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of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Ja-
cob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak
justice, that declare right things.
20 Assemble yourselves, and come, and draw
near together, ye that are saved of the Gentiles:
they have no knowledge that set up the wood of
their graven work, and pray to a god that cannot
save.
21 Tell ye, and come, and consult together:
who hath declared this from the beginning, who
hath foretold this from that time? Have not I
the Lord, and there is no God else besides me?
A just God and a saviour, there is none besides
me.
22 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved,
all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there
is no other.
23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice
shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:
24 For every knee shall be bowed to me, and
every tongue shall swear.
25 Therefore shall he say: In the Lord are my
justices and empire: they shall come to him, and
all that resist him shall be confounded.
26 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be
justified and praised.
Chapter 46
Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols
are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens
of heavy weight even unto weariness.
2 They are consumed, and are broken to-
gether: they could not save him that carried
them, and they themselves shall go into captiv-
ity.
3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, all the
remnant of the house of Israel who are carried
by my bowels, are borne up by my womb.
4 Even to your old age I am the same, and
to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made
you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.
5 To whom have you likened me, and made
me equal, and compared me, and made me like?
6 You that contribute gold out of the bag, and
weigh out silver in the scales: and hire a gold-
smith to make a god: and they fall down and
worship.
7 They bear him on their shoulders and carry
him, and set him in his place, and he shall stand,
and shall not stir out of his place. Yea, when
they shall cry also unto him, he shall not hear:
he shall not save them from tribulation.
8 Remember this, and be ashamed: return, ye
transgressors, to the heart.
9 Remember the former age, for I am God,
and there is no God beside, neither is there the
like to me:
10 Who shew from the beginning the things
that shall be at last, and from ancient times the
things that as yet are not done, saying: My coun-
sel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
11 Who call a bird from the east, and from a
far country the man of my own will, and I have
spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created,
and I will do it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who
are far from justice.
12 I have brought my justice near, it shall not
be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I
will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.Chapter 47
Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter
of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne
for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt
no more be called delicate and tender.
2 Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover