Isaiah 41:12-22

New American Standard Bible

¹²^(A)You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
¹³For I am the Lord your God ^(B)who takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘^(C)Do not fear, I will help you.’
¹⁴Do not fear, you ^(D)worm Jacob, you people of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and ^(E)your ^[a]Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
^(F)You will thresh the ^(G)mountains and pulverize them,
And make the hills like chaff.
¹⁶You will ^(H)winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will ^(I)rejoice in the Lord,
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷“The poor and needy are seeking ^(J)water, but there is none,
And their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, the Lord, ^(K)will answer them Myself;
As the God of Israel I ^(L)will not abandon them.
¹⁸I will open ^(M)rivers on the bare heights,
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make ^(N)the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land fountains of water.
¹⁹I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia, the ^(O)myrtle, and the olive tree;
I will place the ^(P)juniper in the desert,
Together with the elm tree and the cypress,
²⁰So that ^(Q)they may see and recognize,
And consider and gain insight as well,
That the ^(R)hand of the Lord has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

²¹“^[b]Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your evidence,”
The ^(S)King of Jacob says.
²²^(T)Let them bring them forward and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the ^(U)former events, declare what they were,
So that we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;