Isaiah 44
44But now hear, O Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!H8085H3290H5650H3478H9772Thus says the LORD who made you, who formed you in the womb and will help you: Do not fear, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.H559H3068H6213H3335H990H5826H3372H3290H5650H3484H9773For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring.H3332H4325H6771H5140H3004H3332H7307H2233H1293H66314They shall spring up like a green tamarisk, like willows by flowing streams.H6779H996H2682H6155H4325H29885This one will say, "I am the LORD's," another will be called by the name of Jacob, yet another will write on the hand, "The LORD's," and adopt the name of Israel.H559H3068H7121H8034H3290H3789H3027H3068H3655H8034H34786Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.H559H3068H4428H3478H1350H3068H6635H7223H314H1107H4307Who is like me? Let them proclaim it, let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be.H7121H5046H6186H7760H5769H5971H857H935H50468Do not fear, or be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God besides me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.H6342H7297H7297H8085H227H5046H5707H3426H433H1107H6697H30459All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know. And so they will be put to shame.H3335H6459H8414H2530H3276H5707H7200H3045H95410Who would fashion a god or cast an image that can do no good?H3335H410H5258H6459H3276H111511Look, all its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans too are merely human. Let them all assemble, let them stand up; they shall be terrified, they shall all be put to shame.H2270H954H2796H120H6908H5975H6342H954H316212The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals, shaping it with hammers, and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint.H1270H2796H4621H6466H6352H3335H4717H6466H3581H2220H7457H3581H369H8354H4325H328613The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a shrine.H2796H6086H5186H6957H8388H8279H6213H4741H8388H4230H6213H8403H376H8597H120H3427H100414He cuts down cedars or chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.H3772H730H3947H8645H437H553H6086H3293H5193H766H1653H143115Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he takes and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, makes it a carved image and bows down before it.H120H1197H3947H2552H5400H644H3899H6466H410H7812H6213H6459H545616Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he roasts meat, eats it and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, "Ah, I am warm, I can feel the fire!"H8313H2677H1119H784H2677H398H1320H6740H6748H7646H2552H559H1889H2552H7200H21717The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, "Save me, for you are my god!"H7611H6213H410H6459H5456H7812H6419H559H5337H41018They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.H3045H995H2902H5869H7200H3826H791919No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"H7725H3820H1847H8394H559H8313H2677H1119H784H644H3899H1513H6740H1320H398H6213H3499H8441H5456H944H608620He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?"H7462H665H2048H3820H5186H5337H5315H559H8267H322521Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you, you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.H2142H3290H3478H5650H3335H5650H3478H538222I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.H4229H5645H6588H6051H2403H7725H135023Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.H7442H8064H3068H6213H7321H8482H776H6476H7440H2022H3293H6086H3068H1350H3290H6286H347824Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by myself spread out the earth;H559H3068H1350H3335H990H3068H6213H5186H8064H7554H77625who frustrates the omens of liars, and makes fools of diviners; who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;H6565H226H907H7080H1984H7725H2450H268H1847H552826who confirms the word of his servant, and fulfills the prediction of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, "It shall be inhabited," and of the cities of Judah, "They shall be rebuilt, and I will raise up their ruins";H6965H1697H5650H7999H6098H4397H559H3389H3427H5892H3063H1129H6965H272327who says to the deep, "Be dry—I will dry up your rivers";H559H6683H2717H3001H510428who says of Cyrus, "He is my shepherd, and he shall carry out all my purpose"; and who says of Jerusalem, "It shall be rebuilt," and of the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."H559H3566H7462H7999H2656H559H3389H1129H1964H3245
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