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Isaiah 44:5-8
The Message
Isaiah 44:5-8
The Message
Proud to Be Called Israel
44 1-5 “But for now, dear servant Jacob, listen—
yes, you, Israel, my personal choice.
God who made you has something to say to you;
the God who formed you in the womb wants to help you.
Don’t be afraid, dear servant Jacob,
Jeshurun, the one I chose.
For I will pour water on the thirsty ground
and send streams coursing through the parched earth.
I will pour my Spirit into your descendants
and my blessing on your children.
They shall sprout like grass on the prairie,
like willows alongside creeks.
This one will say, ‘I am God’s,’
and another will go by the name Jacob;
That one will write on his hand ‘God’s property’—
and be proud to be called Israel.”
6-8 God, King of Israel,
your Redeemer, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, says:
“I’m first, I’m last, and everything in between.
I’m the only God there is.
Who compares with me?
Speak up. See if you measure up.
From the beginning, who else has always announced what’s coming?
So what is coming next? Anybody want to venture a try?
Don’t be afraid, and don’t worry:
Haven’t I always kept you informed, told you what was going on?
You’re my eyewitnesses:
Have you ever come across a God, a real God, other than me?
There’s no Rock like me that I know of.”
Isaiah 44:5-7
New International Version
Isaiah 44:5-7
New International Version
5 Some will say, ‘I belong(A) to the Lord’;
others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(B) ‘The Lord’s,’(C)
and will take the name Israel.
The Lord, Not Idols
6 “This is what the Lord says—
Israel’s King(D) and Redeemer,(E) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(F)
apart from me there is no God.(G)
7 Who then is like me?(H) 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(I) what will come.
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