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Isa 48:17 King James Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
teacheth . . . to profit--by affliction, such as the Babylonish captivity, and the present long-continued dispersion of Israel (Heb 12:10).
 
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10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.