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23 “Shout for joy, you heavens,
    for the Lord has done it!
Shout aloud, you depths of the earth!
    Burst out with singing, you mountains,
        you forest, and all your trees!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob
    and will display his glory in Israel.

24 “This is what the Lord says, your Redeemer
    and the one who formed you in the womb:
‘I am the Lord, who has made everything,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth—
    Who was with me at that time?—[a]
25 who frustrates the omens of idle talkers,
    and drives diviners mad,
who turns back the wise,
    and makes their knowledge foolish;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:24 1QIsaa 4QIsab MT LXX lack at that time
  2. Isaiah 44:25 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsab LXX; MT reads wise

23 Sing for joy,(A) you heavens, for the Lord has done this;
    shout aloud, you earth(B) beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,(C)
    you forests and all your trees,(D)
for the Lord has redeemed(E) Jacob,
    he displays his glory(F) in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(G) who formed(H) you in the womb:(I)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(J)
    who spreads out the earth(K) by myself,
25 who foils(L) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(M)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(N)
    and turns it into nonsense,(O)

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