Isa 41
1 The LORD Strengthens Israel
Dedicate
a feast to me, O islands, for the rulers shall change strength. Let them approach and speak together, then [
2judgment
1let them announce]!
2Who awakened [
2from
3the east
1righteousness], called it by his feet, and it shall go? He shall appoint against nations, and [
2kings
1he shall recede], and he shall put [
2into
3the earth
1their swords], and [
2as
3sticks
4being pushed out
1their bows].
3And he shall pursue them; [
4shall go through
5in
6peace
1the
2way
3of his feet].
4Who exerted energy and did these
things? He called her -- the one calling her from [
2of generations
1the beginning]; I God,
the first and into the coming, I am.
5[
2beheld
1Nations] and they feared; the tips of the earth are startled; they approached and came together,
6judging each for the neighbor, and [
2for the
3brother
1helping]; and shall say,
7[
2was strong
1The man] --
the fabricator, and
the brazier beating with a hammer [
2together
1forging]; how long then shall he say,
The coupling is good, they strengthened them with nails; they shall establish them, and it shall not be moved.
8But you, O Israel my servant, Jacob whom I chose, seed of Abraham whom I loved;
9whom I took hold of from
the uttermost parts of the earth; and from out of its heights I called you; and I said to you, [
2servant
1You are my]; I chose you, and I did not abandon you.
10Do not fear! [
3with
4you
1for
2I am]. Do not wander! for I am your God; the one strengthening you, and I will give help to you, and safeguard you [
2right
hand 1by my just].
11Behold, [
3shall be ashamed
4and
5shall be respectful
1all
2your adversaries], for they will be as not existing; and [
3shall perish
1all
2your opponents].
12You shall seek them, and in no way shall you find the men who shall insult while drunk with wine against you; for they shall be as ones not being; and [
4shall not
5be
1the ones
2waging war against
3you].
13For I
am your God, the one holding your right
hand, the one saying to you,
14Do not fear, O Jacob, O Israel, very few in number! I gave help to you, says your God, the one ransoming you, O Israel.
15Behold, I made you as wheels of a wagon threshing -- new, toothed; and you shall thresh
the mountains, and shall thin out
the hills, and [
2as
3dust
1make
them].
16And you shall winnow
them, and a wind shall take them, and
the gale shall scatter them. But you shall be glad among the holy ones of Israel.
17And [
6will exult
1the
2poor
3and
4the ones
5lacking]; for they shall seek water and none will be; their tongue [
2from
3the
4thirst
1was dried up]. I
the LORD shall heed, the God of Israel, and I will not abandon them.
18But I will open [
2upon
3the
4mountains
1rivers], and [
2in
3the midst
4of plains
1springs]; I will make the wilderness into marshes of waters, and the thirsting ground in aqueducts.
19I will put into the waterless earth
the cedar and boxwood, and myrtle, and cypress, and white poplar;
20that they should behold, and should know, and should reflect on, and should have knowledge of together that
the hand of
the LORD did these
things, and the holy one of Israel introduced
them.
21[
2approaches
1Your judgment], says
the LORD God; [
2approached
1your counsels], says the king of Jacob.
22Let them approach and announce to you! what shall come to pass, or the
things prior to what it was you said. And we will attend our mind, and we shall know what the last
things and the ones coming
are.
23Tell to us! announce the
things coming at
the latter end! and we shall know that you are gods. [
2good
1Do] and do evil! and we shall wonder, and we shall see at the same time;
24for from what place you are, and from what place your work is from; [
4out of
5the earth
3an abomination
1they chose
2you].
25But I raised up the one from
the north, and the one from
the sun eastward; they shall be called by my name; let [
2come
1the rulers]! and as clay of a potter, and as a potter trampling down the clay, so you shall be trampled.
26For who shall announce the
things from
the beginning, that we should know also the
things happening before, and we shall say that they are true? There is not the one speaking beforehand, nor one hearing your words.
27[
2sovereignty
3to Zion
1I will give], and I will comfort Jerusalem in
the way.
28For from the nations, behold,
there was no one; and from their idols there was not one announcing. And if I should ask them, From what place are you? in no way should they answer me.
29For they are the ones making you,
so you say, and in folly ones misleading you.