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World English Bible

Isaiah 44 (WEBP)

[1] Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
[2] This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
[3] For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;
[4] and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
[5] One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s.’ Another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
[6] This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
[7] Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.
[8] Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
[9] Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
[10] Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
[11] Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.
[12] The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
[13] The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
[14] He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a cypress tree, and the rain nourishes it.
[15] Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he burns it and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
[16] He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
[17] The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
[18] They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
[19] No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
[20] He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
[21] Remember these things, Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
[22] I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
[23] Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
[24] Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
[25] who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
[26] who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
[27] who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’
[28] who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Isaiah 44 (KJVS)

[1] Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
[2] 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.
[3] 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:
[4] and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
[5] 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 unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
[6] Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
[7] And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
[8] Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
[9] They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
[10] Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
[11] Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
[12] The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
[13] The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
[14] He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
[15] Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
[16] He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
[17] and the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
[18] They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
[19] And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
[20] He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
[21] Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
[22] I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
[23] Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
[24] Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
[25] that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
[26] that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
[27] that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
[28] that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isaiah 44:8 Heb. rock
Isaiah 44:9 Heb. desireable
Isaiah 44:12 Or, with an axe
Isaiah 44:14 Or, taketh courage
Isaiah 44:18 Heb. daubed
Isaiah 44:19a Heb. setteth to his heart
Isaiah 44:19b Heb. that which comes of a tree
Isaiah 44:26 Heb. wastes

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Isaiah 44 (BYZ)

