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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 44
The Lord's Spirit shall be poured out on the seed of Israel—Idols of
wood are as fuel for a fire—The Lord shall gather, bless, and redeem
Israel, and rebuild Jerusalem.
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1 YET now hear, O Jacob my
aservant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and
aformed thee from the womb, which will help thee;
Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, bJesurun, whom I
have chosen.
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3 For I will pour water upon ahim
that is bthirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will
pour my cspirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine
offspring:
4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
5 One shall say, I am the
aLORD's; and another shall call himself by the
bname of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his
hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
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6 Thus saith the LORD the aKing of
Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the
bfirst, and I am the last; and beside me there
is no God.
7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
8 aFear ye not, neither be afraid:
have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye
are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there
is no bGod; I know not any.
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9 ¶ They that make a graven
aimage are all of them vanity; and their
bdelectable things shall not profit; and they
are their own witnessesa; they csee not, nor
know; that they may be ashamed.
10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven
aimage that is profitable for nothing?
11 Behold, all his afellows shall
be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered
together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they
shall be ashamed together.
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9a they are their own witnesses
This is the thing about the false vanity of the wickedness of man. They
consider themselves justified by the belief in their own corrupt desires
of their evil natures. The do call evil good and good evil and they from
the very house tops (D&C 1:3 & Luke 12:3), as it were, broadcast their own sins shouting them
out shamelessly before the world to hear them condemning themselves by
their own mouths, witnessing as it were against themselves. Such are the
sodomites of today, those who are the murderers of babies from the womb,
and all who declared their sinful natures, which they do glory in before God.
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12 The asmith with the tongs both
worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the
strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he
drinketh no water, and is faint.
13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
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15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
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18 They have not aknown nor
understood: for he hath bshut their eyes, that they cannot
see; and their chearts, that they cannot
understand.
19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is
there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the
fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted
flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an
abomination? shall I fall down to the astock of a
tree?
20 He feedeth on ashes: a adeceived
heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is
there not a blie in my right hand?
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21 ¶ Remember athese, O Jacob
and Israel; for thou art my bservant: I have formed
thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be
cforgotten of me.
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy
atransgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me;
for I have redeemed thee.
23 aSing, O ye heavens; for the
LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth
into bsinging, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree
therein: for the LORD hath credeemed Jacob, and glorified
himself in Israel.
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24 Thus saith the LORD, thy
aredeemer, and he that bformed thee from
the womb, I am the LORD that cmaketh all
things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth
abroad the earth by myselfa;
25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and
maketh diviners mad; that turneth awise men
backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will
adry up thy rivers:
28 That saith of aCyrus,
He is my bshepherd, and shall perform all my
cpleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be
dbuilt; and to the etemple, Thy
foundation shall be laid.
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24a that stretcheth forth the heavens
alone; that preadeth abroad the earth by myself; While it is under
the direction, supervision, and authorization of God the Father of Spirits,
and by that power from him as confirmed upon The Son, it is by the single
hand of Jehovah, The Son, that all things are done, for without him there was
nothing that was not created by him in terms of this temporal creation of the
second estate which includes the whole of the universe and all things that in
it is. And whether by other's help and aid, He, Jehovah, stands as the sole
creator, the sole God of it all, the whole of temporal creation. He is its God
and we are his work; and beside him there is no other God of it, though he
does operate under the supervision and direction of his Father and our Father
of our spirit. He created it, he is responsable for it, and he alone doeth
redeem it. There is no one else, there is no other way by which men may be
so redeemed and saved but by and through him.
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