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Isaiah 38-41
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Isaiah 38-41
New International Version
Hezekiah’s Illness(A)
38 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz(B) went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order,(C) because you are going to die; you will not recover.”(D)
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked(E) before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion(F) and have done what is good in your eyes.(G)” And Hezekiah wept(H) bitterly.
4 Then the word(I) of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David,(J) says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears;(K) I will add fifteen years(L) to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend(M) this city.
7 “‘This is the Lord’s sign(N) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: 8 I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.(O)
9 A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
10 I said, “In the prime of my life(P)
must I go through the gates of death(Q)
and be robbed of the rest of my years?(R)”
11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(S)
in the land of the living;(T)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
or be with those who now dwell in this world.
12 Like a shepherd’s tent(U) my house
has been pulled down(V) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(W) up my life,
and he has cut me off from the loom;(X)
day and night(Y) you made an end of me.
13 I waited patiently(Z) till dawn,
but like a lion he broke(AA) all my bones;(AB)
day and night(AC) you made an end of me.
14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
I moaned like a mourning dove.(AD)
My eyes grew weak(AE) as I looked to the heavens.
I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”(AF)
15 But what can I say?(AG)
He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this.(AH)
I will walk humbly(AI) all my years
because of this anguish of my soul.(AJ)
16 Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.(AK)
17 Surely it was for my benefit(AL)
that I suffered such anguish.(AM)
In your love you kept me
from the pit(AN) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(AO)
behind your back.(AP)
18 For the grave(AQ) cannot praise you,
death cannot sing your praise;(AR)
those who go down to the pit(AS)
cannot hope for your faithfulness.
19 The living, the living—they praise(AT) you,
as I am doing today;
parents tell their children(AU)
about your faithfulness.
20 The Lord will save me,
and we will sing(AV) with stringed instruments(AW)
all the days of our lives(AX)
in the temple(AY) of the Lord.
21 Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
22 Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign(AZ) that I will go up to the temple of the Lord?”
Envoys From Babylon(BA)
39 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon(BB) sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. 2 Hezekiah received the envoys(BC) gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold,(BD) the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire armory and everything found among his treasures.(BE) There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
3 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?”
“From a distant land,(BF)” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”
4 The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?”
“They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word(BG) of the Lord Almighty: 6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.(BH) Nothing will be left, says the Lord. 7 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.(BI)”
8 “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,(BJ)” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.(BK)”
Comfort for God’s People
40 Comfort, comfort(BL) my people,
says your God.
2 Speak tenderly(BM) to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service(BN) has been completed,(BO)
that her sin has been paid for,(BP)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double(BQ) for all her sins.
3 A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way(BR) for the Lord[a];
make straight(BS) in the desert
a highway for our God.[b](BT)
4 Every valley shall be raised up,(BU)
every mountain and hill(BV) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(BW)
the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory(BX) of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.(BY)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(BZ)
6 A voice says, “Cry out.”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All people are like grass,(CA)
and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
7 The grass withers(CB) and the flowers fall,
because the breath(CC) of the Lord blows(CD) on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers(CE) fall,
but the word(CF) of our God endures(CG) forever.(CH)”
9 You who bring good news(CI) to Zion,
go up on a high mountain.
You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[c](CJ)
lift up your voice with a shout,
lift it up, do not be afraid;
say to the towns of Judah,
“Here is your God!”(CK)
10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes(CL) with power,(CM)
and he rules(CN) with a mighty arm.(CO)
See, his reward(CP) is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.
11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:(CQ)
He gathers the lambs in his arms(CR)
and carries them close to his heart;(CS)
he gently leads(CT) those that have young.(CU)
12 Who has measured the waters(CV) in the hollow of his hand,(CW)
or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?(CX)
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
or weighed the mountains on the scales
and the hills in a balance?(CY)
13 Who can fathom the Spirit[d](CZ) of the Lord,
or instruct the Lord as his counselor?(DA)
14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,
and who taught him the right way?
Who was it that taught him knowledge,(DB)
or showed him the path of understanding?(DC)
15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are regarded as dust on the scales;(DD)
he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.(DE)
16 Lebanon(DF) is not sufficient for altar fires,
nor its animals(DG) enough for burnt offerings.
17 Before him all the nations(DH) are as nothing;(DI)
they are regarded by him as worthless
and less than nothing.(DJ)
18 With whom, then, will you compare God?(DK)
To what image(DL) will you liken him?
19 As for an idol,(DM) a metalworker casts it,
and a goldsmith(DN) overlays it with gold(DO)
and fashions silver chains for it.
20 A person too poor to present such an offering
selects wood(DP) that will not rot;
they look for a skilled worker
to set up an idol(DQ) that will not topple.(DR)
21 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(DS)
Has it not been told(DT) you from the beginning?(DU)
Have you not understood(DV) since the earth was founded?(DW)
22 He sits enthroned(DX) above the circle of the earth,
and its people are like grasshoppers.(DY)
He stretches out the heavens(DZ) like a canopy,(EA)
and spreads them out like a tent(EB) to live in.(EC)
23 He brings princes(ED) to naught
and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.(EE)
24 No sooner are they planted,
no sooner are they sown,
no sooner do they take root(EF) in the ground,
than he blows(EG) on them and they wither,(EH)
and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.(EI)
25 “To whom will you compare me?(EJ)
Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.(EK)
26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:(EL)
Who created(EM) all these?
