They will sprout among[a] the grass
like poplars by flowing streams.
This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;
another will use the name of Jacob;
still another will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’
and take on the name of Israel.”

No God Other Than the Lord

This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer,(A) the Lord of Armies, says:

I am the first and I am the last.(B)
There is no God but me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 44:4 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX read as among

They will spring up like grass(A) in a meadow,
    like poplar trees(B) by flowing streams.(C)
Some will say, ‘I belong(D) to the Lord’;
    others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand,(E) ‘The Lord’s,’(F)
    and will take the name Israel.

The Lord, Not Idols

“This is what the Lord says—
    Israel’s King(G) and Redeemer,(H) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;(I)
    apart from me there is no God.(J)

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