Isaiah 44:1-28 Those Who Make & Worship Engraved Images

Those Who Make & Worship Engraved Images

Isaiah 44:1-28                               The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Still] hear now, O Jacob, My servant, & Israel, whom I've chosen. The Lord, [Who] made you, & formed you from the womb, & [Who] will help you, [says this, Don't] fear, O Jacob, My servant, & you, Jeshurun, [a.k.a. Israel,] whom I have chosen.

For I will pour: water upon him, [who] is thirsty, & floods upon the dry ground. I will pour: [out] My [Holy] Spirit upon your seed, [a.k.a. descendants,] & My Blessing upon your offspring. And they shall [sprout] up [like] willows] among the grass, by the water [ways.]

[Someone] shall say, I am the Lord's, & another shall call himself by the name of Jacob. And another shall [pledge] to the Lord, with his hand, & [give] himself the [family] name of Israel.

The Lord, the King of Israel, & his, [a.k.a. Israel's,] Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts, [says this;] I Am the First, & I Am the Last, & beside Me, there is no God. [Revelation 1:17-18 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet [like] dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying to me, [Don't] fear, I Am the First, & the Last. I Am He, [Who lives,] & was dead. And [look,] I Am alive forevermore. Amen. And [I] have the keys of hell & of death.]

And since I [established] the ancient people, who shall I call [like Me,] & shall declare it, & [put] it in order for Me? And let them [declare] the things that are coming, & shall come, to them. [Isaiah 41:4 Who [has brought about,] & done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the First & the Last. I Am He.]

[Don’t] you fear, & neither be afraid. Haven't I told you from that time, & have declared it? You are even My witnesses. Is there a God [besides] Me? There is no God. I know not any.  [1 Chronicles 16:24-26 Declare His glory among the heathen, & His [marvelous] works, [a.k.a. miracles,] among all nations. For the Lord is great, & to be praised [abundantly.] He also is to be feared, [a.k.a. respected,] above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols. But the Lord made the heavens.]

[Those who] make a [carved] image are all of them [just] vanity, & their [delicacies are] not [beneficial.] [Joel 2:26-27 And in plenty, you shall eat & be satisfied, & praise the Name of the Lord your God, [Who has distributed] wondrously [to] you. And My people shall never be ashamed. And you shall know that I Am in the midst of Israel, & that that I Am the Lord your God, & none else. And My people shall never be ashamed.]

And they are their own witnesses, [but] they [don't] see, nor [do they] know, [so] that they may be ashamed. Who [has] formed a god, or [molded] a [carved] image that is [beneficial] for nothing? [Look,] all his [friends] shall be ashamed, & the workmen, are [only] men.

Let them all be gathered together, & let them stand up. [Still,] they shall fear, & shall be ashamed together. [Psalm 97:7 All [those who] serve [carved] images, & boast themselves of idols [are] confused. Worship [the Lord,] all you gods.]

The [blacksmith] with the tongs, both: [works] in the coals, & [fashions] it with hammers, & [works] it with the strength of his arms. [Yes,] he is hungry, & his strength [fails.] He [hasn't] drunk any] water, & is faint.

The carpenter [stretches] out his [ruler,] & he [marks] it out with a line; & he [levels] it with planes. And he [marks] it out with the compass, & [makes] it [like] the [image] of a man, according to the beauty of a man, [so] that it may remain in the house.

He [cuts himself] down cedars, & [takes:] cypress, & oak, which he [gets] for [himself] among the trees of the forest. He [plants] an ash, & the rain [nourishes] it. Then, it shall be for a man to burn. For he will take [some] [of it,] & [warms] himself. [Yes,] he [kindles, a.k.a. ignites,] it, & [bakes] bread. [Yes,] he [makes] a god, & [worships] it.

He [makes] it a [carved] image, & [falls] down [to it there.] He [burns] part [of it] in the fire. With part [of it,] he [eats meat,] & he [roasts a] roast, & is satisfied. [Yes,] he [warms] himself, & [says,] Aha, I've seen the fire, & I am warm. And the [remainder of it,] he [makes] a god, even his [carved] image.

He [falls] down to it, & [worships] it, & [prays] to it, & says, Deliver me; for you [are] my god. They haven't known, nor understood: for He has [closed] their eyes, [so] that they can't see, & hearts, [so] that they can't understand. [Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is [ignorant] in his knowledge. Every [blacksmith] is [confused] by the [carved] image; for his [molded] image is a falsehood, & there is no breath in them.]

