12 Behold, His re ward is with Him || and His wo- rk before Him;

13 He shall feed His flock | like a shepherd || He shall gather the | la · mbs | with· His arm,

14 And carry them in His bosom || and shall gently lead those that are with | young.

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ISAIAH XL., XLI., XLII., XLIII., LIV.

THE everlasting God, the Lord, the Crea

tor of the ends of the earth, fainteth not neither is weary || there is no searching of His un der standing.

2 He giveth power to the faint || and to them that have no might He in | creas eth strength.

3 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall | utterly | fall || but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength;

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4 They shall mount up with | wings eagles they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.

5 Fear thou not; for I am with thee be not dismayed; for I am

God:

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6 I will strengthen thee; yea I will | help theeyea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

7 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none || and their | tongue | faileth for thirst,

8 I the Lord will hear them || I the God of Israel will not for | sake them. 9 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not I will lead them in | paths that they have. not known.

10 I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight || these things will I do unto them and not for sa ke them.

11 When thou passest | through waters | I will be with thee;

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12 And through the rivers || they | shall not over flow thee:

13 When thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be | burned || neither shall the flame | kindle up on thee.

14 For I am the Lord thy God || the Holy One of Israel | thy | Saviour.

15 For a small moment have I for sa · ken thee | but with great mercies | will · I | gather thee.

16 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment || but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

17 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee,

18 Neither shall the covenant of my | peace be removed || saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

19 No weapon that is formed against | thee shall prosper || and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou] shalt condemn.

20 This is the heritage of the servants | of the Lord || and their righteousness is of me | saith the Lord.

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ISAIAH LIL, L.X.

AWAKE awake; put on thy | strength.

OZion || put on thy beautiful gar ments, O Jerusalem the holy city:

2 For henceforth there shall no more come into thee || the un | circumcised and the un❘ clean.

3 How beautiful up on the mountains || are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings that publish eth | peace;

4 That bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth sa 1 vation || that saith unto Zion thy God | reigneth!

5 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together | shall they sing for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring a gain | Zion.

6 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem | for the Lord hath comforted His people, He hath re deemed Jerusalem.

7 The Lord hath made bare His | holy | arm | in the eyes of all the nations; 8 And all the ends of the | earth || shall see the salvation of our God.

9 Arise, shine; for thy and the glory of the up on thee.

10 For, behold, the

light is | come

Lord

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risen

darkness shall |

cover the earth || and | gro · ss | darkness the people:

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11 But the Lord shall arise up thee and His glory shall be seen up on | thee.

12 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light || and kings to the | brightness of thy rising.

13 Lift up thine eyes round a bout and | see all they gather themselves together they come to thee:

14 Thy sons shall come from far || and thy daughters shall be | nursed at thyside.

15 Violence shall no more be heard in. thy land wasting nor destruction with in thy | borders:

16 But thou shalt call thy | walls sal | vation and thy gates | praise.

17 The sun shall be no more thy light. by day neither for brightness shall the moon. give light unto thee:

18 But the Lord shall be unto thee an ever lasting | light || and | th⋅ y | God thy glory.

19 Thy sun shall no more go down || neither shall thy moon with draw it self:

20 For the Lord shall be thine ever | last ing light || and the days of thy | mourn ing shall be | ended.

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ISAIAH LIII.

E is despised and rejected of men || a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;

2 And we hid as it were our | faces | from Him He was despised, and | wees | teemed Him | not.

3 Surely He hath | borne

our griefs ||

and carried our sorrows;

4 Yet we did esteem Him stricken || smitten of God and afflicted.

5 But He was wounded for our trans gressions || He was bruised for our in iquities:

6 The chastisement of our peace was upon Him || and with | His stripes | we' are healed.

o turned every, have we have turned every one way;

gone a stran to his own

8 And the Lord hath | laid ⚫ on | Him || the iniquity of us all.

9 He was oppressed, and He was af flicted yet He open ed not His mouth:

10 He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter || and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He open eth | not. His | mouth.

11 He was taken from prison | and from judgment || and who shall de clare His generation?

12 For He was cut off out of the land • of the living || for the transgression of my peo⚫ ple was He | stricken.

13 And He made His grave | with wicked || and with the

death;

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rich | in His

14 Because He had done no violence || neither was any deceit in His mouth.

15 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him || He hath put Him to grief:

16 When Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see. His | seed || He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall | pros per | in His hand. 17 He shall see of the travail | of His | soul and shall be satisfied:

18 By His knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many || for He shall | bear their iniquities.

19 Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong || because He hath poured out His | so ulun to death: 20 And He was numbered with the transgressors || and He bare the sin of many, and made inter cess⚫ ion for the transgressors.