23_ISA_41_01 keep silence before me , O islands ; And let the people renew [ their ] strength : let them come near ; Then let them speak : let us come near together to judgment .
23_ISA_41_02 who raised up the righteous [ man ] from the east , called him to his foot , gave the nations before him , And made [ him ] rule over kings ? he gave [ them ] as the dust to his sword , [ And ] as driven stubble to his bow .
23_ISA_41_03 he pursued them , [ And ] passed safely ; [ even ] by the way [ that ] he had not gone with his feet .
23_ISA_41_04 who hath wrought And done [ it ] , calling the generations from the beginning ? I the LORD , the first , And with the last ; I [ am ] he .
23_ISA_41_05 the isles saw [ it ] , And feared ; the ends of the earth were afraid , drew near , And came .
23_ISA_41_06 they helped every one his neighbour ; And [ every one ] said to his brother , be of good courage .
23_ISA_41_07 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith , [ And ] he that smootheth [ with ] the hammer him that smote the anvil , saying , it [ Is ] ready for the soldering : And he fastened it with nails , [ that ] it should not be moved .
23_ISA_41_08 but thou , Israel , [ art ] my servant , Jacob whom I have chosen , the seed of Abraham my friend .
23_ISA_41_09 [ thou ] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth , And called thee from the chief men thereof , And said unto thee , thou [ art ] my servant ; I have chosen thee , And not cast thee away .
23_ISA_41_10 Fear thou not ; for I [ am ] with thee : be not dismayed ; for I [ am ] thy God : I will strengthen thee ; yea , I will help thee ; yea , I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness .
23_ISA_41_11 behold , all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed And confounded : they shall be as nothing ; And they that strive with thee shall perish .
23_ISA_41_12 thou shalt seek them , And shalt not find them , [ even ] them that contended with thee : they that war against thee shall be as nothing , And as A thing of nought .
23_ISA_41_13 for I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand , saying unto thee , Fear not ; I will help thee .
23_ISA_41_14 Fear not , thou worm Jacob , [ And ] ye men of Israel ; I will help thee , saith the LORD , And thy Redeemer , the holy one of Israel .
23_ISA_41_15 behold , I will make thee A new Sharp threshing instrument having teeth : thou shalt thresh the mountains , And beat [ them ] small , And shalt make the hills as chaff .
23_ISA_41_16 thou shalt fan them , And the wind shall carry them away , And the whirlwind shall scatter them : And thou shalt Rejoice in the LORD , [ And ] shalt glory in the holy one of Israel .
23_ISA_41_17 [ when ] the poor And needy seek water , And [ there Is ] none , [ And ] their tongue faileth for thirst , I the LORD will hear them , I the God of Israel will not forsake them .
23_ISA_41_18 I will open rivers in high places , And fountains in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness A pool of water , And the dry land springs of water .
23_ISA_41_19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar , the shittah tree , And the myrtle , And the oil tree ; I will set in the desert the fir tree , [ And ] the pine , And the box tree together :
23_ISA_41_20 that they may see , And know , And consider , And understand together , that the hand of the LORD hath done this , And the holy one of Israel hath created it .
23_ISA_41_21 Produce your cause , saith the LORD ; bring forth your strong [ reasons ] , saith the king of Jacob .
23_ISA_41_22 let them bring [ them ] forth , And show us what shall happen : let them show the former things , what they [ be ] , that we may consider them , And know the latter end of them ; or declare us things for to come .
23_ISA_41_23 show the things that are to come Hereafter , that we may know that ye [ are ] gods : yea , do good , or do evil , that we may be dismayed , And behold [ it ] together .
23_ISA_41_24 behold , ye [ are ] of nothing , And your work of nought : an abomination [ Is he that ] chooseth you .
23_ISA_41_25 I have raised up [ one ] from the north , And he shall come : from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name : And he shall come upon princes as [ upon ] mortar , And as the potter treadeth clay .
23_ISA_41_26 who hath declared from the beginning , that we may know ? And beforetime , that we may say , [ he Is ] righteous ? yea , [ there Is ] none that showeth , yea , [ there Is ] none that declareth , yea , [ there Is ] none that heareth your words .
23_ISA_41_27 the first [ shall say ] to Zion , behold , behold them : And I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings .
23_ISA_41_28 for I beheld , And [ there was ] no man ; even among them , And [ there was ] no counsellor , that , when I asked of them , could answer A word .
23_ISA_41_29 behold , they [ are ] all vanity ; their works [ are ] nothing : their molten images [ are ] wind And confusion .