Focused Passage

Isaiah 44:24-28

The LORD Who Chose Jacob, Pours Out His Spirit, Blots Out Sin, and Names Cyrus

Isaiah 44 moves from comfort to Jacob-Israel as the LORD’s chosen servant, to the promise of water on dry ground and the Spirit poured out on offspring, to the LORD’s declaration that He is the first and the last with no God besides Him, to an extended satire exposing the foolishness of idol-making, to the call for Israel to remember that the LORD has redeemed them and swept away their sins, and finally to the LORD’s announcement that He frustrates false signs, confirms His servants’ words, restores Jerusalem, dries up the deep, and names Cyrus as His shepherd who will fulfill His pleasure.

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24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’

27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

28who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

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References and Original Words

Verse 24

Original words

Thusכֹּֽה־H3541Adverbsaysאָמַ֤רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularyour Redeemerגֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָH1350Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularwho formed youוְיֹצֶרְךָ֖H3335Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularfrom the wombמִבָּ֑טֶןH990Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singularIאָנֹכִ֤יH595Pronoun - first person common singularam the LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwho has madeעֹ֣שֶׂהH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularall thingsכֹּ֔לH3605Noun - masculine singularwho alone stretched outנֹטֶ֤הH5186Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular. . .לְבַדִּ֔יH905Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularthe heavensשָׁמַ֙יִם֙H8064Noun - masculine pluralwho by MyselfמִיH4310Preposition-m | first person common singularspread outרֹקַ֥עH7554Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe earthהָאָ֖רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularאִתִּי׃אִתִּי׃H854Preposition | first person common singular
Verse 25

Original words

who foilsמֵפֵר֙H6565Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularthe signsאֹת֣וֹתH226Noun - common plural constructof false prophetsבַּדִּ֔יםH907Noun - masculine pluraland makes fools ofיְהוֹלֵ֑לH1984Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singulardivinersוְקֹסְמִ֖יםH7080Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralwho confoundsמֵשִׁ֧יבH7725Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular. . .אָח֖וֹרH268Noun - masculine singularthe wiseחֲכָמִ֛יםH2450Adjective - masculine pluraland turns their knowledgeוְדַעְתָּ֥םH1847Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralinto nonsenseיְשַׂכֵּֽל׃H5528Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 26

Original words

who confirmsמֵקִים֙H6965Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularthe messageדְּבַ֣רH1697Noun - masculine singular constructof His servantעַבְדּ֔וֹH5650Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand fulfillsיַשְׁלִ֑יםH7999Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthe counselוַעֲצַ֥תH6098Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructof His messengersמַלְאָכָ֖יוH4397Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularwho saysהָאֹמֵ֨רH559Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularof Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֜םH3389Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singularShe will be inhabitedתּוּשָׁ֗בH3427Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularand of the citiesוּלְעָרֵ֤יH5892Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural constructof Judahיְהוּדָה֙H3063Noun - proper - masculine singularThey will be rebuiltתִּבָּנֶ֔ינָהH1129Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine pluraland I will restoreאֲקוֹמֵֽם׃H6965Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singulartheir ruinsוְחָרְבוֹתֶ֖יהָH2723Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 27

Original words

who saysהָאֹמֵ֥רH559Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularto the depths of the seaלַצּוּלָ֖הH6683Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singularBe dryחֳרָ֑בִיH2717Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singularand I will dry upאוֹבִֽישׁ׃H3001Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singularyour currentsוְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְH5104Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Verse 28

Original words

who saysהָאֹמֵ֤רH559Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularof Cyrusלְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙H3566Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularMy shepherdרֹעִ֔יH7462Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singularwill fulfillיַשְׁלִ֑םH7999Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singularallוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructthat I desireחֶפְצִ֖יH2656Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularwho saysוְלֵאמֹ֤רH559Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructof Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙H3389Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singularShe will be rebuiltתִּבָּנֶ֔הH1129Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularand of the templeוְהֵיכָ֖לH1964Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularLet its foundation be laidתִּוָּסֵֽד׃סH3245Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular

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