Isaiah 44 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

The Blessings of Israel

Isa 44:1Yet now hear, Ya`akov my servant, and Yisra'el, who I have chosen:

Isa 44:2Thus says the LORD who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Ya`akov my servant; and you, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.

Isa 44:3

Isa 44:3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:

Isa 44:4

Isa 44:4and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

Isa 44:5

Isa 44:5One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Ya`akov; and another shall subscribe with his hand to the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Yisra'el.

Isa 44:6

Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King of Yisra'el, and his Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

Isa 44:7

Isa 44:7Who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall happen, let them declare.

Isa 44:8

Isa 44:8Don't fear, neither be afraid: haven't I declared to you of old, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any Rock.

The Folly of Idolatry

Isa 44:9

Isa 44:9Those who fashion an engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses don't see, nor know: that they may be disappointed.

Isa 44:10

Isa 44:10Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

Isa 44:11

Isa 44:11Behold, all his fellows shall be disappointed; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.

Isa 44:12

Isa 44:12The smith makes an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

Isa 44:13

Isa 44:13The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and shapes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

Isa 44:14

Isa 44:14He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

Isa 44:15

Isa 44:15Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he takes of it, and warms himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread: yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, and falls down to it.

Isa 44:16

Isa 44:16He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied; yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.

Isa 44:17

Isa 44:17The residue of it he makes a god, even his engraved image; he falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god.

Isa 44:18

Isa 44:18They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

Isa 44:19

Isa 44:19None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

Isa 44:20

Isa 44:20He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

God Forgives and Redeems

Isa 44:21

Isa 44:21Remember these things, Ya`akov, and Yisra'el; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: Yisra'el, you shall not be forgotten by me.

Isa 44:22

Isa 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.

Isa 44:23

Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it; shout, you lower parts of the eretz; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD has redeemed Ya`akov, and will glorify himself in Yisra'el.

Isa 44:24

Isa 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the eretz (who is with me?);

Isa 44:25

Isa 44:25who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Isa 44:26

Isa 44:26who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Yerushalayim, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Yehudah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it;

Isa 44:27

Isa 44:27who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;

Isa 44:28

Isa 44:28Who says of Koresh, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Yerushalayim, She shall be built; and of the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.

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