Isaiah 44:1–8
Yet now hear, aO Jacob my servant;
And aIsrael, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the Lord bthat made thee,
And cformed thee from the womb, which will help thee;
cFear not, aO Jacob, my servant;
And thou, dJesurun, awhom I have chosen.
3 For eI will pour water upon him that is thirsty,
And floods upon the dry ground:
fI will pour my spirit upon thy seed,
And my blessing upon thine goffspring:
4 And ethey shall spring up as among the grass,
As hwillows by ithe water courses.
5 One shall say, I am the Lord’s;
And another shall call himself by the name of Jacob;
And another shall ksubscribe with his hand unto the Lord,
And lsurname himself by the name of Israel.
6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel,
And mhis redeemer the Lord of hosts;
I nam the first, and I am the last;
And obeside me there is no God.
7 And pwho, as I, shall call,
And shall declare it, and set it in order for me,
Since I qappointed the ancient people?
And rthe things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid:
sHave not I told thee tfrom that time,
And have declared it? uye are even my witnesses.