{ "apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Chapter", "metadata": { "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z", "language": "en", "book": "isaiah", "chapter": 44 }, "data": { "n": 44, "bookSlug": "isaiah", "bookCode": "ISA", "refId": "", "title": "", "translation": null, "segments": [], "lines": [], "paragraphs": [{ "n": 1, "refId": "ISA-44:1", "verseRef": "Isa.44.1", "text": "Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen:" },{ "n": 2, "refId": "ISA-44:2", "verseRef": "Isa.44.2", "text": "Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen." },{ "n": 3, "refId": "ISA-44:3", "verseRef": "Isa.44.3", "text": "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:" },{ "n": 4, "refId": "ISA-44:4", "verseRef": "Isa.44.4", "text": "and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses." },{ "n": 5, "refId": "ISA-44:5", "verseRef": "Isa.44.5", "text": "One shall say, I am Jehovah`s; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel." },{ "n": 6, "refId": "ISA-44:6", "verseRef": "Isa.44.6", "text": "Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God." },{ "n": 7, "refId": "ISA-44:7", "verseRef": "Isa.44.7", "text": "And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare." },{ "n": 8, "refId": "ISA-44:8", "verseRef": "Isa.44.8", "text": "Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any." },{ "n": 9, "refId": "ISA-44:9", "verseRef": "Isa.44.9", "text": "They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame." },{ "n": 10, "refId": "ISA-44:10", "verseRef": "Isa.44.10", "text": "Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?" },{ "n": 11, "refId": "ISA-44:11", "verseRef": "Isa.44.11", "text": "Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together." },{ "n": 12, "refId": "ISA-44:12", "verseRef": "Isa.44.12", "text": "The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint." },{ "n": 13, "refId": "ISA-44:13", "verseRef": "Isa.44.13", "text": "The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house." },{ "n": 14, "refId": "ISA-44:14", "verseRef": "Isa.44.14", "text": "He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it." },{ "n": 15, "refId": "ISA-44:15", "verseRef": "Isa.44.15", "text": "Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto." },{ "n": 16, "refId": "ISA-44:16", "verseRef": "Isa.44.16", "text": "He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire." },{ "n": 17, "refId": "ISA-44:17", "verseRef": "Isa.44.17", "text": "And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god." },{ "n": 18, "refId": "ISA-44:18", "verseRef": "Isa.44.18", "text": "They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand." },{ "n": 19, "refId": "ISA-44:19", "verseRef": "Isa.44.19", "text": "And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?" },{ "n": 20, "refId": "ISA-44:20", "verseRef": "Isa.44.20", "text": "He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?" },{ "n": 21, "refId": "ISA-44:21", "verseRef": "Isa.44.21", "text": "Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me." },{ "n": 22, "refId": "ISA-44:22", "verseRef": "Isa.44.22", "text": "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee." },{ "n": 23, "refId": "ISA-44:23", "verseRef": "Isa.44.23", "text": "Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel." },{ "n": 24, "refId": "ISA-44:24", "verseRef": "Isa.44.24", "text": "Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);" },{ "n": 25, "refId": "ISA-44:25", "verseRef": "Isa.44.25", "text": "that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;" },{ "n": 26, "refId": "ISA-44:26", "verseRef": "Isa.44.26", "text": "that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;" },{ "n": 27, "refId": "ISA-44:27", "verseRef": "Isa.44.27", "text": "that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;" },{ "n": 28, "refId": "ISA-44:28", "verseRef": "Isa.44.28", "text": "That saith of Cyrus, [He is] my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid." } ] }, "links": { "self": "/v1/library/books/isaiah/chapters/44", "book": "/v1/library/books/isaiah/", "chapters": "/v1/library/books/isaiah/chapters/", "library": "/v1/library/", "schema": "/v1/schema/book/" } }