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         <div class="label">44</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God's Blessing on Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.44.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">But now hear, O Jacob my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.44.1"><span class="content">Israel whom I have chosen!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.44.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.44.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Thus says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who made you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.44.2"><span class="content">who formed you in the womb and will help you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.44.2"><span class="content">Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.44.2"><span class="content">Jeshurun whom I have chosen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.44.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.44.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For I will pour water on the thirsty land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.44.3"><span class="content">and streams on the dry ground;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.44.3"><span class="content">I will pour my spirit upon your descendants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.44.3"><span class="content">and my blessing on your offspring.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.44.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.44.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They shall spring up like a green tamarisk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.44.4"><span class="content">like willows by flowing streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.44.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.44.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This one will say, &#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">'s,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.44.5"><span class="content">another will be called by the name of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.44.5"><span class="content">yet another will write on the hand, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">'s,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.44.5"><span class="content">and adopt the name of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.44.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.44.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Thus says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.44.6"><span class="content">and his Redeemer, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> of hosts:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.44.6"><span class="content">I am the first and I am the last;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.44.6"><span class="content">besides me there is no god.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.44.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.44.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Who is like me? Let them proclaim it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.44.7"><span class="content">let them declare and set it forth before me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.44.7"><span class="content">Who has announced from of old the things to come?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">44.7 </span><span class="ft">Cn: Heb </span><span class="fq">from my placing an eternal people and things to come</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.44.7"><span class="content">Let them tell us</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">44.7 </span><span class="ft">Tg: Heb </span><span class="fq">them</span></span></span><span class="content"> what is yet to be.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.44.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.44.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Do not fear, or be afraid;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.44.8"><span class="content">have I not told you from of old and declared it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.44.8"><span class="content">You are my witnesses!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.44.8"><span class="content">Is there any god besides me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.44.8"><span class="content">There is no other rock; I know not one.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Absurdity of Idol Worship</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.44.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.44.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know. And so they will be put to shame. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.44.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who would fashion a god or cast an image that can do no good? </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.44.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Look, all its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans too are merely human. Let them all assemble, let them stand up; they shall be terrified, they shall all be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.44.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.44.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The ironsmith fashions it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">44.12 </span><span class="ft">Cn: Heb </span><span class="fq">an ax</span></span></span><span class="content"> and works it over the coals, shaping it with hammers, and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.44.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a shrine. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.44.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He cuts down cedars or chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.44.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he takes and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, makes it a carved image and bows down before it. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.44.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he roasts meat, eats it and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, &#8220;Ah, I am warm, I can feel the fire!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.44.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, &#8220;Save me, for you are my god!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.44.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.44.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.44.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, &#8220;Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.44.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, &#8220;Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Is Not Forgotten</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.44.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.44.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Remember these things, O Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.44.21"><span class="content">and Israel, for you are my servant;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.44.21"><span class="content">I formed you, you are my servant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.44.21"><span class="content">O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.44.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.44.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.44.22"><span class="content">and your sins like mist;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.44.22"><span class="content">return to me, for I have redeemed you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.44.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Sing, O heavens, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="content">shout, O depths of the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="content">break forth into singing, O mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="content">O forest, and every tree in it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has redeemed Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="content">and will be glorified in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.44.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.44.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Thus says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your Redeemer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.44.24"><span class="content">who formed you in the womb:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.44.24"><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who made all things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.44.24"><span class="content">who alone stretched out the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.44.24"><span class="content">who by myself spread out the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.44.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.44.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">who frustrates the omens of liars,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.44.25"><span class="content">and makes fools of diviners;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.44.25"><span class="content">who turns back the wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.44.25"><span class="content">and makes their knowledge foolish;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.44.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.44.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">who confirms the word of his servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.44.26"><span class="content">and fulfills the prediction of his messengers;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.44.26"><span class="content">who says of Jerusalem, &#8220;It shall be inhabited,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.44.26"><span class="content">and of the cities of Judah, &#8220;They shall be rebuilt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.44.26"><span class="content">and I will raise up their ruins&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.44.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.44.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">who says to the deep, &#8220;Be dry&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.44.27"><span class="content">I will dry up your rivers&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.44.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.44.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">who says of Cyrus, &#8220;He is my shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.44.28"><span class="content">and he shall carry out all my purpose&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.44.28"><span class="content">and who says of Jerusalem, &#8220;It shall be rebuilt,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.44.28"><span class="content">and of the temple, &#8220;Your foundation shall be laid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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But now hear, O Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen!
Thus says the LORD who made you,
who formed you in the womb and will help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my spirit upon your descendants,
and my blessing on your offspring.
They shall spring up like a green tamarisk,
like willows by flowing streams.
This one will say, “I am the LORD's,”
another will be called by the name of Jacob,
yet another will write on the hand, “The LORD's,”
and adopt the name of Israel.

Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel,
and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts:
I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.
Who is like me? Let them proclaim it,
let them declare and set it forth before me.
Who has announced from of old the things to come?
Let them tell us what is yet to be.
Do not fear, or be afraid;
have I not told you from of old and declared it?
You are my witnesses!
Is there any god besides me?
There is no other rock; I know not one.


All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know. And so they will be put to shame. Who would fashion a god or cast an image that can do no good? Look, all its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans too are merely human. Let them all assemble, let them stand up; they shall be terrified, they shall all be put to shame.
The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals, shaping it with hammers, and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint. The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a shrine. He cuts down cedars or chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he takes and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, makes it a carved image and bows down before it. Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he roasts meat, eats it and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Ah, I am warm, I can feel the fire!” The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god!”
They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand. No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and have eaten. Now shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” He feeds on ashes; a deluded mind has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a fraud?”


Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
I formed you, you are my servant;
O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

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.

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;
who frustrates the omens of liars,
and makes fools of diviners;
who turns back the wise,
and makes their knowledge foolish;
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”;
who says to the deep, “Be dry—
I will dry up your rivers”;
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.”

සවන් දෙන්න Isaiah 44