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And now the Lord says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honored in the sight of the Lord , and my God has become my strength—

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?

For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name.

Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord , seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord , and continually, all day long, my name is despised.

Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.

O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, I am about to set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.

Do not let the foreigner joined to the Lord say, "The Lord will surely separate me from his people"; and do not let the eunuch say, "I am just a dry tree."

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. If you remove the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,

You shall suck the milk of nations, you shall suck the breasts of kings; and you shall know that I, the Lord , am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

The least of them shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord ; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask, to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation that did not call on my name.

who say, "Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you." These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

For I know their works and their thoughts, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory,

Then I said, "Ah, Lord God ! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy."

But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, ‘I am only a boy'; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you.

Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord ."