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World English Bible Classic
[1] “Keep silent before me, islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
then let them speak.
Let’s meet together for judgment.
[2] Who has raised up one from the east?
Who called him to his feet in righteousness?
He hands over nations to him
and makes him rule over kings.
He gives them like the dust to his sword,
like the driven stubble to his bow.
[3] He pursues them
and passes by safely,
even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
[4] Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
[5] The islands have seen, and fear.
The ends of the earth tremble.
They approach, and come.
[6] Everyone helps his neighbor.
They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
[7] So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good;”
and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
[8] “But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham my friend,
[9] you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
and called from its corners,
and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
[10] Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
[11] Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded.
Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
[12] You will seek them, and won’t find them,
even those who contend with you.
Those who war against you will be as nothing,
as a nonexistent thing.
[13] For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand,
saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid.
I will help you.’
[14] Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you,” says Yahweh.
“Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
[15] Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth.
You will thresh the mountains,
and beat them small,
and will make the hills like chaff.
[16] You will winnow them,
and the wind will carry them away,
and the whirlwind will scatter them.
You will rejoice in Yahweh.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
[17] The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
Their tongue fails for thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
[18] I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and springs in the middle of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water.
[19] I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness.
I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
[20] that they may see, know, consider, and understand together,
that Yahweh’s hand has done this,
and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
[21] Produce your cause,” says Yahweh.
“Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.
[22] “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen!
Declare the former things, what they are,
that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them;
or show us things to come.
[23] Declare the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods.
Yes, do good, or do evil,
that we may be dismayed,
and see it together.
[24] Behold, you are nothing,
and your work is nothing.
He who chooses you is an abomination.
[25] “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name,
and he shall come on rulers as on mortar,
and as the potter treads clay.
[26] Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’?
Surely, there is no one who declares.
Surely, there is no one who shows.
Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
[27] I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’
and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
[28] When I look, there is no man,
even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word.
[29] Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion.