[1] Νῦν () δὲ () ἄκουσον, () παῖς () μου () Ιακωβ () καὶ () Ισραηλ, () ὃν () ἐξελεξάμην· ()
[2] οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () ποιήσας () σε () καὶ () ὁ () πλάσας () σε () ἐκ () κοιλίας () Ἔτι () βοηθηθήσῃ, () μὴ () φοβοῦ, () παῖς () μου () Ιακωβ () καὶ () ὁ () ἠγαπημένος () Ισραηλ, () ὃν () ἐξελεξάμην· ()
[3] ὅτι () ἐγὼ () δώσω () ὕδωρ () ἐν () δίψει () τοῖς () πορευομένοις () ἐν () ἀνύδρῳ, () ἐπιθήσω () τὸ () πνεῦμά () μου () ἐπὶ () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου () καὶ () τὰς () εὐλογίας () μου () ἐπὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () σου, ()
[4] καὶ () ἀνατελοῦσιν () ὡσεὶ () χόρτος () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ὕδατος () καὶ () ὡς () ἰτέα ἐπὶ () παραρρέον () ὕδωρ. ()
[5] Οὗτος () ἐρεῖ () Τοῦ () θεοῦ () εἰμι, () καὶ () οὗτος () βοήσεται () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () Ιακωβ, () καὶ () ἕτερος () ἐπιγράψει () Τοῦ () θεοῦ () εἰμι, () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματι () Ισραηλ. ()
[6] Οὕτως () λέγει () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () ὁ () ῥυσάμενος () αὐτὸν () θεὸς () σαβαωθ () Ἐγὼ () πρῶτος () καὶ () ἐγὼ () μετὰ () ταῦτα, () πλὴν () ἐμοῦ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () θεός. ()
[7] Τίς () ὥσπερ () ἐγώ; () Στήτω () καλεσάτω () καὶ () ἑτοιμασάτω () μοι () ἀφ’ () οὗ () ἐποίησα () ἄνθρωπον () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα, () καὶ () τὰ () ἐπερχόμενα () πρὸ () τοῦ () ἐλθεῖν () ἀναγγειλάτωσαν () ὑμῖν. ()
[8] Μὴ () παρακαλύπτεσθε· () οὐκ () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () ἠνωτίσασθε () καὶ () ἀπήγγειλα () ὑμῖν; () Μάρτυρες () ὑμεῖς () ἐστε, () εἰ () ἔστιν () θεὸς () πλὴν () ἐμοῦ· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦσαν () τότε. ()
[9] Οἱ () πλάσσοντες () καὶ () γλύφοντες πάντες () μάταιοι () οἱ () ποιοῦντες () τὰ () καταθύμια αὐτῶν, () ἃ () οὐκ () ὠφελήσει () αὐτούς· () ἀλλὰ () αἰσχυνθήσονται ()
[10] πάντες () οἱ () πλάσσοντες () θεὸν () καὶ () γλύφοντες ἀνωφελῆ, ()
[11] καὶ () πάντες () ὅθεν () ἐγένοντο () ἐξηράνθησαν, () καὶ () κωφοὶ () ἀπὸ () ἀνθρώπων () συναχθήτωσαν () πάντες () καὶ () στήτωσαν () ἅμα, () ἐντραπήτωσαν () καὶ () αἰσχυνθήτωσαν () ἅμα. ()
[12] Ὅτι () ὤξυνεν τέκτων () σίδηρον, () σκεπάρνῳ εἰργάσατο () αὐτὸ () καὶ () ἐν () τερέτρῳ ἔτρησεν αὐτό, () εἰργάσατο () αὐτὸ () ἐν () τῷ () βραχίονι () τῆς () ἰσχύος () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () πεινάσει () καὶ () ἀσθενήσει () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () πίῃ () ὕδωρ. () Ἐκλεξάμενος ()
[13] τέκτων () ξύλον () ἔστησεν () αὐτὸ () ἐν () μέτρῳ () καὶ () ἐν () κόλλῃ ἐρρύθμισεν αὐτό, () ἐποίησεν () αὐτὸ () ὡς () μορφὴν () ἀνδρὸς () καὶ () ὡς () ὡραιότητα ἀνθρώπου () στῆσαι () αὐτὸ () ἐν () οἴκῳ. ()
[14] Ὃ () ἔκοψεν () ξύλον () ἐκ () τοῦ () δρυμοῦ, ὃ () ἐφύτευσεν () κύριος () καὶ () ὑετὸς () ἐμήκυνεν, ()
[15] ἵνα () ᾖ () ἀνθρώποις () εἰς () καῦσιν· () καὶ () λαβὼν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () ἐθερμάνθη, () καὶ () καύσαντες () ἔπεψαν ἄρτους () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν· () τὸ () δὲ () λοιπὸν () εἰργάσαντο () εἰς () θεούς, () καὶ () προσκυνοῦσιν () αὐτούς. ()
[16] Οὗ () τὸ () ἥμισυ () αὐτοῦ () κατέκαυσαν () ἐν () πυρὶ () καὶ () καύσαντες () ἔπεψαν ἄρτους () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () ἐπ’ () αὐτοῦ () κρέας () ὀπτήσας ἔφαγεν () καὶ () ἐνεπλήσθη· () καὶ () θερμανθεὶς () εἶπεν () Ἡδύ μοι () ὅτι () ἐθερμάνθην () καὶ () εἶδον () πῦρ. ()
[17] Τὸ () δὲ () λοιπὸν () ἐποίησεν () εἰς () θεὸν () γλυπτὸν καὶ () προσκυνεῖ () αὐτῷ () καὶ () προσεύχεται () λέγων () Ἐξελοῦ () με, () ὅτι () θεός () μου () εἶ () σύ. ()
[18] Οὐκ () ἔγνωσαν () φρονῆσαι, () ὅτι () ἀπημαυρώθησαν τοῦ () βλέπειν () τοῖς () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτῶν () καὶ () τοῦ () νοῆσαι () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () αὐτῶν. ()
[19] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἐλογίσατο () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () αὐτοῦ () οὐδὲ () ἀνελογίσατο () ἐν () τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτοῦ () οὐδὲ () ἔγνω () τῇ () φρονήσει () ὅτι () τὸ () ἥμισυ () αὐτοῦ () κατέκαυσεν () ἐν () πυρὶ () καὶ () ἔπεψεν ἐπὶ () τῶν () ἀνθράκων () αὐτοῦ () ἄρτους () καὶ () ὀπτήσας κρέας () ἔφαγεν () καὶ () τὸ () λοιπὸν () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () βδέλυγμα () ἐποίησεν () καὶ () προσκυνοῦσιν () αὐτῷ. ()
[20] Γνῶτε () ὅτι () σποδὸς () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () πλανῶνται, () καὶ () οὐδεὶς () δύναται () ἐξελέσθαι () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ· () ἴδετε, () οὐκ () ἐρεῖτε () ὅτι () Ψεῦδος () ἐν () τῇ () δεξιᾷ () μου; ()
[21] Μνήσθητι () ταῦτα, () Ιακωβ () καὶ () Ισραηλ, () ὅτι () παῖς () μου () εἶ () σύ· () ἔπλασά () σε () παῖδά () μου, () καὶ () σύ, () Ισραηλ, () μὴ () ἐπιλανθάνου () μου. ()
[22] Ἰδοὺ () γὰρ () ἀπήλειψα ὡς () νεφέλην () τὰς () ἀνομίας () σου () καὶ () ὡς () γνόφον () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () σου· () ἐπιστράφητι () πρός () με, () καὶ () λυτρώσομαί () σε. ()
[23] Εὐφράνθητε, () οὐρανοί, () ὅτι () ἠλέησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () Ισραηλ· () σαλπίσατε, () θεμέλια () τῆς () γῆς, () βοήσατε, () ὄρη, () εὐφροσύνην, () οἱ () βουνοὶ () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τὰ () ἐν () αὐτοῖς, () ὅτι () ἐλυτρώσατο () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () Ιακωβ, () καὶ () Ισραηλ () δοξασθήσεται. ()
[24] Οὕτως () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () λυτρούμενός () σε () καὶ () ὁ () πλάσσων () σε () ἐκ () κοιλίας () Ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () συντελῶν () πάντα () ἐξέτεινα () τὸν () οὐρανὸν () μόνος () καὶ () ἐστερέωσα () τὴν () γῆν. () Τίς () ἕτερος ()
[25] διασκεδάσει σημεῖα () ἐγγαστριμύθων καὶ () μαντείας ἀπὸ () καρδίας, () ἀποστρέφων () φρονίμους () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω () καὶ () τὴν () βουλὴν () αὐτῶν () μωρεύων
[26] καὶ () ἱστῶν () ῥήματα () παιδὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () βουλὴν () τῶν () ἀγγέλων () αὐτοῦ () ἀληθεύων; () Ὁ () λέγων () Ιερουσαλημ () Κατοικηθήσῃ, () καὶ () ταῖς () πόλεσιν () τῆς () Ιουδαίας () Οἰκοδομηθήσεσθε, () καὶ () τὰ () ἔρημα () αὐτῆς () ἀνατελεῖ· ()
[27] ὁ () λέγων () τῇ () ἀβύσσῳ () Ἐρημωθήσῃ, () καὶ () τοὺς () ποταμούς () σου () ξηρανῶ· ()
[28] ὁ () λέγων () Κύρῳ φρονεῖν, () καὶ () Πάντα () τὰ () θελήματά () μου () ποιήσει· () ὁ () λέγων () Ιερουσαλημ () Οἰκοδομηθήσῃ, () καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () ἅγιόν μου () θεμελιώσω. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.