Isaiah 51:16-18

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¹⁶“My servant, I gave you the words I want you to say, and I covered you with my hands to protect you. I did this to make a new heaven and earth and so that you would say to Israel, ‘You are my people.’”

God Punished Israel

¹⁷Wake up! Wake up!
    Jerusalem, get up!
The Lord was very angry with you.
    So you were punished.
It was like a cup of poison you had to drink,
    and you drank it all.

¹⁸Jerusalem had many people, but none of them became leaders for her. None of the children she raised became guides to lead her.

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