Discovery Box| (0.01) | Isa 44:12 |
| A blacksmith works with his tool 1 and forges metal over the coals. He forms it 2 with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; 3 he drinks no water and gets tired. |
| (0.01) | 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 |
| (0.01) | 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. |
| (0.01) | Isa 45:20 |
| Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver. |
| (0.01) | 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 |
| (0.01) | Isa 47:10 |
| You were complacent in your evil deeds; 1 you thought, 2 ‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed 3 wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’ 4 |
| (0.01) | Isa 47:14 |
| Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat 1 of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy. 2 |
| (0.01) | Isa 49:1 |
| Listen to me, you coastlands! 1 Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; 2 he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. 3 |
| (0.01) | Isa 50:4 |
| The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, 1 so that I know how to help the weary. 2 He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. 3 |
| (0.01) | Isa 51:16 |
| I commission you 1 as my spokesman; 2 I cover you with the palm of my hand, 3 to establish 4 the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’” 5 |
| (0.01) | Isa 52:7 |
| How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains 1 the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” 2 |
| (0.01) | 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. |
| (0.01) | Isa 53:7 |
| He was treated harshly and afflicted, 1 but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth. 2 |
| (0.01) | Isa 54:4 |
| Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, 1 for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment. 2 |
| (0.01) | Isa 55:3 |
| Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! 1 Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to 2 you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David. 3 |
| (0.01) | Isa 55:11 |
| In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. 1 No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.” 2 |
| (0.01) | Isa 58:14 |
| Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, 1 and I will give you great prosperity, 2 and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” 3 Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. 4 |
| (0.01) | Isa 60:5 |
| Then you will look and smile, 1 you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. 2 For the riches of distant lands 3 will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you. |
| (0.01) | Isa 60:13 |
| The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; 1 I will bestow honor on my throne room. 2 |
| (0.01) | Isa 60:18 |
| Sounds of violence 1 will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of 2 destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’ and your gates, ‘Praise.’ |
