Chapter 44
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
now
42:23 48:16-18 55:3 Psalms 81:11-13 Jeremiah 4:7 Luke 13:34 Hebrews 3:7,8
O Jacob
41:8 43:1 Genesis 17:7 Deuteronomy 7:6-8 Psalms 105:6,42,43 Jeremiah 30:10 46:27,28 Romans 11:5,6
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
that made
formed
24 46:3,4 49:1 Psalms 46:5 71:6 Jeremiah 1:5 Ezekiel 16:4-8 20:5-12 Hebrews 4:16
Fear
41:10,14 43:1 Luke 12:32 Romans 8:30 Ephesians 1:4 1 Thessalonians 1:4
Jesurun
Jeshurun
Verse 3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
pour water
41:17 59:21 Ezekiel 34:26 Joel 3:18 John 7:37-39 Revelation 21:6 22:17
floods
32:2 35:6,7 43:19,20 48:21 49:10 Psalms 78:15,16 107:35
dry ground
Greek
pour my
32:15 59:21 Proverbs 1:23 Ezekiel 39:29 Joel 2:28 Zechariah 12:10 Acts 2:17 Acts 2:33,39 10:45 Titus 3:5,6
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
spring
58:11 61:11 Psalms 1:3 92:13-15 Acts 2:41-47 4:4 5:14
willows
One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
I am
Deuteronomy 26:17-19 Psalms 116:16 Jeremiah 50:5 Micah 4:2 Zechariah 8:20-23 13:9
subscribe
Nehemiah 9:38 10:1-29 2 Corinthians 8:5
the name
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
the King
33:22 43:15 Malachi 1:14 Matthew 25:34 27:37
his redeemer
24 41:14 43:1,14 48:17 54:5 59:20 Jeremiah 50:34
I am the first
41:4 48:12 Revelation 1:8,11,17,18 2:8 22:13
beside
8 37:16,20 42:8 43:10,11 45:6,21,22 Deuteronomy 4:35,39 6:4 32:39 1 Timothy 3:16
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
who
41:22,26 43:9,12 45:21 46:9,10 48:3-8
since
41:4 Genesis 17:7,8 Deuteronomy 32:8 Acts 17:26
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
neither
2 41:10-14 Proverbs 3:25,26 Jeremiah 10:7 30:10,11 John 6:10
have declared
42:9 48:5 Genesis 15:13-21 28:13-15 46:3 48:19 49:1-28 Leviticus 26:1-46 Deuteronomy 4:25-31 28:1-68
ye are
43:10,12 Ezra 1:2 8:22 Daniel 2:28,47 3:16-28 4:25 5:23-30 6:22 Acts 1:8 14:15 17:23-31 Hebrews 12:1 1 John 1:2
Is there
6 45:5,6 46:9 Deuteronomy 4:35,39 32:39 1 Samuel 2:2 2 Samuel 22:32 John 1:1 John 10:30
no God
Heb. no rock.
Deuteronomy 32:4,31 Psalms 18:31
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
make
41:24,29 Deuteronomy 27:15 Psalms 97:7 Jeremiah 10:3-8,14,15
and their
2:20,21 37:18-20 46:1,2,6,7 Judges 10:14 1 Kings 18:26-40 Jeremiah 2:11,27,28 14:22 16:19,20 Daniel 5:23 Hosea 8:4-6 Habakkuk 2:18-20 1 Corinthians 8:4
delectable
Heb. desirable.
their own
18,20 42:18 43:8 45:20 Psalms 115:8 135:18 Romans 1:22 2 Corinthians 4:4 Ephesians 4:18 5:8
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
1 Kings 12:28 Jeremiah 10:5 Daniel 3:1,14 Habakkuk 2:18 Acts 19:26 1 Corinthians 8:4
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
all his
1:29 42:17 45:16 1 Samuel 5:3-7 6:4,5 Psalms 97:7 Jeremiah 2:26,27 10:14 Jeremiah 51:17
let them all
41:5-7 Judges 6:29-32 16:23-30 1 Kings 18:19-29,40 Daniel 3:1-7 5:1-6 Acts 19:24-34 Revelation 19:19-21
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
40:19 41:6,7 46:6,7 Exodus 32:4,8 Jeremiah 10:3-11
the tongs
or, an axe. yea, he is.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
he marketh
Exodus 20:4,5 Deuteronomy 4:16-18,28 Acts 17:29 Romans 1:23
that it may
Genesis 31:19,30,32 35:2 Deuteronomy 27:15 Judges 17:4,5 18:24 Ezekiel 8:12
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
heweth
40:20 Jeremiah 10:3-8 Hosea 4:12 Habakkuk 2:19
strengtheneth
or, taketh courage.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
he maketh a god
10 45:20 Judges 2:19 2 Chronicles 25:14 Revelation 9:20
And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Deliver me
36:19,20 37:38 Daniel 3:17,29 6:16,20-22,27
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
have not
9,20 45:20 46:7,8 Jeremiah 10:8,14 Romans 1:21-23
for he hath
6:10 29:10 Psalms 81:12 Matthew 13:14,15 Acts 14:16 Romans 1:28 11:8-10 2 Corinthians 4:3,4 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
shut
Heb. daubed. cannot.
