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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 43, Verse 27

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Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
King James Version
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
American Standard Version
Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
New English Translation
The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.
World English Bible
Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
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Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
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Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, [which] will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
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For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
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And they shall spring up [as] among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
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One shall say, I [am] the LORD'S; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe [with] his hand unto the LORD, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
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Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I [am] the first, and I [am] the last; and beside me [there is] no God.
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And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
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Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared [it]? ye [are] even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, [there is] no God; I know not [any].
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They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.