So says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whom I have seized by his right hand, to subdue nations before him. Yea, I will open the loins of kings, to open the two leaved doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.
And you shall say in your heart, Who has borne these to me, for I am bereaved and barren, turned aside and an exile; who then has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone. These, From where are they?
My tabernacle is devastated, and all my cords are broken. My sons have gone out from me and they are not. There is no stretching out my tent any more, or setting up my curtains.
not according to the covenant that I cut with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant of Mine they broke, although I was a husband to them, a statement of Jehovah.
My sheep strayed through all the mountains and on every high hill. And My sheep were scattered on all the face of the earth, and none searched, and none sought for them.
And having taken hold of the blind one’s hand, He led him forth outside the village. And having spit into his eyes, having laid His hands on him, He asked him if he saw anything.
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun until a time. And instantly a mist and darkness fell on him, and going about he sought some to lead him by the hand.
not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day of My taking hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I cared not for them, says the Lord.