He who brings out the starry host(EN) one by one
and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,(EO)
not one of them is missing.(EP)
27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?(EQ)
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(ER)
The Lord is the everlasting(ES) God,
the Creator(ET) of the ends of the earth.(EU)
He will not grow tired or weary,(EV)
and his understanding no one can fathom.(EW)
29 He gives strength(EX) to the weary(EY)
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men(EZ) stumble and fall;(FA)
31 but those who hope(FB) in the Lord
will renew their strength.(FC)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(FD)
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.(FE)
The Helper of Israel
41 “Be silent(FF) before me, you islands!(FG)
Let the nations renew their strength!(FH)
Let them come forward(FI) and speak;
let us meet together(FJ) at the place of judgment.
2 “Who has stirred(FK) up one from the east,(FL)
calling him in righteousness(FM) to his service[e]?(FN)
He hands nations over to him
and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dust(FO) with his sword,
to windblown chaff(FP) with his bow.(FQ)
3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed,(FR)
by a path his feet have not traveled before.
4 Who has done this and carried it through,
calling(FS) forth the generations from the beginning?(FT)
I, the Lord—with the first of them
and with the last(FU)—I am he.(FV)”
5 The islands(FW) have seen it and fear;
the ends of the earth(FX) tremble.
They approach and come forward;
6 they help each other
and say to their companions, “Be strong!(FY)”
7 The metalworker(FZ) encourages the goldsmith,(GA)
and the one who smooths with the hammer
spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.(GB)
8 “But you, Israel, my servant,(GC)
Jacob, whom I have chosen,(GD)
you descendants of Abraham(GE) my friend,(GF)
9 I took you from the ends of the earth,(GG)
from its farthest corners I called(GH) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;(GI)
I have chosen(GJ) you and have not rejected you.
10 So do not fear,(GK) for I am with you;(GL)
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen(GM) you and help(GN) you;
I will uphold you(GO) with my righteous right hand.(GP)
11 “All who rage(GQ) against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;(GR)
those who oppose(GS) you
will be as nothing and perish.(GT)
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.(GU)
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing(GV) at all.
13 For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand(GW)
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help(GX) you.
14 Do not be afraid,(GY) you worm(GZ) Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help(HA) you,” declares the Lord,
your Redeemer,(HB) the Holy One(HC) of Israel.
15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,(HD)
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains(HE) and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.(HF)
16 You will winnow(HG) them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale(HH) will blow them away.(HI)
But you will rejoice(HJ) in the Lord
and glory(HK) in the Holy One(HL) of Israel.
17 “The poor and needy search for water,(HM)
but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.(HN)
But I the Lord will answer(HO) them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake(HP) them.
18 I will make rivers flow(HQ) on barren heights,
and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(HR) into pools of water,(HS)
and the parched ground into springs.(HT)
19 I will put in the desert(HU)
the cedar and the acacia,(HV) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(HW) in the wasteland,
the fir and the cypress(HX) together,(HY)
20 so that people may see and know,(HZ)
may consider and understand,(IA)
that the hand(IB) of the Lord has done this,
that the Holy One(IC) of Israel has created(ID) it.
21 “Present your case,(IE)” says the Lord.
“Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.(IF)
22 “Tell us, you idols,
what is going to happen.(IG)
Tell us what the former things(IH) were,
so that we may consider them
and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,(II)
23 tell us what the future holds,
so we may know(IJ) that you are gods.
Do something, whether good or bad,(IK)
so that we will be dismayed(IL) and filled with fear.
24 But you are less than nothing(IM)
and your works are utterly worthless;(IN)
whoever chooses you is detestable.(IO)
25 “I have stirred(IP) up one from the north,(IQ) and he comes—
one from the rising sun who calls on my name.
He treads(IR) on rulers as if they were mortar,
as if he were a potter treading the clay.
26 Who told of this from the beginning,(IS) so we could know,
or beforehand, so we could say, ‘He was right’?
No one told of this,
no one foretold(IT) it,
no one heard any words(IU) from you.
27 I was the first to tell(IV) Zion, ‘Look, here they are!’
I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.(IW)
28 I look but there is no one(IX)—
no one among the gods to give counsel,(IY)
no one to give answer(IZ) when I ask them.
29 See, they are all false!
Their deeds amount to nothing;(JA)
their images(JB) are but wind(JC) and confusion.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
- Isaiah 40:9 Or Zion, bringer of good news, / go up on a high mountain. / Jerusalem, bringer of good news
- Isaiah 40:13 Or mind
- Isaiah 41:2 Or east, / whom victory meets at every step
Isaiah 38-41
King James Version
Isaiah 38-41
King James Version
38 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
3 And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
39 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.
4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
40 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
10 Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
41 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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