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17     By contrast, Israel can stand tall. The Eternal has given them
        a salvation that will never die, and they will never be embarrassed or ashamed.

18 Indeed, He who created the universe—heavens and earth—gave it form and shape.
    The Eternal alone set it all in motion;
He didn’t make it a disorganized wasteland but made it a beautiful and comfortable home.

Eternal One: I am the Eternal One, and there is no other god who exists.
19         I didn’t whisper in secret or mumble in the darkness;
    I didn’t say to Jacob’s children:
        “Look around the desert and try to find Me.”
    No, I am the Eternal One. I will speak clearly what is right and true.

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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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