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10 You grow weary by the greatness of your way,
    but you did not say, ‘Despairing!’
You found the renewal[a] of your strength,[b]
    therefore you do not grow weak.
11 And of whom were you afraid and feared, that you deceived
    and did not remember me?
    Did you not place it on your heart?
Have I not been silent, even from long ago,
    and so you do not fear me?
12 I myself will declare your righteousness and your works,
    but[c] they will not benefit you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:10 Literally “life”
  2. Isaiah 57:10 Literally “hand;” compare the “hand” in verse 8
  3. Isaiah 57:12 Or “and”

10 You wearied(A) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’(B)
You found renewal of your strength,(C)
    and so you did not faint.

11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared(D)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered(E) me
    nor taken this to heart?(F)
Is it not because I have long been silent(G)
    that you do not fear me?
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,(H)
    and they will not benefit you.

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