nkjv Isaiah:40-48.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:1 @ "Comfort, yes, comfort My people!" Says your God.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:2 @ "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD's hand Double for all her sins."
nkjv@Isaiah:40:3 @ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:4 @ Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth;
nkjv@Isaiah:40:5 @ The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
nkjv@Isaiah:40:6 @ The voice said, "Cry out!" And he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:7 @ The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:8 @ The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."
nkjv@Isaiah:40:9 @ O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
nkjv@Isaiah:40:10 @ Behold, the Lord GOD shall come with a strong hand, And His arm shall rule for Him; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:11 @ He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:12 @ Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance?
nkjv@Isaiah:40:13 @ Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has taught Him?
nkjv@Isaiah:40:14 @ With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
nkjv@Isaiah:40:15 @ Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:16 @ And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:17 @ All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:18 @ To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to Him?
nkjv@Isaiah:40:19 @ The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:20 @ Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image that will not totter.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:21 @ Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
nkjv@Isaiah:40:22 @ It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:23 @ He brings the princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth useless.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:24 @ Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:25 @ "To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:26 @ Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, By the greatness of His might And the strength of His power; Not one is missing.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:27 @ Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"?
nkjv@Isaiah:40:28 @ Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:29 @ He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
nkjv@Isaiah:40:30 @ Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
nkjv@Isaiah:40:31 @ But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:1 @ "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the people renew their strength! Let them come near, then let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:2 @ "Who raised up one from the east? Who in righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow?
nkjv@Isaiah:41:3 @ Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet?
nkjv@Isaiah:41:4 @ Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? "I, the LORD, am the first; And with the last I am He."'
nkjv@Isaiah:41:5 @ The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the earth were afraid; They drew near and came.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:6 @ Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his brother, "Be of good courage!"
nkjv@Isaiah:41:7 @ So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the soldering"; Then he fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:8 @ "But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:9 @ You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, "You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
nkjv@Isaiah:41:10 @ Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
nkjv@Isaiah:41:11 @ "Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:12 @ You shall seek them and not find them-- Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:13 @ For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, "Fear not, I will help you.'
nkjv@Isaiah:41:14 @ "Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:15 @ "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:16 @ You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:17 @ "The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:18 @ I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:19 @ I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together,
nkjv@Isaiah:41:20 @ That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:21 @ "Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:22 @ "Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let them show the former things, what they were, That we may consider them, And know the latter end of them; Or declare to us things to come.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:23 @ Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:24 @ Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:25 @ "I have raised up one from the north, And he shall come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name; And he shall come against princes as though mortar, As the potter treads clay.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:26 @ Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And former times, that we may say, "He is righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who hears your words.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:27 @ The first time I said to Zion, "Look, there they are!' And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:28 @ For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
nkjv@Isaiah:41:29 @ Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:1 @ "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:2 @ He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:3 @ A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:4 @ He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His law."
nkjv@Isaiah:42:5 @ Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:
nkjv@Isaiah:42:6 @ "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,
nkjv@Isaiah:42:7 @ To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:8 @ I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:9 @ Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them."
nkjv@Isaiah:42:10 @ Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
nkjv@Isaiah:42:11 @ Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:12 @ Let them give glory to the LORD, And declare His praise in the coastlands.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:13 @ The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:14 @ "I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:15 @ I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:16 @ I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:17 @ They shall be turned back, They shall be greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded images, "You are our gods.'
nkjv@Isaiah:42:18 @ "Hear, you deaf; And look, you blind, that you may see.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:19 @ Who is blind but My servant, Or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, And blind as the LORD's servant?
nkjv@Isaiah:42:20 @ Seeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear."
nkjv@Isaiah:42:21 @ The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:22 @ But this is a people robbed and plundered; All of them are snared in holes, And they are hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder, and no one says, "Restore!"
nkjv@Isaiah:42:23 @ Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
nkjv@Isaiah:42:24 @ Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the LORD, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law.
nkjv@Isaiah:42:25 @ Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:1 @ But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:2 @ When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:3 @ For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:4 @ Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:5 @ Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west;
nkjv@Isaiah:43:6 @ I will say to the north, "Give them up!' And to the south, "Do not keep them back!' Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth--
nkjv@Isaiah:43:7 @ Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him."
nkjv@Isaiah:43:8 @ Bring out the blind people who have eyes, And the deaf who have ears.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:9 @ Let all the nations be gathered together, And let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, And show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; Or let them hear and say, "It is truth."
