Discovery BoxIsaiah 44:24 
Context44:24 This is what the Lord, your protector, 1 says,
the one who formed you in the womb:
“I am the Lord, who made everything,
who alone stretched out the sky,
who fashioned the earth all by myself, 2
Isaiah 42:5
Context42:5 This is what the true God, 3 the Lord, says –
the one who created the sky and stretched it out,
the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, 4
the one who gives breath to the people on it,
and life to those who live on it: 5
1 tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
2 tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has “Who [was] with me?” The marginal reading (Qere) is “from with me,” i.e., “by myself.” See BDB 87 s.v. II אֵת 4.c.
3 tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.
4 tn Heb “and its offspring” (so NASB); NIV “all that comes out of it.”
5 tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).
