“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
    all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(A)who have been borne by me from before your birth,
    carried from the womb;

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31 and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God (A)carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

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(A)“Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
    the people (B)in whose heart is my law;
(C)fear not the reproach of man,
    nor be dismayed at their revilings.

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Upon you I have leaned (A)from before my birth;
    you are he who (B)took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

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The Lord's Comfort for Zion

51 (A)“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
    you who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
    and to the quarry from which you were dug.

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen to me, (A)O coastlands,
    and give attention, you peoples (B)from afar.
(C)The Lord called me from the womb,
    from the body of my mother he named my name.
(D)He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    (E)in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.

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17 Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches you to profit,
    who leads you in the way you should go.
18 (A)Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
    (B)Then your peace would have been like a river,
    and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;

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Israel Refined for God's Glory

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    (A)who are called by the name of Israel,
    and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
    and confess the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or right.

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22 (A)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, (B)only a remnant of them will return. (C)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

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(A)If the Lord of hosts
    had not left us (B)a few survivors,
we should have been like (C)Sodom,
    and become like (D)Gomorrah.

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Yet you are he who (A)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10 On you was I cast from my birth,
    and from (B)my mother's womb you have been my God.

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(A)‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how (B)I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

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“And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing (A)in your blood, I said to you (B)in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you (C)in your blood, ‘Live!’ (D)I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall (E)and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet (F)you were naked and bare.

“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (G)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (H)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (I)and you became mine. Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and (J)anointed you with oil. 10 (K)I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.[a] 11 (L)And I adorned you with ornaments and (M)put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. (N)You ate fine flour and honey and oil. (O)You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. 14 And (P)your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.

15 (Q)“But you trusted in your beauty (R)and played the whore[b] because of your renown (S)and lavished your whorings[c] on any passerby; your beauty[d] became his. 16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:10 Or with rich fabric
  2. Ezekiel 16:15 Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
  3. Ezekiel 16:15 Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
  4. Ezekiel 16:15 Hebrew it
  5. Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain

12 “Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
    you who are far from righteousness:

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The Lord Redeems Israel

21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
    and Israel, for you are (A)my servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
    (B)O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

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Israel the Lord's Chosen

44 “But now hear, (A)O Jacob my servant,
    Israel whom I have chosen!
Thus says the Lord who made you,
    (B)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
(C)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    (D)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

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(A)It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for (B)the remnant that is left.’”

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11 (A)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, (B)from Assyria, (C)from Egypt, from (D)Pathros, from (E)Cush,[a] from (F)Elam, from (G)Shinar, from (H)Hamath, and from (I)the coastlands of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:11 Probably Nubia

(A)Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!
    O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
There shall be no (B)strange god among you;
    you shall not bow down to a (C)foreign god.
10 (D)I am the Lord your God,
    who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    (E)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
    Israel (F)would not submit to me.
12 So I (G)gave them over to their (H)stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own (I)counsels.
13 (J)Oh, that my people would listen to me,
    that Israel would (K)walk in my ways!

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11 (A)Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
    that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
    bearing them on its pinions,
12 (B)the Lord alone guided him,
    (C)no foreign god was with him.

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(A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    (C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict

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