Thematic Bible
Isaiah 44:1 (show verse)
Israel whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 44:2 (show verse)
your Maker who formed you from the womb;
He
Do not fear; Jacob is My servant;
I have chosen Jeshurun.
Isaiah 44:3 (show verse)
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit
and My blessing on your offspring.
Isaiah 44:4 (show verse)
like poplars by flowing streams.
Isaiah 44:5 (show verse)
another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
still another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’
and name himself by the name of Israel.”
Isaiah 44:6 (show verse)
This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts, says:
I am the first and I am the last.
There is no God but Me.
There is no God but Me.
Isaiah 44:7 (show verse)
Let him say so and make a case before Me,
since I have established an ancient people.
Let these gods declare
and what will take place.
Isaiah 44:8 (show verse)
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;
Isaiah 44:9 (show verse)
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:10 (show verse)
for no profit?
Isaiah 44:11 (show verse)
and the craftsmen are humans.
They all will assemble and stand;
they all will be startled and put to shame.
Isaiah 44:12 (show verse)
shapes the idol with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;
he doesn’t drink water and is faint.
Isaiah 44:13 (show verse)
he outlines it with a stylus;
he shapes it with chisels
and outlines it with a compass.
He makes it according to a human likeness,
like a beautiful person,
to dwell in a temple.
Isaiah 44:14 (show verse)
or he takes a cypress or an oak.
He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.
He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
Isaiah 44:15 (show verse)
He takes some of it and warms himself;
also he kindles a fire and bakes bread;
he even makes it into a god and worships it;
he makes an idol from it and bows down to it.
Isaiah 44:16 (show verse)
and he roasts meat on that half.
He eats the roast and is satisfied.
He warms himself and says, “Ah!
I am warm, I see the blaze.”
Isaiah 44:17 (show verse)
He bows down to it and worships;
He prays to it,
Isaiah 44:18 (show verse)
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes
and their minds so they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 (show verse)
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”
Isaiah 44:20 (show verse)
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Isaiah 44:21 (show verse)
and Israel, for you are My servant;
I formed you, you are My servant;
Israel, you will never be forgotten by Me.
Isaiah 44:22 (show verse)
and your sins like a mist.
Return to Me,
for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44:23 (show verse)
shout, depths of the earth.
Break out into singing, mountains,
forest, and every tree in it.
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
and glorifies Himself through Israel.
Isaiah 44:24 (show verse)
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb, says:
I am Yahweh, who made everything;
who stretched out the heavens by Myself;
who alone spread out the earth;
who stretched out the heavens by Myself;
who alone spread out the earth;
Isaiah 44:25 (show verse)
and makes fools of diviners;
who confounds the wise
and makes their knowledge foolishness;
Isaiah 44:26 (show verse)
and fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”
and I will restore her ruins;
Isaiah 44:27 (show verse)
and I will dry up your rivers;
Isaiah 44:28 (show verse)
he will fulfill all My pleasure”
and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”
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