1 God says to Jacob and Israel, My people, listen. I picked you. ❤️ 2 God made you. God will help you. Do not be scared, My chosen people. 3 I will give water to dry land. I will give God's Holy Spirit to your kids. I will bless your family. ️ 4 Your kids will grow like plants by water. 5 People will say, I am God’s. Others will write, I belong to God. Some will say, I am Israel. ✍️ 6 God, the King of Israel, says: I am first and last. Only I am God. 1️⃣ 7 Who is like God? No one. God tells what will happen. ️ 8 Do not be afraid. I told you before, and you saw it. There is no other God. I am your strong safe place. ️⛰️ 9 People make fake gods. That is no good. They do not see or know. 10 Why make a fake god that cannot help? ❓ 11 The makers will feel bad. They are only men. They will be scared. 12 A man hits hot iron in fire. He works hard, gets hungry and weak and thirsty. 13 A man draws lines on wood. He cuts and makes it smooth. He makes a man shape to sit in a house. ✏️ 14 He cuts a tree. He plants a tree. Rain makes it grow. ️ 15 He burns some wood to get warm and bake bread. He makes the rest a fake god and kneels to it. 16 With half, he cooks meat and feels warm. He says, I am warm! 17 With the rest, he makes a fake god. He prays, Please save me. You are my god. 18 They cannot see or understand. Their eyes and hearts are shut. 19 No one stops to think, I used half for fire. Why kneel to a wood block? 20 He eats fire dust, not food. His heart tricks him. He cannot see the lie in his hand. 21 Remember, Jacob and Israel. You are My helper. I made you. I will not forget you. ❤️ 22 I wiped away your bad like a cloud goes away. Come back to Me. I saved you. ☁️➡️☀️ 23 Sky, sing! Earth, shout! Hills and trees, sing! God saved Jacob! God gets praise in Israel! ️ 24 God says: I saved you. I made you before you were born. I made the sky and the land by Myself. 25 God stops lies. He ends bad magic. He shows proud smart men are wrong. ✋ 26 God keeps His word. He says, Jerusalem will have people again. The towns of Judah will be built again. I will fix the broken places. ️ 27 God says to the sea, Be dry! I will dry rivers. ➡️ 28 God says about a man named Cyrus: He will lead for Me. He will say, Build Jerusalem again! Lay the base of My house again. ️