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Israel Assured of God’s Help

41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
    let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
    let us together draw near for judgment.(A)

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The Helper of Israel

41 “Be silent(A) before me, you islands!(B)
    Let the nations renew their strength!(C)
Let them come forward(D) and speak;
    let us meet together(E) at the place of judgment.

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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
    says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
    will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
    will they become like wool?(A)

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18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(A)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(B)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(C)

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20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
    let all the earth keep silence before him!(A)

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20 The Lord is in his holy temple;(A)
    let all the earth be silent(B) before him.

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13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(A)

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13 Be still(A) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(B)

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God Challenges Israel

Hear what the Lord says:
    Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
    and let the hills hear your voice.(A)
Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
    and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
    and he will contend with Israel.(B)

“O my people, what have I done to you?
    In what have I wearied you? Answer me!(C)

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The Lord’s Case Against Israel

Listen to what the Lord says:

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(A)
    let the hills hear what you have to say.

“Hear,(B) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;(C)
    listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case(D) against his people;
    he is lodging a charge(E) against Israel.

“My people, what have I done to you?
    How have I burdened(F) you?(G) Answer me.

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10 Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks into spears;
    let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”(A)

11 Come quickly,[a]
    all you nations all around;
    gather yourselves there.
Bring down your warriors, O Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain

10 Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks(A) into spears.(B)
Let the weakling(C) say,
    “I am strong!”(D)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble(E) there.

Bring down your warriors,(F) Lord!

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Each one helps the other,
    saying to one another, “Take courage!”(A)
The artisan encourages the goldsmith,
    and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good,”
    and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.(B)

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    they help each other
    and say to their companions, “Be strong!(A)
The metalworker(B) encourages the goldsmith,(C)
    and the one who smooths with the hammer
    spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.
One says of the welding, “It is good.”
    The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.(D)

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11 On that day the Lord will again raise[a] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time

11 In that day(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(B) of his people from Assyria,(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(D) from Cush,[a](E) from Elam,(F) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(G) and from the islands(H) of the Mediterranean.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar

“Gird up your loins like a man;
    I will question you, and you declare to me.(A)
Will you even put me in the wrong?
    Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(B)
Have you an arm like God,
    and can you thunder with a voice like his?(C)

10 “Deck yourself with majesty and dignity;
    clothe yourself with glory and splendor.(D)

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“Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.(A)

“Would you discredit my justice?(B)
    Would you condemn me to justify yourself?(C)
Do you have an arm like God’s,(D)
    and can your voice(E) thunder like his?(F)
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
    and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.(G)

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    he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
    Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
    Let them confront me.(A)

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He who vindicates(A) me is near.(B)
    Who then will bring charges against me?(C)
    Let us face each other!(D)
Who is my accuser?
    Let him confront me!

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The Servant’s Mission

49 Listen to me, O coastlands;
    pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born;
    while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.(A)

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen(A) to me, you islands;(B)
    hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(C) the Lord called(D) me;
    from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(E)

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16 Draw near to me; hear this!
    From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
    from the time it came to be I have been there.
And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit.(A)

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16 “Come near(A) me and listen(B) to this:

“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(C)
    at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord(D) has sent(E) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.(F)

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The Futility of Idols

21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
    bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.(A)
22 Let them bring them and tell us
    what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they were,
    so that we may consider them
and that we may know their outcome
    or declare to us the things to come.(B)

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21 “Present your case,(A)” says the Lord.
    “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.(B)
22 “Tell us, you idols,
    what is going to happen.(C)
Tell us what the former things(D) were,
    so that we may consider them
    and know their final outcome.
Or declare to us the things to come,(E)

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