Isaiah 44
- 1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant. Israel, who I have chosen:
- 2The Lord who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you, says this: Do not fear, O Jacob, my servant. You, Jesurun, who I have chosen.
- 3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground: I will pour my spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:
- 4And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
- 5One shall say, I am the Lord's. Another shall call himself by the name of Jacob. Another shall subscribe with his hand to the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
- 6The Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of Hosts, says this. I am the first, and I am the last. Beside me there is no God.
- 7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show to them.
- 8Do not fear, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? You are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? Yes, there is no God. I do not know any.
- 9Those who make a carved idol are all nothing. Their delectable things shall not profit. They are their own witnesses. They do not see, or know. That they may be ashamed.
- 10Who has formed a god, or cast an idol that is profitable for nothing?
- 11All his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up. Yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
- 12The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.
- 13The carpenter stretches out his rule, he marks it out with a line, he fits it with planes, 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.
- 14He cuts him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it.
- 15Then it shall be for a man to burn. For he will take of it, and warm himself, yes, he lights a fire and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it. He makes it a carved idol, and falls down to it.
- 16He burns part of it in the fire, with part of it he eats flesh. He roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
- 17And from the rest of it he makes a god, even his carved idol: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me. For you are my god.
- 18They have not known or understood. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- 19And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge or understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, also I have baked bread on its coals. I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it into something disgusting? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
- 20He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, or say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- 21Remember these, O Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant: I have formed you. You are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me.
- 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your rebellion, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me. For I have redeemed you.
- 23Sing, O you heavens, for the Lord has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: burst into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
- 24The Lord says this, your redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb, I am the Lord that makes all things, that stretches out the heavens alone, that spreads abroad the earth by myself.
- 25That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes fortune-tellers mad. That turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish.
- 26That confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, that says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited. To the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places of it:
- 27That says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:
- 28That says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built. To the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Isaiah 44 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVYet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
GIGAKJVYet now hear, O Jacob my servant. Israel, who I have chosen:
KJVThus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
GIGAKJVThe Lord who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you, says this: Do not fear, O Jacob, my servant. You, Jesurun, who I have chosen.
KJVFor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
GIGAKJVFor I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground: I will pour my spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring:
KJVOne shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
GIGAKJVOne shall say, I am the Lord's. Another shall call himself by the name of Jacob. Another shall subscribe with his hand to the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
KJVThus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
GIGAKJVThe Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of Hosts, says this. I am the first, and I am the last. Beside me there is no God.
KJVAnd who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
GIGAKJVAnd who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show to them.
KJVFear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
GIGAKJVDo not fear, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? You are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? Yes, there is no God. I do not know any.
KJVThey that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
GIGAKJVThose who make a carved idol are all nothing. Their delectable things shall not profit. They are their own witnesses. They do not see, or know. That they may be ashamed.
KJVWho hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
GIGAKJVWho has formed a god, or cast an idol that is profitable for nothing?
KJVBehold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
GIGAKJVAll his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up. Yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
KJVThe smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
GIGAKJVThe smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.
KJVThe carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
GIGAKJVThe carpenter stretches out his rule, he marks it out with a line, he fits it with planes, 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.
KJVHe heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
GIGAKJVHe cuts him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it.
KJVThen shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
GIGAKJVThen it shall be for a man to burn. For he will take of it, and warm himself, yes, he lights a fire and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it. He makes it a carved idol, and falls down to it.
KJVHe burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
GIGAKJVHe burns part of it in the fire, with part of it he eats flesh. He roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
KJVAnd the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
GIGAKJVAnd from the rest of it he makes a god, even his carved idol: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me. For you are my god.
KJVThey have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
GIGAKJVThey have not known or understood. For he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
KJVAnd none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
GIGAKJVAnd none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge or understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, also I have baked bread on its coals. I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it into something disgusting? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
KJVHe feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
GIGAKJVHe feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, or say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
KJVRemember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
GIGAKJVRemember these, O Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant: I have formed you. You are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me.
KJVI have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
GIGAKJVI have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your rebellion, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me. For I have redeemed you.
KJVSing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
GIGAKJVSing, O you heavens, for the Lord has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: burst into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
KJVThus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
GIGAKJVThe Lord says this, your redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb, I am the Lord that makes all things, that stretches out the heavens alone, that spreads abroad the earth by myself.
KJVThat frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
GIGAKJVThat frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes fortune-tellers mad. That turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish.
KJVThat confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
GIGAKJVThat confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, that says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited. To the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places of it:
KJVThat saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
GIGAKJVThat says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers:
KJVThat saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
GIGAKJVThat says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built. To the temple, Your foundation shall be laid.
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