Isaiah 44
1 Now listen, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
and now to hear: hear Jacob servant/slave my and Israel to choose in/on/with him
2 This is what Yahweh says, he who made you and formed you in the womb and who will help you: “Do not fear, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
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 will pour water on the thirsty ground, and flowing streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your children.
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 They will spring up among the grass, like willows by the streams of water.
and to spring in/on/with between: among grass like/as willow upon stream water
5 One will say, 'I belong to Yahweh,' and another will call out the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand 'Belonging to Yahweh,' and name 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 This is what Yahweh says—the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts: “I am the first, and I am the last; and there is no God but me.
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 Who is like me? Let him announce it and explain to me the events that occurred since I established my ancient people, and let them declare the events to come.
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 or be afraid. Have I not declared to you long ago, and announced it? You are my witnesses: Is there any God besides me? There is no other Rock; I know of none.”
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 All who fashion idols are nothing; the things they delight in are worthless; their witnesses cannot see or know anything, and they will be put to shame.
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 would form a god or cast an idol that is worthless?
who? to form: formed god and idol to pour to/for lest to gain
11 Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are only men. Let them take their stand together; they will cower and be put to shame.
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 The smith works with his tools, forming it, working over the coals. He shapes it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength wanes; he drinks no water and becomes faint.
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 The carpenter measures the wood with a line, and marks it with a stylus. He shapes it with his tools and marks it out with a compass. He shapes it after the figure of a man, like an attractive human, so it may stay in a 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 He cuts down cedars, or chooses a cypress tree or an oak tree. He picks for himself trees in the forest. He plants a fir tree and the rain makes it grow.
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 Then a man uses it for a fire and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes from it a god and bows down to it; he makes an idol and bows 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 He burns part of the wood for the fire, roasting his meat over it. He eats and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, “Ah, I am warm, I have seen the fire.”
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 With the rest of the wood he makes a god, his carved image; he bows down to it and reverences it, and prays to it saying, “Rescue 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 do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive.
not to know and not to understand for to be smeared from to see: see eye their from be prudent heart their
19 No one thinks, nor do they comprehend and say, “I have burned part of the wood in the fire; yes, I have also baked bread upon its coals. I have roasted meat over its coals and eaten. Now should I make the other part of the wood into something disgusting to worship? Should I bow down to a block of wood?”
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 It is as if he were eating ashes; his deceived heart misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, “This thing in my right hand is a false god.”
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 Think about these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: Israel, you will not be forgotten by 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, like a thick cloud, your rebellious deeds, and like 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, you heavens, for Yahweh has done this; shout, you depths of the earth. Break out into singing, you mountains, you forest with every tree in it; for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will show his glory 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 This is what Yahweh says, your Redeemer, he who formed you from the womb: “I am Yahweh, who made everything, who alone stretched out the heavens, who alone fashioned the earth.
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 I who frustrate the omens of the empty talkers and who disgrace those who read omens; I who overturn the wisdom of the wise and make their advice foolish.
to break sign: indicator bluster and to divine to be foolish to return: turn back wise back and knowledge their be foolish
26 I, Yahweh, who confirmed the words of his servant and brings to pass the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and of the towns of Judah, 'They will be built again, and I will raise up their ruins';
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 says to the deep sea, 'Be dry, and I will dry up your currents.'
[the] to say to/for deep to dry and river your to wither
28 Yahweh is the one who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, he will do my every wish; he will decree about Jerusalem, 'She will be rebuilt,' and about the temple, 'Let its foundations be laid.'”
[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
