Isaiah 44:1-8

Common English Bible

You are my witnesses

44 But now hear this, Jacob my servant,
    and Israel, whom I have chosen.
²The Lord your maker,
    who formed you in the womb and will help you, says:
    Don’t fear, my servant Jacob,
    Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
³I will pour out water upon thirsty ground
    and streams upon dry land.
I will pour out my spirit upon your descendants
    and my blessing upon your offspring.
⁴They will spring up from among the reeds
    like willows by flowing streams.
⁵This one will say, “I am the Lord’s,”
        and that one will be named after Jacob.
    Another will write on his hand, “The Lord’s”
        and will take the name Israel.

⁶The Lord, Israel’s king and redeemer,
    the Lord of heavenly forces, says:
I am the first, and I am the last,
    and besides me there are no gods.
⁷Who is like me?
    Let them speak up, explain it, and lay it out for me.
Who announced long ago what is to be?^[a]
    Let them tell us^[b] what is to come.
⁸Don’t tremble; have no fear!
    Didn’t I proclaim it?
    Didn’t I inform you long ago?
You are my witnesses!
    Is there a God besides me?
    There is no other rock; I know of none.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 44:7 Or Since I placed an ancient people and coming things
Isaiah 44:7 Or them

Isaiah 44:21-28

Common English Bible

Promises to Jacob and Jerusalem

²¹Remember these things, Jacob;
    Israel, for you are my servant.
I formed you; you are my servant!
    I won’t forget you, Israel.
²²I swept away your rebellions like a cloud,
    and your sins like fog.
Return to me,
    because I have redeemed you.

²³Sing, heavens, for the Lord has acted;
shout, depths of the earth!
Burst out with a ringing cry,
you mountains, forest, and every tree in it.
The Lord has redeemed Jacob,
and will glorify himself through Israel.

²⁴The Lord your redeemer
    who formed you in the womb says:
I am the Lord, the maker of all,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who spread out the earth by myself,
²⁵    who frustrates the omens of diviners
        and makes a mockery of magicians,
    who turns back the wise
        and turns their knowledge into folly.
²⁶    But who confirms the word of my^[a] servant,
        and fulfills the predictions of my messengers;
    who says about Jerusalem, “It will be resettled”;
        and who says about the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,
        and I will restore their ruins”;
²⁷        who says to the ocean depths,
    “Dry up; I will dry your streams”;
²⁸    who says about Cyrus, “My shepherd—
        he will do all that I want”;
    who says about Jerusalem,
        “She will be rebuilt”;
    and who says about the temple,
        “You will be founded once again.”