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Fear thou not; for I am with thee:
be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;
yea, I will uphold thee with the right
hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they
that were incensed against thee shall be
ashamed and confounded: they shall
be as nothing; and they that strive with
thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them,
and shalt not find them, even them that
contended with thee: they that war against
thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing
of nought. For I the LORD thy God will
hold thy right hand, saying unto thee,
Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou
worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will
help thee, saith the LORD, and thy
redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp
threshing instrument having teeth:
thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat
them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind
shall carry them away, and the whirlwind
shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice
in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy
One of Israel. When the poor and needy seek
water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth
for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God
of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers
in high places, and fountains in the midst
of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a
pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar,
the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the
oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree,
and the pine, and the box tree together:
That they may see, and know, and consider,
and understand together, that the hand of
the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One
of Israel hath created it.
ISAIAH 41: 10-19