What does Isaias Chapter 44 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Isaias 44 calls chosen Jacob and Israel to hear and not fear their maker and helper from the womb. Water for thirsty ground accompanies spirit poured on seed and blessing on stock, springing like willows by running water. Individuals profess belonging to the Lord, take Jacob's name or subscribe with a hand and surname Israel. The text does not specifically describe writing on skin. The king and redeemer declares himself first and last, challenges declaration of ancient and future things and calls the people witnesses.

Idol makers and their favored works are described as unprofitable and confounded. A smith uses file, coals and hammers, working until hungry, faint and weary. A carpenter uses rule, plane, corners and compass to form a beautiful human image dwelling in a house. Cedars, holm and oak are cut, while planted pine receives rain. Wood supplies fuel, warmth, bread, dressed meat and boiled pottage; its residue becomes a worshipped god asked to deliver. Covered eyes and uncomprehending hearts fail to consider the contradiction, or ask whether the right hand holds a lie. No tongs, domestic shrine, shivering household, stove or exact half-division is supplied.

Jacob is to remember its formation as servant and not forget the Lord. Iniquities are blotted as cloud and sins as mist, with a call to return. Heaven, earth's ends, mountains, forest and trees are called to praise mercy and redemption. The creator alone stretches heaven and establishes earth, frustrates diviners and soothsayers and makes wise knowledge foolish. Servant and messenger words are fulfilled in Jerusalem's habitation, Juda's rebuilding, dried rivers and Cyrus named shepherd. Jerusalem will be built and temple foundations laid. The chapter supplies no precise lead time for the naming or completed reconstruction scene.