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consider the things of old.
"Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know
it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
"This people have I formed for myself; I have established them to shew forth
my praise, etc.
"I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins. Put in remembrance your ingratitude: see
thou, if thou mayest be justified. Thy first father hath sinned, and thy
teachers have transgressed against me."
Is. 44.: "I am the first, and I am the last, saith the Lord. Let him who
will equal himself to me, declare the order of things since I appointed the
ancient people, and the things that are coming. Fear ye not: have I not told
you all these things? Ye are my witnesses."
Prophecy of Cyrus.--Is. 45:4: "For Jacob's sake, mine elect, I have called
thee by thy name."
Is. 45:21: "Come and let us reason together. Who hath declared this from
ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I, the Lord?"
Is. 46: "Remember the former things of old, and know there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that
are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my
pleasure."
Is. 42: "Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."
Is. 48:3: "I have declared the former things from the beginning; I did them
suddenly; and they came to pass. Because I know that thou art obstinate,
that thy spirit is rebellious, and thy brow brass; I have even declared it
to thee before it came to pass: lest thou shouldst say that it was the work
of thy gods, and the
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