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17 But Israel will be saved by the Lord.
    That salvation will continue forever.
    Never again will Israel be put to shame.

18 The Lord created the heavens.
    He is the God
    who formed the earth.
    He made the earth.
But he did not want it to be empty.
    He wanted life to be on the earth.
This is what the Lord says:
    “I am the Lord. There is no other God.
19 I did not speak in secret.
    I did not hide my words somewhere in a dark place.
I did not tell the family of Jacob
    to look for me in empty places.
I am the Lord, and I speak the truth.
    I say what is right.

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17 But Israel will be saved(A) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(B)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(C)
    to ages everlasting.

18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(D)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(E)
    but formed it to be inhabited(F)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(G)
19 I have not spoken in secret,(H)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(I)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(J)
    ‘Seek(K) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(L)

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