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Isaiah 43:21-44:23
Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 43:21-44:23
Tree of Life Version
21 the people I formed for Myself,
so they might declare My praise.
22 Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob,
for you have been weary of Me, Israel.
23 You have not brought Me sheep for your burnt offerings;
nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I did not compel you to serve offerings
nor wearied you with incense.
24 You have not spent money buying Me aromatic cane,
nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.
Rather you burdened Me with your sins,
wearied Me with your iniquities.
25 I, I am the One who blots out
your transgressions for My own sake,
and will not remember your sins.
26 Remind me, when we argue our case together—
state your case, so you may be proved right.
27 Your first father sinned,
and your mediators rebelled against Me.
28 So I profaned the Sanctuary officials,
and gave Jacob over to destruction,
and Israel to scorn.
No Profit in Casting Idols
44 “But now listen, Jacob My servant,
Israel, whom I have chosen.”
2 Thus says Adonai who made you,
and formed you from the womb,
who will help you:
“Do not fear, Jacob My servant,
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground.
I will pour My Spirit on your offspring,
and My blessing on your descendants.
4 They will spring up among the grass
like willows by flowing streams.
5 This one will say, ‘I am Adonai’s.’
That one will be called by the name Jacob.
Another will write on his hand, ‘Adonai’s’
and will take the name Israel.”
First and Last
6 Thus says Adonai,
Israel’s King and his Redeemer, Adonai-Tzva’ot:
“I am the first, and the last,
and there is no God beside Me.[a]
7 Who is like Me?
Let him proclaim and announce it!
Let him arrange it in order for Me—
as I established the ancient nation.
Let them declare to them
what is coming and future events.
8 Do not dread or be afraid.
Have I not told you and declared it long ago?
So you are My witnesses!
Is there any God beside Me?
Is there any other Rock?
I know of none.
Folly of Idols
9 Those who fashion idols are empty.
Their precious things do not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know,
so they will be put to shame.
10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol
for no profit?
11 Behold, all his friends will be ashamed,
for the craftsmen are only human.
Let them all assemble.
Let them stand up.
Let them dread.
Let them be put to shame together.
12 The blacksmith takes a tool
and works with it over the coals,
fashioning it with hammers
and working it with his strong arm.
Yet when he is hungry, his strength fails.
When he drinks no water, he gets tired.
13 A carpenter stretches out a line;
he marks it with a pencil;
he shapes it with planes;
he marks it with a compass;
he shapes it like the figure of a man
—like the beauty of a man—
so that it may sit in a shrine.
14 He chops down cedars for himself,
or he takes a cypress or an oak.
He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine and rain nourishes it.
15 Then it is something for a man to burn.
so he takes one of them and warms himself.
He also makes a fire to bake bread.
He also makes a god and worships it.
He makes an idol and bows before it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire.
With this half, he eats meat.
He roasts a roast and is satisfied.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
17 Yet with the rest he makes a god, his carved image.
He falls down before it and worships.
He even prays to it and says,
“Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 They do not know or understand!
For He smeared over their eyes, so they cannot see,
and their hearts, so they cannot understand.
19 No one reflects in his heart,
with no knowledge or discernment
to say, “I burned half of it in the fire
and I also baked bread on its coals.
I roasted meat and ate—
and then I make the rest of it an abomination?
Should I bow before a block of wood?”
20 He is feeding on ashes.
A deceived heart has led him astray,
so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say,
“Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
21 Remember these things, Jacob,
and Israel, for you are My servant.
I formed you, you are My servant.
Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me!
22 I have blotted out your transgressions
like a thick cloud and your sins like a mist.
Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
23 Sing, O heavens, for Adonai has done it!
Shout, depths of the earth!
Break forth into singing, mountains,
forest, and every tree in it!
For Adonai has redeemed Jacob
and will be glorified through Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:6 cf. Rev. 1:8, 17; 22:13.
Isaiah 43:21-44:23
New International Version
Isaiah 43:21-44:23
New International Version
22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
you have not wearied(D) yourselves for[a] me, Israel.(E)
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,(F)
nor honored(G) me with your sacrifices.(H)
I have not burdened(I) you with grain offerings
nor wearied you with demands(J) for incense.(K)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(L) for me,
or lavished on me the fat(M) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied(N) me with your offenses.(O)
25 “I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions,(P) for my own sake,(Q)
and remembers your sins(R) no more.(S)
26 Review the past for me,
let us argue the matter together;(T)
state the case(U) for your innocence.
27 Your first father(V) sinned;
those I sent to teach(W) you rebelled(X) against me.
28 So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple;
I consigned Jacob to destruction[b](Y)
and Israel to scorn.(Z)
Israel the Chosen
44 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant,(AA)
Israel, whom I have chosen.(AB)
2 This is what the Lord says—
he who made(AC) you, who formed you in the womb,(AD)
and who will help(AE) you:
Do not be afraid,(AF) Jacob, my servant,(AG)
Jeshurun,[c](AH) whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water(AI) on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;(AJ)
I will pour out my Spirit(AK) on your offspring,
and my blessing(AL) on your descendants.(AM)
4 They will spring up like grass(AN) in a meadow,
like poplar trees(AO) by flowing streams.(AP)
5 Some will say, ‘I belong(AQ) to the Lord’;
others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(AR) ‘The Lord’s,’(AS)
and will take the name Israel.
The Lord, Not Idols
6 “This is what the Lord says—
Israel’s King(AT) and Redeemer,(AU) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(AV)
apart from me there is no God.(AW)
7 Who then is like me?(AX) Let him proclaim it.
Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
and what is yet to come—
yes, let them foretell(AY) what will come.
8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid.
Did I not proclaim(AZ) this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God(BA) besides me?
No, there is no other Rock;(BB) I know not one.”
9 All who make idols(BC) are nothing,
and the things they treasure are worthless.(BD)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(BE)
they are ignorant, to their own shame.(BF)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(BG)
which can profit nothing?(BH)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;(BI)
such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
they will be brought down to terror and shame.(BJ)
12 The blacksmith(BK) takes a tool
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.(BL)
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.(BM)
13 The carpenter(BN) measures with a line
and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in human form,(BO)
human form in all its glory,
that it may dwell in a shrine.(BP)
14 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,(BQ) and the rain made it grow.
15 It is used as fuel(BR) for burning;
some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships(BS) it;
he makes an idol and bows(BT) down to it.
16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire;
over it he prepares his meal,
he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.(BU)”
17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol;
he bows down to it and worships.(BV)
He prays(BW) to it and says,
“Save(BX) me! You are my god!”
18 They know nothing, they understand(BY) nothing;
their eyes(BZ) are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
19 No one stops to think,
no one has the knowledge or understanding(CA) to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;(CB)
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable(CC) thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”(CD)
20 Such a person feeds on ashes;(CE) a deluded(CF) heart misleads him;
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?(CG)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of
- Isaiah 43:28 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
- Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
Isaiah 43:21-44:23
King James Version
Isaiah 43:21-44:23
King James Version
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
44 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
5 One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
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