King James Version
[1] Keep silence H2790 before me, O islands; H339 and let the people H3816 renew H2498 their strength: H3581 let them come near; H5066 then H227 let them speak: H1696 let us come near H7126 together H3162 to judgment. H4941 [2] Who raised up H5782 the righteous H6664 man§ from the east, H4217 called H7121 him to his foot, H7272 gave H5414 the nations H1471 before H6440 him, and made him rule H7287 over kings? H4428 he gave H5414 them as the dust H6083 to his sword, H2719 and as driven H5086 stubble H7179 to his bow. H7198 [3] He pursued H7291 them, and passed H5674 safely; H7965§ even by the way H734 that he had not gone H935 with his feet. H7272 [4] Who hath wrought H6466 and done H6213 it, calling H7121 the generations H1755 from the beginning? H7218 I the Lord, H3068 the first, H7223 and with the last; H314 I am he. [5] The isles H339 saw H7200 it, and feared; H3372 the ends H7098 of the earth H776 were afraid, H2729 drew near, H7126 and came. H857 [6] They helped H5826 every one H376 H853 his neighbour; H7453 and every one said H559 to his brother, H251 Be of good courage. H2388§ [7] So the carpenter H2796 encouraged H2388 H853 the goldsmith, H6884§ and he that smootheth H2505 with the hammer H6360 H853 him that smote H1986§ the anvil, H6471 saying, H559ⓘ It is ready H2896 for the sodering: H1694 and he fastened H2388 it with nails, H4548 that it should not be moved. H4131

Appeal to Exiles

[8] But thou, Israel, H3478 art my servant, H5650 Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen, H977 the seed H2233 of Abraham H85 my friend. H157
[9] Thou whom I have taken H2388 from the ends H7098 of the earth, H776 and called H7121 thee from the chief men H678 thereof, and said H559 unto thee, Thou art my servant; H5650 I have chosen H977 thee, and not cast thee away. H3988 [10] Fear H3372 thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; H8159 for I am thy God: H430 I will strengthen H553 thee; yea, I will help H5826 thee; yea, I will uphold H8551 thee with the right hand H3225 of my righteousness. H6664 [11] Behold, all they that were incensed H2734 against thee shall be ashamed H954 and confounded: H3637 they shall be as nothing; and they H582 that strive H7379 with thee§ shall perish. H6 [12] Thou shalt seek H1245 them, and shalt not find H4672 them, even them H582 that contended H4695§ with thee: they that war H4421 against thee§ shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. H657 [13] For H3588 I the Lord H3068 thy God H430 will hold H2388 thy right hand, H3225 saying H559 unto thee, Fear H3372 not; I will help H5826 thee. [14] Fear H3372 not, thou worm H8438 Jacob, H3290 and ye men H4962§ of Israel; H3478 I will help H5826 thee, saith H5002 the Lord, H3068 and thy redeemer, H1350 the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478 [15] Behold, I will make H7760 thee a new H2319 sharp H2742 threshing H4173 instrument having H1167 teeth: H6374§ thou shalt thresh H1758 the mountains, H2022 and beat them small, H1854 and shalt make H7760 the hills H1389 as chaff. H4671 [16] Thou shalt fan H2219 them, and the wind H7307 shall carry them away, H5375 and the whirlwind H5591 shall scatter H6327 them: and thou shalt rejoice H1523 in the Lord, H3068 and shalt glory H1984 in the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478 [17] When the poor H6041 and needy H34 seek H1245 water, H4325 and there is none, and their tongue H3956 faileth H5405 for thirst, H6772 I the Lord H3068 will hear H6030 them, I the God H430 of Israel H3478 will H5800 not H3808 forsake H5800 them. [18] I will open H6605 rivers H5104 in high places, H8205 and fountains H4599 in the midst H8432 of the valleys: H1237 I will make H7760 the wilderness H4057 