(1.00) | 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!’ |
(1.00) | Isa 44:18 | They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern. 1 |
(1.00) | Isa 44:19 | No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: ‘I burned half of it in the fire – yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’ 1 |
(1.00) | Isa 44:25 | who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers 1 and humiliates 2 the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men 3 and makes their advice 4 seem foolish, |
(1.00) | Isa 44:26 | who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants 1 and brings to pass the announcements 2 of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem, 3 ‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’ |
(1.00) | 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 |
(1.00) | Isa 45:4 | For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize 1 me. |
(1.00) | Isa 45:5 | I am the Lord, I have no peer, 1 there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, 2 even though you do not recognize 3 me. |
(1.00) | Isa 45:6 | I do this 1 so people 2 will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord, I have no peer. |
(1.00) | Isa 45:9 | One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, 1 one who is like a mere 2 shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, 3 “What in the world 4 are you doing? Your work lacks skill!” 5 |
(1.00) | Isa 45:10 | Danger awaits one who says 1 to his father, “What in the world 2 are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?” 3 |
(1.00) | Isa 45:11 | This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, 1 the one who formed him, concerning things to come: 2 “How dare you question me 3 about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with 4 the work of my own hands! |
(1.00) | 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. |
(1.00) | Isa 45:14 | This is what the Lord says: “The profit 1 of Egypt and the revenue 2 of Ethiopia, along with the Sabeans, those tall men, will be brought to you 3 and become yours. They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. 4 They will bow down to you and pray to you: 5 ‘Truly God is with 6 you; he has no peer; 7 there is no other God!’” |
(1.00) | Isa 45:15 | Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer! |
(1.00) | Isa 45:16 | They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated. 1 |
(1.00) | Isa 45:17 | Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; 1 you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. 2 |
(1.00) | Isa 45:18 | For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky – he is the true God, 1 the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, 2 he formed it to be inhabited – “I am the Lord, I have no peer. |
(1.00) | 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 |
(1.00) | Isa 45:21 | Tell me! Present the evidence! 1 Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the Lord? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; 2 there is none but me. |