Isaias

19 I have not, spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness 3 I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me, (as in) a waste: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

20 Assemble yourselves, and come; draw near together, ye escaped of the nations; they know not, that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a God that cannot save.

21 Declare ye, and bring near: yea, let them take counsel together; who hath caused this to be heard from of old, hath declared it from that time? Is it not I, the Lord? and there is no God else beside me: a righteous God and a Saviour; there is none except me.

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth for I am God, and there is none else.

23 I have sworn by myself, a word is gone forth from a mouth of righteousness, and it shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

24 Only in the Lord, saith one, have I righteousness and strength; unto him shall one come, and all that were inflamed against him shall be ashamed.

25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be held righteous, and boast themselves.

XLVI. 1 Bel croucheth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are for beast and cattle; the things ye carried are borne heavily, a burden to the weary.

2 They stoop, they crouch together; they cannot deliver the burden, their soul is gone into captivity.

3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel: which are heavily borne from the womb, which are carried from the bosom:

4 And to old age I am he, and to grey hairs I will support; I have made, and I will carry; and I will support, and will deliver you.