{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":41,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/40","next":"isaiah/42","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"“ Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.","f":["Or coastlands; also in verse 5"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Be silent before Me, O islands,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and let the peoples renew their strength."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Let them come forward and testify;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let us together draw near for judgment."}],"h":"God’s Help to Israel","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Who has aroused one from the east [and] called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him [and] subdues kings [before him]. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.","f":["Or from the east, whom victory meets at every step"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who has aroused one from the east"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] called him to his feet in righteousness?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He hands nations over to him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] subdues kings [before him]."},{"style":"indent1","t":"He turns them to dust with his sword,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to windblown chaff with his bow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He pursues them, going on safely,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"hardly touching the path with his feet."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD — the first and the last — I am He.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who has performed this and carried it out,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"calling forth the generations from the beginning?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I, the LORD — the first and the last —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am He.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The islands see and fear;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the ends of the earth tremble."},{"style":"indent2","t":"They approach and come forward."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"Each one helps the other and says to his brother,“ Be strong!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Each one helps the other"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and says to his brother,“ Be strong!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, [and] he who wields the hammer [cheers] him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding,“ It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The craftsman encourages the goldsmith,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] he who wields the hammer"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[cheers] him who strikes the anvil,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"saying of the welding,“ It is good.”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He nails it down so it will not be toppled."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"“ But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ But you, O Israel, My servant,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Jacob, whom I have chosen,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"descendant of Abraham My friend —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said,‘ You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I brought you from the ends of the earth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and called you from its farthest corners."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I said,‘ You are My servant.’"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have chosen and not rejected you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not fear, for I am with you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not be afraid, for I am your God."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will strengthen you; I will surely help you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Behold, all who rage against you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will be ashamed and disgraced;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"those who contend with you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will be reduced to nothing and will perish."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"You will seek [them] but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will seek [them] but will not find them."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Those who wage war against you will come to nothing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I am the LORD your God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who takes hold of your right hand"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and tells you: Do not fear,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will help you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD.“ Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O few men of Israel."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will help you,” declares the LORD."},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new [and] sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"new [and] sharp, with many teeth."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You will thresh the mountains and crush them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and reduce the hills to chaff."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a gale will scatter them."},{"style":"indent1","t":"But you will rejoice in the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you will glory in the Holy One of Israel."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The poor and needy seek water, but there is none;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their tongues are parched with thirst."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I, the LORD, will answer them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will open rivers on the barren heights,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fountains in the middle of the valleys."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will turn the desert into a pool of water,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the dry land into flowing springs."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,","f":["Or pines or junipers or firs"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will plant cedars in the wilderness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"acacias, myrtles, and olive trees."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will set cypresses in the desert,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"elms and boxwood together,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"so that all may see and know,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may consider and understand,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"that the hand of the LORD has done this"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"“ Present your case,” says the LORD.“ Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Present your case,” says the LORD."},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob."}],"h":"Meaningless Idols","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"“ Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Let them come and tell us what will happen."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Tell the former things,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Or announce to us what is coming."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Tell us the things that are to come,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that we may know that you are gods."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Yes, do something good or evil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that we may look on together in dismay."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Behold, you are nothing"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your work is of no value."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Anyone who chooses you is detestable."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"I have raised up [one] from the north, and he has come — one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I have raised up [one] from the north, and he has come —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"one from the east who calls on My name."},{"style":"indent1","t":"He will march over rulers as if they were mortar,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a potter who treads the clay."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"Who has declared [this] from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say:‘ He was right ’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Who has declared [this] from the beginning,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that we may know,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and from times past,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that we may say:‘ He was right ’?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"No one announced it, no one foretold it,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no one heard your words."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"I was the first to tell Zion:‘ Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.","f":["Or Formerly I said to Zion:"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I was the first to tell Zion:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ Look, here they are!’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"And I gave to Jerusalem"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a herald of good news."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":28,"t":"When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When I look, there is no one;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"there is no counselor among them;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when I ask them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they have nothing to say."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"See, [they are] all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"See, [they are] all a delusion;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their works amount to nothing;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their images are as empty as the wind.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}