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Isaiah 44 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Israel the Lord’s Chosen

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:1 - “But now hear, O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus says the LORD who made you,
who formed you from the womb and will help you:
Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:3 - For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:4 - They shall spring up among the grass
like willows by flowing streams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:5 - This one will say, ‘I am the LORD’s,’
another will call on the name of Jacob,
and another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’
and name himself by the name of Israel.”

Besides Me There Is No God

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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;
besides me there is no god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:7 - Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.[fn]
Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - Fear not, nor be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
And you are my witnesses!
Is there a God besides me?
There is no Rock; I know not any.”

The Folly of Idolatry

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil.[fn] He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:18 - They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:20 - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

The Lord Redeems Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:21 - Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:22 - I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it;
shout, O depths of the earth;
break forth into singing, O mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
and will be glorified[fn] in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:24 - Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,
who formed you from the womb:
“I am the LORD, who made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth by myself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25 - who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:26 - who confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
and I will raise up their ruins’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:27 - who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
I will dry up your rivers’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”
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Or Who like me can proclaim it?
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Or will display his beauty
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