56:11 Psalms 92:6 Proverbs 2:5-9 28:5 Jeremiah 5:21 Daniel 12:10 Hosea 14:9 Matthew 12:34 John 5:44 8:43 12:39,40 2 Peter 2:14
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
considereth in his heart
Heb. setteth to his heart.
46:8 Exodus 7:23 Deuteronomy 32:46 Ezekiel 40:4 Haggai 1:5 *marg:; Hosea 7:2
an abomination
Deuteronomy 27:15 1 Kings 11:5,7 2 Kings 23:13
the stock of a tree
Heb. that which comes of a tree.
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
feedeth
Job 15:2 Psalms 102:9 Proverbs 15:14 Hosea 12:1 Luke 15:16
a deceived
1 Kings 22:20-23 Job 15:31 Hosea 4:12 Romans 1:20-22,28 2 Thessalonians 2:11 2 Timothy 2:13 Revelation 12:9 13:14 18:23 20:3
Is there
28:15-17 Jeremiah 16:19 Habakkuk 2:18 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 1 Timothy 4:2
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Remember
42:23 46:8,9 Deuteronomy 4:9,23 31:19-21 32:18
thou art
thou shalt
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
blotted
1:18 43:25 Nehemiah 4:5 Psalms 51:1,9 103:12 109:14 Jeremiah 18:23 33:8 Acts 3:19
as a thick
Job 37:11 Lamentations 3:42-44
return
1:27 43:1 48:20 51:11 59:20,21 Jeremiah 3:1,12-14 Hosea 14:1-4 Luke 1:73,74 Acts 3:18,19 1 Corinthians 6:20 Titus 2:12-14 1 Peter 1:18,19
Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Sing
42:10-12 49:13 55:12,13 Psalms 69:34 96:11,12 98:7,8 Jeremiah 51:48 Luke 2:10-14 Revelation 5:8-14 12:12 18:20 19:1-6
glorified
26:15 49:3 60:21 Ezekiel 36:1,8 39:13 Ephesians 1:6,7 3:21 2 Thessalonians 1:10-12 1 Peter 4:11
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
thy redeemer
6 43:14 48:17 49:7,26 54:5,8 59:20 60:16 63:16 Psalms 78:35 Jeremiah 50:34 Revelation 5:9
and he
2 43:1,7 46:3,4 49:1 Job 31:15 Psalms 71:6 139:13-16 Galatians 1:15
I am
40:22 42:5 45:12 48:13 51:13 Job 9:8 26:7 Psalms 104:2 Jeremiah 51:15
by myself
John 1:3 Ephesians 3:9 Colossians 1:16,17 Hebrews 1:2,10-12
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
frustrateth
47:12-14 1 Kings 22:11,12,22-25,37 2 Chronicles 18:11,34 Jeremiah 27:9,10 Jeremiah 28:9-17 50:36
maketh
Exodus 9:11 Daniel 1:20 2:10-12 4:7 5:6-8
turneth
19:11-14 29:14 2 Samuel 15:31 16:23 17:23 Job 5:12-14 Psalms 33:10 Jeremiah 49:7 51:57 1 Corinthians 1:20-27 3:19,20
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
confirmeth
42:9 Exodus 11:4-6 12:29,30 1 Kings 13:3-5 18:36-38 Ezekiel 38:17 Zechariah 1:6 Matthew 26:56 Luke 24:44 Acts 2:25-28 2 Peter 1:19-21
that saith
54:3,11,12 60:10 Ezra 2:70 Psalms 102:13-16 147:2 Jeremiah 30:18 Jeremiah 31:4,38-40 33:7 Ezekiel 36:33-36 Daniel 9:25 Zechariah 2:4 12:6 Zechariah 14:10,11
and I will
58:12 Nehemiah 1:3 2:3 3:1-32 Amos 9:14
decayed places
Heb. wastes.
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Be dry
11:15,16 42:15 43:16 51:15 Psalms 74:15 Jeremiah 50:38 51:32,36 Revelation 16:12
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Cyrus
42:15 45:1,3 46:11 48:14,15 Daniel 10:1