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Isaías 44 Biblia en inglés básico
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1 And now, give ear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself:
1 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.
2 The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.
2 This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.
3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring;
4 And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.
4 and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
5 One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will give himself the name, Jacob; another will put a mark on his hand, I am the Lord's, and another will take the name of Israel for himself.
5 One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s.’ Another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
6 The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.
6 This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
7 If there is one like me, let him come forward and say it, let him make it clear and put it in order before me: who has made clear in the past the things to come? let him make clear the future to me.
7 Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare the things that are coming, and that will happen.
8 Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?
8 Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
9 Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.
9 Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.
10 Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.
10 Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
11 Truly, all those who make use of secret arts will be put to shame, and their words of power are only words of men: let them all come forward together; they will all be in fear and be put to shame.
11 Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed; and the workmen are mere men. Let them all be gathered together. Let them stand up. They will fear. They will be put to shame together.
12 The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
12 The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
13 The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.
13 The carpenter stretches out a line. He marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes. He marks it out with compasses, and shapes it like the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to reside in a house.
14 He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.
14 He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a cypress tree, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Then it will be used to make a fire, so that a man may get warm; he has the oven heated with it and makes bread: he makes a god with it, to which he gives worship: he makes a pictured image out of it, and goes down on his face before it.
15 Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he burns it and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 With part of it he makes a fire, and on the fire he gets meat cooked and takes a full meal: he makes himself warm, and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire:
16 He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire.”
17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god.
17 The rest of it he makes into a god, even his engraved image. He bows down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
18 They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
18 They don’t know, neither do they consider, for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see, and their hearts, that they can’t understand.
19 And no one takes note, no one has enough knowledge or wisdom to say, I have put part of it in the fire, and made bread on it; I have had a meal of the flesh cooked with it: and am I now to make the rest of it into a false god? am I to go down on my face before a bit of wood?
19 No one thinks, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire. Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals. I have roasted meat and eaten it. Shall I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I bow down to a tree trunk?”
20 As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.
20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
21 Keep these things in mind, O Jacob; and you Israel, for you are my servant: I have made you; you are my servant; O Israel, I will not let you go out of my memory.
21 Remember these things, Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23 Make a song, O heavens, for the Lord has done it: give a loud cry, you deep parts of the earth: let your voices be loud in song, you mountains, and you woods with all your trees: for the Lord has taken up the cause of Jacob, and will let his glory be seen in Israel.
23 Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
24 The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?
24 Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
25 Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
25 who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
26 Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:
26 who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited;’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be built,’ and ‘I will raise up its waste places;’
27 Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will make your rivers dry:
27 who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’ and ‘I will dry up your rivers,’
28 Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.
28 who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”
Referencias cruzadas (27)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaías 41:8; Romanos 11:5–6; Jeremías 30:10; Salmo 105:6; Hebreos 3:7–8
- 2 Jeremías 1:5; Isaías 43:1; Isaías 46:3–4; Isaías 44:24; Isaías 43:7
- 3 Joel 2:28; Hechos 2:17; Isaías 59:21; Juan 7:37–39; Proverbios 1:23
- 4 Isaías 58:11; Salmo 1:3; Salmo 92:13–15; Ezequiel 17:5; Salmo 137:1–2
- 5 Zacarías 13:9; Deuteronomio 26:17–19; Nehemías 9:38–10:29; 1 Pedro 2:9; Gálatas 6:16
- 6 Isaías 41:4; Isaías 43:10–11; Apocalipsis 1:8; Apocalipsis 22:13; Isaías 44:8
- 7 Isaías 41:26; Isaías 41:22; Isaías 46:9–10; Isaías 45:21; Isaías 43:9
- 8 Isaías 43:10; 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomio 4:35; Deuteronomio 4:39; Juan 10:30
- 9 Isaías 41:24; Jeremías 10:14–15; Habacuc 2:18–20; Salmo 97:7; Isaías 41:29
- 10 Jeremías 10:5; Habacuc 2:18; Hechos 19:26; Daniel 3:1; 1 Corintios 8:4
- 11 Isaías 42:17; Isaías 45:16; Salmo 97:7; Isaías 1:29; Hechos 19:24–34
- 12 Isaías 41:6–7; Isaías 40:19; Isaías 46:6–7; Jeremías 10:3–11; Habacuc 2:13
- 13 Jueces 17:4–5; Deuteronomio 4:16–18; Salmo 115:5–7; Romanos 1:23; Hechos 17:29
- 14 Isaías 40:20; Jeremías 10:3–8; Habacuc 2:19; Oseas 4:12
- 15 2 Crónicas 25:14; Jueces 2:19; Apocalipsis 9:20; Isaías 45:20; Isaías 44:10
- 17 Isaías 45:20; Daniel 3:29; 1 Reyes 18:26; Isaías 37:38; Isaías 36:19–20
- 18 Isaías 6:9–10; 2 Corintios 4:3–4; Juan 12:39–40; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:9–12; Jeremías 5:21
- 19 Deuteronomio 27:15; 1 Reyes 11:7; 1 Reyes 11:5; Isaías 5:13; Isaías 45:20
- 20 Oseas 12:1; Salmo 102:9; Romanos 1:28; Job 15:31; Romanos 1:25
- 21 Isaías 44:1–2; Isaías 49:15–16; Isaías 46:8–9; Isaías 43:15; Isaías 43:1
- 22 Isaías 43:25; 1 Corintios 6:20; Hechos 3:18–19; Isaías 43:1; 1 Pedro 1:18–19
- 23 Efesios 1:6–7; Apocalipsis 5:8–14; Salmo 98:7–8; Apocalipsis 19:1–6; Salmo 69:34
- 24 Isaías 45:12; Isaías 42:5; Isaías 54:5; Isaías 45:18; Apocalipsis 5:9
- 25 Salmo 33:10; Job 5:12–14; 2 Samuel 15:31; Jeremías 50:36; Isaías 47:12–14
- 26 1 Reyes 18:36–38; Isaías 42:9; Hechos 2:25–28; 2 Pedro 1:19–21; Nehemías 1:3
- 27 Jeremías 51:36; Jeremías 50:38; Isaías 42:15; Apocalipsis 16:12; Jeremías 51:32
- 28 2 Crónicas 36:22; Isaías 45:1; Daniel 10:1; Esdras 6:3–18; Isaías 45:13
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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.
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)