Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
But
now listen
, O
Jacob My servant, Israel, whom
I have chosen .
Yet
now hear
, Jacob my servant, and
Israel, who
I have chosen :
This
is
the
word
of
the
LORD,
your
Maker,
who formed you from the womb and
who will help you: “Do
not
be afraid, O
Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
Thus
says
Yahweh
who made
you,
and
formed you from the womb ,
who will help you: Don't
be afraid, Jacob my servant ;
and
you
, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water on the
thirsty land
, and currents
on the dry ground .
I will pour out
My Spirit on your descendants
, and My blessing on your offspring .
For I will pour water on him
who
is
thirsty, and streams
on the dry ground ;
I will pour my Spirit on your seed
, and my blessing on your offspring :
They will
sprout
among the grass like
willows by flowing
streams
.
and
they shall
spring
up
among the grass ,
as
willows by the
watercourses
.
One will
say, ‘
I belong
to
the
LORD,’
another will
call himself by the name of Jacob ,
and still
another will
write
on
his hand ,
‘The
LORD’s
, ’
and will
take
the name of Israel. ”
One shall
say, I am
Yahweh's;
and
another shall
call [
himself ]
by the name of Jacob ;
and another shall
subscribe
with
his hand to
Yahweh
, and surname
[himself]
by
the name of Israel.
Thus says the
LORD
, the King and
Redeemer
of Israel, the
LORD
of Hosts: “
I am the first and I am the last ,
and there is no God but
Me
.
Thus says Yahweh
, the King of Israel, and
his
Redeemer,
Yahweh
of Hosts: I am the first ,
and I am the last ;
and besides
me
there is no God.
Who then
is
like
Me?
Let
him
say
so!
Let
him
declare his
case
before
Me, since I established an
ancient people .
Let
him
foretell
the things to
come
, and what
is
to
take
place
.
Who ,
as
I,
shall
call,
and
shall
declare it,
and
set
it
in
order
for
me, since I established the
ancient people ?
and
the things that
are
coming
, and that
shall
happen,
let
them
declare
.
Do
not
tremble
or
fear .
Have
I not
told
you and declared
it long
ago
? You are My witnesses !
Is there any
God but
Me? There is no
other
Rock;
I know not
one
. ”
Don't
fear ,
neither
be
afraid:
haven't
I declared
to
you of
old,
and shown
it? You are my witnesses .
Is there a
God besides
me? Indeed,
there is not.
I don't
know any
Rock
.
All makers
of idols
are
nothing,
and the things they treasure
are
worthless.
Their witnesses fail
to
see or
comprehend
, so
they are
put
to
shame
.
Those
who
fashion
an
engraved
image
are
all of them
vanity;
and the things that
they delight
in
shall
not
profit;
and
their own
witnesses don't
see, nor
know:
that
they may
be
disappointed
.
Who fashions
a god or casts
an idol
which
profits
him
nothing?
Who has
fashioned
a god ,
or molten
an image
that
is
profitable
for
nothing?
Behold, all his companions
will
be put
to
shame,
for
the craftsmen
themselves
are only
human.
Let them all assemble
and
take
their
stand; they will
all
be brought
to terror
and
shame.
Behold, all his fellows
shall
be disappointed;
and
the workmen,
they
are of
men:
let them all be
gathered
together,
let
them
stand up
; they shall
fear,
they
shall
be put
to shame together
.
The blacksmith
takes
a
tool
and labors
over
the coals ;
he
fashions an
idol
with hammers and forges
it with his strong arms.
Yet
he grows
hungry and loses
his strength; he fails
to
drink
water and grows
faint.
The smith
[makes]
an
axe,
and works
in
the coals ,
and
fashions it
with hammers ,
and works
it with his strong arm:
yes,
he is
hungry ,
and his strength fails
; he drinks
no
water ,
and is
faint.
The woodworker
extends
a measuring
line; he marks it out with a stylus
; he shapes it with chisels
and outlines
it with a
compass.
He
fashions
it in
the likeness
of man, like
man in
all
his
glory
, that
it
may
dwell in a shrine
.
The carpenter
stretches
out
a line; he marks it out with a pencil
; he shapes it with planes,
and he
marks
it out
with the
compasses,
and
shapes
it after
the figure
of a
man, according
to
the
beauty
of
a
man, to
dwell in a house
.
He cuts down cedars or
retrieves
a
cypress or
oak .
He
lets
it
grow
strong
among the trees of the forest .
He plants a laurel
, and the rain makes
it grow
.
He cuts down cedars for
himself,
and
takes
the
cypress and
the
oak ,
and
strengthens
for
himself
one
among the trees of the forest :
he plants a fir
tree
, and the rain nourishes
it.
It serves
as
fuel
for man .
He takes some
of it to
warm
himself
, and he kindles a
fire
and bakes his
bread ;
he even
fashions
it
into
a god and worships it; he makes an idol
and bows
down to it.
