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They will be 1put to shame and evenhumiliated, all of them; The 2manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.
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Israel has been saved by the LORD With an 3everlastingsalvation; You 4will not be put to shame or humiliated To alleternity.
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For thussays the LORD, who 5created the heavens (He is the God who 6formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a 7wasteplace, but formed it to be 8inhabited ), "I am the LORD, and 9there is noneelse.
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"10I have not spoken in secret, In somedarkland; I did not say to the 11offspring of Jacob, '12Seek Me in a wasteplace '; I, the LORD, 13speakrighteousness, 14Declaringthings that are upright.
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"15Gather yourselves and come; Drawneartogether, you fugitives of the nations; 16They havenoknowledge, Who 17carry about their woodenidol And 18pray to a god who cannotsave.
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"19Declare and setforth your case; Indeed, let them consulttogether. 20Who has announcedthis from of old? Who has longsincedeclared it? Is it not I, the LORD? And there is 21nootherGodbesides* Me, A righteousGod and a 22Savior; There is noneexcept Me.
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"23Turn to Me and 24be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is noother.
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"25I have sworn by Myself, The 26word has goneforth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turnback, That to Me 27everyknee will bow, everytongue will 28swear allegiance.
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"They will say of Me, 'Only29in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' Men will come to Him, And 30all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
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"In the LORDall the offspring of Israel Will be 31justified and will 32glory."