Isaiah 44
1 and now to hear: hear Jacob servant/slave my and Israel to choose in/on/with him
And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have fixed on:
2 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
Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
3 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
For I pour waters on a thirsty one, And floods on a dry land, I pour My Spirit on thy seed, And My blessing on thine offspring.
4 and to spring in/on/with between: among grass like/as willow upon stream water
And they have sprung up as among grass, As willows by streams of water.
5 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
This [one] saith, For Jehovah I [am], And this calleth [himself] by the name of Jacob, And this [one] writeth [with] his hand, 'For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.
6 thus to say LORD king Israel and to redeem: redeem his LORD Hosts I first and I last and from beside me nothing God
Thus said Jehovah, king of Israel, And his Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts: 'I [am] the first, and I the last, And besides Me there is no God.
7 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
And who as I, doth call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that do come, declare they to them?
8 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
Fear not, nor be afraid, Have I not from that time caused thee to hear, and declared? And ye [are] My witnesses, Is there a God besides Me? yea, there is none, A Rock I have not known.
9 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
Framers of a graven image [are] all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they [are], They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
10 who? to form: formed god and idol to pour to/for lest to gain
Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out — not profitable?
11 look! all companion his be ashamed and artificer they(masc.) from man to gather all their to stand: stand to dread be ashamed unitedness
Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artisans — they [are] of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.
12 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
He hath wrought iron [with] an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.
13 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
He hath wrought [with] wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house.
14 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
Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth [it] for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish [it].
15 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
And it hath been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth [it], and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to it.
16 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
Half of it he hath burnt in the fire, By [this] half of it he eateth flesh, He roasteth a roasting, and is satisfied, Yea, he is warm, and saith: 'Aha, I have become warm, I have enjoyed the light.
17 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.)
And its remnant for a god he hath made — For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, 'Deliver me, for my god thou [art].'
18 not to know and not to understand for to be smeared from to see: see eye their from be prudent heart their
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
19 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
And none doth turn [it] back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, 'Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.'
20 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
Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
21 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
Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, For My servant thou [art], I formed thee, a servant to Me thou [art], O Israel, thou dost not forget Me.
22 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
I have blotted out, as [by] a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as [by] a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.
23 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
Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah hath wrought, Shout, O lower parts of earth, Break forth, O mountains, with singing, Forest, and every tree in it, For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, And in Israel He doth beautify Himself.
24 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)*)
Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: 'I [am] Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth — who [is] with Me?
25 to break sign: indicator bluster and to divine to be foolish to return: turn back wise back and knowledge their be foolish
Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.
26 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
Confirming the word of His servant, The counsel of His messengers it perfecteth, Who is saying of Jerusalem, She is inhabited, And of cities of Judah, They shall be built, and her wastes I raise up,
27 [the] to say to/for deep to dry and river your to wither
Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
28 [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
Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.
