Verse 19
Isaiah 44:19
Literal Standard Version
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And none turn it back to his heart, || Nor has knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire, || Indeed, I have also baked bread over its coals, || I roast flesh and I eat, || And I make its remnant for an abomination, || I fall down to the stock of a tree.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹא יָשִׁ֣יב אֶל לִבּ֗/וֹ וְ/לֹ֨א דַ֥עַת וְ/לֹֽא תְבוּנָה֮ לֵ/אמֹר֒ חֶצְי֞/וֹ שָׂרַ֣פְתִּי בְמוֹ אֵ֗שׁ וְ֠/אַף אָפִ֤יתִי עַל גֶּחָלָי/ו֙ לֶ֔חֶם אֶצְלֶ֥ה בָשָׂ֖ר וְ/אֹכֵ֑ל וְ/יִתְר/וֹ֙ לְ/תוֹעֵבָ֣ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה לְ/ב֥וּל עֵ֖ץ אֶסְגּֽוֹד
English Translation
And he will not return to his heart, and there is no knowledge and no understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked bread on its coals, I roasted meat and ate, and the remainder of it I made into an abomination; I worshipped a block of wood.”
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Chapter 44 Context
1
“And now, hear, O Jacob, My servant, || And Israel, whom I have fixed on—
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Thus said YHWH, your Maker, and your Former, || From the womb He helps you: Do not fear, My servant...
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For I pour waters on a thirsty one, || And floods on a dry land, || I pour My Spirit on your seed, |...
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And they have sprung up as among grass, || As willows by conduits of water.
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This one says, For I am YHWH’s, || And this calls himself by the name of Jacob, || And this one writ...
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Thus said YHWH, King of Israel, || And his Redeemer, YHWH of Hosts: “I am the first, and I am the la...
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And who is as I, call and declare it, || And arrange it for Me, || Since My placing the people of an...
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Do not fear, nor be afraid, || Have I not caused you to hear from that time, and declared? And you a...
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9
Framers of a carved image, all of them are emptiness, || And their desirable things do not profit, |...
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10
Who has formed a god, || And poured out a molten image—not profitable?
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11
Behold, all his companions are ashamed, || As for artisans—they are of men, || All of them gather to...
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12
He has worked iron with an axe, || And has worked with coals, || And forms it with hammers, || And w...
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13
He has worked with wood, || He has stretched out a rule, || He marks it out with a line, || He makes...
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14
Cutting down cedars for himself, || He also takes a cypress, and an oak, || And he strengthens it fo...
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And it has been for man to burn, || And he takes of them, and becomes warm, || Indeed, he kindles it...
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Half of it he has burned in the fire, || By this half of it he eats flesh, || He roasts a roasting a...
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And he has made its remnant for a god—For his carved image, || He falls down to it, and worships, ||...
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They have not known, nor do they understand, || For He has coated their eyes from seeing, || Their h...
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19
And none turn it back to his heart, || Nor has knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned ha...
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Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, || It has turned him aside, || And he does not deliver his...
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21
“Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, || For you are My servant, || I formed you, you are a servant...
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22
I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, || Your transgressions, || And as by a cloud, your sins, ||...
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Sing, O heavens, for YHWH has worked, || Shout, O lower parts of earth, || Break forth, O mountains,...
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24
Thus said YHWH, your Redeemer, || And your Framer from the womb: “I am YHWH, doing all things, || St...
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25
Making void the tokens of devisers, || And makes diviners mad, || Turning the wise backward, || And...
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26
Confirming the word of His servant, || He perfects the counsel of His messengers, || Who is saying o...
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27
Who is saying to the deep, || Be dry, and your rivers I cause to dry up,
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Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, || And he perfects all My delight, || So as to say of Jerusalem...
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