Isaiah 41:8-20

English Standard Version

⁸But you, Israel, ^(A)my servant,
    Jacob, ^(B)whom I have chosen,
    the offspring of Abraham, ^(C)my friend;
⁹you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
    and called ^(D)from its farthest corners,
saying to you, “You are ^(E)my servant,
    ^(F)I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
¹⁰fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with ^(G)my righteous right hand.

¹¹^(H)Behold, all who are incensed against you
    shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
    shall be as nothing and shall perish.
¹²^(I)You shall seek those who contend with you,
    but you shall not find them;
^(J)those who war against you
    shall be as nothing at all.
¹³For I, the Lord your God,
    hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
    I am the one who helps you.”

¹⁴Fear not, you ^(K)worm Jacob,
    you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
    your ^(L)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵^(M)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
    new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh ^(N)the mountains and crush them,
    and you shall make the hills like chaff;
¹⁶^(O)you shall winnow them, and ^(P)the wind shall carry them away,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
^(Q)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
    in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

¹⁷^(R)When the poor and needy seek water,
    and there is none,
    and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
    I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
¹⁸^(S)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
^(T)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
    and the dry land springs of water.
¹⁹^(U)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert ^(V)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,
²⁰that they may see and know,
    may consider and understand together,
that ^(W)the hand of the Lord has done this,
    the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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Isaiah 41:8-20

New International Version

⁸“But you, Israel, my servant,^(A)
    Jacob, whom I have chosen,^(B)
    you descendants of Abraham^(C) my friend,^(D)
⁹I took you from the ends of the earth,^(E)
    from its farthest corners I called^(F) you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;^(G)
    I have chosen^(H) you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰So do not fear,^(I) for I am with you;^(J)
    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen^(K) you and help^(L) you;
    I will uphold you^(M) with my righteous right hand.^(N)

¹¹“All who rage^(O) against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;^(P)
those who oppose^(Q) you
    will be as nothing and perish.^(R)
¹²Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.^(S)
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing^(T) at all.
¹³For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand^(U)
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help^(V) you.
¹⁴Do not be afraid,^(W) you worm^(X) Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help^(Y) you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer,^(Z) the Holy One^(AA) of Israel.
¹⁵“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,^(AB)
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains^(AC) and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.^(AD)
¹⁶You will winnow^(AE) them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale^(AF) will blow them away.^(AG)
But you will rejoice^(AH) in the Lord
    and glory^(AI) in the Holy One^(AJ) of Israel.

¹⁷“The poor and needy search for water,^(AK)
    but there is none;
    their tongues are parched with thirst.^(AL)
But I the Lord will answer^(AM) them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake^(AN) them.
¹⁸I will make rivers flow^(AO) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(AP) into pools of water,^(AQ)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(AR)
¹⁹I will put in the desert^(AS)
    the cedar and the acacia,^(AT) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers^(AU) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress^(AV) together,^(AW)
²⁰so that people may see and know,^(AX)
    may consider and understand,^(AY)
that the hand^(AZ) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One^(BA) of Israel has created^(BB) it.

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Isaiah 41:8-20

King James Version

⁸But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

⁹Thou 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.

¹⁰Fear 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.

¹¹Behold, 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.

¹²Thou 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.

¹³For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

¹⁴Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵Behold, 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.

¹⁶Thou 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.

¹⁷When 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.

¹⁸I 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.

¹⁹I 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:

²⁰That 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.

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