rwbs - Isaiah:44-48

rwbs@Isaiah:44:1 @ Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

rwbs@Isaiah:44:2 @ Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:3 @ For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring:

rwbs@Isaiah:44:4 @ And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:5 @ One shall say, I the LORD’S; and another shall call by the name of Jacob; and another shall write his hand to the LORD, and surname by the name of Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:6 @ Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I the first, and I the last; and besides me no God.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:7 @ And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show to them.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:8 @ Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared? ye even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? verily, no God; I know not. (note:)God; I: Hebrews. rock, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:44:9 @ They that make a graven image all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. (note:)delectable: Hebrews. desirable(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:44:10 @ Who hath formed a god, or cast a graven image is profitable for nothing?

rwbs@Isaiah:44:11 @ Behold, all his companions shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:12 @ The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. (note:)with the tongs: or, with an axe(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:44:13 @ The carpenter stretcheth out rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:14 @ He heweth down cedars for himself and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish. (note:)strengtheneth: or, taketh courage(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:44:15 @ Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; indeed, he kindleth, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down to it.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:16 @ He burneth part of it in the fire; with part of it he eateth flesh; he roasteth meat, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

rwbs@Isaiah:44:17 @ And the rest of it he maketh a god, his graven image: he falleth down to it, and worshippeth, and prayeth to it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou my god.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:18 @ They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; their hearts, that they cannot understand. (note:)shut: Hebrews. daubed(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:44:19 @ And none considereth in his heart, neither knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; I have also baked bread upon its coals; I have roasted flesh, and eaten: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? (note:)considereth…: Hebrews. setteth to his heart(:note)the stock…: Heb. that which comes of a tree?

rwbs@Isaiah:44:20 @ He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, not a lie in my right hand?

rwbs@Isaiah:44:21 @ Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou my servant: I have formed thee; thou my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten by me.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:22 @ I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:23 @ Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:44:24 @ Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I the LORD that maketh all; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

rwbs@Isaiah:44:25 @ That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

rwbs@Isaiah:44:26 @ That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up its decayed places: (note:)decayed…: Hebrews. wastes(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:44:27 @ That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

rwbs@Isaiah:44:28 @ That saith of Cyrus, my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:1 @ Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; (note:)have…: or, strengthened(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:45:2 @ I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut asunder the bars of iron:

rwbs@Isaiah:45:3 @ And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, who call by thy name, the God of Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:4 @ For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:5 @ I the LORD, and none else, no God besides me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

rwbs@Isaiah:45:6 @ That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that none besides me. I the LORD, and none else.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:7 @ I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:8 @ Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:9 @ Woe to him that contendeth with his Maker! the potsherd with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

rwbs@Isaiah:45:10 @ Woe to him that saith to father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

rwbs@Isaiah:45:11 @ Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:12 @ I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:13 @ I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. (note:)direct: or, make straight(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:45:14 @ Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down to thee, they shall make supplication to thee,, Surely God in thee; and none else, no God.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:15 @ Verily thou a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:16 @ They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together makers of idols.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:17 @ Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:18 @ For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I the LORD; and none else.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:19 @ I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I have not said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:20 @ Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god cannot save.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:21 @ Tell ye, and bring near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? hath told it from that time? not I the LORD? and no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour; none besides me.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:22 @ Look to me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I God, and none else.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:23 @ I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

rwbs@Isaiah:45:24 @ Surely, shall say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: to him shall come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (note:)Surely…: or, Surely he shall say of me, In the LORD is all righteousness and strength(:note)righteousness: Hebrews. righteousnesses

rwbs@Isaiah:45:25 @ In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:1 @ Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages heavily loaded; a burden to the weary.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:2 @ They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves have gone into captivity. (note:)themselves: Hebrews. their soul(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:46:3 @ Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who are borne from birth, who are carried from the womb:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:4 @ And to old age I he; and to gray hairs will I carry: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:5 @ To whom will ye liken me, and make equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

rwbs@Isaiah:46:6 @ They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:7 @ They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not move: yea, shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:8 @ Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring again to mind, O ye transgressors.

rwbs@Isaiah:46:9 @ Remember the former things of old: for I God, and none else; God, and none like me,

rwbs@Isaiah:46:10 @ Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times that are not done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:11 @ Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also perform it. (note:)that…: Hebrews. of my counsel(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:46:12 @ Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that far from righteousness:

rwbs@Isaiah:46:13 @ I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:1 @ Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:2 @ Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:3 @ Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet a man.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:4 @ our redeemer, the LORD of hosts his name, the Holy One of Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:5 @ Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:6 @ I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:7 @ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: that thou didst not lay these to thy heart, neither didst remember its latter end.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:8 @ Therefore hear now this, given to pleasures, that dwellest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I, and none else besides me; I shall not sit a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

rwbs@Isaiah:47:9 @ But these two shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thy enchantments.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:10 @ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I, and none else besides me. (note:)perverted…: or, caused thee to turn away(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:47:11 @ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from where it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, thou shalt not know. (note:)from…: Hebrews. the morning thereof(:note)put: Heb. expiate

rwbs@Isaiah:47:12 @ Stand now with thy enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth; if thou shalt be able to profit, if thou mayest prevail.

rwbs@Isaiah:47:13 @ Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from that shall come upon thee. (note:)astrologers: Hebrews. viewers of the heavens(:note)the monthly…: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months

rwbs@Isaiah:47:14 @ Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: not a coal to warm at, fire to sit before it. (note:)themselves: Hebrews. their souls(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:47:15 @ Thus shall they be to thee with whom thou hast laboured, thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:1 @ Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:2 @ For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts his name.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:3 @ I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth from my mouth, and I showed them; I did suddenly, and they came to pass.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:4 @ Because I knew that thou obstinate, and thy neck an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (note:)obstinate: Hebrews. hard(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:48:5 @ I have even from the beginning declared to thee; before it came to pass I showed thee: lest thou shouldest say, My idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:6 @ Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare? I have showed ye new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:7 @ They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:8 @ Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:9 @ For my name’s sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I restrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:10 @ Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (note:)with…: or, for silver(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:48:11 @ For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do: for how should be profaned? and I will not give my glory to another.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:12 @ Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I he; I the first, I also the last.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:13 @ My hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: I call to them, they stand up together. (note:)my…: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:48:14 @ All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm the Chaldeans.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:15 @ I, I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:16 @ Come ye near to me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:17 @ Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I the LORD thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldest go.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:18 @ O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

rwbs@Isaiah:48:19 @ Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like its gravel; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:20 @ Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:21 @ And they thirsted not he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

rwbs@Isaiah:48:22 @ no peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked.

rwbs@Isaiah:49:1 @ Listen, to me O isles; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the body of my mother hath he made mention of my name.