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But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
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When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
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For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
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Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
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Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you;
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I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,
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every one who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."
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Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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