1 וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע יַעֲקֹב עַבְדִּי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל בָּחַרְתִּי בֽוֹ
2 כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה עֹשֶׂךָ וְיֹצֶרְךָ מִבֶּטֶן יַעְזְרֶךָּ אַל תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב וִישֻׁרוּן בָּחַרְתִּי בֽוֹ
3 כִּי אֶצׇּק מַיִם עַל צָמֵא וְנֹזְלִים עַל יַבָּשָׁה אֶצֹּק רוּחִי עַל זַרְעֶךָ וּבִרְכָתִי עַל צֶאֱצָאֶֽיךָ
4 וְצָמְחוּ בְּבֵין חָצִיר כַּעֲרָבִים עַל יִבְלֵי מָֽיִם
5 זֶה יֹאמַר לַיהֹוָה אָנִי וְזֶה יִקְרָא בְשֵֽׁם יַעֲקֹב וְזֶה יִכְתֹּב יָדוֹ לַֽיהֹוָה וּבְשֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל יְכַנֶּֽה
6 כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגֹאֲלוֹ יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת אֲנִי רִאשׁוֹן וַאֲנִי אַחֲרוֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדַי אֵין אֱלֹהִֽים
7 וּמִי כָמוֹנִי יִקְרָא וְיַגִּידֶהָ וְיַעְרְכֶהָ לִי מִשּׂוּמִי עַם עוֹלָם וְאֹתִיּוֹת וַאֲשֶׁר תָּבֹאנָה יַגִּידוּ לָֽמוֹ
8 אַֽל תִּפְחֲדוּ וְאַל תִּרְהוּ הֲלֹא מֵאָז הִשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ וְהִגַּדְתִּי וְאַתֶּם עֵדָי הֲיֵשׁ אֱלוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעָדַי וְאֵין צוּר בַּל יָדָֽעְתִּי
9 יֹצְרֵי פֶסֶל כֻּלָּם תֹּהוּ וַחֲמוּדֵיהֶם בַּל יוֹעִילוּ וְעֵדֵיהֶם הֵׄמָּׄהׄ בַּל יִרְאוּ וּבַל יֵדְעוּ לְמַעַן יֵבֹֽשׁוּ
10 מִֽי יָצַר אֵל וּפֶסֶל נָסָךְ לְבִלְתִּי הוֹעִֽיל
11 הֵן כׇּל חֲבֵרָיו יֵבֹשׁוּ וְחָרָשִׁים הֵמָּה מֵאָדָם יִֽתְקַבְּצוּ כֻלָּם יַעֲמֹדוּ יִפְחֲדוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ יָֽחַד
12 חָרַשׁ בַּרְזֶל מַֽעֲצָד וּפָעַל בַּפֶּחָם וּבַמַּקָּבוֹת יִצְּרֵהוּ וַיִּפְעָלֵהוּ בִּזְרוֹעַ כֹּחוֹ גַּם רָעֵב וְאֵין כֹּחַ לֹא שָׁתָה מַיִם וַיִּיעָֽף
13 חָרַשׁ עֵצִים נָטָה קָו יְתָאֲרֵהוּ בַשֶּׂרֶד יַעֲשֵׂהוּ בַּמַּקְצֻעוֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָה יְתׇאֳרֵהוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ כְּתַבְנִית אִישׁ כְּתִפְאֶרֶת אָדָם לָשֶׁבֶת בָּֽיִת
14 לִכְרׇת לוֹ אֲרָזִים וַיִּקַּח תִּרְזָה וְאַלּוֹן וַיְאַמֶּץ לוֹ בַּעֲצֵי יָעַר נָטַע אֹרֶן וְגֶשֶׁם יְגַדֵּֽל
15 וְהָיָה לְאָדָם לְבָעֵר וַיִּקַּח מֵהֶם וַיָּחׇם אַף יַשִּׂיק וְאָפָה לָחֶם אַף יִפְעַל אֵל וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ עָשָׂהוּ פֶסֶל וַיִּסְגׇּד לָֽמוֹ
16 חֶצְיוֹ שָׂרַף בְּמוֹ אֵשׁ עַל חֶצְיוֹ בָּשָׂר יֹאכֵל יִצְלֶה צָלִי וְיִשְׂבָּע אַף יָחֹם וְיֹאמַר הֶאָח חַמּוֹתִי רָאִיתִי אֽוּר
17 וּשְׁאֵרִיתוֹ לְאֵל עָשָׂה לְפִסְלוֹ (יסגוד) [יִסְגׇּד ]לוֹ וְיִשְׁתַּחוּ וְיִתְפַּלֵּל אֵלָיו וְיֹאמַר הַצִּילֵנִי כִּי אֵלִי אָֽתָּה
18 לֹא יָדְעוּ וְלֹא יָבִינוּ כִּי טַח מֵֽרְאוֹת עֵינֵיהֶם מֵהַשְׂכִּיל לִבֹּתָֽם
19 וְלֹֽא יָשִׁיב אֶל לִבּוֹ וְלֹא דַעַת וְלֹֽא תְבוּנָה לֵאמֹר חֶצְיוֹ שָׂרַפְתִּי בְמוֹ אֵשׁ וְאַף אָפִיתִי עַל גֶּחָלָיו לֶחֶם אֶצְלֶה בָשָׂר וְאֹכֵל וְיִתְרוֹ לְתוֹעֵבָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לְבוּל עֵץ אֶסְגּֽוֹד
20 רֹעֶה אֵפֶר לֵב הוּתַל הִטָּהוּ וְלֹא יַצִּיל אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ וְלֹא יֹאמַר הֲלוֹא שֶׁקֶר בִּימִינִֽי
21 זְכׇר אֵלֶּה יַֽעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי עַבְדִּי אָתָּה יְצַרְתִּיךָ עֶֽבֶד לִי אַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא תִנָּשֵֽׁנִי
22 מָחִיתִי כָעָב פְּשָׁעֶיךָ וְכֶעָנָן חַטֹּאותֶיךָ שׁוּבָה אֵלַי כִּי גְאַלְתִּֽיךָ
23 רׇנּוּ שָׁמַיִם כִּֽי עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה הָרִיעוּ תַּחְתִּיּוֹת אָרֶץ פִּצְחוּ הָרִים רִנָּה יַעַר וְכׇל עֵץ בּוֹ כִּֽי גָאַל יְהֹוָה יַעֲקֹב וּבְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִתְפָּאָֽר
