Isaiah 44

ve'attah shema ya'aqov avdi veyisra'el bakharti vo

But hear, now, O Jacob My servant, Israel whom I have chosen!

koh-amar Adonai osekha veyotserkha mibbeten yazerekka al-tira avdi ya'aqov vishurun bakharti vo

Thus said GOD, your Maker, Your Creator who has helped you since birth: Fear not, My servant Jacob, Jeshurun whom I have chosen,

ki etsoq-mayim al-tsame venozelim al-yabbashah etsoq rukhi al-zarekha uvirkhati al-tse'etsa'ekha

Even as I pour water on thirsty soil, And rain upon dry ground, So will I pour My spirit on your offspring, My blessing upon your posterity.

vetsamekhu beven khatsir ka'aravim al-yivle-mayim

And they shall sprout like grass, Like willows by watercourses.

zeh yomar la-Adonai ani vezeh yiqra veshem-ya'aqov vezeh yikhtov yado la-Adonai uveshem yisra'el yekhanneh

One shall say, “I am GOD’s,” Another shall use the name of “Jacob,” Another shall mark his arm “of GOD” And adopt the name of “Israel.”

koh-amar Adonai melekh-yisra'el vego'alo Adonai tseva'ot ani rishon va'ani akharon umibbaladay en elohim

Thus said GOD, the Sovereign of Israel, Their Redeemer, GOD of Hosts: I am the first and I am the last, And there is no god but Me.

umi-khamoni yiqra veyaggideha veyarekheha li missumi am-olam ve'otiyyot va'asher tavonah yaggidu lamo

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.

al-tifkhadu ve'al-tirhu halo me'az hishmatikha vehiggadti ve'attem eday hayesh eloah mibbaladay ve'en tsur bal-yada'eti

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!”

yotsere-fesel kullam tohu vakhamudehem bal-yo'ilu ve'edehem heׄmahׄ bal-yiru uval-yede'u lema'an yevoshu

The makers of idols All work to no purpose; And the things they treasure Can do no good, As they themselves can testify. They neither look nor think, And so they shall be shamed.

mi-yatsar el ufesel nasakh levilti ho'il

Who would fashion a god Or cast a statue That can do no good?

hen kol-khaverayw yevoshu vekharashim hemmah me'adam yitqabbetsu khullam ya'amodu yifkhadu yevoshu yakhad

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.

kharash barzel ma'atsad ufa'al bappekham uvammaqqavot yitserehu vayyifalehu bizroa kokho gam-ra'ev ve'en koakh lo-shatah mayim vayyi'af

The craftsman in iron, with his tools, Works it over charcoal And 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.

kharash etsim natah qav yeta'arehu vassered ya'asehu bammaqtsu'ot uvammekhugah yeto'orehu vayya'asehu ketavnit ish ketiferet adam lashevet bayit

The craftsman in wood measures with a line And 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.

likhrot-lo arazim vayyiqqakh tirzah ve'allon vaye'ammets-lo ba'atse-ya'ar nata oren vegeshem yegaddel

For his use he cuts down cedars; He chooses plane trees and oaks. He sets aside trees of the forest; Or plants firs, and the rain makes them grow.

vehayah le'adam leva'er vayyiqqakh mehem vayyakhom af-yassiq ve'afah lakhem af-yifal-el vayyishtakhu asahu fesel vayyisgod-lamo

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!

khetsyo saraf bemo-esh al-khetsyo basar yokhel yitsleh tsali veyisba af-yakhom veyomar he'akh khammoti ra'iti ur

Part of it he burns in a fire: On that part he roasts meat, He eats the roast and is sated; He also warms himself and cries, “Ah, I am warm! I can feel the heat!”

ushe'erito le'el asah lefislo (ysgvd) [yisgod-]lo veyishtakhu veyitpallel elayw veyomar hatsileni ki eli attah

Of the rest he makes a god—his own carving! He bows down to it, worships it; He prays to it and cries, “Save me, for you are my god!”

lo yade'u velo yavinu ki takh mere'ot enehem mehaskil libbotam

They have no wit or judgment: Their eyes are besmeared, and they see not; Their minds, and they cannot think.

velo-yashiv el-libbo velo da'at velo-tevunah lemor khetsyo sarafti vemo-esh ve'af afiti al-gekhalayw lekhem etsleh vasar ve'okhel veyitro leto'evah e'eseh levul ets esgod

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?”

ro'eh efer lev hutal hittahu velo-yatsil et-nafsho velo yomar halo sheqer bimini

He pursues 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!”

zekhor-elleh ya'aqov veyisra'el ki avdi-attah yetsartikha eved-li attah yisra'el lo tinnasheni

Remember these things, O Jacob For you, O Israel, are My servant: I fashioned you, you are My servant— O Israel, never forget Me.

makhiti kha'av pesha'ekha vekhe'anan khattovtekha shuvah elay ki ge'altikha

I wipe away your sins like a cloud, Your transgressions like mist— Come back to Me, for I redeem you.

ronnu shamayim ki-asah Adonai hari'u takhtiyyot arets pitskhu harim rinnah ya'ar vekhol-ets bo ki-ga'al Adonai ya'aqov uveyisra'el yitpa'ar

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.

koh-amar Adonai go'alekha veyotserkha mibbaten anokhi Adonai oseh kol noteh shamayim levaddi roqa ha'arets (my ty) [me'itti]

Thus said GOD, your Redeemer, Who formed you in the womb: It is I, GOD, who made everything, Who alone stretched out the heavens And unaided spread out the earth;

mefer otot baddim veqosemim yeholel meshiv khakhamim akhor vedatam yesakkel

Who annul the omens of diviners, And make fools of the augurs; Who turn sages back And make nonsense of their knowledge;

meqim devar avdo va'atsat malakhayw yashlim ha'omer lirushalai͏m tushav ule'are yehudah tibbanenah vekhorvoteha aqomem

But confirm the word of My servant And fulfill the prediction of My 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.”

ha'omer latsulah khoravi venaharotayikh ovish

[I,] who said to the deep, “Be dry; I will dry up your floods,”

ha'omer lekhoresh ro'i vekhol-kheftsi yashlim velemor lirushalai͏m tibbaneh vehekhal tivvased

Am the same who says of Cyrus, “He is My shepherd; He shall fulfill all My purposes! He shall say of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be rebuilt,’ And to the temple: ‘You shall be founded again.’”