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¹ And Israel whom I have chosen. ² And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. ³ And My blessing on your offspring; ⁴ Like willows by the watercourses.’ ⁵ And name himself by the name of Israel. ⁶ Besides Me there is no God. ⁷ Let them show these to them. ⁸ I know not one.’ ” ⁹ They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed. ¹⁰ That profits him nothing? ¹¹ They shall be ashamed together. ¹² He drinks no water and is faint. ¹³ According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house. ¹⁴ He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it. ¹⁵ He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. ¹⁶ I have seen the fire.” ¹⁷ “Deliver me, for you are my god!” ¹⁸ And their hearts, so that they cannot understand. ¹⁹ Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” ²⁰ Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?” ²¹ O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! ²² Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.” ²³ And glorified Himself in Israel. ²⁴ Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; ²⁵ And makes their knowledge foolishness; ²⁶ And I will raise up her waste places; ²⁷ And I will dry up your rivers’; ²⁸ And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.” ’