¶ God promyseth to send his Chryst, whiche shal de¦lyuer his people. He forgyueth synnes for his owne sake.
CAPI. XLIII.
BVt nowe the Lorde that made the, O [ A] Iacob, and he that facioned the, o Israel sayth thus: Feare not, for I wyl defend the. I haue called the by name, thou art myne owne. When thou wentest in the water. I was by the, that the stronge floudes shoulde not plucke the away. When thou walkest in the fyre, it shall not burne the, and the flame shal not kyndle vpon the. For I am the Lorde thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy sauiour. I gaue Egypte for thy delyueraunce, the Morians and the Sabees for the: bycause thou wast deare in my syght, and bycause I set by the, and loued the. I pylled all men for the, and deliuered vp all people for thy sake, that thou shouldest not feare, for I was with the. I wyll brynge thy sede frome the Easte, [ B] and gather the togyther from the Weste. I wyll saye to the Northe, let goo. And to the Southe, kepe not backe: but brynge me my sonnes from farre, and my doughters frome the endes of the worlde: Namely all those that be called after my name: For them haue I created, facyoned, and made for myne honour.
Brynge forthe that people, whether they haue eyes, or be blynde, deafe, or haue eares. All nacions shall come in one, and be gathe∣red in one people. But whiche amonge yon∣der goddes shall declare suche thynges, and tell vs what is to come? Lette them brynge their wytnesses, so shall they be free: for then men shal beare it, and saye it is trouthe. But I brynge you wytnesses (saythe the Lorde) euen those that are my seruauntes, whome I haue chosen: to thintent that ye myghte be certyfyed, and gyue me faythfull credence: yea and to consydre, that I am he, before whome there was neuer anye God, and that there shall be none after me. I am onely the Lorde, and without me is there no sauioure. [ C] I gyue warnynge, I make hole, I teache you that there shoulde be no straunge God among you. And this recorde must ye beare me your selues, sayth the Lorde that I am God. And euen he am I from the begynnynge, and there is none that can take anye thynge oute of my hande. And what I doo, can no man chaunge.
Thus saythe the Lorde, the holye one of Israell youre redemer: For youre sake I wyll sende to Babylon, and brynge all the strongest of them frome thence: Namely the Chaldees that hoste them of theyr shyppes: Euen I the Lorde youre holye one whiche haue made Israell, and am youre kynge. Moreouer thus sayth the Lorde▪ euen he that maketh awaye in the see, and a foote pathe