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ISAIAH ยท Chapter 44
44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
44:2 Thus says the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb,
which will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom
I have chosen.
44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon
the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon
your offspring:
44:4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the
water courses.
44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself
by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the
LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
44:6 Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD
of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no
God.
44:7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in
order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that
are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them.
44:8 Fear all of you not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from
that time, and have declared it? all of you are even my witnesses. Is there
a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their
delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they
see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
44:10 Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable
for nothing?
44:11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they
are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they
shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
44:12 The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions
it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is
hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.
44:13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a
line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and
makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that
it may remain in the house.
44:14 He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which
he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an
ash, and the rain does nourish it.
44:15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof,
and warm himself; yea, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yea, he makes a
god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down thereto.
44:16 He burns part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats
flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warms himself, and says,
Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
44:17 And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image:
he falls down unto it, and worships it, and prays unto it, and says, Deliver
me; for you are my god.
44:18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes,
that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
44:19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor
understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I
have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten
it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down
to the stock of a tree?
44:20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that
he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I
have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten
of me.
44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and,
as a cloud, your sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed you.
44:23 Sing, O all of you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout,
all of you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, all of you
mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD has redeemed
Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
44:24 Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from
the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the
heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;
44:25 That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad;
that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
44:26 That confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel
of his messengers; that says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and
to the cities of Judah, All of you shall be built, and I will raise up
the decayed places thereof:
44:27 That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:
44:28 That says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all
my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple,
Your foundation shall be laid.
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