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it was not in secret, not in some dark recess of earth, that my word was spoken. Not in vain I bade the sons of Jacob search for me; I am the Lord, faithful to my promises, truthful in all I proclaim. (Isaiah 45, 19)
Use thee I will, he promises, nor with thy service be content, when the tribes of Jacob thou hast summoned, brought back the poor remnant of Israel; nay, I have appointed thee to be the light of the Gentiles, in thee I will send out my salvation to the furthest corners of the earth. (Isaiah 49, 6)
Ay, the Lord’s will it was, overwhelmed he should be with trouble. His life laid down for guilt’s atoning, he shall yet be rewarded; father of a long posterity, instrument of the divine purpose; (Isaiah 53, 10)
Day after day they besiege me, arraign my dealings with them, a nation, you would think, ever dutiful, one that never swerved from the divine will. Proof they ask of my faithfulness, would fain bring a plea against their God.✻ (Isaiah 58, 2)
Then, sudden as the dawn, the welcome light shall break on thee, in a moment thy health shall find a new spring; divine favour shall lead thee on thy journey, brightness of the Lord’s presence close thy ranks behind. (Isaiah 58, 8)
Heinous our treason against the Lord, that turn away from his divine leading to plan cruelty and rebellion; false thoughts we conceive in our hearts that still find utterance. (Isaiah 59, 13)
Who is this, coming from Edom, coming on the road from Bosra, with garments deep-dyed? Who is this, so gaily clad, marching so valiantly?I am one who is faithful to his promises, a champion bringing deliverance.✻ (Isaiah 63, 1)
This, too, he promises: Enduring your race and name shall be as the new heavens, the new earth I fashion, to stand continually in my presence. (Isaiah 66, 22)
But indeed, thought I, perhaps they are poor men and foolish, that have never learnt the divine command, or what their God requires of them. (Jeremiah 5, 4)
I will go and have speech with the men of rank; what the divine command is, what their God requires of them, these will surely know. And these I found conspiring, as none other, to throw off the yoke, to break through their bonds. (Jeremiah 5, 5)
Nay, but the divine anger burns within me, I can forbear no longer. I must blurt out my message to all, children playing in the streets, no less than warriors met in council; none shall be spared, husband or wife, greybeard or man of many summers. (Jeremiah 6, 11)
Yet the kite, circling in air, knows its time; turtle-dove can guess, and swallow, and stork, when they should return;✻ only for my people the divine appointment passes unobserved. (Jeremiah 8, 7)