a pool H98 of water, H4325 and the dry H6723 land H776 springs H4161 of water. H4325 [19] I will plant H5414 in the wilderness H4057 the cedar, H730 the shittah tree, H7848 and the myrtle, H1918 and the oil H8081 tree; H6086 I will set H7760 in the desert H6160 the fir tree, H1265 and the pine, H8410 and the box tree H8391 together: H3162 [20] that they may see, H7200 and know, H3045 and consider, H7760 and understand H7919 together, H3162 that the hand H3027 of the Lord H3068 hath done H6213 this, and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 hath created H1254 it.

Challenge to Nations

[21] Produce H7126§ your cause, H7379 saith H559 the Lord; H3068 bring forth H5066 your strong H6110 reasons, saith H559 the King H4428 of Jacob. H3290
[22] Let them bring them forth, H5066 and shew H5046 us what shall happen: H7136 let them shew H5046 the former things, H7223 what they be, that we may consider H7760 H3820 them, and know H3045§ the latter end H319 of them; or declare H8085 us things for to come. H935 [23] Shew H5046 the things that are to come H857 hereafter, H268 that we may know H3045 that ye are gods: H430 yea, do good, H3190 or do evil, H7489 that we may be dismayed, H8159 and behold H7200 it together. H3162 [24] Behold, ye are of nothing,§ H369 and your work H6467 of nought: H659 an abomination H8441 is he that chooseth H977 you. [25] I have raised up H5782 one from the north, H6828 and he shall come: H857 from the rising H4217 of the sun H8121 shall he call H7121 upon my name: H8034 and he shall come H935 upon princes H5461 as upon morter, H2563 and as the potter H3335 treadeth H7429 clay. H2916 [26] Who hath declared H5046 from the beginning, H7218 that we may know? H3045 and beforetime, H6440 that we may say, H559 He is righteous? H6662 yea, there is none that sheweth, H5046 yea, there is none that declareth, H8085 yea, there is none that heareth H8085 your words. H561 [27] The first H7223 shall say to Zion, H6726 Behold, H2009 behold H2009 them: and I will give H5414 to Jerusalem H3389 one that bringeth good tidings. H1319 [28] For I beheld, H7200 and there was no man; H376 even among them, and there was no counsellor, H3289 that, when I asked H7592 of them, could answer H7725§ a word. H1697 [29] Behold, they are all vanity; H205 their works H4639 are nothing: H657 their molten images H5262 are wind H7307 and confusion. H8414

Footnotes

  1. § 41:2 Heb. righteousness
  2. § 41:3 Heb. in peace
  3. § 41:6 Heb. be strong
  4. § 41:7a Or, founder
  5. § 41:7b Or, the smiting
  6. ⓘ 41:7c It is ready for the sodering: Or, saying of the soder, it is good
  7. § 41:11 Heb. the men of thy strife
  8. § 41:12a Heb. the men of thy contention
  9. § 41:12b Heb. the men of thy war
  10. § 41:14 Or, few men
  11. § 41:15 Heb. mouths
  12. § 41:21 Heb. cause to come near
  13. § 41:22 Heb. set our heart upon them
  14. § 41:24 Or, worse than nothing
  15. § 41:28 Heb. return
Septuaginta
[1] Ἐγκαινίζεσθε G1457 πρός G4314 με, G3165 νῆσοι, G3520 οἱ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἄρχοντες G758 ἀλλάξουσιν G236 ἰσχύν· G2479 ἐγγισάτωσαν G1448 καὶ G2532 λαλησάτωσαν G2980 ἅμα, G260 τότε G5119 κρίσιν G2920 ἀναγγειλάτωσαν. G312 [2] Τίς G5101 ἐξήγειρεν G1825 ἀπὸ G575 ἀνατολῶν G395 δικαιοσύνην, G1343 ἐκάλεσεν G2564 αὐτὴν G846 κατὰ G2596 πόδας G4228 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 πορεύσεται; G4198 Δώσει G1325 ἐναντίον G1726 ἐθνῶν G1484 καὶ G2532 βασιλεῖς G935 ἐκστήσει G1839 καὶ G2532 δώσει G1325 εἰς G1519 γῆν G1093 τὰς G3588 μαχαίρας G3162 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 φρύγανα G5434 ἐξωσμένα G1856 τὰ G3588 τόξα G5115 αὐτῶν· G846 [3] καὶ G2532 διώξεται G1377 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 διελεύσεται