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16 People who make idols will all become ashamed.
    People will insult them as they leave together.
17 The Lord will make Israel safe.
    Israel will be safe and free for ever.
You will never be ashamed again.
    People will never insult you again.

18 The Lord created the heavens. He is the true God. He created the earth and he put it in its place. He built it to be strong. He did not create it as an empty place. He made it for people to live there. He says,

‘I am the Lord.
    There is nobody else who is like me.

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16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;(A)
    they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved(B) by the Lord
    with an everlasting salvation;(C)
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,(D)
    to ages everlasting.

18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,(E)
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,(F)
    but formed it to be inhabited(G)
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.(H)

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