## Isaiah Chapter 44

###### Isaiah 44:1
[Isaiah 44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:1)

וְעַתָּ֥ה שְׁמַ֖ע יַעֲקֹ֣ב עַבְדִּ֑י וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּחַ֥רְתִּי בֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet now hear, O Ya῾aqov my servant; and Yisra᾽el whom I have chosen:


###### Isaiah 44:2
[Isaiah 44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:2)

כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֥ה עֹשֶׂ֛ךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֥ מִבֶּ֖טֶן יַעְזְרֶ֑ךָּ אַל־תִּירָא֙ עַבְדִּ֣י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וִישֻׁר֖וּן בָּחַ֥רְתִּי בֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thus says the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee; Fear not, O Ya῾aqov, my servant; and thou, Yeshurun, whom I have chosen.


###### Isaiah 44:3
[Isaiah 44:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:3)

כִּ֤י אֶצׇּק־מַ֙יִם֙ עַל־צָמֵ֔א וְנֹזְלִ֖ים עַל־יַבָּשָׁ֑ה אֶצֹּ֤ק רוּחִי֙ עַל־זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וּבִרְכָתִ֖י עַל־צֶאֱצָאֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I will pour water upon the thirsty land, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring:


###### Isaiah 44:4
[Isaiah 44:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:4)

וְצָמְח֖וּ בְּבֵ֣ין חָצִ֑יר כַּעֲרָבִ֖ים עַל־יִבְלֵי־מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.


###### Isaiah 44:5
[Isaiah 44:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:5)

זֶ֤ה יֹאמַר֙ לַיהֹוָ֣ה אָ֔נִי וְזֶ֖ה יִקְרָ֣א בְשֵֽׁם־יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְזֶ֗ה יִכְתֹּ֤ב יָדוֹ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וּבְשֵׁ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יְכַנֶּֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Ya῾aqov; and another shall subscribe with his hand to the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Yisra᾽el.


###### Isaiah 44:6
[Isaiah 44:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:6)

כֹּה־אָמַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְגֹאֲל֖וֹ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת אֲנִ֤י רִאשׁוֹן֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲר֔וֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדַ֖י אֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord the King of Yisra᾽el, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.


###### Isaiah 44:7
[Isaiah 44:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:7)

וּמִי־כָמ֣וֹנִי יִקְרָ֗א וְיַגִּידֶ֤הָ וְיַעְרְכֶ֙הָ֙ לִ֔י מִשּׂוּמִ֖י עַם־עוֹלָ֑ם וְאֹתִיּ֛וֹת וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּבֹ֖אנָה יַגִּ֥ידוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And who is like me? let him proclaim it, let him declare it, and set it in order for me, from when I appointed the eternal people; let them relate for themselves the things that will come, and are to be.


###### Isaiah 44:8
[Isaiah 44:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:8)

אַֽל־תִּפְחֲדוּ֙ וְאַל־תִּרְה֔וּ הֲלֹ֥א מֵאָ֛ז הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֥יךָ וְהִגַּ֖דְתִּי וְאַתֶּ֣ם עֵדָ֑י הֲיֵ֤שׁ אֱל֙וֹהַּ֙ מִבַּלְעָדַ֔י וְאֵ֥ין צ֖וּר בַּל־יָדָֽעְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fear not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? for you are my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? indeed there is no Rock; I know not any.


###### Isaiah 44:9
[Isaiah 44:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:9)

יֹצְרֵי־פֶ֤סֶל כֻּלָּם֙ תֹּ֔הוּ וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶ֖ם בַּל־יוֹעִ֑ילוּ וְעֵדֵיהֶ֣ם הֵ֗ׄמָּׄהׄ בַּל־יִרְא֛וּ וּבַל־יֵדְע֖וּ לְמַ֥עַן יֵבֹֽשׁוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They that make a carved idol are all of them vanity; and the things they delight in, do not profit; and their witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.


###### Isaiah 44:10
[Isaiah 44:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:10)

מִֽי־יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who has fashioned a god, or cast an idol? it is profitable for nothing.


