Thus said GOD, your Maker,Your Creator who has helped you since birth:Fear not, My servant Jacob,JeshurunaJeshurun A poetic name for Israel. whom I have chosen,
One shall say, “I am GOD’s,”Another shall use the name of “Jacob,”Another shall mark his arm “of GOD”cof GOD It was customary to mark a slave with the owner’s name. And adopt the name of “Israel.”
dMeaning of verse uncertain. Who like Me can announce,Can foretell it—and match Me thereby?Even as I told the future to an ancient people,So let anyone foretell coming events to them.
Do not be frightened, do not be shaken!Have I not from of old predicted to you?I foretold, and you are My witnesses.Is there any god, then, but Me?“There is no other rock; I know none!”
The makers of idolsAll work to no purpose;And the things they treasureCan do no good,As they themselves can testify.They neither look nor think,And so they shall be shamed.
Word-by-Word Analysis
יצריפסל
480
כלם
90
תהו
411
וחמודיהם
119
בליועילו
164
ועדיהם
135
המה
50
בליראו
249
ובלידעו
128
למען
190
יבשו
318
Isaiah 44:10
Gematria: 1280
מייצראלופסלנסךלבלתיהועיל
Who would fashion a godOr cast a statueThat can do no good?
Lo, all its adherents shall be shamed;They are craftsmen, are merely human.Let them all assemble and stand up!They shall be cowed, and they shall be shamed.
eThe meaning of parts of this verse and the next is uncertain. The craftsman in iron, with his tools,Works itfit I.e., the image he is making. over charcoalAnd fashions it by hammering,Working with the strength of his arm.Should he go hungry, his strength would ebb;Should he drink no water, he would grow faint.
The craftsman in wood measures with a lineAnd marks out a shape with a stylus;He forms it with scraping tools,Marking it out with a compass.He gives it the form of a person—Human beauty, to dwell in a shrine.
All this serves a mortal for fuel:He takes some to warm himself,And he builds a fire and bakes bread.He also makes a god of it and worships it,Fashions an idol and bows down to it!
Part of it he burns in a fire:On that part he roasts meat,He eats the roastghe roasts meat, / He eats the roast Heb. verbs transposed for clarity. and is sated;He also warms himself and cries, “Ah,I am warm! I can feelhfeel Lit. “see.” the heat!”
They do not give thought,They lack the wit and judgment to say:“Part of it I burned in a fire;I also baked bread on the coals,I roasted meat and ate it—Should I make the rest an abhorrence?Should I bow to a block of wood?”
He pursuesipursues Lit. “shepherds.” ashes!A deluded mind has led him astray,And he cannot save himself;He never says to himself,“The thing in my hand is a fraud!”
Remember these things, O JacobFor you, O Israel, are My servant:I fashioned you, you are My servant—O Israel, never forget Me.jMe Emendation yields “them,” these things.
Word-by-Word Analysis
זכראלה
263
יעקב
182
וישראל
547
כי
30
עבדיאתה
492
יצרתיך
730
עבדלי
116
אתה
406
ישראל
541
לא
31
תנשני
810
Isaiah 44:22
Gematria: 2538
מחיתיכעבפשעיךוכענןחטאותיךשובהאליכיגאלתיך
I wipe away your sins like a cloud,Your transgressions like mist—Come back to Me, for I redeem you.
Shout, O heavens, for GOD has acted;Shout aloud, O depths of the earth!Shout for joy, O mountains,O forests with all your trees!For GOD has redeemed Jacob,Has gained glory through Israel.
Thus said GOD, your Redeemer,Who formed you in the womb:It is I, GOD, who made everything,Who alone stretched out the heavensAnd unaidedkunaided Lit. “with none beside me,” or (following many Heb. mss., kethib, and ancient versions) “who was with me?” spread out the earth;
Word-by-Word Analysis
כהאמר
266
יהוה
26
גאלך
54
ויצרך
326
מבטן
101
אנכי
81
יהוה
26
עשה
375
כל
50
נטה
64
שמים
390
לבדי
46
רקע
370
הארץ
296
מי
50
אתי
411
מאתי
451
Isaiah 44:25
Gematria: 2845
מפראתותבדיםוקסמיםיהוללמשיבחכמיםאחורודעתםיסכל
Who annul the omens of diviners,And make fools of the augurs;Who turn sages backAnd make nonsense of their knowledge;
But confirm the word of MylMy Heb. 3rd person. servantAnd fulfill the prediction of MymMy See previous note. messengers.It is I who say of Jerusalem, “It shall be inhabited,”And of the towns of Judah, “They shall be rebuilt;And I will restore their ruined places.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
מקים
190
דבר
206
עבדו
82
ועצת
566
מלאכיו
107
ישלים
390
האמר
246
לירושלם
616
תושב
708
ולערי
316
יהודה
30
תבנינה
517
וחרבותיה
637
אקומם
187
Isaiah 44:27
Gematria: 1637
האמרלצולהחרביונהרתיךאוביש
[I,] who said to the deep, “Be dry;I will dry up your floods,”
Word-by-Word Analysis
האמר
246
לצולה
161
חרבי
220
ונהרתיך
691
אוביש
319
Isaiah 44:28
Gematria: 3677
האמרלכורשרעיוכלחפציישלםולאמרלירושלםתבנהוהיכלתוסדפ
Am the same who says of Cyrus, “He is My shepherd;nshepherd I.e., the king whom I have designated. He shall fulfill all My purposes!He shall say of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be rebuilt,’And to the temple: ‘You shall be founded again.’”