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name="4"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">3</a>For I will pour water on the thirsty landand streams on the dry ground;I will pour out my Spirit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.3.1">a</a> on your descendantsand my blessing on your offspring. <A name="5"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-4.htm">4</a>They will sprout among<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.4.1">A</a> the grasslike poplars by flowing streams. <A name="6"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-5.htm">5</a>This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;another will use the name of Jacob;still another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’and take on the name of Israel.”</blockquote><h3 class="head1">No God Other Than the Lord</h3> <A name="7"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-6.htm">6</a>This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.6.1">a</a> the Lord of Armies, says:<blockquote class="poetryblock">I am the first and I am the last.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.6.2">b</a>There is no God but me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.6.3">c</a> <A name="8"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-7.htm">7</a>Who, like me, can announce the future?Let him say so and make a case before me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.7.1">a</a>since I have established an ancient people.Let these gods declare<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.7.1">A</a> the coming things,and what will take place. <A name="9"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-8.htm">8</a>Do not be startled or afraid.Have I not told you and declared it long ago?You are my witnesses!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.8.1">a</a>Is there any God but me?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.8.2">b</a>There is no other Rock;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.8.3">c</a> I do not know any.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="10"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">9</a>All who make idols are nothing,and what they treasure benefits no one.Their witnesses do not see or know anything,so they will be put to shame.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.9.1">a</a> <A name="11"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm">10</a>Who makes a god or casts a metal imagethat benefits no one?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.10.1">a</a> <A name="12"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-11.htm">11</a>Look, all its worshipers will be put to shame,and the craftsmen are humans.They all will assemble and stand;they all will be startled and put to shame.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="13"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">12</a>The ironworker labors over the coals,shapes the idol with hammers,and works it with his strong arm.Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;he doesn’t drink water and is faint. <A name="14"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">13</a>The woodworker stretches out a measuring line,he outlines it with a stylus;he shapes it with chiselsand outlines it with a compass.He makes it according to a human form,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.13.1">a</a>like a beautiful person,to dwell in a temple. <A name="15"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">14</a>He cuts down<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.14.1">A</a> cedars for his use,or he takes a cypress or an oak.He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. <A name="16"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-15.htm">15</a>A person can use it for fuel.He takes some of it and warms himself;also he kindles a fire and bakes bread;he even makes it into a god and worships it;he makes an idol from it and bows down to it. <A name="17"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-16.htm">16</a>He burns half of it in a fire,and he roasts meat on that half.He eats the roast and is satisfied.He warms himself and says, “Ah!I am warm, I see the blaze.” <A name="18"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-17.htm">17</a>He makes a god or his idol with the rest of it.He bows down to it and worships;he prays to it,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.17.1">a</a> “Save me, for you are my god.” <A name="19"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">18</a>Such people<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.18.1">A</a> do not comprehendand cannot understand,for he has shut their eyes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.18.2">B</a> so they cannot see,and their minds so they cannot understand. <A name="20"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-19.htm">19</a>No one comes to his senses;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.19.1">A</a>no one has the perception or insight to say,“I burned half of it in the fire,I also baked bread on its coals,I roasted meat and ate.Should I make something detestable<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.19.1">a</a> with the rest of it?Should I bow down to a block of wood? ” <A name="21"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">20</a>He feeds on<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.20.1">A</a> ashes.His deceived mind has led him astray,and he cannot rescue himself,or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.20.1">a</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="22"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-21.htm">21</a>Remember these things, Jacob,and Israel, for you are my servant;I formed you, you are my servant;Israel, you will never be forgotten by me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.44.21.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.21.1">a</a> <A name="23"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">22</a>I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.22.1">a</a>and your sins like a mist.Return to me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.22.2">b</a>for I have redeemed you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.22.3">c</a> <A name="24"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">23</a>Rejoice, heavens,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.23.1">a</a> for the Lord has acted;shout, depths of the earth.Break out into singing, mountains,forest, and every tree in it.For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,and glorifies himself through Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.23.2">b</a></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Restoration of Israel through Cyrus</h3> <A name="25"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">24</a>This is what the Lord, your Redeemer<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.24.1">a</a> who formed you from the womb,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.24.2">b</a> says:<blockquote