And [no one considers] in his heart, & neither is there knowledge, nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; [yes,] I have also baked bread upon [its] coals. I have roasted flesh, [a.k.a. meat,] & eaten it, & shall I make the [rest of it] an abomination? Shall I fall down to [worship] the [stump] of a tree? [Revelation 9:20-21 And the rest of the men, [who] weren't killed by these plagues, [still didn't repent, for] the works [made] [by] their hands, [so] that they shouldn't worship [demons,] & idols of: gold, silver, brass, stone, & wood, [that] can neither: see, hear, nor walk. Neither [did] they [repent] of their: murders, sorceries, fornication, nor of their thefts.]

He, [a.k.a. the blacksmith, eats] [among the] ashes [left from the stump used to make the idol.] A deceived heart [has] turned him [astray, so] that he can't deliver his soul, [a.k.a. life,] nor say, Isn't there a lie in my right hand? [Romans 1:21-23 Because, when they knew God, they [didn't] glorify Him, as God. Neither were they thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, & their foolish heart was darkened. [Declaring] themselves to be wise, they became fools, & changed the glory of the [incorruptible] God, into an image made [similar] to corruptible man, birds, four-footed [animals,] & creeping things.]

O Jacob & Israel, remember these, for you [are] My [servants.] I have formed you, & you [are] My servant. O Israel, you shall not be forgotten [by] Me. [Like] a thick cloud, I have blotted out your transgressions, & [like] a cloud, your sins [are covered.] Return to Me, for I have Redeemed you. [Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, Am He, [Who blots] out your transgressions for [My] Own sake, & will not remember your sins.]

O you heavens, sing, for the Lord [has accomplished] it. Shout, you lower parts of the earth; & break [out] into singing, you mountains, O Forest, & every tree [in it.] For the Lord [has] Redeemed Jacob, & glorified Himself in Israel.

The Lord, your Redeemer, & He, [Who] formed you from the womb, [says this,] I Am the Lord, [Who makes, a.k.a. creates,] all things.  [John 1:1-3 In the Beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God, & the Word was God. The same was in the Beginning with God. All things were made by Him; & not anything that was made, was made without Him.]

[Who stretched out] the heavens Alone, & [spread out] the earth by Myself.  [Genesis 1:6-10 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, & let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, & divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, & it was so. And God called the firmament: Heaven. And the evening & the morning were the second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together to one place, & let the dry land appear; & it was so. And God called the dry land: Earth; & the gathering together of the waters, He called: Seas, & God saw that it was good.]

[Who defeats] the [symbols] of the liars, & [makes] diviners mad, [a.k.a. insane.] [Who turns] wise men backward, & [makes] their knowledge foolish. [Who confirms] the word of His servant, & [accomplishes] the counsel of His messengers. [Who says] to Jerusalem, You [shall] be inhabited; & to the cities of Judah, You shall be [rebuilt,] & I will raise up [its] decayed places. [Zechariah 1:4-6 [Don't] be [like] your [forefathers,] to whom the [previous] prophets have cried [out, warning] saying, The Lord of Hosts [says this;] You, [return] now from your evil: ways, & [actions.] But they didn't hear, nor [pay attention] to Me, [says] the Lord. Where are your [forefathers?] And [did] the prophets live forever? But My Words, & My [mandates,] which I commanded My Servants, the prophets, & did your [forefathers] not take hold of [them?] And they returned, & said, So, the Lord God [has] dealt with us, like He thought to do to us, according to our: ways, & [actions.]

[Who says] to the deep, Be dry, & I will dry up your rivers. [Who says] of Cyrus, He is My shepherd, & shall [do] all My pleasure. [He] even [says] to Jerusalem, You [shall] be [rebuilt,] & to the temple, Your foundation shall be [relaid.]

[2 Chronicles 36:22-23 Now, in the 1st year of Cyrus, [Persia's] king, the Word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of king Cyrus, [so] that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, & also put it in writing, saying, Cyrus, [Persia's] king, [says this,] The Lord God of heaven [has] given me all the kingdoms of the earth.

And He [has] charged, [a.k.a. given the responsibility, to] me to [rebuild] Him [a] house in Jerusalem, [that] is in Judah. Who is there among you [from] all His people [who will assist in rebuilding the Lord's house?] The Lord his God, be with him, & let him go up.