###### Isaiah 44:11
[Isaiah 44:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:11)

הֵ֤ן כׇּל־חֲבֵרָיו֙ יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ וְחָרָשִׁ֥ים הֵ֖מָּה מֵאָדָ֑ם יִֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ יַעֲמֹ֔דוּ יִפְחֲד֖וּ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ יָֽחַד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are but men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.


###### Isaiah 44:12
[Isaiah 44:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:12)

חָרַ֤שׁ בַּרְזֶל֙ מַֽעֲצָ֔ד וּפָעַל֙ בַּפֶּחָ֔ם וּבַמַּקָּב֖וֹת יִצְּרֵ֑הוּ וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּזְר֣וֹעַ כֹּח֔וֹ גַּם־רָעֵב֙ וְאֵ֣ין כֹּ֔חַ לֹא־שָׁ֥תָה מַ֖יִם וַיִּיעָֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The ironsmith makes an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, works it with the strength of his arms: if he is hungry, his strength fails: if he drinks no water, he is faint.


###### Isaiah 44:13
[Isaiah 44:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:13)

חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתׇאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a pencil; he fits it with chisels, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.


###### Isaiah 44:14
[Isaiah 44:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:14)

לִכְרׇת־ל֣וֹ אֲרָזִ֔ים וַיִּקַּ֤ח תִּרְזָה֙ וְאַלּ֔וֹן וַיְאַמֶּץ־ל֖וֹ בַּעֲצֵי־יָ֑עַר נָטַ֥ע אֹ֖רֶן וְגֶ֥שֶׁם יְגַדֵּֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He hews him down cedars, and takes the pine and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants a forest tree and the rain nourishes it.


###### Isaiah 44:15
[Isaiah 44:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:15)

וְהָיָ֤ה לְאָדָם֙ לְבָעֵ֔ר וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֵהֶם֙ וַיָּ֔חׇם אַף־יַשִּׂ֖יק וְאָ֣פָה לָ֑חֶם אַף־יִפְעַל־אֵל֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ עָשָׂ֥הוּ פֶ֖סֶל וַיִּסְגׇּד־לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then shall it be for a man for fuel: for he will take of it to warm himself; indeed, he kindles it, and bakes bread! or else he makes a god, and prostrates himself to it; he makes of it a carved idol, and bows himself down before it.


###### Isaiah 44:16
[Isaiah 44:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:16)

חֶצְיוֹ֙ שָׂרַ֣ף בְּמוֹ־אֵ֔שׁ עַל־חֶצְיוֹ֙ בָּשָׂ֣ר יֹאכֵ֔ל יִצְלֶ֥ה צָלִ֖י וְיִשְׂבָּ֑ע אַף־יָחֹם֙ וְיֹאמַ֣ר הֶאָ֔ח חַמּוֹתִ֖י רָאִ֥יתִי אֽוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Half of it he burns in the fire; with this half of it he eats meat; he roasts the roast, and is satisfied: indeed, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:


###### Isaiah 44:17
[Isaiah 44:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:17)

וּשְׁאֵ֣רִית֔וֹ לְאֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֖ה לְפִסְל֑וֹ (יסגוד) [יִסְגׇּד־]ל֤וֹ וְיִשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל אֵלָ֔יו וְיֹאמַר֙ הַצִּילֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י אֵלִ֖י אָֽתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and of the rest of it he makes a god, his carved idol: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me; for thou art my god.


###### Isaiah 44:18
[Isaiah 44:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:18)

לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יָבִ֑ינוּ כִּ֣י טַ֤ח מֵֽרְאוֹת֙ עֵינֵיהֶ֔ם מֵהַשְׂכִּ֖יל לִבֹּתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.


###### Isaiah 44:19
[Isaiah 44:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:19)

וְלֹֽא־יָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ וְלֹ֨א דַ֥עַת וְלֹֽא־תְבוּנָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ חֶצְי֞וֹ שָׂרַ֣פְתִּי בְמוֹ־אֵ֗שׁ וְ֠אַ֠ף אָפִ֤יתִי עַל־גֶּחָלָיו֙ לֶ֔חֶם אֶצְלֶ֥ה בָשָׂ֖ר וְאֹכֵ֑ל וְיִתְרוֹ֙ לְתוֹעֵבָ֣ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה לְב֥וּל עֵ֖ץ אֶסְגּֽוֹד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned half of it in the fire; I have even baked bread upon its embers; I have roasted meat, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to worship the stock of a tree?


