This is what the Lord says –
    he who made you, who formed you in the womb,
    and who will help you:
do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
    Jeshurun,[a] whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
    and my blessing on your descendants.
They will spring up like grass in a meadow,
    like poplar trees by flowing streams.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

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.

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:

And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

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voici ce que déclare l’Eternel, ╵lui qui t’a fait,
qui t’a formé ╵dès le sein de ta mère
et qui est ton soutien :
Ne sois pas effrayé,
Jacob, mon serviteur,
toi, Yeshouroun[a], ╵que j’ai choisi.
Je répandrai des eaux ╵sur le sol altéré,
j’en ferai ruisseler ╵sur une terre aride,
oui, je répandrai mon Esprit ╵sur ta postérité
et ma bénédiction ╵sur ta progéniture.
Ils germeront ╵au milieu de l’herbage
comme les peupliers ╵près des cours d’eau.

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Footnotes

  1. 44.2 Nom donné à Israël en Dt 32.15 ; 33.5, 26, signifiant : honnête, droit (par opposition à Jacob : trompeur).