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The Coming Defeat of God’s Enemies

11 “Look! All who are enraged at you
    will be put to shame and disgraced;
those who contend with you
    will all die.[a]
12 Those who quarrel with you[b]
    will be as nothing;
those who fight you
    like nothing at all!”

A Call to Courage

13 “For I am the Lord your God,
    who takes hold of your right hand,
who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid.
    I’ll help you.
14 Don’t be afraid, you little worm Jacob,
    and[c] you insects of Israel!
I myself will help you,’[d] declares the Lord,
    your[e] Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.”

A Promise of Victory

15 “See, I’m making you[f] into
    a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge.
You’ll thresh and crush the mountains,
    and make the hills like chaff.
16 You’ll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up,
    and a tempest will blow them away.
Then you’ll rejoice in the Lord,
    and[g] you’ll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:11 So 1QIsaa; MT reads will become nothing and die; cf. LXX
  2. Isaiah 41:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read You will seek them and not find those who quarrel with you
  3. Isaiah 41:14 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  4. Isaiah 41:14 1QIsaa is masculine; MT is feminine
  5. Isaiah 41:14 1QIsaa is masculine; MT is feminine
  6. Isaiah 41:15 1QIsaa is masculine; MT is feminine
  7. Isaiah 41:16 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and