The Only God

Isaiah 44:1-8

Good News Translation (GNT)

Isaiah 44

The Lord Is the Only God

 ¹ The Lord says,

  
         Listen now, Israel, my servant,
      my chosen people, the descendants of Jacob.
 ² I am the Lord who created you;
      from the time you were born, I have helped you.
   Do not be afraid; you are my servant,
      my chosen people whom I love.

 ³ I will give water to the thirsty land
      and make streams flow on the dry ground.
   I will pour out my spirit on your children
      and my blessing on your descendants.
 ⁴ They will thrive like well-watered grass,
      like willows by streams of running water.

 ⁵ One by one, people will say, I am the Lord's.
         
      They will come to join the people of Israel.
   They each will mark the name of the Lord on their arms
      and call themselves one of God's people.  

 ⁶ The Lord, who rules and protects Israel,
      the Lord Almighty, has this to say:
  
         I am the first, the last, the only God;
      there is no other god but me.
 ⁷ Could anyone else have done what I did?
      Who could have predicted all that would happen
      from the very beginning to the end of time?^[a]
 8 Do not be afraid, my people!
   You know that from ancient times until now
      I have predicted all that would happen,
      and you are my witnesses.
   Is there any other god?
   Is there some powerful god I never heard of