23:042:021 The lord is well pleased for his righteousness’
sake; he will
magnify
the law, and make it honourable.
23:042:022 But this is a people robbed and spoiled;
they are all of them
snared
in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they
are
for
a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none
saith,
Restore.
23:042:023 Who among you will give ear to this? who
will hearken and hear
for
the time to come?
23:042:024 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel
to the robbers? did not
the
lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they
would not
walk
in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
23:042:025 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury
of his anger, and
the
strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire
round
about,
yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it
not
to
heart.
23:043:001 But now thus saith the lord that created
thee, O Jacob, and he
that
formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed
thee,
I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
23:043:002 When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and
through
the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when
thou
walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall
the flame kindle upon thee.
23:043:003 For I am the lord thy God, the Holy
One of Israel, thy
Saviour:
I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for
thee.
23:043:004 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou
hast been
honourable,
and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men
for
thee, and people for thy life.
23:043:005 Fear not: for I am with thee:
I will bring thy seed from the
east,
and gather thee from the west;
23:043:006 I will say to the north, Give up; and to
the south, Keep not
back:
bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends
of
the earth;
23:043:007 Even every one that is called by my name:
for I have created
him
for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
23:043:008 Bring forth the blind people that have
eyes, and the deaf that
have
ears.
23:043:009 Let all the nations be gathered together,
and let the people
be
assembled: who among them can declare this, and
shew us
former
things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that
they
may
be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is
truth.
23:043:010 Ye are my witnesses, saith the lord,
and my servant whom I
have
chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand
that
I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither
shall
there
be after me.


