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ULT ISA Chapter 44

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44 “And now, listen, Jacob my servant,

and Israel, whom I have chosen.

2 Thus says Yahweh,

your maker and your fashioner in the womb,

your helper:

Do not fear, Jacob my servant;

and Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

3 For I shall pour water on the thirsty ground,

and streams on the dry ground;

I shall pour my Spirit on your seed,

and my blessing on your offspring.

4 And they will sprout among the grass,

like willows by the streams of water.

5 One will say, ‘I am of Yahweh,’

and one will call out the name of Jacob,

and one will write on his hand ‘Of Yahweh,’

and by the name of Israel address himself.

6 “Thus says Yahweh,

the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts:

I am the first, and I am the last;

and besides me there is no God.

7 And who is like me? Let him announce it,

and let him declare it and arrange it before me.

Who has made known from of old the signs,[fn]

and what is coming, declared it?

8 Do not fear and do not be afraid.

Have I not declared to you long ago and announced it?

And you are my witnesses:

Is there a God besides me?

For there is no other Rock; I know of none.”

9 All who fashion idols are nothing,

and their delights cannot benefit,

and their witnesses, they cannot see and cannot know,

so they are ashamed.

10 Who would form a god or cast an idol

to no avail?

11 Behold, all his associates will be put to shame,

and craftsmen, they are but men.

Let them gather, all of them; let them take their stand;

together they will fear, be ashamed.

12 The craftsman of iron with a tool

works over coals,

and with hammers he shapes it

and works it with his strong arm.

Yet, should he hunger, then there is no strength;

should he drink no water, then he becomes faint.

13 The craftsman of wood stretches out a measure,

outlines with a stylus,

makes it with a chisel and with a compass outlines it,

and makes it like the figure of a man,

like the splendor of man to dwell in a house.

14 Cutting down cedars for it,

and taking a cypress or an oak,

and lets the trees of the forest grow strong for it;

plants a fir tree and the rain makes it grow.

15 And it becomes kindling for man,

and he takes from them and warms himself.

Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread.

He also makes a god and bows down to it;

he makes an idol and kneels before it.

16 Half of it he burns for the fire,

on half of it he eats meat;

he roasts a roast and is satisfied.

He also warms himself and says, “Ah,

I am warm, I have seen the fire.”

17 And the rest of it he makes a god, his carved image;

he kneels before it and worships it,

and prays to it and says,

“Rescue me, for you are my god.”

18 They do not know, and they do not understand,

for their eyes are plastered over from seeing,

their hearts from perceiving.

19 And none takes it to his heart,

with no knowledge and no understanding, saying,

“Half of it I burned in fire,

and I have also baked bread upon its coals.

I have roasted meat and eaten.

And its remainder I shall make into an abomination,

a block of wood I shall worship.”

20 He grazes on ashes; a deceived heart misleads him,

and he will not rescue his life,

and he does not say,

“Is this not a falsehood in my right hand?”

21 “Recall these, Jacob,

and Israel, for you are my servant:

I have formed you; you are my servant:

Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

22 I have blotted out like fog your rebellions,

and like a cloud, your sins;

return to me,

for I have redeemed you.”

23 Sing, heavens, for Yahweh has done this;

shout, depths of the earth.

Break out into singing, mountains,

forest and every tree in it;

for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob,

and will show his glory in Israel.

24 Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer

and your maker from the womb:

“I am Yahweh, who made everything,

who alone stretched out the heavens,

fashioned the earth—who was with me?—

25 overturning the omens of liars,

and disgracing soothsayers,

making the wise turn back

and making their knowledge a mockery,

26 confirming the words of his servant

and the counsel of his messengers fulfilling,

who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’

and of the towns of Judah, ‘They will be built up,

and her ruins I shall raise up’;

27 who says to the deep sea, ‘Be parched,

and your currents I shall dry up,’

28 saying of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd,

and he will fulfill my every wish,’

and saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’

and the temple, ‘Your foundations will be laid.”

Instead of Who has made known from of old the signs, some ancient manuscripts have From my appointing of the people of old and the signs.