Isaiah 44章 ESV | 微读圣经

Israel the Lord’s Chosen

1“But now hear, 44:1 See ch. 41:8O Jacob my servant,

Israel whom I have chosen!

2Thus says the Lord who made you,

44:2 ver. 24; ch. 49:15; [Ps. 71:6; Jer. 1:5; Gal. 1:15] who formed you from the womb and will help you:

44:2 See ch. 43:5Fear not, O Jacob my servant,

44:2 Deut. 32:15Jeshurun whom I have chosen.

344:3 Joel 2:28; John 7:38; Acts 2:18; See ch. 35:6For I will pour water on the thirsty land,

and streams on the dry ground;

I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,

and my blessing on your descendants.

4They shall spring up among the grass

44:4 [Ps. 1:3]like willows by flowing streams.

544:5 [ch. 14:1]This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s,’

another will call on the name of Jacob,

and another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’

and name himself by the name of Israel.”

Besides Me There Is No God

6Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel

and 44:6 See ch. 43:14his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

44:6 ch. 48:12; Rev. 1:8; See ch. 41:4“I am the first and I am the last;

besides me there is no god.

744:7 ch. 41:26, 27Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.44:7 Or Who like me can proclaim it?

Let him declare and set it before me,

since I appointed an ancient people.

Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.

8Fear not, nor be afraid;

have I not told you from of old and declared it?

44:8 ch. 43:10And you are my witnesses!

44:8 ch. 45:5; Deut. 4:35, 39; 32:39; 1 Sam. 2:2; Joel 2:27Is there a God besides me?

There is no 44:8 See ch. 30:29Rock; I know not any.”

The Folly of Idolatry

944:9 ch. 41:24, 29All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.

1044:10 [ch. 40:19, 20; 41:6, 7; 46:6, 7; Hab. 2:18]; See Jer. 10:3-5Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?

1144:11 ch. 45:16; Ps. 115:8; See ch. 42:17Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.

1244:12 [See ver. 10above]The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

13The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil.44:13 Hebrew stylus He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. 44:13 See Ps. 115:5-7He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.

1444:14 [ch. 40:20]He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.

15Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.

16Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”

17And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. 44:17 [ch. 45:20]He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”

18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

19No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an 44:19 Deut. 27:15abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

2044:20 Hos. 12:1He feeds on 44:20 [Job 13:12] ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not 44:20 Ps. 144:8; [Rom. 1:25]a lie in my right hand?”

The Lord Redeems Israel

21Remember these things, O Jacob,

and Israel, for you are 44:21 ch. 42:19; See ch. 42:1my servant;

I formed you; you are my servant;

44:21 [ch. 49:15]O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

2244:22 ch. 43:25I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud

and your sins like mist;

return to me, for I have redeemed you.

2344:23 ch. 49:13; [ch. 55:12; Ps. 69:34; Jer. 51:48] Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it;

shout, O 44:23 Ps. 63:9; [Hos. 2:21, 22] depths of the earth;

break forth into singing, O mountains,

O forest, and every tree in it!

For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,

44:23 ch. 49:3; [ch. 55:5; 60:9]and will be glorified44:23 Or will display his beauty in Israel.

24Thus says the Lord, 44:24 See ch. 43:14your Redeemer,

44:24 See ver. 2who formed you from the womb:

44:24 [ch. 42:5] “I am the Lord, who made all things,

44:24 ch. 42:5; 45:12who alone stretched out the heavens,

who spread out the earth by myself,

25who frustrates the signs of liars

and makes fools of diviners,

44:25 [ch. 19:3, 14]who turns wise men back

and makes their knowledge foolish,

2644:26 [2 Chr. 36:22] who confirms the word of his servant

and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’

44:26 [Jer. 32:15, 44]and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,

and I will raise up their ruins’;

2744:27 ch. 11:15; [ch. 51:10]who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;

I will dry up your rivers’;

28who says of 44:28 ch. 45:1Cyrus, ‘He is 44:28 [2 Sam. 5:2; Ps. 78:72] my shepherd,

and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;

saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’

44:28 ch. 45:13; See 2 Chr. 36:22, 23; Ezra 1:1-3and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

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