Through My Bible Yr 2 – January 11
Bible reading based on Isaiah 43:14-44:23 (NIV84) 14 This is what the LORD says— 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, 16 This is what the LORD says— 17 who drew out the chariots and horses,
18 “Forget the former things; 19 See, I am doing a new thing! 20 The wild animals honor me, 21 the people I formed for myself 22 “Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob,
23 You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, 24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus for me, 25 “I, even I, am he who blots out 26 Review the past for me, 27 Your first father sinned; 28 So I will disgrace the dignitaries of your temple, 1 “But now listen, O Jacob, my servant, 2 This is what the LORD says— 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, 4 They will spring up like grass in a meadow, 5 One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD ‘; 6 “This is what the LORD says— 7 Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. 8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. 9 All who make idols are nothing, 10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol, 11 He and his kind will be put to shame; 12 The blacksmith takes a tool 13 The carpenter measures with a line 14 He cut down cedars, 15 It is man’s fuel for burning; 16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire; 17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; 18 They know nothing, they understand nothing; 19 No one stops to think, 20 He feeds on ashes, a deluded heart misleads him; 21 “Remember these things, O Jacob, 22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, 23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; Through My Bible – January 11
See series: Through My BibleGod’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, [a]
in the ships in which they took pride.
Israel’s Creator, your King.”
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters,
the army and reinforcements together,
and they lay there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
do not dwell on the past.
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the desert
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
that they may proclaim my praise.
you have not wearied yourselves for me, O Israel.
nor honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with grain offerings
nor wearied you with demands for incense.
or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
and wearied me with your offenses.
your transgressions, for my own sake,
and remembers your sins no more.
let us argue the matter together;
state the case for your innocence.
your spokesmen rebelled against me.
and I will consign Jacob to destruction [b]
and Israel to scorn.Isaiah 44
Israel the Chosen
Israel, whom I have chosen.
he who made you, who formed you in the womb,
and who will help you:
Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant,
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
like poplar trees by flowing streams.
another will call himself by the name of Jacob;
still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’
and will take the name Israel.The LORD, Not Idols
Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
apart from me there is no God.
Let him declare and lay out before me
what has happened since I established my ancient people,
and what is yet to come—
yes, let him foretell what will come.
Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago?
You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me?
No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”
and the things they treasure are worthless.
Those who would speak up for them are blind;
they are ignorant, to their own shame.
which can profit him nothing?
craftsmen are nothing but men.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
they will be brought down to terror and infamy.
and works with it in the coals;
he shapes an idol with hammers,
he forges it with the might of his arm.
He gets hungry and loses his strength;
he drinks no water and grows faint.
and makes an outline with a marker;
he roughs it out with chisels
and marks it with compasses.
He shapes it in the form of man,
of man in all his glory,
that it may dwell in a shrine.
or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.
some of it he takes and warms himself,
he kindles a fire and bakes bread.
But he also fashions a god and worships it;
he makes an idol and bows down to it.
over it he prepares his meal,
he roasts his meat and eats his fill.
He also warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
he bows down to it and worships.
He prays to it and says,
“Save me; you are my god.”
their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see,
and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
no one has the knowledge or understanding to say,
“Half of it I used for fuel;
I even baked bread over its coals,
I roasted meat and I ate.
Shall I make a detestable thing from what is left?
Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
he cannot save himself, or say,
“Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
for you are my servant, O Israel.
I have made you, you are my servant;
O Israel, I will not forget you.
your sins like the morning mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you.”
shout aloud, O earth beneath.
Burst into song, you mountains,
you forests and all your trees,
for the LORD has redeemed Jacob,
he displays his glory in Israel.
Footnotes:
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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