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Iz 44, 1-28

1 And now, listen, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 Thus says the Lord, who made and formed you, your Helper from the womb: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant and my most righteous, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and rivers upon the dry land. I will pour out my Spirit upon your offspring, and my benediction upon your stock. 4 And they will spring up among the plants, like willows beside running waters. 5 This one will say, “I am the Lord’s,” and that one will call himself by the name of Jacob, and yet another will write with his hand, “For the Lord,” and he will take the name Israel. 6 Thus says the Lord, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and there is no God apart from me. 7 Who is like me? Let him call out and announce it. And let him explain to me the order of things, since it is I who appointed the ancient people. The things of the near and the distant future, let him announce them. 8 Do not be afraid, and do not be disturbed. From the time when I caused you to listen, I also announced it. You are my witnesses. Is there another God beside me, also a Maker, whom I have not known? 9 All of those who create idols are nothing, and their most beloved things will not benefit them. These are their witnesses, for they do not see, and they do not understand, so that they might be 417 confounded. 10 Who has formed a god or cast a molten image, which is useful for nothing? 11 Behold, all those who partake in this will be confounded. For these makers are men. They will all assemble together. They will stand and be terrified. And they will be confounded together. 12 The maker of iron has wrought with his file. With coals and hammers, he has formed it, and he has wrought with the strength of his arm. He will hunger and grow faint. He will not drink water, and he will become weary. 13 The maker of wood has extended his ruler. He has formed it with a plane. He has made it with corners, and he has smoothed its curves. And he has made the image of a man, a seemingly beautiful man, dwelling in a house. 14 He has cut down cedars; he has taken the evergreen oak, and the oak that stood among the trees of the forest. He has planted the pine tree, which the rain has nourished. 15 And it is used by men for fuel. He took from it and warmed himself. And he set it on fire and baked bread. But from the remainder, he made a god, and he adored it. He made an idol, and he bowed down before it. 16 Part of it, he burned with fire, and with part of it, he cooked meat; he boiled food and was filled. And he was warmed, and so he said: “Ah, I am warm. I have gazed at the fire.” 17 But from its remainder, he made a god and a graven image for himself. He bowed down before it, and he adored it, and he prayed to it, saying: “Free me! For you are my god.” 18 They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart. 19 They do not consider in their mind, nor do they know, nor do they think to say: “I have burned part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon its coals. I have cooked flesh and I have eaten. And from its remainder, should I make an idol? Should I fall prostrate before the trunk of a tree?” 20 Part of it is ashes. His foolish heart adores it. And he will not liberate his soul, and he will not say, “Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.” 21 Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel. For you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant, Israel. Do not forget me. 22 I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you. 23 Give praise, O heavens! For the Lord has shown mercy. Shout with joy, O ends of the earth! Let the mountains resound with praise, with the forest and all its trees. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and Israel will be glorified. 24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and your Maker from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things, who alone extends the heavens, who makes the earth firm. And there is no one with me. 25 I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness. 26 I lift up the word of my servant, and I fulfill the counsel of my messengers. I say to Jerusalem, “You shall be inhabited,” and to the cities of Judah, “You shall be rebuilt,” and I will lift up its deserts. 27 I say to the depths, “Be desolate,” and, “I will dry up your rivers.” 28 I say to Cyrus, “You are my shepherd, and you will accomplish all that I will.” I say to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,” and to the Temple, “Your foundations shall be laid.”

Verš 1

And now, listen, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

Iz 41:8 - But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.

Iz 43:5 - Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.

Jer 30:10 - Therefore, O my servant Jacob, you should not be 444 afraid, says the Lord, and you should not be frightened, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from a far away land, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he shall flow with every good thing. And there will be no one for him to dread.

Jer 46:27 - And as for you, my servant Jacob, you should not be afraid, and you should not dread, O Israel. For behold, I will bring your salvation from afar, and your offspring from the land of your captivity. And Jacob will return and have rest, and he will prosper. And there will be no one who may terrify him.

