The Book of Isaiah (WEB)
44: 1Yet now hear, Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen: 44:2Thus says Yahweh who
made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant;
and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and
streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:
44:4and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. 44:5One shall say, I am
Yahweh's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with
his hand to Yahweh, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 44:6Thus says Yahweh, the King of
Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there
is no God. 44:7Who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established
the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall happen, let them declare. 44:8Don't
fear, neither be afraid: haven't I declared to you of old, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is
there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any Rock. 44:9Those who fashion an
engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their
own witnesses don't see, nor know: that they may be put to shame. 44:10Who has fashioned a god, or
molten an image that is profitable for nothing? 44:11Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame;
and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall
fear, they shall be put to shame together. 44:12The smith makes an ax, and works in the coals, and
fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength
fails; he drinks no water, and is faint. 44:13The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a
pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the
figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 44:14He cuts down cedars for
himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the
forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it. 44:15Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he
takes of it, and warms himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread: yes, he makes a god, and
worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it. 44:16He burns part of it in the fire;
with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied; yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha,
I am warm, I have seen the fire. 44:17The residue of it he makes a god, even his engraved image; he
falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god. 44:18They
don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their
hearts, that they can't understand. 44:19None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor
understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals
of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I
fall down to the stock of a tree? 44:20He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and
he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? 44:21Remember these things,
Jacob, and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: Israel, you shall
not be forgotten by me. 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud,
your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you. 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it;
shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every
tree therein: for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel. 44:24Thus says
Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all
things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);
44:25who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward,
and makes their knowledge foolish; 44:26who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the
counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of
Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it; 44:27who says to the deep, Be
dry, and I will dry up your rivers; 44:28Who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all
my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Your foundation
shall be laid.
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