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Our Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts is His name,The Holy One of Israel.

Thus they have become for you, those among whom you have labored,Who have traded with you from your youth;Each has wandered in his own way;There is none to save you.

For they call themselves after the holy cityAnd are supported by the God of Israel;Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Assemble, all of you, and hear!Who among them has declared these things?Yahweh loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him,I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.

Draw near to Me, hear this:From the first I have not spoken in secret,From the time it took place, I was there.So now Lord Yahweh has sent Me, and His Spirit."

Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, cause this to be heard,Bring it forth to the end of the earth;Say, "Yahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob."

He has set My mouth like a sharp sword;In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;And He has also set Me as a select arrow;He has hidden Me in His quiver.

So now says Yahweh, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,To return Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him(For I am glorified in the sight of Yahweh,And My God is My strength),

Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth!Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains!For Yahweh has comforted His peopleAnd will have compassion on His afflicted.

Who is among you that fears Yahweh,That listens to the voice of His Servant,That walks in darkness and has no light?Let him trust in the name of Yahweh and rely on his God.

The one in chains will soon be set free and will not die in the pit, nor will his bread be lacking.

For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar—Yahweh of hosts is His name.

Awaken yourself! Awaken yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem,You who have drunk from the hand of Yahweh the cup of His wrath;The chalice of reeling you have drained to the dregs.

Thus says your Lord, Yahweh, even your GodWho contends for His people,"Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,The chalice of My wrath;You will never drink it again.

Break forth, shout joyfully together,You waste places of Jerusalem;For Yahweh has comforted His people;He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Yahweh has bared His holy armIn the sight of all the nations,That all the ends of the earth may seeThe salvation of our God.

Just as many were appalled at you, My people,So His appearance was marred more than any manAnd His form more than the sons of men.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,He was crushed for our iniquities;The chastening for our peace fell upon Him,And by His wounds we are healed.

All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us allTo fall on Him.