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.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

24 Thus 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,

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

26 who 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,’

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

28 who 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

Thus כֹּֽה־ H3541 Adverb says אָמַ֤ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your Redeemer גֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָ H1350 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular who formed you וְיֹצֶרְךָ֖ H3335 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular from the womb מִבָּ֑טֶן H990 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular I אָנֹכִ֤י H595 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular who has made עֹ֣שֶׂה H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular all things כֹּ֔ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular who alone stretched out נֹטֶ֤ה H5186 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular . . . לְבַדִּ֔י H905 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular the heavens שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ H8064 Noun - masculine plural who by Myself מִי H4310 Preposition-m | first person common singular spread out רֹקַ֥ע H7554 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the earth הָאָ֖רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular אִתִּי׃ אִתִּי׃ H854 Preposition | first person common singular
Verse 25

Original words

who foils מֵפֵר֙ H6565 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the signs אֹת֣וֹת H226 Noun - common plural construct of false prophets בַּדִּ֔ים H907 Noun - masculine plural and makes fools of יְהוֹלֵ֑ל H1984 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular diviners וְקֹסְמִ֖ים H7080 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural who confounds מֵשִׁ֧יב H7725 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular . . . אָח֖וֹר H268 Noun - masculine singular the wise חֲכָמִ֛ים H2450 Adjective - masculine plural and turns their knowledge וְדַעְתָּ֥ם H1847 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural into nonsense יְשַׂכֵּֽל׃ H5528 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 26

Original words

who confirms מֵקִים֙ H6965 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the message דְּבַ֣ר H1697 Noun - masculine singular construct of His servant עַבְדּ֔וֹ H5650 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and fulfills יַשְׁלִ֑ים H7999 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the counsel וַעֲצַ֥ת H6098 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct of His messengers מַלְאָכָ֖יו H4397 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular who says הָאֹמֵ֨ר H559 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular of Jerusalem לִירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם H3389 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular She will be inhabited תּוּשָׁ֗ב H3427 Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular and of the cities וּלְעָרֵ֤י H5892 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct of Judah יְהוּדָה֙ H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular They will be rebuilt תִּבָּנֶ֔ינָה H1129 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural and I will restore אֲקוֹמֵֽם׃ H6965 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular their ruins וְחָרְבוֹתֶ֖יהָ H2723 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Verse 27

Original words

who says הָאֹמֵ֥ר H559 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular to the depths of the sea לַצּוּלָ֖ה H6683 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Be dry חֳרָ֑בִי H2717 Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular and I will dry up אוֹבִֽישׁ׃ H3001 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular your currents וְנַהֲרֹתַ֖יִךְ H5104 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Verse 28

Original words

who says הָאֹמֵ֤ר H559 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular of Cyrus לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ H3566 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular My shepherd רֹעִ֔י H7462 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular will fulfill יַשְׁלִ֑ם H7999 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct that I desire חֶפְצִ֖י H2656 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular who says וְלֵאמֹ֤ר H559 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct of Jerusalem לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ H3389 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular She will be rebuilt תִּבָּנֶ֔ה H1129 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular and of the temple וְהֵיכָ֖ל H1964 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Let its foundation be laid תִּוָּסֵֽד׃ס H3245 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular

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