Discovery Box| (0.14) | Isa 41:25 |
| I have stirred up one out of the north 1 and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. 2 He steps on 3 rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay. |
| (0.14) | Isa 42:1 |
| 1 “Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees 2 for the nations. 3 |
| (0.14) | Isa 42:13 |
| The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; 1 he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power. 2 |
| (0.14) | Isa 42:16 |
| I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; 1 I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. 2 I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. 3 This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them. |
| (0.14) | Isa 43:23 |
| You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding 1 incense. |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:5 |
| One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord,’ and another will use 1 the name ‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and use the name ‘Israel.’” 2 |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:13 |
| A carpenter takes measurements; 1 he marks out an outline of its form; 2 he scrapes 3 it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, 4 like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. 5 |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:17 |
| With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, ‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’ |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:20 |
| He feeds on ashes; 1 his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’ 2 |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:24 |
| 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 |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:28 |
| who commissions 1 Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd 2 to carry out all my wishes 3 and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’” 4 |
| (0.14) | Isa 45:1 |
| This is what the Lord says to his chosen 1 one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold 2 in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, 3 to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed: |
| (0.14) | Isa 45:8 |
| O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers 1 of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it 2 so salvation may grow, 3 and deliverance may sprout up 4 along with it. I, the Lord, create it. 5 |
| (0.14) | Isa 45:13 |
| It is me – I stir him up and commission him; 1 I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe,” says the Lord who commands armies. |
| (0.14) | Isa 45:19 |
| I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. 1 I did not tell Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain!’ 2 I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements. 3 |
| (0.14) | Isa 45:23 |
| I solemnly make this oath 1 – what I say is true and reliable: 2 ‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm; 3 |
| (0.14) | Isa 46:11 |
| who summons an eagle 1 from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, 2 yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out. |
| (0.14) | Isa 47:12 |
| Persist 1 in trusting 2 your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited 3 since your youth! Maybe you will be successful 4 – maybe you will scare away disaster. 5 |
| (0.14) | Isa 48:1 |
| Listen to this, O family of Jacob, 1 you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, 2 who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke 3 the God of Israel – but not in an honest and just manner. 4 |
| (0.14) | Isa 48:6 |
| You have heard; now look at all the evidence! 1 Will you not admit that what I say is true? 2 From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. 3 |
