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Who is like me? Let him proclaim
    and declare it, and lay it out for himself—[a]
since he made[b] an ancient people.
    And let him speak[c] future events;
        let them tell him what[d] will happen.
Don’t tremble, and don’t be afraid.[e]
    Didn’t I tell you and announce it long ago?
You are my witnesses.
    Is there any God besides me?
There is no other Rock—
    I don’t know of any.”

A Rebuke to Idol Worship

Now,[f] all the forming of[g] images means nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their own witnesses cannot see, and they[h] know nothing. So they will be put to shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 44:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read me
  2. Isaiah 44:7 Or himself, making him; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX read since I made
  3. Isaiah 44:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT LXX lack let him speak
  4. Isaiah 44:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read and what
  5. Isaiah 44:8 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks and do not be afraid
  6. Isaiah 44:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Now
  7. Isaiah 44:9 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read those who form
  8. Isaiah 44:9 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads They