I the Lord have called thee for a righteous purpose,* and I will take hold of thy hand, and I will preserve thee; and I will give thee for a covenant to the people, for a light to the nations; to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the captive out of confinement, and from the dungeon those that dwell in darkness.

I am the Eternal, that is my name, and my glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to the graven images.

The former predictions, lo! they are to come to pass, and now events I now declare; before they spring forth, behold I make them known unto you." See also chap.xlix.

1,12, and chap.liv.3, 5.
In the 3d chapter of Hosea, verses 4 and 5, it is said by the Prophet, that "the sons of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without sacrifice, and without a statue, and without an ephod, and without Teraphim.

Afterward shall the sons of Israel return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and DAVID their King, and shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the latter days." Micah chap.v.speaks of the Messiah thus, "And thou Bethlehem Ephratah, art thou too little to be among the leaders of Judah?
Out of thee shall come forth unto me, him who is to be ruler in Israel; and his goings forth have been from old, from the days of hidden ages.