Isaiah 41
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1Keep silence before me, O Islands;
And let the nations renew their strength:
Let them draw near; then let them speak;
Let us come near together to judgment.
2Who hath stirred up from the east him,
Whom justice met at his feet?
Who hath given up the nations before him, that he should rule over kings?
Hath made as the dust, his sword;
As chaff driven by the wind, his bow?
3He hath pursued them, he hath passed safely,
By a way which no man had ever gone with his feet.
4Who hath wrought and done it,
Calling the generations from the beginning?
I Jehovah, the first;
And with the last, I am the same.
5The isles saw it, and feared;
The ends of the earth were terrified:
They drew near, they came together.
6They helped every one his neighbour,
And everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage.
7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
And he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil:
Saying of the soldering, It is good;
And he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
8But thou, O Israel, my servant,
O Jacob, whom I have chosen,
The seed of Abraham my friend;
9Thou, whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called thee from the extremities thereof;
And said unto thee, Thou art my servant;
I have chosen thee, and will not reject thee.
10Fear not, for I am with thee;
Be not dismayed, for I am thy God.
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;
Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11Behold, all they that were enraged against thee shall be ashamed and confounded:
They that contended with thee shall become as nothing, and shall utterly perish.
12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even the men that strove with thee:
They shall become as nothing, and as mere nought, even the men that opposed thee in battle.
13For I Jehovah thy God, hold thee fast by thy right hand,
Saying unto thee, Fear not: I am thy helper.
14Fear not, thou worm Jacob; ye mortals of Israel;
I will help thee, saith Jehovah;
And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15Behold, I have made thee a new sharp threshing wain, armed with pointed teeth:
Thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small;
And shalt make the hills as chaff.
16Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them:
But thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah,
And shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17The poor and needy who seek for water, and there is none;
Whose tongue is parched with thirst:
I Jehovah will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18I will open rivers in the high places,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys:
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of waters.
19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia,
And the myrtle, and the oil-tree;
I will set in the desert the fir-tree,
The plane-tree, and the box together:
20That they might see, and know,
And consider, and understand together,
That the hand of Jehovah hath done this,
And the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21Bring forward your cause, saith Jehovah:
Produce your strong arguments, saith the King of Jacob,
22Let them approach, and tell us the things that shall happen;
The things that shall first happen, what they are, let them tell us;
That we may consider them, and know the event of them:
Or declare to us things to come hereafter.
23Tell us the things that will come to pass in the later times,
That we may know if ye be gods:
Yea, do good, or do evil,
That we may look around us, and behold together.
24Lo, ye are worse than nothing;
And your work is less than nought:
An abomination is he that maketh choice of you.
25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come;
From the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name:
And he shall trample on princes, as on mortar;
And as the potter treadeth down the clay.
26Who hath declared this from the beginning, that we should know it?
And beforehand, that we should say, It is right?
Yea, there was not one that declared it; yea, not one who had spread the report;
Yea, there was not one that heard your words.
27I am the first who said unto Zion, Behold, behold them I
And gave to Jerusalem a messenger of glad tidings.
28And I looked, but there was no man;
Even among these, but there was no counsellor;
And I inquired of them, but there was no one that could return an answer.
29Behold, they are all of them vanity;
Their works are nought:
Mere wind and emptiness are their molten images.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 41
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Fear Not, for I Am with You
1 # [Hab. 2:20; Zech. 2:13] Listen to me in silence, #See ch. 11:11O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgment.
2 # ch. 46:11; [ch. 45:1] Who stirred up one from the east
whom victory meets at every #[Judg. 4:10] step?#41:2 Or whom righteousness calls to follow?
#
2 Chr. 36:23 He gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
# ch. 40:24 like driven stubble with his bow.
3He pursues them and passes on safely,
by paths his feet have not trod.
4 # [ver. 26] Who has performed and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?
# ch. 43:10, 11; 44:6; 48:12; Rev. 1:8, 17; 22:13 I, the Lord, the first,
and with the last; I am he.
5 # See ch. 11:11 The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
the ends of the earth tremble;
they have drawn near and come.
6Everyone helps his neighbor
and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 # ch. 40:19 The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails #[ch. 40:20]so that it cannot be moved.
8But you, Israel, #ch. 44:1, 2 my servant,
Jacob, #Deut. 7:6; 10:15; 14:2; Ps. 135:4; [1 Pet. 2:9] whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham, #2 Chr. 20:7; James 2:23my friend;
9you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
and called #ch. 43:5, 6 from its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are #[See ver. 8 above] my servant,
# [See ver. 8 above] I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
10fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with #Ps. 48:10my righteous right hand.
11 # [ch. 45:24] Behold, all who are incensed against you
shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 #
Ps. 37:10 You shall seek those who contend with you,
but you shall not find them;
# ch. 40:17 those who war against you
shall be as nothing at all.
13For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
I am the one who helps you.”
14Fear not, you #[Ps. 22:6] worm Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
your #ch. 54:5; [Ps. 78:35]; See ch. 43:14Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 #
Mic. 4:13 Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh #[ch. 2:14]the mountains and crush them,
and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 # [Jer. 51:2] you shall winnow them, and #[ver. 2] the wind shall carry them away,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
# ch. 45:25 And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
17 # [ch. 44:3] When the poor and needy seek water,
and there is none,
and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 # ch. 35:6, 7 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
#
Ps. 107:35
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
19 # ch. 35:1, 2; 55:12, 13 I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert #ch. 60:13the cypress,
the plane and the pine together,
20that they may see and know,
may consider and understand together,
that #Job 12:9the hand of the Lord has done this,
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
The Futility of Idols
21Set forth your case, says the Lord;
bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
22Let them bring them, and #[ver. 26; ch. 44:7; 45:21; 46:10]tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them,
that we may know their outcome;
or declare to us the things to come.
23 # [See ver. 22 above] Tell us what is to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods;
# [ch. 45:7] do good, or do harm,
that we may be dismayed and terrified.#41:23 Or that we may both be dismayed and see
24Behold, #ver. 29; [Ps. 115:8; 1 Cor. 8:4]you are nothing,
and your work is less than nothing;
an abomination is he who chooses you.
25 #
Jer. 50:3 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
# ver. 2 from the rising of the sun, #[Ps. 44:5]and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
as the potter treads clay.
26 # [ver. 22] Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know,
and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”?
There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed,
none who heard your words.
27 # ch. 51:12 I was the first to say#41:27 Or Formerly I said to Zion, “Behold, here they are!”
and #ch. 40:9; 52:7I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
28 # See ver. 21-24 But when I look, there is no one;
among these there is no counselor
who, when I ask, gives an answer.
29 # [ver. 12] Behold, they are all a delusion;
their works are nothing;
their metal images are empty wind.
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