Isaiah · Brenton's English Septuagint
Isaiah 44 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen.
1 AHORA pues oye, Jacob, siervo mío, y [tú], Israel, á quien yo escogí.
2 Thus saith the Lord God that made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb; Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 Así dice Jehová, Hacedor tuyo, y el que te formó desde el vientre, el cual te ayudará: No temas, siervo mío Jacob, y tú, Jeshurun, á quien yo escogí.
3 For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children:
3 Porque yo derramaré aguas sobre el secadal, y ríos sobre la [tierra] árida: mi espíritu derramaré sobre tu generación, y mi bendición sobre tus renuevos:
4 and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on [the banks of] running water.
4 Y brotarán entre hierba, como sauces junto á las riberas de las aguas.
5 One shall say, I am God's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God's, and shall call himself by the name of Israel.
5 Este dirá: Yo soy de Jehová; el otro se llamará del nombre de Jacob; y otro escribirá con su mano, A Jehová, y se apellidará con el nombre de Israel.
6 Thus saith God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God.
6 Así dice Jehová, Rey de Israel, y su Redentor, Jehová de los ejércitos: Yo el primero, y yo el postrero, y fuera de mí no hay Dios.
7 Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man for ever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive.
7 ¿Y quién llamará como yo, y denunciará esto, y lo ordenará por mí, desde que hice el pueblo antiguo? Anúncienles lo que viene, y lo que está por venir.
8 Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have ye not heard from the beginning, and [have not] I told you? ye are witnesses if there is a God beside me.
8 No temáis, ni os amedrentéis: ¿no te lo hice oir desde antiguo, y te lo dije? Luego vosotros sois mis testigos. No hay Dios sino yo. No hay Fuerte: no conozco ninguno.
9 But they that framed [false gods] did not then hearken; and they that graved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed
9 Los formadores de imágenes de talla, todos ellos son vanidad, y lo más precioso de ellos para nada es útil; y ellos mismos para su confusión son testigos, que ellos ni ven ni entienden.
10 that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
10 ¿Quién formó un dios, ó quién fundó una estatua que para nada es de provecho?
11 and all by whom they were made are withered: yea, let all the deaf be gathered from [among] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together:
11 He aquí que todos sus compañeros serán avergonzados; porque los mismos artífices son de los hombres. Todos ellos se juntarán, estarán, se asombrarán, y serán avergonzados á una.
12 For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
12 El herrero [tomará] la tenaza, obrará en las ascuas, darále forma con los martillos, y trabajará en ella con la fuerza de su brazo: tiene luego hambre, y le faltan las fuerzas; no beberá agua, y se desmaya.
13 The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
13 El carpintero tiende la regla, señala aquélla con almagre, lábrala con los cepillos, dale figura con el compás, hácela en forma de varón, á semejanza de hombre hermoso, para estar en casa.
14 He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow,
14 Cortaráse cedros, y tomará encina y alcornoque, y entre los árboles del bosque se esforzará; plantará pino, que se críe con la lluvia.
15 that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yea, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them.
15 De él se servirá luego el hombre para quemar, y tomará de ellos para calentarse; encenderá también [el horno], y cocerá panes: hará además un dios, y lo adorará; fabricará un ídolo, y arrodillaráse delante de él.
16 Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire.
16 Parte del [leño] quemará en el fuego; con parte de él comerá carne, aderezará asado, y se saciará; después se calentará, y dirá: ¡Oh! heme calentado, he visto el fuego;
17 And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for thou art my God.
17 Y torna su sobrante en un dios, en su escultura; humíllase delante de ella, adórala, y ruégale diciendo: Líbrame, que mi dios eres tú.
18 They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart.
18 No supieron ni entendieron: porque encostrados están sus ojos para no ver, y su corazón para no entender.
19 And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burnt up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.
19 No discurre para consigo, no tiene sentido ni entendimiento para decir: Parte de esto quemé en el fuego, y sobre sus brasas cocí pan, asé carne, y comíla; ¿he de tornar en una abominación lo restante de ello? ¿delante de un tronco de árbol tengo de humillarme?
20 Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, [There is] a lie in my right hand.
20 De ceniza se apacienta; su corazón engañado le desvía, para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No hay una mentira á mi mano derecha?
21 Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant; I have formed thee [to be] my servant: and do thou, Israel, not forget me.
21 Acuérdate de estas cosas, oh Jacob, é Israel, pues que tú mi siervo eres: Yo te formé; siervo mío eres tú: Israel, no me olvides.
22 For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and thy sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem thee.
22 Yo deshice como á nube tus rebeliones, y como á niebla tus pecados: tórnate á mí, porque yo te redimí.
23 Rejoice, ye heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth: ye mountains, shout [with] joy, ye hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.