G1330 ἐν G1722 εἰρήνῃ G1515 ἡ G3588 ὁδὸς G3598 τῶν G3588 ποδῶν G4228 αὐτοῦ. G846 [4] Τίς G5101 ἐνήργησεν G1754 καὶ G2532 ἐποίησεν G4160 ταῦτα; G5023 Ἐκάλεσεν G2564 αὐτὴν G846 ὁ G3588 καλῶν G2564 αὐτὴν G846 ἀπὸ G575 γενεῶν G1074 ἀρχῆς, G746 ἐγὼ G1473 θεὸς G2316 πρῶτος, G4413 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἐπερχόμενα G1904 ἐγώ G1473 εἰμι. G1510 [5] Εἴδοσαν G1492 ἔθνη G1484 καὶ G2532 ἐφοβήθησαν, G5399 τὰ G3588 ἄκρα τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 ἤγγισαν G1448 καὶ G2532 ἤλθοσαν G2064 ἅμα G260 [6] κρίνων G2919 ἕκαστος G1538 τῷ G3588 πλησίον G4139 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 ἀδελφῷ G80 βοηθῆσαι G997 καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖ G2046 [7] Ἴσχυσεν G2480 ἀνὴρ G435 τέκτων G5045 καὶ G2532 χαλκεὺς G5471 τύπτων G5180 σφύρῃ ἅμα G260 ἐλαύνων· G1643 ποτὲ G4218 μὲν G3303 ἐρεῖ G2046 Σύμβλημα καλόν G2570 ἐστιν· G2076 ἰσχύρωσαν αὐτὰ G846 ἐν G1722 ἥλοις, G2247 θήσουσιν G5087 αὐτὰ G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 κινηθήσονται. G2795 [8] Σὺ G4771 δέ, G1161 Ισραηλ, G2474 παῖς G3816 μου G3450 Ιακωβ, G2384 ὃν G3739 ἐξελεξάμην, G1586 σπέρμα G4690 Αβρααμ, G11 ὃν G3739 ἠγάπησα, G25 [9] οὗ G3739 ἀντελαβόμην G482 ἀπ’ G575 ἄκρων G206 τῆς G3588 γῆς G1093 καὶ G2532 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 σκοπιῶν αὐτῆς G846 ἐκάλεσά G2564 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 εἶπά G2036 σοι G4671 Παῖς G3816 μου G3450 εἶ, G1488 ἐξελεξάμην G1586 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐγκατέλιπόν G1459 σε, G4571 [10] μὴ G3361 φοβοῦ, G5399 μετὰ G3326 σοῦ G4675 γάρ G1063 εἰμι· G1510 μὴ G3361 πλανῶ, G4105 ἐγὼ G1473 γάρ G1063 εἰμι G1510 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου G4675 ὁ G3588 ἐνισχύσας G1765 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 ἐβοήθησά G997 σοι G4671 καὶ G2532 ἠσφαλισάμην G805 σε G4571 τῇ G3588 δεξιᾷ G1188 τῇ G3588 δικαίᾳ G1342 μου. G3450 [11] Ἰδοὺ G2400 αἰσχυνθήσονται G153 καὶ G2532 ἐντραπήσονται G1788 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἀντικείμενοί G480 σοι· G4671 ἔσονται G2071 γὰρ G1063 ὡς G5613 οὐκ G3756 ὄντες G5607 καὶ G2532 ἀπολοῦνται G622 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἀντίδικοί G476 σου. G4675 [12] Ζητήσεις G2212 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 εὕρῃς G2147 τοὺς G3588 ἀνθρώπους, G444 οἳ G3739 παροινήσουσιν εἰς G1519 σέ· G4571 ἔσονται G2071 γὰρ G1063 ὡς G5613 οὐκ G3756 ὄντες G5607 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔσονται G2071 οἱ G3588 ἀντιπολεμοῦντές σε. G4571 [13] Ὅτι G3754 ἐγὼ G1473 ὁ G3588 θεός G2316 σου G4675 ὁ G3588 κρατῶν G2902 τῆς G3588 δεξιᾶς G1188 σου, G4675 ὁ G3588 λέγων G3004 σοι G4671 Μὴ G3361 φοβοῦ, G5399 [14] Ιακωβ, G2384 ὀλιγοστὸς Ισραηλ· G2474 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐβοήθησά G997 σοι, G4671 λέγει G3004 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 λυτρούμενός G3084 σε, G4571 Ισραηλ. G2474 [15] Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐποίησά G4160 σε G4571 ὡς G5613 τροχοὺς G5164 ἁμάξης ἀλοῶντας G248 καινοὺς G2537 πριστηροειδεῖς, καὶ G2532 ἀλοήσεις G248 ὄρη G3735 καὶ G2532 λεπτυνεῖς βουνοὺς G1015 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 χνοῦν θήσεις· G5087 [16] καὶ G2532 λικμήσεις, G3039 καὶ G2532 ἄνεμος G417 λήμψεται G2983 αὐτούς, G846 καὶ G2532 καταιγὶς διασπερεῖ G1289 αὐτούς, G846 σὺ G4771 δὲ G1161 εὐφρανθήσῃ G2165 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἁγίοις G40 Ισραηλ. G2474 Καὶ G2532 ἀγαλλιάσονται G21 [17] οἱ G3588 πτωχοὶ G4434 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἐνδεεῖς· G1729 ζητήσουσιν G2212 γὰρ G1063 ὕδωρ, G5204 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔσται, G2071 ἡ G3588 γλῶσσα G1100 αὐτῶν