Isaiah 41:10-20

Lexham English Bible

¹⁰ You must not fear, for I am with you;
    you must not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you,
    indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.
¹¹ Look! All those who are angry with you shall be ashamed and humiliated;
    your opponents^[a] shall be like nothing and shall become lost.
¹² You shall seek them,
    but^[b] you shall not find them;
your opponents^[c] shall be like nothing,
    and the men of your war like nothing.
¹³ For I, Yahweh your God, am grasping your right hand;
    it is I who say^[d] to you,
“You must not fear;
    I myself, I will help you.
¹⁴ You must not fear, O worm of Jacob;
    people of Israel,
I myself, I will help you,” declares^[e] Yahweh,
    “and your redeemer is the holy one of Israel.
¹⁵ Look! I will make you into a new sharp threshing sledge,
    with^[f] sharp edges.
You shall thresh and crush the mountains,
    and you shall make the hills like chaff.
¹⁶ You shall winnow them and the wind shall carry them,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
And you yourself shall rejoice in Yahweh;
    you shall boast in the holy one of Israel.
¹⁷ The poor and the needy are seeking water and there is none;
    their tongue is dried up with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
    I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
¹⁸ I will open rivers on the barren heights
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I will make the wilderness like a pool of water
    and the land of dryness like springs of water.
¹⁹ I will put^[g] the cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive oil tree in the wilderness;
    I will set the cypress, elm, and box tree together in the desert
²⁰ so that they may see and know,
    and take to heart and understand together
that the hand of Yahweh has done this,
    and the holy one of Israel has created it.”