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You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.' Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.'

"People of Jacob, listen to me. People of Israel, I have called you to be my people. I am God; I am the beginning and the end.

This is what the Lord , who saves you, the Holy One of Israel, says: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to do what is good, who leads you in the way you should go.

Kings will teach your children, and daughters of kings will take care of them. They will bow down before you and kiss the dirt at your feet. Then you will know I am the Lord . Anyone who trusts in me will not be disappointed."

I will force those who trouble you to eat their own flesh. Their own blood will be the wine that makes them drunk. Then everyone will know I, the Lord , am the One who saves you; I am the Powerful One of Jacob who saves you."

I came home and found no one there; I called, but no one answered. Do you think I am not able to save you? Do I not have the power to save you? Look, I need only to shout and the sea becomes dry. I change rivers into a desert, and their fish rot because there is no water; they die of thirst.

He shows that I am innocent, and he is close to me. So who can accuse me? If there is someone, let us go to court together. If someone wants to prove I have done wrong, he should come and tell me.

The Lord says, "I am the one who comforts you. So why should you be afraid of people, who die? Why should you fear people who die like the grass?

I am the Lord your God, who stirs the sea and makes the waves roar. My name is the Lord All-Powerful.

Your God will defend his people. This is what the Lord your God says: "The punishment I gave you is like a cup of wine. You drank it and could not walk straight. But I am taking that cup of my anger away from you, and you will never be punished by my anger again.

This has happened so my people will know who I am, and so, on that future day, they will know that I am the one speaking to them. It will really be me."

Then you will call out, and the Lord will answer. You will cry out, and he will say, ‘Here I am.' "If you stop making trouble for others, if you stop using cruel words and pointing your finger at others,

The smallest family will grow to a thousand. The least important of you will become a powerful nation. I am the Lord , and when it is time, I will make these things happen quickly."

The Lord makes me very happy; all that I am rejoices in my God. He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels.

The Lord says, "I made myself known to people who were not looking for me. I was found by those who were not asking me for help. I said, ‘Here I am. Here I am,' to a nation that was not praying to me.

But they tell others, ‘Stay away, and don't come near me. I am too holy for you.' These people are like smoke in my nose. Like a fire that burns all the time, they continue to make me angry.

My hand made all things. All things are here because I made them," says the Lord . "These are the people I am pleased with: those who are not proud or stubborn and who fear my word.

"I know they have evil thoughts and do evil things, so I am coming to punish them. I will gather all nations and all people, and they will come together and see my glory.

Then I said, "But Lord God , I don't know how to speak. I am only a boy."

But the Lord said to me, "Don't say, ‘I am only a boy.' You must go everywhere I send you, and you must say everything I tell you to say.