23 Cantad loores, oh cielos, porque Jehová lo hizo; gritad con júbilo, lugares bajos de la tierra; prorrumpid, montes, en alabanza; bosque, y todo árbol que en él está: porque Jehová redimió á Jacob, y en Israel será glorificado.
24 Thus saith the Lord that redeems thee, and who formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth.
24 Así dice Jehová, tu Redentor, y formador tuyo desde el vientre: Yo Jehová, que lo hago todo, que extiendo solo los cielos, que extiendo la tierra por mí mismo;
25 Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart [of man]? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness;
25 Que deshago las señales de los adivinos, y enloquezco á los agoreros; que hago tornar atrás los sabios, y desvanezco su sabiduría;
26 and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Idumea, Ye shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth.
26 Que despierta la palabra de su siervo, y cumple el consejo de sus mensajeros; que dice á Jerusalem: Serás habitada; y á las ciudades de Judá: Reedificadas serán, y sus ruinas levantaré;
27 Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.
27 Que dice al profundo: Sécate, y tus ríos haré secar;
28 Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.
28 Que dice de Ciro: [Es] mi pastor, y cumplirá todo lo que yo quiero, en diciendo á Jerusalem, Serás edificada; y al templo: Serás fundado.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 41:8; Romans 11:5–6; Jeremiah 30:10; Psalm 105:6; Hebrews 3:7–8
- 2 Jeremiah 1:5; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 46:3–4; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 43:7
- 3 Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17; Isaiah 59:21; John 7:37–39; Proverbs 1:23
- 4 Isaiah 58:11; Psalm 1:3; Psalm 92:13–15; Ezekiel 17:5; Psalm 137:1–2
- 5 Zechariah 13:9; Deuteronomy 26:17–19; Nehemiah 9:38–10:29; 1 Peter 2:9; Galatians 6:16
- 6 Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 43:10–11; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:13; Isaiah 44:8
- 7 Isaiah 41:26; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 46:9–10; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 43:9
- 8 Isaiah 43:10; 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 4:39; John 10:30
- 9 Isaiah 41:24; Jeremiah 10:14–15; Habakkuk 2:18–20; Psalm 97:7; Isaiah 41:29
- 10 Jeremiah 10:5; Habakkuk 2:18; Acts 19:26; Daniel 3:1; 1 Corinthians 8:4
- 11 Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 45:16; Psalm 97:7; Isaiah 1:29; Acts 19:24–34
- 12 Isaiah 41:6–7; Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 46:6–7; Jeremiah 10:3–11; Habakkuk 2:13
- 13 Judges 17:4–5; Deuteronomy 4:16–18; Psalm 115:5–7; Romans 1:23; Acts 17:29
- 14 Isaiah 40:20; Jeremiah 10:3–8; Habakkuk 2:19; Hosea 4:12
- 15 2 Chronicles 25:14; Judges 2:19; Revelation 9:20; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 44:10
- 17 Isaiah 45:20; Daniel 3:29; 1 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 37:38; Isaiah 36:19–20
- 18 Isaiah 6:9–10; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; John 12:39–40; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12; Jeremiah 5:21
- 19 Deuteronomy 27:15; 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:5; Isaiah 5:13; Isaiah 45:20
- 20 Hosea 12:1; Psalm 102:9; Romans 1:28; Job 15:31; Romans 1:25
- 21 Isaiah 44:1–2; Isaiah 49:15–16; Isaiah 46:8–9; Isaiah 43:15; Isaiah 43:1
- 22 Isaiah 43:25; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Acts 3:18–19; Isaiah 43:1; 1 Peter 1:18–19
- 23 Ephesians 1:6–7; Revelation 5:8–14; Psalm 98:7–8; Revelation 19:1–6; Psalm 69:34
- 24 Isaiah 45:12; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 45:18; Revelation 5:9
- 25 Psalm 33:10; Job 5:12–14; 2 Samuel 15:31; Jeremiah 50:36; Isaiah 47:12–14
- 26 1 Kings 18:36–38; Isaiah 42:9; Acts 2:25–28; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Nehemiah 1:3
- 27 Jeremiah 51:36; Jeremiah 50:38; Isaiah 42:15; Revelation 16:12; Jeremiah 51:32
- 28 2 Chronicles 36:22; Isaiah 45:1; Daniel 10:1; Ezra 6:3–18; Isaiah 45:13
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And this shall come to pass through the loving-kindness of God, who says to you, Behold, I will blot out as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a thick cloud thy sins.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
However, a time will come, when all shall be consumed by fire; as Isaiah says of the God of the universe in these words, "That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers." Reject then the foolish wisdom of this world, and receive with me the more simple but infallible doctrine of truth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)