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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 44 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/44.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/44-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Isaiah 44</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/43.htm" title="Isaiah 43">◄</a> Isaiah 44 <a href="../isaiah/45.htm" title="Isaiah 45">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>NOW hearken to me, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD that made you and formed you from the womb and helped you: Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Israel, whom I have chosen.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>For I will give water in a parched ground and streams on the dry land; I will pour my spirit upon your descendants and my blessings upon your offspring;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the running streams.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand to the LORD and surname himself by the name of Israel.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD the King of Israel, and his Saviour, the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And who is like me? Let him announce it and set it in order and declare it, since I placed the people on the earth for ever. And let them show the wonders that are coming.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Fear not, neither be alarmed; have not I announced to you from former time, and have declared it? You are my witnesses, that there is no God besides me, and no mighty one whom I do not know.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>The makers of images are all of them vanity; and there is no profit in the works which they desire to make; the craftsmen who make them are witnesses, for they see not, nor hear, nor know. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore let them be ashamed, those who make gods or graven and molten images that are profitable for nothing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Behold, all their craftsmen are dumb men; let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall be ashamed and confounded together;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>The carpenter sharpens an iron instrument, he shapes the image with a plane and fashions it with a chisel and works it with the strength of his arm; yea, he becomes hungry and also thirsty, he drinks no water and is faint. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>The carpenter selects a piece of wood, and stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fashions it with planes and makes it into the likeness of a man, according to the beauty of a man; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he makes it to stand in the house, a piece of wood which was cut down out of the forest, something which the rain has nourished, <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>A thing for men to use as fuel; they take some of it and heat the oven and bake bread; yea, they also make a god of it and worship it; yea, they make it a graven image and worship it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>Half of it they burn in the fire; and on its coals they roast meat, and they eat and are satisfied; they also warm themselves and say, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire; <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>And of the rest they make a god, even a graven image; and they worship it and pray to it and say, Deliver us; for thou art our god.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>They have not known nor understood; for the vision of their eyes is shut that they cannot see, and the understanding of their hearts, so that they cannot understand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>And they considered not in their heart, neither did they know nor did they reason, saying, Half of it we burned in the fire; yea, also we have baked bread on its coals; we have roasted meat and eaten it; and from the rest of it we have made for ourselves an idol of wood and worshipped it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>Their imagination is dull; they are surely gone astray, and cannot deliver themselves, nor say, Our right hand has wrought falsehood.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant; I have formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, from henceforth forget me not.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>I have blotted out your iniquities as a thick mist, and your sins as a cloud; return to me, for I have saved you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it; shout, O you foundations of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree therein! For the LORD has saved Jacob and glorified himself in Israel.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD, who saved you and who formed you from the womb and helped you: I am the LORD who made all things; who stretched out the heavens alone; who spread out the earth by myself;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>Who makes void the signs of the diviners and despises their divinations; who turns wise men backward and makes their knowledge foolish;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>Who confirms the word of his servant and performs the counsel of his messengers: who said to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited, and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built and I will raise up the ruins thereof;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>Who said to the deep, Be dry, and who dried up the rivers;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/44-28.htm#aramaic"><b>28</b></a></span>Who said of Cyrus, He is my shepherd and shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundations shall be laid.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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