Who [is there] among you that will give ear to these things? Hearken to the things which are coming to pass.

Draw near to Me, and hear these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, [even] the Lord, and His Spirit, has sent me.

And if you had hearkened to My commandments, [then] would your peace have been like a river, and your righteousness as a wave of the sea.

Give heed with your ears, and follow My ways; hearken to Me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.

But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel gave no heed to Me.

If My people had hearkened to Me, if Israel had walked in My ways,

The lion has gone up from his lair, he has roused [himself] to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen [gathers] her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness,

But you, O Israel, are My servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, whom I have loved;

And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not; for I have redeemed you, I have called you [by] your name; you are Mine.

And I will establish My covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your seed after you.

For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; and the Lord your God chose you to be to Him a peculiar people beyond all nations that [are] upon the face of the earth.

But because the Lord has loved you, and He is keeping the oath which He swore to your fathers; the Lord has brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord has redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

[you] seed of Abraham, His servants, [you] children of Jacob, His elect.

For He remembered His holy word, which [He promised] to Abraham His servant.

And He brought out His people with exaltation, and His elect with joy;

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But fear not, My servant Jacob, neither be alarmed, Israel; for behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him.

Fear not, My servant Jacob, says the Lord; for I am with you. She [that was] without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up; for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust you forth. But I will not cause you to fail. Yet will I chastise you in the way of judgment, and will not hold you entirely guiltless.

Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

And if by grace, [it is] no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if [it is] of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.