Isaiah 41:1-10

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.
³He 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.’”

⁵The ^(N)coastlands have seen and are afraid;
The ^(O)ends of the earth tremble;
They have approached and have come.
⁶Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
⁷So 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,
⁹You 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.
¹⁰Do 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.’