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ULT by section ISA 41:1

⌂ ← ISA 41:1–41:29 → ║ ©

The Book of Isaiah 41

41 “Be silent before me, coastlands,

and let the nations renew their strength;

let them approach, then let them speak;

together let us draw near to trial.

2 “Who has stirred up righteousness from the east,

calling it to his feet?

He gives nations before his face

and tramples kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like scattered straw with his bow.

3 He pursues them, passes by in peace,

no path does he touch with his feet.

4 Who has worked and accomplished,

has summoned the generations from the beginning?

I, Yahweh, the first

and the last, I am he.”

5 The isles have seen and are afraid;

the ends of the earth tremble;

they approach and come.

6 Every man helps his neighbor,

and says to his brother, “Be strong.”

7 And the artisan strengthens the goldsmith,

who smooths with a hammer, who strikes the anvil,

saying of the welding, “It is good.”

And they fasten it with nails; it will not topple over.

8 “But you, Israel, my servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

the seed of Abraham my friend,

9 you whom I am seizing from the ends of the earth,

and from its extremities I called you

and said to you, ‘You are my servant;’

I have chosen you and not rejected you.

10 Do not fear, for I am with you.

Do not be anxious, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you, indeed, I will help you,

yes, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

11 “Behold, they will be ashamed and disgraced,

all who have been angry with you;

they will be as nothing and will perish,

men who contend with you.

12 You will seek them and will not find

the men who quarreled with you;

they will be as void and as nothing,

the men who fought you.

13 For I, Yahweh your God,

will hold your right hand,

saying to you, ‘Do not fear;

I am helping you.’

14 Do not fear, worm of Jacob,

men of Israel.

I will help you”—the declaration of Yahweh,

and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15 “Behold, I am making you into a threshing sledge,

a new threshing board, having two-edges;

you will thresh the mountains and crush them,

and you will make the hills like chaff.

16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away;

and the whirlwind will scatter them.

And you, you will rejoice in Yahweh,

in the Holy One of Israel you will boast.

17 “The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none,

their tongues are parched for thirst;

I, Yahweh, shall respond to them;

I, the God of Israel, shall not forsake them.

18 I shall open streams upon the slopes,

and in the middle of the valleys, fountains.

I shall make the wilderness into a pool of water,

and the dry land into springs of water.

19 In the wilderness I shall set the cedar,

the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree.

I shall place in the desert plain the cypress,

the elm and the box tree together

20 so that they may see and know

and take to heart and have insight together,

that the hand of Yahweh has done this,

and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

21 “Present your case,” says Yahweh,

“bring forth your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

22 “Let them bring forth and tell us

what will happen.

The first things, what are they? Let them tell, and put before our hearts,

and we will know the last things,

and they will inform us of the coming things.

23 Tell the signs of the future,

that we may know if you are gods.

Yes, do good or evil,

that we may look and see altogether.

24 Behold, you are nothing,

and your deeds are naught;

an abomination, he who chooses you.

25 “I have raised up one from the north, and he comes;

from the rising of the sun he calls on my name,

and he will trample rulers like mud,

and like a potter treading clay.

26 Who has told from the beginning that we might know?

And from before the face, that we may say, ‘He is right’?

Indeed, none told, truly, none announced,

yes, none heard your sayings.

27 First, to Zion: ‘Behold, here they are!’

And to Jerusalem a herald I sent.

28 And I looked, but there was no man,

and from them, none who counseled,

or, when I asked, returned a word.

29 Behold, all of them are nothing,

naught are their deeds;

wind and void are their images.