Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, Isa 41:8Jer 30:10Rom 11:5-6Heb 3:7-8Jer 4:7Jer 46:27-28Psa 105:6Deu 7:6-8
and Israel, whom I have chosen.
This is what the LORD who made you, Jer 1:5Isa 43:1Isa 46:3-4Isa 44:24Isa 43:7Isa 49:1Eph 1:4Isa 41:10
and formed you from the womb,
who will help you says:
“Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant;
and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, Jol 2:28Act 2:17Isa 59:21Jhn 7:37-39Pro 1:23Rev 21:6Act 2:39Zec 12:10
and streams on the dry ground.
I will pour my Spirit on your descendants,
and my blessing on your offspring;
and they will spring up among the grass, Isa 58:11Psa 1:3Psa 92:13-15Ezk 17:5Act 4:4Psa 137:1-2Act 2:41-47Act 5:14
as willows by the watercourses.
One will say, ‘I am the LORD’s.’ Zec 13:91Pe 2:92Co 8:5Deu 26:17-19Exo 13:9Gal 6:16Neh 9:38Mic 4:2
Another will be called by the name of Jacob;
and another will write with his hand ‘to the LORD,’
and honor the name of Israel.”
This is what the LORD, the King of Israel, Isa 41:4Isa 43:10-11Rev 1:8Rev 22:13Isa 44:8Isa 45:5-6Isa 48:17Isa 48:12
and his Redeemer, the LORD of Armies, says:
“I am the first, and I am the last;
and besides me there is no God.
Who is like me? Isa 41:26Isa 41:22Isa 46:9-10Isa 45:21Act 17:26Deu 32:8Gen 17:7-8Isa 41:4
Who will call,
and will declare it,
and set it in order for me,
since I established the ancient people?
Let them declare the things that are coming,
and that will happen.
Don’t fear, Isa 43:101Sa 2:2Deu 4:35Deu 4:39Jhn 10:30Psa 18:312Sa 22:32Deu 32:39
neither be afraid.
Haven’t I declared it to you long ago,
and shown it?
You are my witnesses.
Is there a God besides me?
Indeed, there is not.
I don’t know any other Rock.”
Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. Isa 41:24Jer 10:14-15Hab 2:18-20Isa 41:29Psa 97:71Co 8:41Ki 18:26-402Co 4:4
The things that they delight in will not profit.
Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
Who has fashioned a god, Jer 10:5Hab 2:18Act 19:261Co 8:41Ki 12:28Dan 3:1Dan 3:14Isa 41:29
or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; Isa 42:17Isa 45:16Isa 1:29Psa 97:71Ki 18:19-291Ki 18:401Sa 5:3-71Sa 6:4-5
and the workmen are mere men.
Let them all be gathered together.
Let them stand up.
They will fear.
They will be put to shame together.
The blacksmith takes an ax, Isa 40:19Isa 41:6-7Isa 46:6-7Exo 32:4Exo 32:8Hab 2:13Jer 10:3-11
works in the coals,
fashions it with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
He is hungry,
and his strength fails;
he drinks no water,
and is faint.
The carpenter stretches out a line. Jdg 17:4-5Act 17:29Deu 4:16-18Psa 115:5-7Rom 1:23Deu 27:15Deu 4:28Exo 20:4-5
He marks it out with a pencil.
He shapes it with planes.
He marks it out with compasses,
and shapes it like the figure of a man,
with the beauty of a man,
to reside in a house.
He cuts down cedars for himself, Isa 40:20Hab 2:19Hos 4:12Jer 10:3-8
and takes the cypress and the oak,
and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest.
He plants a cypress tree,
and the rain nourishes it.
Then it will be for a man to burn; 2Ch 25:14Isa 44:10Isa 45:20Jdg 2:19Rev 9:20
and he takes some of it and warms himself.
Yes, he burns it and bakes bread.
Yes, he makes a god and worships it;
he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
He burns part of it in the fire.
With part of it, he eats meat.
He roasts a roast and is satisfied.
Yes, he warms himself
and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
The rest of it he makes into a god, Isa 45:201Ki 18:26Dan 3:17Dan 3:29Dan 6:16Dan 6:20-22Dan 6:27Isa 36:19-20
even his engraved image.
He bows down to it and worships,
and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
They don’t know, neither do they consider, Isa 6:9-102Co 4:3-4Jhn 12:39-402Th 2:9-12Jer 5:21Psa 81:12Pro 2:5-9Mat 13:14-15
for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see,
and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
No one thinks, Deu 27:151Ki 11:51Ki 11:72Ki 23:13Deu 32:46Exo 7:23Ezk 40:4Hos 7:2
neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned part of it in the fire.
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals.
I have roasted meat and eaten it.
Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination?
Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
He feeds on ashes. Hos 12:1Job 15:31Psa 102:9Rom 1:282Ti 2:13Hos 4:12Rom 1:251Ki 22:20-23
A deceived heart has turned him aside;
and he can’t deliver his soul,
nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Remember these things, Jacob and Israel, Isa 44:1-2Isa 49:15-16Deu 4:23Isa 43:1Isa 43:15Isa 46:8-9Zec 10:9Deu 31:19-21
for you are my servant.
I have formed you.
You are my servant.
Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, Isa 43:251Co 6:20Act 3:18-19Isa 43:11Pe 1:18-19Psa 103:12Isa 55:7Jer 33:8
and, as a cloud, your sins.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Eph 1:6-7Rev 5:8-14Psa 69:34Isa 49:3Jer 51:48Psa 96:11-12Psa 98:7-8Rev 19:1-6
Shout, you lower parts of the earth!
Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees,
for the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
and will glorify himself in Israel.
The LORD, your Redeemer, Isa 42:5Isa 45:12Isa 54:5Isa 45:18Isa 44:2Isa 43:14Isa 51:13Job 9:8
and he who formed you from the womb says:
“I am the LORD, who makes all things;
who alone stretches out the heavens;
who spreads out the earth by myself;
who frustrates the signs of the liars, Psa 33:10Job 5:12-142Sa 15:31Jer 50:361Co 1:20-27Isa 47:12-14Jer 51:57Isa 29:14
and makes diviners mad;
who turns wise men backward,
and makes their knowledge foolish;
who confirms the word of his servant, 1Ki 18:36-38Isa 42:92Pe 1:19-21Act 2:25-28Dan 9:25Isa 60:10Jer 30:18Jer 33:7
and performs the counsel of his messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’
and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’
and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ Isa 42:15Jer 50:38Jer 51:36Isa 11:15-16Isa 43:16Isa 51:15Jer 51:32Psa 74:15
and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’
who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ 2Ch 36:22Isa 45:1Dan 10:1Ezr 6:3-18Isa 45:13Isa 46:11Isa 63:11Psa 78:71-72
even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’
and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”