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Of what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD; I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a burden to me; I am weary to bear them.

Then I said, Woe is me, I am dismayed; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

And I heard the voice of the LORD, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent, and I have removed the boundaries of the nations, and I have plundered their wealth, and subjugated the inhabited cities;

And the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, and he says, I am not learned.

And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick; the people who dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

Saying, I am an eloquent speaker, and have counsel and strength for war; now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.

By the hand of your messengers you have reproached the LORD, and you have said, By the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof; and I will enter into the height of its border, to the forest of Carmel.

I said, In the midst of my days I shall die, at the gates of Sheol I am deprived of the rest of my years.

Who has prepared and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first and the last; I am he.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I have strengthened you, and have also helped you, yea, I will also uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

For I am the LORD your God, the strengthener of your right hand. I have said to you, Fear not; I am your helper.

Fear not, O you helpless men of Jacob, O you remnant of Israel! I am your helper, says the LORD, and your Saviour, the Holy One of Israel.

I am the LORD; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour; I gave Egypt for your sake, and Ethiopia and Sheba for you.

Fear not; for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west;

You are my witnesses, says the LORD, and my servants whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he; before me there was no God created, neither shall there be after me.

I, even I, am the LORD; and besides me there is no lord.