"But now listen, O Jacob , my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.
This is what the LORD says- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants
They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like people trees by flowing streams
One will say, I belong to the LORD; another willcall himself by the name of Jacobs still another will write on his hand, The LORD ;s and will take the name Israel.
"This is what the LORD says- Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty; I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.
Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and lay out before me what has happened since I establish my ancient people, and what is yet to come0 yes, let him foretell what will come.
Do n ot tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my withnesses .Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock, I know not one."
All who make idols are nothing, and tghe things they treasure are worthless, Those who would speak up for them are blind, they are ignorant, to their own shame.
Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit him nothing?
He and his kind will be put to shame; craftsmen are nothing but men, Let them all come together and take their stand, they will be brought down to terror and infamy.
The blacksmith takes a too! and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forget it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength he drinks no wather and grows faint.
The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughts it outline with a narker; he rought it out with compasses. He shapes it in the form of man, of man in all his glory, that it mat dwell in a shrine.
He cut down cedars. or perhaps took a cypress or oak. He let it grow among the trees of the forest, or planted a pine and the rain made it frow
It is man;s fuel for burningl some of it he takes and warns himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread, But he akso fashions a god and worship it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
Half of the wood he burns in the fire[ over it he prepares his meal, he roastas his meat and eats his fill. He also warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm; I see the fire,"
From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worsips. He prays to it and says. 'Save me you are my god,"
They know nothing they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their mind closed so they cannot understand.
No one stop to think, no one has the knowledge or understanding to say, :Hall of it I used for fuel; I even baked bread ouer its coals, I roasted meal and I ate, Shall I make a deestable thing from what is left? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?"
He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him, he cannot save himself, or say, is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"
"Remember these tjings, O Jacob, for you are mys ervant, O Israel. I have made you, you are mys ervant; O Lsrael, I will not forget you.
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this shou aloud, O earth neneath.. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacobn, he displays his glory in Israel.
"This is what the LORD says- your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb; I am the LORD. who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heaven s. who spread out the earth by myself.
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, whi overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense.
who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills rhe predictions of his messengers, who says of JerusalemmIt shall be inhabited of the towns of Judah, They shall be built
who says to the watery deep, Be dry, and I will dry uop your streams
who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd and will acconplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, :Let it be rebuilt"
and of the temple,"Let its foundations be laid,"
Isaiah 45
"This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him. and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
I will go before you and will level the mountains, I will break down gates ofn bronze and cut througj bars of iron
I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name
For the sake of Jacob my servant, or Israel mu chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me:
I am the LORD, and there is no other. apart from me there is no God, I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me.
so tjat from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other
I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and creat disaster, I, th LORD, do all these things.
"You heavens above, rain down righteousness . let teh clouds shower it down, Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness grow with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
"Woe to him who wuarels with his Maker to him who is but a potsherd among the potsherds on the ground, Does the clay say to the potter, What are you making?" Does your work say, He has no hands?
Woe to him who says to his father, What have you begotten? or to his mother, What have you brought to birth>
"This is what the LORD says- the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker; Concerning things to come, do you question me about the work of my hands?
It is I who made thee arth and created manking upom it. and crated mankind upom ot. My own hands stretched out the heavebs, I marshaled their starry hosts.
I will raise up Cyrus in my righteousness,I will make all his ways straight, He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free. but not for a price or reward, says the LORD Almighty,"
This is what the LORD says; "The products of Egyt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans- they will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you coming over to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you, saying,"Surely God is with you, and there is no other, there is no other god."
Truly you are a God who hides himself, O God and Savior of Israel.
All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced; they will go off into disgrace together
But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced to ages everlasting.
For this is what the LORD says-he who created the heavens, he is God: he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it: he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited- he says;"I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land pf darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants,"Seek me in vain, I, the LORD, speak the truth, I declare what is right.
"Gather together and come, asssemble, you fugitives from the nations. Igonorant are those who carry abpout idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.
Decalare what is to be, present it- let them take counsel together, Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was is not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savoir, there is none but me
"Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Byu myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.
They will say of me, In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength." All who have raged against him will come to him and be put to shame.
But in the LORD all the descendants of Israel will be found righteous and will exult.
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