44:1 "But
now
hear,
O
Jacob
my
servant,
Israel
whom
I
have
chosen!
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.
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.
44:4 They
shall
spring
up
among
the
grass
like
willows
by
flowing
streams.
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."
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.
44:7 Who
is
like
me
Let
him
proclaim
it.
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.
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."
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.
44:10 Who
fashions
a
god
or
casts
an
idol
that
is
profitable
for
nothing
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.
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.
44:13 The
carpenter
stretches
a
line;
he
marks
it
out
with
a
pencil.
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.
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.
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.
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!"
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!"
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.
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"
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"
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.
44:22 I
have
blotted
out
your
transgressions
like
a
cloud
and
your
sins
like
mist;
return
to
me,
for
I
have
redeemed
you.
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
in
Israel.
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,
44:25 who
frustrates
the
signs
of
liars
and
makes
fools
of
diviners,
who
turns
wise
men
back
and
makes
their
knowledge
foolish,
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';
44:27 who
says
to
the
deep,
'Be
dry;
I
will
dry
up
your
rivers';
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.'"