1 But hear, now, O Jacob My servant, Israel whom I have chosen!
2 Thus said GOD, your Maker, Your Creator who has helped you since birth: Fear not, My servant Jacob, Jeshurun whom I have chosen,
3 Even as I pour water on thirsty soil, And rain upon dry ground, So will I pour My spirit on your offspring, My blessing upon your posterity.
4 And they shall sprout like grass, Like willows by watercourses.
5 One shall say, “I am GOD’s,” Another shall use the name of “Jacob,” Another shall mark his arm “of GOD ” And adopt the name of “Israel.”
6 Thus said GOD, the Sovereign of Israel, Their Redeemer, GOD of Hosts: I am the first and I am the last, And there is no god but Me.
7 Who like Me can announce, Can foretell it—and match Me thereby? Even as I told the future to an ancient people, So let anyone foretell coming events to them.
8 Do not be frightened, do not be shaken! Have I not from of old predicted to you? I foretold, and you are My witnesses. Is there any god, then, but Me? “There is no other rock; I know none!”
9 The makers of idols All work to no purpose; And the things they treasure Can do no good, As they themselves can testify. They neither look nor think, And so they shall be shamed.
10 Who would fashion a god Or cast a statue That can do no good?
11 Lo, all its adherents shall be shamed; They are craftsmen, are merely human. Let them all assemble and stand up! They shall be cowed, and they shall be shamed.
12 The craftsman in iron, with his tools, Works it over charcoal And fashions it by hammering, Working with the strength of his arm. Should he go hungry, his strength would ebb; Should he drink no water, he would grow faint.
13 The craftsman in wood measures with a line And marks out a shape with a stylus; He forms it with scraping tools, Marking it out with a compass. He gives it the form of a person— Human beauty, to dwell in a shrine.
14 For his use he cuts down cedars; He chooses plane trees and oaks. He sets aside trees of the forest; Or plants firs, and the rain makes them grow.
15 All this serves a mortal for fuel: He takes some to warm himself, And he builds a fire and bakes bread. He also makes a god of it and worships it, Fashions an idol and bows down to it!
16 Part of it he burns in a fire: On that part he roasts meat, He eats the roast and is sated; He also warms himself and cries, “Ah, I am warm! I can feel the heat!”
17 Of the rest he makes a god—his own carving! He bows down to it, worships it; He prays to it and cries, “Save me, for you are my god!”
18 They have no wit or judgment: Their eyes are besmeared, and they see not; Their minds, and they cannot think.
19 They do not give thought, They lack the wit and judgment to say: “Part of it I burned in a fire; I also baked bread on the coals, I roasted meat and ate it— Should I make the rest an abhorrence? Should I bow to a block of wood?”
20 He pursues ashes! A deluded mind has led him astray, And he cannot save himself; He never says to himself, “The thing in my hand is a fraud!”
21 Remember these things, O Jacob For you, O Israel, are My servant: I fashioned you, you are My servant— O Israel, never forget Me.
22 I wipe away your sins like a cloud, Your transgressions like mist— Come back to Me, for I redeem you.
23 Shout, O heavens, for GOD has acted; Shout aloud, O depths of the earth! Shout for joy, O mountains, O forests with all your trees! For GOD has redeemed Jacob, Has gained glory through Israel.