class="poetryblock">I am the Lord, who made everything;who stretched out the heavens by myself;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.24.3">c</a>who alone spread out the earth; <A name="26"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-25.htm">25</a>who destroys the omens of the false prophetsand makes fools of diviners;who confounds the wiseand makes their knowledge foolishness;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.25.1">a</a> <A name="27"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-26.htm">26</a>who confirms the message of his servantand fulfills the counsel of his messengers;who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”and I will restore her ruins; <A name="28"></a><a href="/isaiah/44-27.htm">27</a>who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”and I will dry up your rivers; <a href="/isaiah/44-28.htm">28</a>who says to Cyrus,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.28.1">a</a> “My shepherd,he will fulfill all my pleasure”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.28.2">b</a>and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.44.28.3">c</a>and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”</blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Isaiah.44" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.2.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.2">44:2</a> = Upright One</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.4.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.4">44:4</a> Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX read as among</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.7.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.7">44:7</a> Lit declare them —</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.14.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.14">44:14</a> Lit To cut down for himself</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.18.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.18">44:18</a> Lit They</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.18.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.18">44:18</a> Or for their eyes are shut</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.19.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.19">44:19</a> Lit No one returns to his heart</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.20.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.20">44:20</a> Or He shepherds</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.44.21.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.21">44:21</a> DSS, LXX, Tg read Israel, do not forget me</aside> <section id="cross-references-Isaiah.44" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.1.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.1">44:1</a> Is 41:8–9; 42:1; 43:10,20; 45:4; 49:7; 65:9,15,22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.2.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.2">44:2</a> Dt 32:15; 33:5,26</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.3.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.3">44:3</a> Is 32:15; Jl 2:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.6.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.6">44:6</a> Is 41:14; 43:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.6.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.6">44:6</a> Is 41:4; 43:10; 48:12; Rv 1:8,17; 22:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.6.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.6">44:6</a> Is 43:11; 44:8; 45:5–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.7.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.7">44:7</a> Is 41:22,26</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.8.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.8">44:8</a> Is 43:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.8.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.8">44:8</a> Dt 4:35,39; 1Sm 2:2; Is 45:5; Jl 2:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.8.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.8">44:8</a> Is 17:10; 26:4; 30:29</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.9.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.9">44:9</a> Ps 97:7; Is 42:17; 44:11; 45:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.10.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.10">44:10</a> Is 41:29; Jr 10:5; Hab 2:18; Ac 19:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.13.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.13">44:13</a> Ps 115:5–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.17.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.17">44:17</a> 1Kg 18:26,28; Is 45:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.19.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.19">44:19</a> Dt 27:15; 1Kg 11:5,7; 2Kg 23:13–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.20.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.20">44:20</a> Is 57:11; 59:3–4,13; Rm 1:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.21.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.21">44:21</a> Is 49:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.22.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.22">44:22</a> Ps 51:1,9; Is 43:25; Ac 3:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.22.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.22">44:22</a> Is 31:6; 55:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.22.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.22">44:22</a> Is 43:1; 48:20; 1Co 6:20; 1Pt 1:18–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.23.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.23">44:23</a> Ps 69:34; 96:11–12; Is 42:10; 49:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.23.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.23">44:23</a> Is 49:3; 61:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.24.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.24">44:24</a> Is 41:14; 43:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.24.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.24">44:24</a> Is 44:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.24.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.24">44:24</a> Is 40:22; 42:5; 45:12,18; 51:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.25.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.25">44:25</a> 2Sm 15:31; Jb 5:12–14; Ps 33:10; Is 29:14; Jr 51:57; 1Co 1:20,27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.28.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.28">44:28</a> Is 45:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.28.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.28">44:28</a> Eph 1:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.44.28.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.44.28">44:28</a> 2Ch 36:22–23; Ezr 1:1; Is 14:32; 45:13; 54:11</aside> <section id="study-notes-Isaiah.44" class="snSection"> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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