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ISA 44:1–44:20 ©

The LORD Has Chosen Israel

The LORD Has Chosen Israel

44But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen

2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb [and] who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun,[fn] whom I have chosen

3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

4They will sprout among the grass like willows[fn] by flowing streams.

5One will say, ‘I [belong] to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”

6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

7Who then [is] like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare [his] case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.

8Do not tremble [or] fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

10Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions [an idol] with hammers and forges [it] with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength he fails to drink water and grows faint.

13The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.

14He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress[fn] or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

15It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes [his] bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

16He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”

17From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

18They do not comprehend [or] discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and [closed] their minds so they cannot understand.

19And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself [or] say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”


44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, a term of endearment for Israel.

44:4 Or poplars

44:14 Or pine or juniper or fir

ISA 44:1–44:20 ©

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