nkjv@Isaiah:43:10 @ "You are My witnesses," says the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be after Me.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:11 @ I, even I, am the LORD, And besides Me there is no savior.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:12 @ I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, And there was no foreign god among you; Therefore you are My witnesses," Says the LORD, "that I am God.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:13 @ Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?"
nkjv@Isaiah:43:14 @ Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I will send to Babylon, And bring them all down as fugitives-- The Chaldeans, who rejoice in their ships.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:15 @ I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King."
nkjv@Isaiah:43:16 @ Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea And a path through the mighty waters,
nkjv@Isaiah:43:17 @ Who brings forth the chariot and horse, The army and the power (They shall lie down together, they shall not rise; They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):
nkjv@Isaiah:43:18 @ "Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:19 @ Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:20 @ The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:21 @ This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:22 @ "But you have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And you have been weary of Me, O Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:23 @ You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, Nor wearied you with incense.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:24 @ You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:25 @ "I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:26 @ Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:27 @ Your first father sinned, And your mediators have transgressed against Me.
nkjv@Isaiah:43:28 @ Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; I will give Jacob to the curse, And Israel to reproaches.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:1 @ "Yet hear me now, O Jacob My servant, And Israel whom I have chosen.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:2 @ Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: "Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:3 @ For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;
nkjv@Isaiah:44:4 @ They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses.'
nkjv@Isaiah:44:5 @ One will say, "I am the LORD's'; Another will call himself by the name of Jacob; Another will write with his hand, "The LORD's,' And name himself by the name of Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:6 @ "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: "I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:7 @ And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him 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 these to them.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:8 @ Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one."'
nkjv@Isaiah:44:9 @ Those who make an image, all of them are useless, And their precious things shall not profit; They are their own witnesses; They neither see nor know, that they may be ashamed.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:10 @ Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing?
nkjv@Isaiah:44:11 @ Surely all his companions would be ashamed; And the workmen, they are mere men. Let them all be gathered together, Let them stand up; Yet they shall fear, They shall be ashamed together.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:12 @ The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals, Fashions it with hammers, And works it with the strength of his arms. Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails; He drinks no water and is faint.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:13 @ The craftsman stretches out his rule, He marks one out with chalk; He fashions it with a plane, He marks it out with the compass, And makes it like the figure of a man, According to the beauty of a man, that it may remain in the house.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:14 @ He cuts down cedars for himself, And takes the cypress and the oak; He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:15 @ Then it shall be for a man to burn, For he will take some of it and warm himself; Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; Indeed he makes a god and worships it; He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:16 @ He burns half of it in the fire; With this half he eats meat; He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He even warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire."
nkjv@Isaiah:44:17 @ And the rest of it he makes into a god, His carved image. He falls down before it and worships it, Prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god!"
nkjv@Isaiah:44:18 @ They do not know nor understand; For He has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, And their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:19 @ And no one considers in his heart, Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire, Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals; I have roasted meat and eaten it; And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"
nkjv@Isaiah:44:20 @ He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
nkjv@Isaiah:44:21 @ "Remember these, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me!
nkjv@Isaiah:44:22 @ I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
nkjv@Isaiah:44:23 @ Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And glorified Himself in Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:44:24 @ Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: "I am the LORD, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
nkjv@Isaiah:44:25 @ Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And drives diviners mad; Who turns wise men backward, And makes their knowledge foolishness;
nkjv@Isaiah:44:26 @ Who confirms the word of His servant, And performs the counsel of His messengers; Who says to Jerusalem, "You shall be inhabited,' To the cities of Judah, "You shall be built,' And I will raise up her waste places;
nkjv@Isaiah:44:27 @ Who says to the deep, "Be dry! And I will dry up your rivers';
nkjv@Isaiah:44:28 @ Who says of Cyrus, "He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."'
nkjv@Isaiah:45:1 @ "Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held-- To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
nkjv@Isaiah:45:2 @ "I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:3 @ I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:4 @ For Jacob My servant's sake, And Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:5 @ I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me. I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
nkjv@Isaiah:45:6 @ That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting That there is none besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other;
nkjv@Isaiah:45:7 @ I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.'
nkjv@Isaiah:45:8 @ "Rain down, you heavens, from above, And let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, And let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:9 @ "Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, "What are you making?' Or shall your handiwork say, "He has no hands'?
