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    And they will sprout among the grasses, grow vibrant and tall
        like the willow trees lining a riverbank.
    One will call out: “I belong to the Eternal.”
        Another will say, “Jacob is my people; Israel my honored name.”
    Yet others will write “Property of the Eternal” on their hands.

The Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies,
    King of Israel, who paid their ransom, has this to say:

Eternal One: I am at the beginning and will be at the end.
        There is no God except for Me.

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They will spring up like grass(A) in a meadow,
    like poplar trees(B) by flowing streams.(C)
Some will say, ‘I belong(D) to the Lord’;
    others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(E) ‘The Lord’s,’(F)
    and will take the name Israel.

The Lord, Not Idols

“This is what the Lord says—
    Israel’s King(G) and Redeemer,(H) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(I)
    apart from me there is no God.(J)

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