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Isaiah 44:21-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 44:21-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Israel Is Not Forgotten
21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
I formed you, you are my servant;
O Israel, do not forget me.[a](A)
22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.(B)
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.(C)
24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
who alone stretched out the heavens,
who by myself spread out the earth;(D)
25 who frustrates the omens of soothsayers
and makes fools of diviners;
who turns back the wise
and makes their knowledge foolish;(E)
26 who confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the prediction of his messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be inhabited,”
and of the cities of Judah, “They shall be rebuilt,
and I will raise up their ruins”;(F)
27 who says to the deep, “Be dry—
I will dry up your rivers”;(G)
28 who says of Cyrus, “He is my shepherd,
and he shall carry out all my purpose”;
and who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”(H)
Footnotes
- 44.21 Q ms Compare Gk Syr Tg: MT you will not be forgotten by me
Isaiah 44:21-28
New International Version
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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