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The artisan encourages the goldsmith, and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good"; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.

so that all may see and know, all may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, so that we may consider them, and that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come.

Who declared it from the beginning, so that we might know, and beforehand, so that we might say, "He is right"? There was no one who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words.

So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the fury of war; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

You are my witnesses, says the Lord , and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise.

Accuse me, let us go to trial; set forth your case, so that you may be proved right.

All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know. And so they will be put to shame.

They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.

I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord , the God of Israel, who call you by your name.

so that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no one besides me; I am the Lord , and there is no other.

You said, "I shall be mistress forever," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.

I declared them to you from long ago, before they came to pass I announced them to you, so that you would not say, "My idol did them, my carved image and my cast image commanded them."

They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, so that you could not say, "I already knew them."

For my name's sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, so that I may not cut you off.

Then you will say in your heart, "Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away— so who has reared these? I was left all alone— where then have these come from?"

So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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

Just as there were many who were astonished at him —so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of mortals—