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Thus says the
The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, 1
and the Sabeans, tall of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours,
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying,
"God is with you alone, and there is no other;
there is no god besides him."
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Truly, you are a God who hides himself,
O God of Israel, the Savior.
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All of them are put to shame and confounded,
the makers of idols go in confusion together.
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But Israel is saved by the
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
to all eternity.
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For thus says the
who created the heavens
(he is God!),
who formed the earth and made it
(he established it;
he did not create it a chaos,
he formed it to be inhabited!):
I am the
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I did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
"Seek me in chaos."
I the
I declare what is right.
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Assemble yourselves and come together,
draw near, you survivors of the nations!
They have no knowledge--
those who carry about their wooden idols,
and keep on praying to a god
that cannot save.
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Declare and present your case;
let them take counsel together!
Who told this long ago?
Who declared it of old?
Was it not I, the
There is no other god besides me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is no one besides me.
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Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.
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By myself I have sworn,
from my mouth has gone forth in righteousness
a word that shall not return:
"To me every knee shall bow,
every tongue shall swear."
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Only in the
are righteousness and strength;
all who were incensed against him
shall come to him and be ashamed.
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In the
shall triumph and glory.