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My heart cries for Moab like a harp playing a funeral song; I am very sad for Kir Hareseth.

The officers of the city of Zoan are fools; the wise men who advise the king of Egypt give wrong advice. How can you say to him, ‘I am wise'? How can you say, ‘I am from the old family of the kings'?

I saw those terrible things, and now I am in pain; my pains are like the pains of giving birth. What I hear makes me very afraid; what I see causes me to shake with fear.

I am worried, and I am shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.

We hear songs from every part of the earth praising God, the Righteous One. But I said, "I am dying! I am dying! How terrible it will be for me! Traitors turn against people; with their dishonesty, they turn against people."

I am not angry. If anyone builds a wall of thornbushes in war, I will march to it and burn it.

No one living in Jerusalem will say, "I am sick." The people who live there will have their sins forgiven.

Listen! I am going to put a spirit in the king of Assyria. He will hear a report that will make him return to his own country, and I will cause him to die by the sword there.'"

I said, "I am in the middle of my life. Do I have to go through the gates of death? Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?"

Like a shepherd's tent, my home has been pulled down and taken from me. I am finished like the cloth a weaver rolls up and cuts from the loom. In one day you brought me to this end.

People of Jacob, why do you complain? People of Israel, why do you say, "The Lord does not see what happens to me; he does not care if I am treated fairly"?

Who caused this to happen? Who has controlled history since the beginning? I, the Lord , am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished."

So don't worry, because I am with you. Don't be afraid, because I am your God. I will make you strong and will help you; I will support you with my right hand that saves you.

I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, and I tell you, ‘Don't be afraid. I will help you.'

"Here is my servant, the one I support. He is the one I chose, and I am pleased with him. I have put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring justice to all nations.

"I am the Lord . That is my name. I will not give my glory to another; I will not let idols take the praise that should be mine.

This is because I, the Lord , am your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for you, and I gave Cush and Seba to make you mine.

Don't be afraid, because I am with you. I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.

The Lord says, "You are my witnesses and the servant I chose. I chose you so you would know and believe me, so you would understand that I am the true God. There was no God before me, and there will be no God after me.

I myself am the Lord ; I am the only Savior.