Isaiah Chapter 44 — God’s Sovereignty and the Futility of Idols

¹Yet listen now, Jacob my servant,

²This is what the LORD who made you,

³For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,

⁴and they will spring up among the grass,

⁵One will say, ‘I am the LORD’s.’

⁶This is what the LORD, the King of Israel,

⁷Who is like me?

⁸Don’t fear,

⁹Everyone who makes a carved image is vain.

¹⁰Who has fashioned a god,

¹¹Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed;

¹²The blacksmith takes an ax,

¹³The carpenter stretches out a line.

¹⁴He cuts down cedars for himself,

¹⁵Then it will be for a man to burn;

¹⁶He burns part of it in the fire.

¹⁷The rest of it he makes into a god,

¹⁸They don’t know, neither do they consider,

¹⁹No one thinks,

²⁰He feeds on ashes.

²¹Remember these things, Jacob and Israel,

²²I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,

²³Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it!

²⁴The LORD, your Redeemer,

²⁵who frustrates the signs of the liars,

²⁶who confirms the word of his servant,

²⁷who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’

²⁸who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’