< Isaiah 44 >
1 “And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on—
and now to hear: hear Jacob servant/slave my and Israel to choose in/on/with him
2 Thus said YHWH, your Maker, and your Former, From the womb He helps you: Do not fear, My servant Jacob, And Yeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
thus to say LORD to make you and to form: formed you from belly: womb to help you not to fear servant/slave my Jacob and Jeshurun to choose in/on/with him
3 For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on your seed, And My blessing on your offspring.
for to pour: pour water upon thirsty and to flow upon dry land to pour: pour spirit my upon seed: children your and blessing my upon offspring your
4 And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by conduits of water.
and to spring in/on/with between: among grass like/as willow upon stream water
5 This [one] says, For I [am] YHWH’s, And this calls [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writes [with] his hand, For YHWH, And surnames himself by the name of Israel.”
this to say to/for LORD I and this to call: call to in/on/with name Jacob and this to write hand his to/for LORD and in/on/with name Israel to flatter
6 Thus said YHWH, King of Israel, And his Redeemer, YHWH of Hosts: “I [am] the first, and I [am] the last, And besides Me there is no God.
thus to say LORD king Israel and to redeem: redeem his LORD Hosts I first and I last and from beside me nothing God
7 And who [is] as I, call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that come, they declare to them.
and who? like me to call: call out and to tell her and to arrange her to/for me from to set: appoint I people forever: antiquity and to come and which to come (in): come to tell to/for them
8 Do not fear, nor be afraid, Have I not caused you to hear from that time, and declared? And you [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? Indeed, there is none, I have not known another Rock.”
not to dread and not to fear not from the past to hear: proclaim you and to tell and you(m. p.) witness my there god from beside me and nothing rock not to know
9 Framers of a carved image, all of them [are] emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And they [are] their own witnesses, They do not see, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
to form: formed idol all their formlessness and to desire their not to gain and witness their they(masc.) not to see: see and not to know because be ashamed
10 Who has formed a god, And poured out a molten image—not profitable?
who? to form: formed god and idol to pour to/for lest to gain
11 Behold, all his companions are ashamed, As for artisans—they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.
look! all companion his be ashamed and artificer they(masc.) from man to gather all their to stand: stand to dread be ashamed unitedness
12 He has worked iron [with] an axe, And has worked with coals, And forms it with hammers, And works it by his powerful arm, Indeed, he is hungry, and there is no power, He does not drink water, and he is wearied.
artificer iron axe and to work in/on/with coal and in/on/with hammer to form: formed him and to work him in/on/with arm strength his also be hungry and nothing strength not to drink water and to faint
13 He has worked [with] wood, He has stretched out a rule, He marks it out with a line, He makes it with carving tools, And he marks it out with a compass, And makes it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.
artificer tree: carpenter to stretch line to delimit him in/on/with stylus to make him in/on/with plane and in/on/with compass to delimit him and to make him like/as pattern man like/as beauty man to/for to dwell house: temple
14 Cutting down cedars for himself, He also takes a cypress, and an oak, And he strengthens [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He has planted an ash, and the shower nourishes [it].
to/for to cut: cut to/for him cedar and to take: take cypress and oak and to strengthen to/for him in/on/with tree wood to plant fir and rain to magnify
15 And it has been for man to burn, And he takes of them, and becomes warm, Indeed, he kindles [it], and has baked bread, Indeed, he makes a god, and bows himself, He has made it a carved image, And he falls down to it.
and to be to/for man to/for to burn: burn and to take: take from them and to warm also to kindle and to bake food: bread also to work god and to bow to make him idol and to prostrate to/for them
16 Half of it he has burned in the fire, By [this] half of it he eats flesh, He roasts a roasting and is satisfied, Indeed, he is warm and says: “Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.”
half his to burn in/at/by fire upon half his flesh to eat to roast roasted and to satisfy also to warm and to say Aha! to warm to see: see flame
17 And he has made its remnant for a god—For his carved image, He falls down to it, and worships, And prays to it, and he says, “Deliver me, for you [are] my god.”
and remnant his to/for god to make to/for idol his (to prostrate *Q(k)*) to/for to prostrate and to bow and to pray to(wards) him and to say to rescue me for god my you(m. s.)
18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He has coated their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
not to know and not to understand for to be smeared from to see: see eye their from be prudent heart their
19 And none turn [it] back to his heart, Nor has knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, Indeed, I have also baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And I make its remnant for an abomination, I fall down to the stock of a tree.”
and not to return: recall to(wards) heart his and not knowledge and not understanding to/for to say half his to burn in/at/by fire and also to bake upon coal his food: bread to roast flesh and to eat and remainder his to/for abomination to make to/for produce tree: wood to prostrate
20 Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It has turned him aside, And he does not deliver his soul, nor says: “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
to pasture ashes heart to deceive to stretch him and not to rescue [obj] soul: myself his and not to say not deception in/on/with right my
21 “Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For you [are] My servant, I formed you, you [are] a servant to Me, O Israel, you do not forget Me.
to remember these Jacob and Israel for servant/slave my you(m. s.) to form: formed you servant/slave to/for me you(m. s.) Israel not to forget me
22 I have blotted out, as [by] a thick cloud, Your transgressions, And as [by] a cloud, your sins, Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
to wipe like/as cloud transgression your and like/as cloud sin your to return: return [emph?] to(wards) me for to redeem: redeem you
23 Sing, O heavens, for YHWH has worked, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For YHWH has redeemed Jacob, And He beautifies Himself in Israel.
to sing heaven for to make: do LORD to shout lower land: country/planet to break out mountain: mount cry wood and all tree in/on/with him for to redeem: redeem LORD Jacob and in/on/with Israel to beautify
24 Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, And your Framer from the womb: “I [am] YHWH, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth—who [is] with Me?
thus to say LORD to redeem: redeem your and to form: formed you from belly: womb I LORD to make all to stretch heaven to/for alone me to beat [the] land: country/planet (who? from with me *Q(K)*)
25 Making void the tokens of devisers, And makes diviners mad, Turning the wise backward, And makes their knowledge foolish.
to break sign: indicator bluster and to divine to be foolish to return: turn back wise back and knowledge their be foolish
26 Confirming the word of His servant, He perfects the counsel of His messengers, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They will be built, and her ruins I raise up,
to arise: establish word servant/slave his and counsel messenger his to ally [the] to say to/for Jerusalem to dwell and to/for city Judah to build and desolation her to arise: establish
27 Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and your rivers I cause to dry up,
[the] to say to/for deep to dry and river your to wither
28 Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And he perfects all My delight, So as to say of Jerusalem, You are built, And of the temple, You are founded.”
[the] to say to/for Cyrus to pasture my and all pleasure my to complete and to/for to say to/for Jerusalem to build and temple to found