Isaiah 41:1 "Keep silent2790 before me, islands,339 and let the peoples3816 renew2498 their strength.3581 Let them come near,5066 then let them speak.1696 Let's meet7126 together3162 for judgment.4941 cr 2 Who has raised up5782 one from the east?4217 Who called7121 him to his foot7272 in righteousness?6664 He hands5414 over nations1471 to6440 him, and makes him rule7287 over kings.4428 He gives5414 them like the dust6083 to his sword,2719 like the driven5086 stubble7179 to his bow.7198 cr 3 He pursues7291 them, and passes5674 by safely,7965 Even by a way734 that he had not gone935 with his feet.7272 cr 4 Who has worked6466 and done6213 it, calling7121 the generations1755 from the beginning?7218 I, Yahweh,3068 the first,7223 and with the last,314 I am he." cr

Isaiah 41:5 The islands339 have seen,7200 and fear.3372 The ends7098 of the earth776 tremble.2729 They approach,7126 and come.857 cr 6 Everyone376 helps5826 his neighbor.7453 They say559 to their brothers,251 "Be strong!"2388 cr 7 So the carpenter2796 encourages2388 the goldsmith.6884 He who smoothes2505 with the hammer6360 encourages him who strikes1986 the anvil,6471 saying559 of the soldering,1694 "It is good;"2896 and he fastens2388 it with nails,4548 that it might not totter.4131 cr 8 "But you, Israel,3478 my servant,5650 Jacob3290 whom I have chosen,977{or, seed} the seed2233 of Abraham85 my friend,157 cr 9 You whom I have taken2388 hold of from the ends7098 of the earth,776 and called7121 from its corners,678 and said559 to you, ‘You are my servant,5650 I have chosen977 you and not cast you away;'3988 cr 10 Don't you be afraid,3372 for I am with you. Don't be dismayed,8159 for I am your God.430 I will strengthen553 you. Yes, I will help5826 you. Yes, I will uphold8551 you with the right hand3225 of my righteousness.6664 cr 11 Behold, all those who are incensed2734 against you will be disappointed954 and confounded.3637 Those582 who strive7379 with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.6 cr 12 You will seek1245 them, and won't find4672 them, even those582 who contend4695 with you. Those who war4421 against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent657 thing. cr 13 For I, Yahweh3068 your God,430 will hold2388 your right hand,3225 saying559 to you, ‘Don't be afraid.3372 I will help5826 you.' cr 14 Don't be afraid,3372 you worm8438 Jacob,3290 and you men4962 of Israel.3478 I will help5826 you," says5002 Yahweh,3068 "and your Redeemer1350 is the Holy One6918 of Israel.3478 cr 15 Behold, I have made7760 you into a new2319 sharp2742 threshing4173 instrument with1167 teeth.6374 You will thresh1758 the mountains,2022 and beat them small,1854 and will make7760 the hills1389 like chaff.4671 cr 16 You will winnow2219 them, and the wind7307 will carry them away,5375 and the whirlwind5591 will scatter6327 them. You will rejoice1523 in Yahweh.3068 You will glory1984 in the Holy One6918 of Israel.3478 cr 17 The poor6041 and needy34 seek1245 water,4325 and there is none. Their tongue3956 fails5405 for thirst.6772 I, Yahweh,3068 will answer6030 them. I, the God430 of Israel,3478 will not forsake5800 them. cr 18 I will open6605 rivers5104 on the bare heights,8205 and springs4599 in the midst8432 of the valleys.1237 I will make7760 the wilderness4057 a pool98 of water,4325 and the dry6723 land776 springs4161 of water.4325 cr 19 I will put5414 cedar,730 acacia,7848 myrtle,1918 and oil8081 trees7848 in the wilderness.4057 I will set7760 fir trees,6086 pine,8410 and box trees1265 together3162 in the desert;6160 cr 20 that they may see,7200 know,3045 consider,7760 and understand7919 together,3162 that the hand3027 of Yahweh3068 has done6213 this, and the Holy One6918 of Israel3478 has created1254 it. cr 21 Produce7126 your cause,"7379 says559 Yahweh.3068 "Bring forth5066 your strong6110 reasons," says559 the King4428 of Jacob.3290 cr 22 "Let them announce,5066 and declare5046 to us what shall happen.7136 Declare5046 the former things,7223 what they are, that we may consider7760 them, and know3045 the latter end319 of them; or show8085 us things to come.935 cr 23 Declare5046 the things that are to come857 hereafter,268 that we may know3045 that you are gods.430 Yes, do good,3190 or do evil,7489 that we may be dismayed,8159 and see7200 it together.3162 cr 24 Behold, you are of nothing,369 and your work6467 is of nothing.659 He who chooses977 you is an abomination.8441 cr

Isaiah 41:25 "I have raised up5782 one from the north,6828 and he has come;857 from the rising4217 of the sun,8121 one who calls7121 on my name;8034 and he shall come935 on rulers5461 as on mortar,2563 and as the potter3335 treads7429 clay.2916 cr 26 Who has declared5046 it from the beginning,7218 that we may know?3045 And before,6440 that we may say,559 ‘He is right?'6662 Surely, there is no one who declares.5046 Surely, there is no one who shows.8085 Surely, there is no one who hears8085 your words.561 cr 27 I am the first7223 to say to Zion,6726 ‘Behold,2009 look2009 at them;' and I will give5414 one who brings good news1319 to Jerusalem.3389 cr 28 When I look,7200 there is no man;376 even among them there is no counselor3289 who, when I ask7592 of them, can answer7725 a word.1697 cr 29 Behold, all of them, their works4639 are vanity205 and nothing.657 Their molten images5262 are wind7307 and confusion.8414 cr