ISAIAH
        Chapter 44
        The LORD Has Chosen Israel
        A Promise to Pour Out His Spirit
        
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                1. YET now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
                
                
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                            - וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע יַעֲקֹב עַבְדִּי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל בָּחַרְתִּי בוֹ׃
 
                        
                     
                    
                
             
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        The LORD Alone Is God, the Folly of Idolatry
        
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                6. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first,
                and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
                
                
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                            - כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגֹאֲלוֹ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲנִי רִאשׁוֹן וַאֲנִי אַחֲרוֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדַי אֵין אֱלֹהִים׃
 
                        
                     
                    
                
             
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        The LORD Forgives Israel
        
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                21. Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed the; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
                
                
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                            - זְכָר־אֵלֶּה יַעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי עַבְדִּי־אָתָּה יְצַרְתִּיךָ עֶבֶד־לִי אַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא תִנָּשֵׁנִי׃
 
                        
                     
                    
                
             
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        Jerusalem and the Temple to Be Restored
        
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                24. Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
                
                
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                            - כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה גֹּאֲלֶךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ מִבָּטֶן אָנֹכִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה כֹּל נֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם לְבַדִּי רֹקַע הָאָרֶץ מֵאִתִּי׃
 
                        
                     
                    
                
             
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                28. Thus saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple,
                Thy foundation shall be laid.
                
                
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                            - הָאֹמֵר לְכוֹרֶשׁ רֹעִי וְכָל־חֶפְצִי יַשְׁלִם וְלֵאמֹר לִירוּשָׁלִַם תִּבָּנֶה וְהֵיכָל תִּוָּסֵד׃ ס