Israel Is God’s Witness

8Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,
         And the deaf, even though they have ears.

9All the nations have gathered together
         So that the peoples may be assembled.
         Who among them can declare this
         And proclaim to us the former things?
         Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified,
         Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”

10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,
         “And My servant whom I have chosen,
         So that you may know and believe Me
         And understand that I am He.
         Before Me there was no God formed,
         And there will be none after Me.

11“I, even I, am the LORD,
         And there is no savior besides Me.

12“It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
         And there was no strange god among you;
         So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,
         “And I am God.

13“Even from eternity I am He,
         And there is none who can deliver out of My hand;
         I act and who can reverse it?”

Babylon to Be Destroyed

      14Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
         “For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
         And will bring them all down as fugitives,
         Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

15“I am the LORD, your Holy One,
         The Creator of Israel, your King.”

16Thus says the LORD,
         Who makes a way through the sea
         And a path through the mighty waters,

17Who brings forth the chariot and the horse,
         The army and the mighty man
         (They will lie down together and not rise again;
         They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick):

18“Do not call to mind the former things,
         Or ponder things of the past.

19“Behold, I will do something new,
         Now it will spring forth;
         Will you not be aware of it?
         I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
         Rivers in the desert.

20“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
         The jackals and the ostriches,
         Because I have given waters in the wilderness
         And rivers in the desert,
         To give drink to My chosen people.

21“The people whom I formed for Myself
         Will declare My praise.

The Shortcomings of Israel

22“Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
         But you have become weary of Me, O Israel.

23“You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings,
         Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
         I have not burdened you with offerings,
         Nor wearied you with incense.

24“You have bought Me not sweet cane with money,
         Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
         Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
         You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

25“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
         And I will not remember your sins.

26“Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together;
         State your cause, that you may be proved right.

27“Your first forefather sinned,
         And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.

28“So I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary,
         And I will consign Jacob to the ban and Israel to revilement.

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.

Darby Bible Translation
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

English Revised Version
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Webster's Bible Translation
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

World English Bible
Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

Young's Literal Translation
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