Isaiah 44:1-5
New International Version
Israel the Chosen
44 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant,(A)
Israel, whom I have chosen.(B)
2 This is what the Lord says—
he who made(C) you, who formed you in the womb,(D)
and who will help(E) you:
Do not be afraid,(F) Jacob, my servant,(G)
Jeshurun,[a](H) whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water(I) on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;(J)
I will pour out my Spirit(K) on your offspring,
and my blessing(L) on your descendants.(M)
4 They will spring up like grass(N) in a meadow,
like poplar trees(O) by flowing streams.(P)
5 Some will say, ‘I belong(Q) to the Lord’;
others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(R) ‘The Lord’s,’(S)
and will take the name Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
Isaiah 44:21-28
New International Version
21 “Remember(A) these things, Jacob,
for you, Israel, are my servant.(B)
I have made you, you are my servant;(C)
Israel, I will not forget you.(D)
22 I have swept away(E) your offenses like a cloud,
your sins like the morning mist.
Return(F) to me,
for I have redeemed(G) you.”
23 Sing for joy,(H) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
shout aloud, you earth(I) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(J)
you forests and all your trees,(K)
for the Lord has redeemed(L) Jacob,
he displays his glory(M) in Israel.
Jerusalem to Be Inhabited
I am the Lord,
the Maker of all things,
who stretches out the heavens,(Q)
who spreads out the earth(R) by myself,
25 who foils(S) the signs of false prophets
and makes fools of diviners,(T)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(U)
and turns it into nonsense,(V)
26 who carries out the words(W) of his servants
and fulfills(X) the predictions of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem,(Y) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
and of their ruins,(Z) ‘I will restore them,’(AA)
27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
and I will dry up(AB) your streams,’
28 who says of Cyrus,(AC) ‘He is my shepherd
and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem,(AD) “Let it be rebuilt,”
and of the temple,(AE) “Let its foundations(AF) be laid.”’
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