Isaiah 43:15-28
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15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
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16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
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17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
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18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
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19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
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20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
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21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
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22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
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23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
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24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
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25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
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26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
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28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.