Isaiah 44 : 1 (MKJV)
Yet now hear, O Jacob My servant, and Israel whom I have chosen;
Isaiah 44 : 2 (MKJV)
So says Jehovah who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you; Fear not, O Jacob My servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Isaiah 44 : 3 (MKJV)
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour My spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring;
Isaiah 44 : 4 (MKJV)
and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.
Isaiah 44 : 5 (MKJV)
One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, For Jehovah, and be named by the name of Israel.
Isaiah 44 : 6 (MKJV)
So says Jehovah, the King of Israel, and His redeemer Jehovah of Hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and besides Me there is no God.
Isaiah 44 : 7 (MKJV)
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it and set it in order for Me, since I placed the people of old? And the things that are coming, and shall come, let them declare to them.
Isaiah 44 : 8 (MKJV)
Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you and made you hear since then? So you are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Yea, there is none. I have not known a Rock.
Isaiah 44 : 9 (MKJV)
Those who make a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things in which they delight shall not help; and they are their own witnesses. They do not see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
Isaiah 44 : 10 (MKJV)
Who has formed a god, or melted a graven image that is good for nothing?
Isaiah 44 : 11 (MKJV)
Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed; and the craftsmen; they are from men. They shall assemble; all of them shall stand; they shall dread; they shall be ashamed together.
Isaiah 44 : 12 (MKJV)
He engraves iron with a tool. He works in the coals, and forms it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms. Then, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is weak.
Isaiah 44 : 13 (MKJV)
He fashions wood, and stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with carving tools, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to sit in the house.
Isaiah 44 : 14 (MKJV)
He cuts down cedars, and takes cypress and oak, which he makes the trees of the forest strong for him; he plants a tree, and the rain makes it grow.
Isaiah 44 : 15 (MKJV)
And it shall be for a man to burn; for he will take some of it and warm himself. Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god and worships; he makes it a graven image and falls down to it.
Isaiah 44 : 16 (MKJV)
He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast and is satisfied; yea, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
Isaiah 44 : 17 (MKJV)
And the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image; he falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me! for you are my god.
Isaiah 44 : 18 (MKJV)
They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44 : 19 (MKJV)
And none thinks within his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Isaiah 44 : 20 (MKJV)
He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Isaiah 44 : 21 (MKJV)
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are My servant; I have formed you; you are My servant; O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by Me.
Isaiah 44 : 22 (MKJV)
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins; return to Me; for I have redeemed you.
Isaiah 44 : 23 (MKJV)
Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.
Isaiah 44 : 24 (MKJV)
So says Jehovah, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb, I am Jehovah who makes all things; who stretches out the heavens alone; who spreads out the earth; who was with Me?
Isaiah 44 : 25 (MKJV)
who brings to nothing the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns the wise backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
Isaiah 44 : 26 (MKJV)
who makes the word of His servant sure, and makes good the counsel of His messengers; who says to Jerusalem, She shall have people; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it;
Isaiah 44 : 27 (MKJV)
who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;
Isaiah 44 : 28 (MKJV)
who says of Cyrus, He is My shepherd, and shall do all My pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
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