Isaiah 41:9-20

New American Standard Bible

⁹You whom I have ^[a]^(A)taken from the ends of the earth
And called from its ^(B)remotest parts,
And said to you, ‘You are ^(C)My servant,
I have ^(D)chosen you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰Do not ^(E)fear, for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, ^(F)I will also help you,
I will also uphold you with My righteous ^(G)right hand.’
¹¹Behold, ^(H)all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
^(I)Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
¹²^(J)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 ^(K)who takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘^(L)Do not fear, I will help you.’
¹⁴Do not fear, you ^(M)worm Jacob, you people of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and ^(N)your ^[b]Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
^(O)You will thresh the ^(P)mountains and pulverize them,
And make the hills like chaff.
¹⁶You will ^(Q)winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will ^(R)rejoice in the Lord,
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

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