Isa 41 | ABEn | STEP | Dedicate a feast to me, O islands, for the rulers shall change strength. Let them approach and speak together, then [ 2 judgment 1 let them announce]!

Isaiah 41

CHAPTER 41 The LORD Strengthens Israel

1 Dedicate a feast to me, O islands, for the rulers shall change strength. Let them approach and speak together, then [²judgment ¹let them announce]! 2 Who 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]. 3 And he shall pursue them; [⁴shall go through ⁵in ⁶peace ¹the ²way ³of his feet]. 4 Who 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, 6 judging 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. 8 But you, O Israel my servant, Jacob whom I chose, seed of Abraham whom I loved; 9 whom 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. 10 Do 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]. 11 Behold, [³shall be ashamed ⁴and ⁵shall be respectful ¹all ²your adversaries], for they will be as not existing; and [³shall perish ¹all ²your opponents]. 12 You 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]. 13 For I am your God, the one holding your right hand, the one saying to you, 14 Do not fear, O Jacob, O Israel, very few in number! I gave help to you, says your God, the one ransoming you, O Israel. 15 Behold, 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]. 16 And 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. 17 And [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. 18 But 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. 19 I will put into the waterless earth the cedar and boxwood, and myrtle, and cypress, and white poplar; 20 that 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. 22 Let 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. 23 Tell 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; 24 for from what place you are, and from what place your work is from; [⁴out of ⁵the earth ³an abomination ¹they chose ²you]. 25 But 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. 26 For 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. 28 For 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. 29 For they are the ones making you, so you say, and in folly ones misleading you.