1 Thus saith the
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
5 I
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker!
10 Woe unto him that saith unto
11 Thus saith the
12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I,
13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the
14 Thus saith the
15 Verily thou
16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together
17 But
18 For thus saith the
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the
20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye
21 Tell ye, and bring
22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I
23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth
24 Surely, shall
25 In the