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Isaiah 44
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The Lord Is the Only God

44The LORD says, "Listen now, Israel, my servant, my chosen people, the descendants of Jacob.H8085H3290H5650H3478H977
2I am the LORD who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.H559H3068H6213H3335H990H5826H3372H3290H5650H3484H977
3"I will give water to the thirsty land and make streams flow on the dry ground. I will pour out my spirit on your children and my blessing on your descendants.H3332H4325H6771H5140H3004H3332H7307H2233H1293H6631
4They will thrive like well-watered grass, like willows by streams of running water.H6779H996H2682H6155H4325H2988
5"One by one, people will say, 'I am the LORD's.' They will come to join the people of Israel. They each will mark the name of the LORD on their arms and call themselves one of God's people."H559H3068H7121H8034H3290H3789H3027H3068H3655H8034H3478
6The LORD, who rules and protects Israel, the LORD Almighty, has this to say: "I am the first, the last, the only God; there is no other god but me.H559H3068H4428H3478H1350H3068H6635H7223H314H1107H430
7Could anyone else have done what I did? Who could have predicted all that would happen from the very beginning to the end of time?H7121H5046H6186H7760H5769H5971H857H935H5046
8Do not be afraid, my people! You know that from ancient times until now I have predicted all that would happen, and you are my witnesses. Is there any other god? Is there some powerful god I never heard of ?"H6342H7297H7297H8085H227H5046H5707H3426H433H1107H6697H3045

Idolatry Is Ridiculed

9All those who make idols are worthless, and the gods they prize so highly are useless. Those who worship these gods are blind and ignorant - and they will be disgraced.H3335H6459H8414H2530H3276H5707H7200H3045H954
10It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!H3335H410H5258H6459H3276H1115
11Everyone who worships it will be humiliated. The people who make idols are human beings and nothing more. Let them come and stand trial - they will be terrified and will suffer disgrace.H2270H954H2796H120H6908H5975H6342H954H3162
12The metalworker takes a piece of metal and works with it over a fire. His strong arm swings a hammer to pound the metal into shape. As he works, he gets hungry, thirsty, and tired.H1270H2796H4621H6466H6352H3335H4717H6466H3581H2220H7457H3581H369H8354H4325H3286
13The carpenter measures the wood. He outlines a figure with chalk, carves it out with his tools, and makes it in the form of a man, a handsome human figure, to be placed in his house.H2796H6086H5186H6957H8388H8279H6213H4741H8388H4230H6213H8403H376H8597H120H3427H1004
14He might cut down cedars to use, or choose oak or cypress wood from the forest. Or he might plant a laurel tree and wait for the rain to make it grow.H3772H730H3947H8645H437H553H6086H3293H5193H766H1653H1431
15A person uses part of a tree for fuel and part of it for making an idol. With one part he builds a fire to warm himself and bake bread; with the other part he makes a god and worships it.H120H1197H3947H2552H5400H644H3899H6466H410H7812H6213H6459H5456
16With some of the wood he makes a fire; he roasts meat, eats it, and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, "How nice and warm! What a beautiful fire!"H8313H2677H1119H784H2677H398H1320H6740H6748H7646H2552H559H1889H2552H7200H217
17The rest of the wood he makes into an idol, and then he bows down and worships it. He prays to it and says, "You are my god - save me!"H7611H6213H410H6459H5456H7812H6419H559H5337H410
18Such people are too stupid to know what they are doing. They close their eyes and their minds to the truth.H3045H995H2902H5869H7200H3826H7919
19The maker of idols hasn't the wit or the sense to say, "Some of the wood I burned up. I baked some bread on the coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And the rest of the wood I made into an idol. Here I am bowing down to a block of wood!"H7725H3820H1847H8394H559H8313H2677H1119H784H644H3899H1513H6740H1320H398H6213H3499H8441H5456H944H6086
20It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.H7462H665H2048H3820H5186H5337H5315H559H8267H3225

The Lord, the Creator and Savior

21The LORD says, "Israel, remember this; remember that you are my servant. I created you to be my servant, and I will never forget you.H2142H3290H3478H5650H3335H5650H3478H5382
22I have swept your sins away like a cloud. Come back to me; I am the one who saves you."H4229H5645H6588H6051H2403H7725H1350
23Shout for joy, you heavens! Shout, deep places of the earth! Shout for joy, mountains, and every tree of the forest! The LORD has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.H7442H8064H3068H6213H7321H8482H776H6476H7440H2022H3293H6086H3068H1350H3290H6286H3478
24"I am the LORD, your savior; I am the one who created you. I am the LORD, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens; when I made the earth, no one helped me.H559H3068H1350H3335H990H3068H6213H5186H8064H7554H776
25I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.H6565H226H907H7080H1984H7725H2450H268H1847H5528
26But when my servant makes a prediction, when I send a messenger to reveal my plans, I make those plans and predictions come true. I tell Jerusalem that people will live there again, and the cities of Judah that they will be rebuilt. Those cities will rise from the ruins.H6965H1697H5650H7999H6098H4397H559H3389H3427H5892H3063H1129H6965H2723
27With a word of command I dry up the ocean.H559H6683H2717H3001H5104
28I say to Cyrus, 'You are the one who will rule for me; you will do what I want you to do: you will order that Jerusalem be rebuilt and that the foundations of the Temple be laid.' "H559H3566H7462H7999H2656H559H3389H1129H1964H3245


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