Isaiah 41
41
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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Isaiah 41
41
God Helps Israel
1Listen to me in silence, coastlands,
and let nations renew their strength.
Let them approach, then let them speak;
let us draw near together for judgment.
2Who has roused salvation from the east,
summoned#Or “called” him to his foot,
gives nations in his presence,#Literally “before his face”
and subjugates kings?
He makes#Or “gives” them like the dust with his sword,
like scattered stubble with his bow.
3He pursues them and passes on in peace;
he does not enter the path with his feet.
4Who has accomplished and done this,
calling the generations from the beginning?#Literally “head”
I, Yahweh, am first;
and I am the one with the last.
5The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
the ends of the earth tremble.
They have drawn near,
and they have come.
6Each one helps#Hebrew “help” his neighbor;
he says to his brother, “Take courage!”
7And the artisan encourages the goldsmith,#Literally “refiner”
the one who makes smooth with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good!”
And they strengthen it with nails so it cannot be knocked over.
8But#Or “And” you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you, the offspring#Literally “seed” of Abraham my friend,#Literally “beloved”
9you whom I grasped from the ends of the earth
and called from its remotest parts
and told, “You are my servant;
I have chosen you and I have not rejected you.”
10You must not fear, for I am with you;
you must not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you,
indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.
11Look! All those who are angry with you shall be ashamed and humiliated;
your opponents#Literally “the men of your strife” shall be like nothing and shall become lost.
12You shall seek them,
but#Or “and” you shall not find them;
your opponents#Literally “the men of your strife” shall be like nothing,
and the men of your war like nothing.
13For I, Yahweh your God, am grasping your right hand;
it is I who say#Literally “the sayer” to you,
“You must not fear;
I myself, I will help you.
14You must not fear, O worm of Jacob;
people of Israel, I myself, I will help you,”
declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh,
“and your redeemer is the holy one of Israel.
15Look! I will make you into a new sharp threshing sledge,
with#Literally “owner of” sharp edges.
You shall thresh and crush the mountains,
and you shall make the hills like chaff.
16You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
And you yourself shall rejoice in Yahweh;
you shall boast in the holy one of Israel.
17The poor and the needy are seeking water and there is none;
their tongue is dried up with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18I will open rivers on the barren heights
and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness like a pool of water
and the land of dryness like springs of water.
19I will put#Literally “give” the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive oil tree in the wilderness;
I will set the cypress, elm, and box tree together in the desert
20so that they may see and know,
and take to heart and understand together
that the hand of Yahweh has done this,
and the holy one of Israel has created it.”
21“Present your legal case,” says Yahweh.
“Bring your evidence,” says the king of Jacob.
22Let them bring them,
and let them tell us what will happen.
Tell us what the former things are
so that#Or “And” we may take them to our heart
and know their outcome.#Or “end”
Declare to us the things to come;
23tell us the things coming hereafter,#Literally “later”
that#Or “and” we may know that you are gods.
Indeed, do good or#Or “and” do evil,
that#Or “and” we may be afraid and see#Following the reading tradition (Qere); the written text (Kethib) has “fear” together.
24Look! you are nothing,
and your work is something worthless;
whoever chooses you is an abomination.
25I stirred up one from the north,
and he has come from the rising of the sun.
He shall call on my name,
and he shall come on officials as on mortar,
and as the potter#Literally “creator” treads clay.
26Who declared it from the beginning#Literally “head” so that#Or “and” we might know,
and beforehand#Literally “from before faces” so that#Or “and” we might say, “He is right!”#Literally “righteous”
Indeed, there was no one who declared it;
Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it.
Indeed there was no one who heard your words.
27First to Zion, look! Look at them!
And I give a herald#Or “bringer” of good tidings to Jerusalem.
28But#Or “And” I look and there is no man,
and I look among these and there is no counselor,
that#Or “and” I might ask them and they might answer a word.
29Look! All of them are deception;
their works are nothing;
their images are wind and emptiness.
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