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Let them bring them, and let them tell us what will happen. Tell us what the former things are so that we may take them to our heart and know their outcome. 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!" Indeed, there was no one who declared it; Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it. Indeed there was no one who heard your words.

So he poured the wrath of his anger upon him and the strength of war. And it set him afire all around, but he did not understand; and it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

"You are my witnesses," declares Yahweh, "and my servant whom I have chosen so that you may know and believe in me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none shall be after me.

this people whom I formed for myself, so they might make known my praise.

Take me to court; let us enter into judgment together. You, make an account so that you may be in the right.

All those who form an idol are nothing, and their delightful things do not profit. And their witnesses do not see or know, so they will be ashamed.

They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes are besmeared so that they cannot see, their minds so that they have no insight.

And I will give you the treasures of darkness and treasures of secret places so that you may know that I am Yahweh, the one who calls you by your name, the God of Israel,

so that they may know from the rising of the sun and from the west that there is none besides me; I am Yahweh and there is none besides me.

Trickle, O heavens, from above, and let clouds trickle with righteousness; let the earth open so that salvation may be fruitful, and let it cause righteousness to sprout along with it. I myself, Yahweh, have created it.

So are to you those with whom you have labored, your traders from your youth. They wander, each to his side; there is no one who can save you.

And I declared them to you from of old; I announced them to you before they came to pass so that you would not say, ‘My idol did them, and my image and my cast image commanded them.'

Now they are created, and not from of old, and before today, and you have not heard them so that you could not say, "Look! I knew them."

For the sake of my name I refrain from my anger, and for my praise I restrain it for you so as not to cut you off.

Yet the children born when you were bereaved will say in your hearing, "The place is too cramped for me; make room for me so that I can dwell."

Then you will say in your heart, "Who has borne me these?" And, "I was bereaved and barren, exiled and thrust away; so who raised these? Look at me! I was left alone; where have these come from?"

So the redeemed ones of Yahweh shall return, and they shall come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. Joy and gladness shall appear; sorrow and sighing shall flee away!

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

so he shall sprinkle many nations; because of him, kings shall shut their mouths. For they shall see what has not been told them, and they shall consider with full attention what they have not heard.