###### Isaiah 44:20
[Isaiah 44:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:20)

רֹעֶ֣ה אֵ֔פֶר לֵ֥ב הוּתַ֖ל הִטָּ֑הוּ וְלֹא־יַצִּ֤יל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וְלֹ֣א יֹאמַ֔ר הֲל֥וֹא שֶׁ֖קֶר בִּימִינִֽי׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?


###### Isaiah 44:21
[Isaiah 44:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:21)

זְכׇר־אֵ֣לֶּה יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּ֣י עַבְדִּי־אָ֑תָּה יְצַרְתִּ֤יךָ עֶֽבֶד־לִי֙ אַ֔תָּה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א תִנָּשֵֽׁנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember these, O Ya῾aqov and Yisra᾽el; thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my own servant: O Yisra᾽el thou shalt not be forgotten by me.


###### Isaiah 44:22
[Isaiah 44:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:22)

מָחִ֤יתִי כָעָב֙ פְּשָׁעֶ֔יךָ וְכֶעָנָ֖ן חַטֹּאותֶ֑יךָ שׁוּבָ֥ה אֵלַ֖י כִּ֥י גְאַלְתִּֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return to me; for I have redeemed thee.


###### Isaiah 44:23
[Isaiah 44:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:23)

רׇנּ֨וּ שָׁמַ֜יִם כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֣ה יְהֹוָ֗ה הָרִ֙יעוּ֙ תַּחְתִּיּ֣וֹת אָ֔רֶץ פִּצְח֤וּ הָרִים֙ רִנָּ֔ה יַ֖עַר וְכׇל־עֵ֣ץ בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־גָאַ֤ל יְהֹוָה֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִתְפָּאָֽר׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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 Ya῾aqov, and glorified himself in Yisra᾽el.


###### Isaiah 44:24
[Isaiah 44:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:24)

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ גֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ מִבָּ֑טֶן אָנֹכִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ עֹ֣שֶׂה כֹּ֔ל נֹטֶ֤ה שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ לְבַדִּ֔י רֹקַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ (מי אתי) [מֵאִתִּֽי]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that makes all things; that stretches the heavens, alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;


###### Isaiah 44:25
[Isaiah 44:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:25)

מֵפֵר֙ אֹת֣וֹת בַּדִּ֔ים וְקֹסְמִ֖ים יְהוֹלֵ֑ל מֵשִׁ֧יב חֲכָמִ֛ים אָח֖וֹר וְדַעְתָּ֥ם יְסַכֵּֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that frustrates the omens of imposters, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;


###### Isaiah 44:26
[Isaiah 44:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:26)

מֵקִים֙ דְּבַ֣ר עַבְדּ֔וֹ וַעֲצַ֥ת מַלְאָכָ֖יו יַשְׁלִ֑ים הָאֹמֵ֨ר לִירוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם תּוּשָׁ֗ב וּלְעָרֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ תִּבָּנֶ֔ינָה וְחׇרְבוֹתֶ֖יהָ אֲקוֹמֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; that says to Yerushalayim, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Yehuda, They shall be rebuilt, and their ruins I shall raise up.


###### Isaiah 44:27
[Isaiah 44:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:27)

הָאֹמֵ֥ר לַצּוּלָ֖ה חֳרָ֑בִי וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְ אוֹבִֽישׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:


###### Isaiah 44:28
[Isaiah 44:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/44:28)

הָאֹמֵ֤ר לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ רֹעִ֔י וְכׇל־חֶפְצִ֖י יַשְׁלִ֑ם וְלֵאמֹ֤ר לִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ תִּבָּנֶ֔ה וְהֵיכָ֖ל תִּוָּסֵֽד׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that says of Koresh, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: and saying to Yerushalayim, Thou shalt be rebuilt; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.