G846 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 δίψης ἐξηράνθη· G3583 ἐγὼ G1473 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐπακούσομαι, G1873 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 Ισραηλ, G2474 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐγκαταλείψω G1459 αὐτούς, G846 [18] ἀλλὰ G235 ἀνοίξω G455 ἐπὶ G1909 τῶν G3588 ὀρέων G3735 ποταμοὺς G4215 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 πεδίων πηγάς, G4077 ποιήσω G4160 τὴν G3588 ἔρημον G2048 εἰς G1519 ἕλη καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 διψῶσαν G1372 γῆν G1093 ἐν G1722 ὑδραγωγοῖς, [19] θήσω G5087 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ἄνυδρον G504 γῆν G1093 κέδρον καὶ G2532 πύξον καὶ G2532 μυρσίνην καὶ G2532 κυπάρισσον καὶ G2532 λεύκην, [20] ἵνα G2443 ἴδωσιν G1492 καὶ G2532 γνῶσιν G1097 καὶ G2532 ἐννοηθῶσιν καὶ G2532 ἐπιστῶνται G1987 ἅμα G260 ὅτι G3754 χεὶρ G5495 κυρίου G2962 ἐποίησεν G4160 ταῦτα G5023 πάντα G3956 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ἅγιος G40 τοῦ G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 κατέδειξεν. [21] Ἐγγίζει G1448 ἡ G3588 κρίσις G2920 ὑμῶν, G5216 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεός· G2316 ἤγγισαν G1448 αἱ G3588 βουλαὶ G1012 ὑμῶν, G5216 λέγει G3004 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 Ιακωβ. G2384 [22] Ἐγγισάτωσαν G1448 καὶ G2532 ἀναγγειλάτωσαν G312 ὑμῖν G5213 ἃ G3739 συμβήσεται, G4819 ἢ G2228 τὰ G3588 πρότερα τίνα G5101 ἦν G2258 εἴπατε, G2036 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστήσομεν G2186 τὸν G3588 νοῦν G3563 καὶ G2532 γνωσόμεθα G1097 τί G5101 τὰ G3588 ἔσχατα, G2078 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἐπερχόμενα G1904 εἴπατε G2036 ἡμῖν. G2254 [23] Ἀναγγείλατε G312 ἡμῖν G2254 τὰ G3588 ἐπερχόμενα G1904 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐσχάτου, G2078 καὶ G2532 γνωσόμεθα G1097 ὅτι G3754 θεοί G2316 ἐστε· G2075 εὖ G2095 ποιήσατε G4160 καὶ G2532 κακώσατε, G2559 καὶ G2532 θαυμασόμεθα G2296 καὶ G2532 ὀψόμεθα G3700 ἅμα· G260 [24] ὅτι G3754 πόθεν G4159 ἐστὲ G2075 ὑμεῖς G5210 καὶ G2532 πόθεν G4159 ἡ G3588 ἐργασία G2039 ὑμῶν; G5216 Ἐκ G1537 γῆς· G1093 βδέλυγμα G946 ἐξελέξαντο G1586 ὑμᾶς. G5209 [25] Ἐγὼ G1473 δὲ G1161 ἤγειρα G1453 τὸν G3588 ἀπὸ G575 βορρᾶ G1005 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ἀφ’ G575 ἡλίου G2246 ἀνατολῶν, G395 κληθήσονται G2564 τῷ G3588 ὀνόματί G3686 μου· G3450 ἐρχέσθωσαν G2064 ἄρχοντες, G758 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 πηλὸς G4081 κεραμέως G2763 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 κεραμεὺς G2763 καταπατῶν G2662 τὸν G3588 πηλόν, G4081 οὕτως G3779 καταπατηθήσεσθε. G2662 [26] Τίς G5101 γὰρ G1063 ἀναγγελεῖ G312 τὰ G3588 ἐξ G1537 ἀρχῆς, G746 ἵνα G2443 γνῶμεν, G1097 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἔμπροσθεν, G1715 καὶ G2532 ἐροῦμεν G2046 ὅτι G3754 ἀληθῆ G227 ἐστιν; G2076 Οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 προλέγων οὐδὲ G3761 ὁ G3588 ἀκούων G191 ὑμῶν G5216 τοὺς G3588 λόγους. G3056 [27] Ἀρχὴν G746 Σιων G4622 δώσω G1325 καὶ G2532 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 παρακαλέσω G3870 εἰς G1519 ὁδόν. G3598 [28] Ἀπὸ G575 γὰρ G1063 τῶν G3588 ἐθνῶν G1484 ἰδοὺ G2400 οὐδείς, G3762 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 εἰδώλων G1497 αὐτῶν G846 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 ἀναγγέλλων· G312 καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 ἐρωτήσω G2065 αὐτούς G846 Πόθεν G4159 ἐστέ, G2075 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀποκριθῶσίν G611 μοι. G3427 [29] Εἰσὶν G1526 γὰρ G1063 οἱ G3588 ποιοῦντες G4160 ὑμᾶς, G5209 καὶ G2532 μάτην G3155 οἱ G3588 πλανῶντες G4105 ὑμᾶς. G5209
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament