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LEB ISA Chapter 44
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Yahweh Blesses Chosen Israel
- and Israel, whom I have chosen.
- 2 and who formed you in[fn] the womb and will help you:
- you must not fear, my servant Jacob,
- and Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
- 3 land and streams on dry ground.
- I will pour my spirit out on your descendants[fn]
- and my blessing on your offspring.
- 4 [fn] the grass like willows by a watercourse of water.
- 5 one will say, ‘I belong to Yahweh!’ And that one will be called by the name of Jacob,
- and another will write on his hand ‘Yahweh’s’
Yahweh the Only God
- 6 and its redeemer, Yahweh of hosts:
- “I am the first, and I am the last,
- and there is no god besides me.
- 7 is like me? Let him proclaim[fn]it! And let him declare it and set it in order for me
- [fn] and things that are to come,
- and let them tell them the things that are coming.
- 8 [fn] and you must not be paralyzed with fear.
- Have I not made you hear from of old[fn]
- and declared it, and you are my witnesses?
- Is there a god besides me?
- And there is no rock! I know none!”
Idolatry Is Ridiculous
- 9 are nothing, and their delightful things do not profit.
- And their witnesses do not see or know,
- so they will be ashamed.
- 10 and cast an image of which he cannot profit?
- 11 and the artisans are human!
- Let all of them assemble;
- They shall tremble;[fn]
- they shall be ashamed together.
- 12 The[fn] works in the coals with his tool and forms it with hammers.
- And he makes it with[fn]
- indeed, he becomes hungry, and[fn] strength;
- he does not drink water, and he is faint.
- 13 The[fn] stretches out a line; he makes an outline of it with a marker.
- He makes it with a knife
- and makes an outline of it with a compass.
- He makes it like the image of a man,
- like the beauty of a human, to dwell in a temple.[fn]
- 14 he[fn] a holm tree and an oak,
- and he lets it grow strong for him among the trees of the forest.
- He plants a cedar, and the rain makes it grow.
- 15 [fn] and he takes some of it and grows warm;
- also, he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
- Also, he makes a god and bows in worship;
- he makes himself an image and bows down to it!
- 16 the fire; he eats meat over half of it;
- he roasts a roast and is satisfied.
- Also he grows warm and says, “Ah!
- I am warm! I see the fire!”
- 17 And he makes the remainder of it into a god!He bows down to his idol,
- and he bows in worship and prays to him,
- and he says, “Save me, for you are my god!”
- 18 and they do not understand,
- for their eyes are besmeared[fn]
- their[fn][fn]
- 19 [fn] and there is no knowledge and no understanding to say, “I burned half of it in the fire
- and also I baked bread on its coals;
- I roasted meat, and I have eaten.
- And I shall make the rest of it into an abomination!
- I shall bow down to a block of wood!”
- 20 He feeds on ashes; a[fn] misleads him. And he cannot save[fn] and he cannot say,
- “Is this not an illusion in my right hand?”
Yahweh Remembers Israel
- 21 and Israel, for you are my servant:
- I formed you; you are my servant;
- Israel, you will not be forgotten by me!
- 22 a cloud and your sins like mist.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you!
- 23 it! Shout, depths of the earth!
- Break forth, mountains, in rejoicing,
- forest and every tree in it,
- for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob,
- and he will show his glory in Israel!
Jerusalem Restored through Cyrus
- 24 and he who formed you in[fn]the womb:
- “I am Yahweh, who made everything,
- who stretched out the heavens alone,
- who spread out the earth—who was with me?—
- 25 [fn] the signs of oracle priests and makes a fool of diviners,
- who drives the wise men back
- and makes their knowledge foolish,
- 26 [fn] the word of his servant and carries out the plan of his messengers,
- who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’
- and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,
- and I will restore its ruins’;
- 27 And I will cause your rivers to dry up’;
- 28 and he shall carry out all my wishes[fn];
- and saying of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be rebuilt,’
- and the temple, ‘It shall be founded.’ ”
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