Discovery Box| (0.14) | Isa 41:4 |
| Who acts and carries out decrees? 1 Who 2 summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one. 3 |
| (0.14) | Isa 41:15 |
| “Look, I am making you like 1 a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. 2 You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw. 3 |
| (0.14) | Isa 41:20 |
| I will do this so 1 people 2 will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the Lord’s power 3 has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.” 4 |
| (0.14) | Isa 41:22 |
| “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, 1 so we may examine them 2 and see how they were fulfilled. 3 Or decree for us some future events! |
| (0.14) | Isa 42:6 |
| “I, the Lord, officially commission you; 1 I take hold of your hand. I protect you 2 and make you a covenant mediator for people, 3 and a light 4 to the nations, 5 |
| (0.14) | Isa 43:12 |
| I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses,” says the Lord, “that I am God. |
| (0.14) | Isa 43:14 |
| This is what the Lord says, your protector, 1 the Holy One of Israel: 2 “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, 3 turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 4 |
| (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 44:8 |
| Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! 1 Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; 2 I know of none. |
| (0.14) | Isa 44:14 |
| He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress 1 or an oak. He gets 2 trees from the forest; he plants a cedar 3 and the rain makes it grow. |
| (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 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 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 |
| (0.14) | Isa 49:25 |
| Indeed,” says the Lord, “captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children. |
| (0.14) | Isa 50:7 |
| But the sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; 1 I know I will not be put to shame. |
| (0.14) | Isa 51:11 |
| Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, 1 happiness and joy will overwhelm 2 them; grief and suffering will disappear. 3 |
| (0.14) | Isa 51:22 |
| This is what your sovereign master, 1 the Lord your God, says: “Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, 2 the goblet full of my anger. 3 You will no longer have to drink it. |
| (0.14) | Isa 52:5 |
| And now, what do we have here?” 1 says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” 2 says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered 3 all day long. |
| (0.14) | Isa 52:15 |
| his form was so marred he no longer looked human 1 – so now 2 he will startle 3 many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, 4 for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about. |
| (0.14) | Isa 53:3 |
| He was despised and rejected by people, 1 one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; 2 he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. 3 |