Then
shall
it be
for a
man to
burn;
and
he takes of it, and warms
himself;
yes,
he kindles it,
and bakes bread :
yes,
he makes
a god ,
and worships it; he makes it
an engraved
image,
and falls
down to it.
He burns half
of it in the fire ,
and
he
roasts
meat
on
that
half.
He eats the
roast and is satisfied .
Indeed
, he warms himself and says, “Ah!
I am warm ;
I see
the fire. ”
He burns part
of it in the fire ;
with
part
of
it
he eats flesh;
he
roasts
roast ,
and is satisfied ;
yes
, he warms himself ,
and says, Aha,
I am warm ,
I have
seen
the fire.
From
the rest
he makes a god, his graven
image .
He bows
down to it and worships ;
he
prays to it and says, “Save
me ,
for you are my god. ”
The residue
of
it
he makes a god, even
his engraved
image ;
he falls
down to it and worships ,
and
prays to it ,
and says, Deliver
me ;
for you are my god.
They do
not
comprehend
or
discern
, for He has shut their eyes so
they cannot
see and closed
their minds
so
they cannot
understand.
They don't
know
, neither
do
they
consider:
for he has shut their eyes ,
that
they can't
see ;
and their hearts,
that
they can't
understand.
And
no
one
considers
in
his
heart
, no
one
has
the
knowledge or
insight
to say, “
I burned half
of it in the fire, and
I baked bread on its
coals; I roasted meat
and I
ate.
Shall I make something
detestable
with
the rest
of it? Shall I bow
down to a
block
of wood
? ”
None
calls
to
mind
, neither
is
there
knowledge nor
understanding
to say, I have
burned part
of it in the fire ;
yes
, also
I have
baked bread on the
coals of
it
; I have
roasted flesh
and eaten
it:
and
shall I make the residue
of it an
abomination
? shall I fall
down to the
stock
of a
tree
?
He feeds on ashes .
His
deluded
heart has led
him astray,
and he cannot
deliver himself
or
say, “
Is not this
thing
in my right hand a
lie
? ”
He feeds on ashes ;
a
deceived
heart has turned
him aside;
and he can't
deliver his
soul,
nor
say, Is there
not a
lie
in my right hand?
Remember these things, O
Jacob, for you are My servant ,
O
Israel.
I have made
you ,
and
you are My servant ;
O
Israel, I
will
never
forget
you.
Remember these things, Jacob, and
Israel;
for you are my servant :
I have formed
you ;
you are my servant :
Israel, you shall
not
be
forgotten
by
me
.
I have blotted out your transgressions like
a cloud, and
your sins like
a
mist.
Return to Me ,
for I have redeemed you.
I have blotted out ,
as
a
thick
cloud,
your transgressions ,
and,
as
a cloud, your sins :
return to me ;
for I have redeemed you.
Sing for
joy
, O
heavens, for the
LORD
has done this
; shout aloud
, O
depths
of the earth .
Break forth in
song
, O
mountains, you
forests
and all
your
trees.
For the
LORD
has redeemed Jacob, and revealed
His
glory
in Israel.
Sing, you
heavens, for Yahweh
has done it
; shout, you
lower
parts
of the earth ;
break forth into
singing
, you
mountains, O
forest,
and every
tree
therein:
for Yahweh
has redeemed Jacob, and will
glorify
himself
in Israel.
Thus says the
LORD
, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “
I am the
LORD
, who has
made
all things ,
who alone
stretched
out
the heavens ,
who by
Myself
spread
out
the earth ,
Thus says Yahweh
, your Redeemer ,
and
he
who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh
, who makes
all things ;
who stretches
forth
the heavens alone;
who spreads
abroad
the earth (who
is
with
me?);
who foils
the signs of false
prophets
and makes fools
of
diviners ,
who confounds
the
wise and turns
their knowledge into
nonsense,
who frustrates
the signs of the
liars,
and makes diviners mad;
who turns
wise men
backward,
and makes
their knowledge foolish;
who confirms the message
of His servant and fulfills
the counsel of His messengers ,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘
She will
be inhabited ,’
and of the cities of Judah, ‘
They will
be rebuilt
, and I will restore
their
ruins,’
who confirms the word
of his servant ,
and performs
the counsel of his messengers ;
who says of Jerusalem, She shall
be inhabited ;
and of the cities of Judah, They shall
be built
, and I will raise
up
the
waste
places
of
it;
who says to the depths
of
the
sea
, ‘
Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
who says to the deep
, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;
who says of Cyrus, ‘
My shepherd will
fulfill
all that
I
desire
, ’
who
says
of Jerusalem, ‘
She will
be rebuilt,’
and of the temple, ‘Let
its
foundation be laid. ’”
Who says of Cyrus, [He
is]
my shepherd ,
and
shall
perform
all my
pleasure
, even
saying
of Jerusalem, She shall
be built;
and of the temple, Your
foundation shall
be laid.
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