Isaiah 44 (NET)

Isaiah 44:1¹“Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:8Jer 30:10Rom 11:5-6Heb 3:7-8Jer 4:7Jer 46:27-28Ps 105:6Deut 7:6-8Gen 17:7Isa 42:23

Isaiah 44:2²This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says— the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: “Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 1:5Isa 43:1Isa 46:3-4Isa 44:24Isa 43:7Isa 49:1Eph 1:4Isa 41:10Ezek 16:4-8Rom 8:30

Isaiah 44:3³For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 2:28Acts 2:17Isa 59:21John 7:37-39Prov 1:23Rev 21:6Acts 2:39Zech 12:10Ezek 39:29Isa 32:15

Isaiah 44:4⁴They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, like poplars beside channels of water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 58:11Ps 1:3Ps 92:13-15Ezek 17:5Acts 4:4Ps 137:1-2Acts 2:41-47Acts 5:14Isa 61:11Job 40:22

Isaiah 44:5⁵One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord,’ and another will use the name ‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand, ‘The Lord ’s,’ and use the name ‘Israel.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 13:91 Pet 2:92 Cor 8:5Deut 26:17-19Exod 13:9Gal 6:16Neh 9:38-10:29Mic 4:2Ps 116:16Zech 8:20-23

Isaiah 44:6⁶This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says, their Protector, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: “I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:4Isa 43:10-11Rev 1:8Rev 22:13Isa 44:8Isa 45:5-6Isa 48:17Isa 48:12Deut 32:39Isa 42:8

Isaiah 44:7⁷Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me— since I established an ancient people — let them announce future events.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:26Isa 41:22Isa 46:9-10Isa 45:21Acts 17:26Deut 32:8Gen 17:7-8Isa 41:4Isa 43:12Isa 43:9

Isaiah 44:8⁸Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:101 Sam 2:2Deut 4:35Deut 4:39John 10:302 Sam 22:32Deut 32:39Isa 44:6Joel 2:27John 1:1

Isaiah 44:9⁹All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:24Jer 10:14-15Hab 2:18-20Isa 41:29Ps 97:71 Cor 8:41 Kgs 18:26-402 Cor 4:4Dan 11:38Dan 5:23

Isaiah 44:10¹⁰Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 10:5Hab 2:18Acts 19:261 Cor 8:41 Kgs 12:28Dan 3:1Dan 3:14Isa 41:29

Isaiah 44:11¹¹Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand. They will panic and be put to shame.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:17Isa 45:16Isa 1:29Ps 97:71 Kgs 18:19-291 Kgs 18:401 Sam 5:3-71 Sam 6:4-5Acts 19:24-34Dan 3:1-7

Isaiah 44:12¹²A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:19Isa 41:6-7Isa 46:6-7Exod 32:4Exod 32:8Hab 2:13Jer 10:3-11

Isaiah 44:13¹³A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 17:4-5Acts 17:29Deut 4:16-18Ps 115:5-7Rom 1:23Deut 27:15Deut 4:28Exod 20:4-5Ezek 8:12Gen 31:19

Isaiah 44:14¹⁴He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:20Hab 2:19Hos 4:12Jer 10:3-8

Isaiah 44:15¹⁵A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 25:14Isa 44:10Isa 45:20Judg 2:19Rev 9:20

Isaiah 44:16¹⁶Half of it he burns in the fire— over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says, ‘Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Isaiah 44:17¹⁷With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, ‘Rescue me, for you are my god!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 45:201 Kgs 18:26Dan 3:17Dan 3:29Dan 6:16Dan 6:20-22Dan 6:27Isa 36:19-20Isa 37:38

Isaiah 44:18¹⁸They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:9-102 Cor 4:3-4John 12:39-402 Thess 2:9-12Jer 5:21Ps 81:12Prov 2:5-9Matt 13:14-15John 5:44Rom 1:21-23

Isaiah 44:19¹⁹No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: ‘I burned half of it in the fire— yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 27:151 Kgs 11:51 Kgs 11:72 Kgs 23:13Deut 32:46Exod 7:23Ezek 40:4Hos 7:2Isa 45:20Isa 5:13

Isaiah 44:20²⁰He feeds on ashes; 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?’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 12:1Job 15:31Ps 102:9Rom 1:282 Tim 2:13Hos 4:12Rom 1:251 Kgs 22:20-231 Tim 4:22 Thess 2:9-11

Isaiah 44:21²¹Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:1-2Isa 49:15-16Isa 43:1Isa 43:15Isa 46:8-9Zech 10:9Deut 31:19-21Deut 32:18Deut 4:23Isa 41:8-9

Isaiah 44:22²²I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:251 Cor 6:20Acts 3:18-19Isa 43:11 Pet 1:18-19Ps 103:12Isa 55:7Jer 33:8Titus 2:12-14Isa 48:20

Isaiah 44:23²³Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the Lord protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 1:6-7Rev 5:8-14Ps 69:34Isa 49:3Jer 51:48Ps 96:11-12Ps 98:7-8Rev 19:1-6Isa 49:13Isa 55:12-13

Isaiah 44:24²⁴This is what the Lord, your Protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: “I am the Lord, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:5Isa 45:12Isa 54:5Isa 45:18Isa 44:2Isa 43:14Isa 51:13Job 9:8Rev 5:9Isa 40:22

Isaiah 44:25²⁵who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 33:10Job 5:12-142 Sam 15:31Jer 50:36Isa 47:12-141 Cor 1:20-27Jer 51:57Isa 29:141 Cor 3:19-20Dan 5:6-8

Isaiah 44:26²⁶who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:36-38Isa 42:92 Pet 1:19-21Acts 2:25-28Dan 9:25Isa 60:10Jer 30:18Jer 33:7Neh 1:3Amos 9:14

Isaiah 44:27²⁷who says to the deep sea, ‘Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:15Jer 50:38Jer 51:36Isa 11:15-16Isa 43:16Isa 51:15Jer 51:32Ps 74:15Rev 16:12

Isaiah 44:28²⁸who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:22-Ezra 1:3Isa 45:1Dan 10:1Ezra 6:3-18Isa 45:13Isa 46:11Isa 63:11Ps 78:71-72Isa 45:3Isa 48:14-15