nkjv@Isaiah:45:10 @ Woe to him who says to his father, "What are you begetting?' Or to the woman, "What have you brought forth?"'
nkjv@Isaiah:45:11 @ Thus says 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, you command Me.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:12 @ I have made the earth, And created man on it. I--My hands--stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:13 @ I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward," Says the LORD of hosts.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:14 @ Thus says the LORD: "The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush And of the Sabeans, men of stature, Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours; They shall walk behind you, They shall come over in chains; And they shall bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying, "Surely God is in you, And there is no other; There is no other God."'
nkjv@Isaiah:45:15 @ Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
nkjv@Isaiah:45:16 @ They shall be ashamed And also disgraced, all of them; They shall go in confusion together, Who are makers of idols.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:17 @ But Israel shall be saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:18 @ For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:19 @ I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, "Seek Me in vain'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:20 @ "Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, You who have escaped from the nations. They have no knowledge, Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray to a god that cannot save.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:21 @ Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:22 @ "Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:23 @ I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:24 @ He shall say, "Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength. To Him men shall come, And all shall be ashamed Who are incensed against Him.
nkjv@Isaiah:45:25 @ In the LORD all the descendants of Israel Shall be justified, and shall glory."'
nkjv@Isaiah:46:1 @ Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:2 @ They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:3 @ "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:
nkjv@Isaiah:46:4 @ Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:5 @ "To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?
nkjv@Isaiah:46:6 @ They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver on the scales; They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:7 @ They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it And set it in its place, and it stands; From its place it shall not move. Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer Nor save him out of his trouble.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:8 @ "Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:9 @ Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,
nkjv@Isaiah:46:10 @ Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, "My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,'
nkjv@Isaiah:46:11 @ Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.
nkjv@Isaiah:46:12 @ "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:
nkjv@Isaiah:46:13 @ I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:1 @ "Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:2 @ Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass through the rivers.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:3 @ Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, And I will not arbitrate with a man."
nkjv@Isaiah:47:4 @ As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:5 @ "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:6 @ I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:7 @ And you said, "I shall be a lady forever,' So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:8 @ "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, "I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children';
nkjv@Isaiah:47:9 @ But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:10 @ "For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, "No one sees me'; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one else besides me.'
nkjv@Isaiah:47:11 @ Therefore evil shall come upon you; You shall not know from where it arises. And trouble shall fall upon you; You will not be able to put it off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, Which you shall not know.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:12 @ "Stand now with your enchantments And the multitude of your sorceries, In which you have labored from your youth-- Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you will prevail.
nkjv@Isaiah:47:13 @ You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels; Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand up and save you From what shall come upon you.
nkjv@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; It shall not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit before!
nkjv@Isaiah:47:15 @ Thus shall they be to you With whom you have labored, Your merchants from your youth; They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one shall save you.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:1 @ "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in truth or in righteousness;
nkjv@Isaiah:48:2 @ For they call themselves after the holy city, And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name:
nkjv@Isaiah:48:3 @ "I have declared the former things from the beginning; They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:4 @ Because I knew that you were obstinate, And your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,
nkjv@Isaiah:48:5 @ Even from the beginning I have declared it to you; Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, Lest you should say, "My idol has done them, And my carved image and my molded image Have commanded them.'
nkjv@Isaiah:48:6 @ "You have heard; See all this. And will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from this time, Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:7 @ They are created now and not from the beginning; And before this day you have not heard them, Lest you should say, "Of course I knew them.'
nkjv@Isaiah:48:8 @ Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not know; Surely from long ago your ear was not opened. For I knew that you would deal very treacherously, And were called a transgressor from the womb.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:9 @ "For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:10 @ Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:11 @ For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:12 @ "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called: I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:13 @ Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, And My right hand has stretched out the heavens; When I call to them, They stand up together.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:14 @ "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; He shall do His pleasure on Babylon, And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:15 @ I, even I, have spoken; Yes, I have called him, I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:16 @ "Come near to Me, hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; From the time that it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His Spirit Have sent Me."
nkjv@Isaiah:48:17 @ Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:18 @ Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:19 @ Your descendants also would have been like the sand, And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand; His name would not have been cut off Nor destroyed from before Me."
nkjv@Isaiah:48:20 @ Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this, Utter it to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!"
nkjv@Isaiah:48:21 @ And they did not thirst When He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow from the rock for them; He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
nkjv@Isaiah:48:22 @ "There is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."
nkjv@Isaiah:49:1 @ "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
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