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Isaiah 41
Lexham English Bible

God Helps Israel

41 Listen to me in silence, coastlands,
    and let nations renew their strength.
Let them approach, then let them speak;
    let us draw near together for judgment.
2 Who has roused salvation from the east,
    summoned[a] him to his foot,
gives nations in his presence,[b]
    and subjugates kings?
He makes[c] them like the dust with his sword,
    like scattered stubble with his bow.
3 He pursues them and passes on in peace;
    he does not enter the path with his feet.
4 Who has accomplished and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?[d]
I, Yahweh, am first;
    and I am the one with the last.
5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
    the ends of the earth tremble.
They have drawn near,
    and they have come.
6 Each one helps[e] his neighbor;
    he says to his brother, “Take courage!”
7 And the artisan encourages the goldsmith,[f]
    the one who makes smooth with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good!”
    And they strengthen it with nails so it cannot be knocked over.
8 But[g] you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen,
    you, the offspring[h] of Abraham my friend,[i]
9 you whom I grasped from the ends of the earth
    and called from its remotest parts
and told, “You are my servant;
    I have chosen you and I have not rejected you.”
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[j] shall be like nothing and shall become lost.
12 You shall seek them,
    but[k] you shall not find them;
your opponents[l] 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[m] 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[n] Yahweh,
    “and your redeemer is the holy one of Israel.
15 Look! I will make you into a new sharp threshing sledge,
    with[o] 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[p] 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.”
21 “Present your legal case,” says Yahweh.
    “Bring your evidence,” says the king of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them,
    and let them tell us what will happen.
Tell us what the former things are
    so that[q] we may take them to our heart
        and know their outcome.[r]
Declare to us the things to come;
23     tell us the things coming hereafter,[s]
        that[t] we may know that you are gods.
Indeed, do good or[u] do evil,
    that[v] we may be afraid and see[w] together.
24 Look! you are nothing,
    and your work is something worthless;
        whoever chooses you is an abomination.
25 I stirred up one from the north,
    and he has come from the rising of the sun.

He shall call on my name,

and he shall come on officials as on mortar,
    and as the potter[x] treads clay.
26 Who declared it from the beginning[y] so that[z] we might know,
    and beforehand[aa] so that[ab] we might say, “He is right!”[ac]
Indeed, there was no one who declared it;
    Indeed, there was no one who proclaimed it.
        Indeed there was no one who heard your words.

27 First to Zion, look! Look at them!

And I give a herald[ad] of good tidings to Jerusalem.

28 But[ae] I look and there is no man,
    and I look among these and there is no counselor,
        that[af] I might ask them and they might answer a word.
29 Look! All of them are deception;
    their works are nothing;
        their images are wind and emptiness.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Or “called”
  2. Isaiah 41:2 Literally “before his face”
  3. Isaiah 41:2 Or “gives”
  4. Isaiah 41:4 Literally “head”
  5. Isaiah 41:6 Hebrew “help”
  6. Isaiah 41:7 Literally “refiner”
  7. Isaiah 41:8 Or “And”
  8. Isaiah 41:8 Literally “seed”
  9. Isaiah 41:8 Literally “beloved”
  10. Isaiah 41:11 Literally “the men of your strife”
  11. Isaiah 41:12 Or “and”
  12. Isaiah 41:12 Literally “the men of your strife”
  13. Isaiah 41:13 Literally “the sayer”
  14. Isaiah 41:14 Literally “declaration of”
  15. Isaiah 41:15 Literally “owner of”
  16. Isaiah 41:19 Literally “give”
  17. Isaiah 41:22 Or “And”
  18. Isaiah 41:22 Or “end”
  19. Isaiah 41:23 Literally “later”
  20. Isaiah 41:23 Or “and”
  21. Isaiah 41:23 Or “and”
  22. Isaiah 41:23 Or “and”
  23. Isaiah 41:23 Following the reading tradition (Qere); the written text (Kethib) has “fear”
  24. Isaiah 41:25 Literally “creator”
  25. Isaiah 41:26 Literally “head”
  26. Isaiah 41:26 Or “and”
  27. Isaiah 41:26 Literally “from before faces”
  28. Isaiah 41:26 Or “and”
  29. Isaiah 41:26 Literally “righteous”
  30. Isaiah 41:27 Or “bringer”
  31. Isaiah 41:28 Or “And”
  32. Isaiah 41:28 Or “and”
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Isaiah 41
New American Standard Bible

Israel Encouraged

41 “(A)Listen to Me (B)in silence, you coastlands,
And let the peoples (C)gain new strength;
(D)Let them come forward, then let them speak;
(E)Let’s come together for judgment.
2 (F)Who has stirred one from the east
Whom He (G)calls in righteousness to His [a]feet?
He (H)turns nations over to him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like (I)dust with his sword,
Like the wind-driven (J)chaff with his bow.
3 He pursues them, passing on in safety,
By a way he had not been [b]traversing with his feet.
4 (K)Who has performed and accomplished it,
Summoning the generations from the beginning?
‘(L)I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. (M)I am He.’”

5 The (N)coastlands have seen and are afraid;
The (O)ends of the earth tremble;
They have approached and have come.
6 Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7 So the (P)craftsman encourages the (Q)smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
(R)So that it will not totter.
8 “But you, Israel, (S)My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of (T)Abraham My (U)friend,
9 You whom I have [c](V)taken from the ends of the earth
And called from its (W)remotest parts,
And said to you, ‘You are (X)My servant,
I have (Y)chosen you and have not rejected you.
10 Do not (Z)fear, for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, (AA)I will also help you,
I will also uphold you with My righteous (AB)right hand.’
11 Behold, (AC)all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
(AD)Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12 (AE)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.
13 For I am the Lord your God (AF)who takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘(AG)Do not fear, I will help you.’
14 Do not fear, you (AH)worm Jacob, you people of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and (AI)your [d]Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
(AJ)You will thresh the (AK)mountains and pulverize them,
And make the hills like chaff.
16 You will (AL)winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will (AM)rejoice in the Lord,
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

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

21 “[e]Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your evidence,”
The (AW)King of Jacob says.
22 (AX)Let them bring them forward and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the (AY)former events, declare what they were,
So that we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;
23 (AZ)Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
So that we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, (BA)do good or evil, that we may be afraid and fear together.
24 Behold, (BB)you are less than nothing,
And (BC)your work is less than nothing!
He who chooses you is an (BD)abomination.

25 “I have put (BE)one from the north into motion, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon [f](BF)mortar,
As the potter treads on clay.”
26 Who has (BG)declared this from the beginning, that we might know?
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
There was (BH)no one at all who declared,
There was no one at all who proclaimed,
There was no one at all who heard your words.
27 “(BI)Previously I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a (BJ)messenger of good news.’
28 But (BK)when I look, there is no one,
And there is no (BL)counselor [g]among them
Who, if I ask, can (BM)give an answer.
29 Behold, all of them are [h]false;
Their (BN)works are (BO)nothing,
Their cast metal images are (BP)wind and emptiness.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:2 Lit foot
  2. Isaiah 41:3 Lit going
  3. Isaiah 41:9 Lit seized
  4. Isaiah 41:14 Or Redeemer, the Holy One
  5. Isaiah 41:21 Lit Bring near
  6. Isaiah 41:25 I.e., the building material
  7. Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those
  8. Isaiah 41:29 Another reading is nothing
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