17 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) the Holy One(B) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches(C) you what is best for you,
    who directs(D) you in the way(E) you should go.

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I will instruct(A) you and teach you(B) in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on(C) you.

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12 Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?(A)
    He will instruct them in the ways(B) they should choose.[a]

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  1. Psalm 25:12 Or ways he chooses

21 “Submit to God and be at peace(A) with him;(B)
    in this way prosperity will come to you.(C)
22 Accept instruction from his mouth(D)
    and lay up his words(E) in your heart.(F)

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17 You may say to yourself,(A) “My power and the strength of my hands(B) have produced this wealth for me.” 18 But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,(C) and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

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20 Although the Lord gives you the bread(A) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers(B) will be hidden(C) no more; with your own eyes you will see them.

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13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,(A)
    and great will be their peace.(B)

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24 You guide(A) me with your counsel,(B)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.

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22 “God is exalted in his power.(A)
    Who is a teacher like him?(B)

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45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[a](A) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

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  1. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13

Good and upright(A) is the Lord;
    therefore he instructs(B) sinners in his ways.
He guides(C) the humble in what is right
    and teaches them(D) his way.

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Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(A)
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.(B)
He will teach us(C) his ways,(D)
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(E) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(B)

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For your Maker(A) is your husband(B)
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One(C) of Israel is your Redeemer;(D)
    he is called the God of all the earth.(E)

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16 This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,(A)
ask where the good way(B) is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest(C) for your souls.
    But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(A) them the right way(B) to live, and send rain(C) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

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16 This is what the Lord says—
    he who made a way through the sea,
    a path through the mighty waters,(A)

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33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)
34 No longer will they teach(D) their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know(E) me,
    from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive(F) their wickedness
    and will remember their sins(G) no more.”

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Many peoples(A) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(B) up to the mountain(C) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(D) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(E)

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21 when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.

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to say to the captives,(A) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(B) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(C)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(D)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(E)
He who has compassion(F) on them will guide(G) them
    and lead them beside springs(H) of water.

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The Lord, Not Idols

“This is what the Lord says—
    Israel’s King(A) and Redeemer,(B) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(C)
    apart from me there is no God.(D)
Who then is like me?(E) Let him proclaim it.
    Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
    and what is yet to come—
    yes, let them foretell(F) what will come.
Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
    Did I not proclaim(G) this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God(H) besides me?
    No, there is no other Rock;(I) I know not one.”

All who make idols(J) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.(K)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(L)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.(M)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(N)
    which can profit nothing?(O)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;(P)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.(Q)

12 The blacksmith(R) takes a tool
    and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
    he forges it with the might of his arm.(S)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
    he drinks no water and grows faint.(T)
13 The carpenter(U) measures with a line
    and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
    and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,(V)
    human form in all its glory,
    that it may dwell in a shrine.(W)
14 He cut down cedars,
    or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
    or planted a pine,(X) and the rain made it grow.
15 It is used as fuel(Y) for burning;
    some of it he takes and warms himself,
    he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships(Z) it;
    he makes an idol and bows(AA) down to it.
16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
    over it he prepares his meal,
    he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
    “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.(AB)
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
    he bows down to it and worships.(AC)
He prays(AD) to it and says,
    “Save(AE) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(AF) nothing;
    their eyes(AG) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
    no one has the knowledge or understanding(AH) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(AI)
    I even baked bread over its coals,
    I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(AJ) thing from what is left?
    Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(AK)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(AL) a deluded(AM) heart misleads him;
    he cannot save himself, or say,
    “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(AN)

21 “Remember(AO) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.(AP)
I have made you, you are my servant;(AQ)
    Israel, I will not forget you.(AR)
22 I have swept away(AS) your offenses like a cloud,
    your sins like the morning mist.
Return(AT) to me,
    for I have redeemed(AU) you.”

23 Sing for joy,(AV) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(AW) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(AX)
    you forests and all your trees,(AY)
for the Lord has redeemed(AZ) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(BA) in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(BB) who formed(BC) you in the womb:(BD)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(BE)
    who spreads out the earth(BF) by myself,

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This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(A)
to him who was despised(B) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(C) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(E)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(F) you.”

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20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(A) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(B)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(C)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(D) his servant Jacob.”

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God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) the Holy One(B) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives(C) all the Babylonians,[a](D)
    in the ships in which they took pride.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans

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