Verš 3

For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and rivers upon the dry land. I will pour out my Spirit upon your offspring, and my benediction upon your stock.

Iz 35:7 - And the land that was dry will have a pond, and the thirsty land will have fountains of water. In the hollows where the serpents lived before, there will rise up the greenery of reed and bulrush.

Joe 2:28 - And after this, it will happen that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy; your elders will dream dreams, and your youths will see visions.

Jn 7:38 - whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, ‘From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”

Sk 2:18 - And certainly, upon my men and women servants in those days, I will pour out from my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.

Verš 6

Thus says the Lord, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and there is no God apart from me.

Iz 41:4 - Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”

Iz 48:12 - Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.

Zjv 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Zjv 1:17 - And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet, like one who is dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

Zjv 22:13 - I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Verš 8

Do not be afraid, and do not be disturbed. From the time when I caused you to listen, I also announced it. You are my witnesses. Is there another God beside me, also a Maker, whom I have not known?

Dt 4:35 - So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.

Dt 4:39 - Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and 98 there is no other.

Dt 32:39 - See that I am alone, and there is no other god beside me. I will kill, and I will cause to live. I will strike, and I will heal. And there is no one who is able to rescue from my hand.

1Sam 2:2 - Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong.

Iz 45:21 - Announce it, and approach, and consult together. Who has caused this to be heard from the beginning, and who has foretold it from that time? Is it not I, the Lord? And is there some other god beside me? I am a just God who saves, and there is no one except me.

Verš 11

Behold, all those who partake in this will be confounded. For these makers are men. They will all assemble together. They will stand and be terrified. And they will be confounded together.

Ž 97:7 - Let the sea be moved and all its fullness, the whole world and all who dwell in it.

Iz 1:29 - For they shall be confounded because of the idols, to which they have sacrificed. And you shall be ashamed over the gardens that you chose,

Iz 42:17 - They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, “You are our god.”

Iz 45:16 - They have all been confounded and should be ashamed! These fabricators of errors have departed together into confusion!

Verš 12

The maker of iron has wrought with his file. With coals and hammers, he has formed it, and he has wrought with the strength of his arm. He will hunger and grow faint. He will not drink water, and he will become weary.

Iz 10:3 - What will you do on the day of visitation and calamity which is approaching from afar? To whom will you flee for assistance? And where will you leave behind your own glory,

Verš 24

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and your Maker from the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things, who alone extends the heavens, who makes the earth firm. And there is no one with me.

Jób 9:8 - He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.

Ž 104:2 - Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.

Iz 40:22 - He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.

Iz 42:5 - Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it.

Iz 45:12 - I made the earth, and I created man upon it. My hand stretched out the heavens, and I have commanded all their hosts.

Iz 44,3-5 - Výrok týchto veršov treba rozumieť v duchovnom zmysle. Aj spomedzi cudzincov mnohí sa obrátia k pravému Bohu. Títo budú rozličným spôsobom hlásať, že patria pravému Bohu a chcú byť členmi jeho národa.

Iz 44,8 - Porov. 17,10; 26,4; 30,29.

Iz 44,23 - Prorok vo svojom videní vidí už oslobodený národ, preto volá vesmír k radostnému chválospevu.

Iz 44,25 - Predpovede veštcov, ktorých bolo v Babylone hojne, nesplnia sa, a tak sa dokáže, že sú šialenci.

Iz 44,27 - Ak bude treba, Boh urobí zas svojmu ľudu cestu cez vodu, ako pri východe z Egypta cez Červené more a cez Jordán.

Iz 44,28 - Boh predpovedá aj meno muža, ktorý rozkáže znovu vybudovať Jeruzalem. Je pravda, že predpovedanie mena niektorého človeka je vec mimoriadna, ale každé proroctvo je mimoriadne a niet príčiny pochybovať, že Boh predpovedal aj meno tohto perzského kráľa. – Boh volá Kýra pastierom, lebo sa má starať o Boží ľud ako pastier o stádo.