it:  so will I do for my
 servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an
 inheritor of my mountains:  and mine elect shall inherit it, and my
 servants shall dwell there.
65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place
 for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain,
 that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering
 unto that number.
65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to
 the slaughter:  because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye
 did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein
 I delighted not.
65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but
 ye shall be hungry:  behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be
 thirsty:  behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
 sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen:  for the Lord
 GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
65:16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the
 God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of
 truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid
 from mine eyes.
65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:  and the former
 shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create:  for,
 behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people:  and the voice
 of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that
 hath not filled his days:  for the child shall die an hundred years old;
 but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
 vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and
 another eat:  for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and
 mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they
 are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
 while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat
 straw like the bullock:  and dust shall be the serpent's meat.  They
 shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

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66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my
 footstool:  where is the house that ye build unto me?  and where is the
 place of my rest?
66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have
 been, saith the LORD:  but to this man will I look, even to him that
 is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a
 lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if
 he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an
 idol.  Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in
 their abominations.
66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon
 them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not
 hear:  but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I
 delighted not.
66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren
 that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be
 glorified:  but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the
 LORD that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was
 delivered of a man child.
66:8 Who hath heard such a thing?  who hath seen such things?  Shall the
 earth be made to bring forth in one day?  or shall a nation be born at
 once?  for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?  saith the
 LORD:  shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?  saith thy God.
66:10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her:
  rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
66:11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her
 consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of
 her glory.
66:12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a
 river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream:  then shall ye
 suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
66:13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall
 be comforted in Jerusalem.
66:14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall
 flourish like an herb:  and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his
 servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like
 a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of
 fire.
66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:  and
 the slain of the LORD shall be many.
66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens
 behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination,
 and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts:  it shall come, that I
 will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of
 them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to
 Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame,
 neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the
 Gentiles.
66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD
 out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon
 mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the
 LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into
 the house of the LORD.
66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the
 LORD.
66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
 remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
 from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me,
 saith the LORD.
66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that
 have transgressed against me:  for their worm shall not die, neither shall
 their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.