10 fear not, for I am with you;
    be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
    I will uphold you with (A)my righteous right hand.

11 (B)Behold, all who are incensed against you
    shall be put to shame and confounded;
those who strive against you
    shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 (C)You shall seek those who contend with you,
    but you shall not find them;
(D)those who war against you
    shall be as nothing at all.
13 For I, the Lord your God,
    hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
    I am the one who helps you.”

14 Fear not, you (E)worm Jacob,
    you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
    your (F)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 (G)Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
    new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh (H)the mountains and crush them,
    and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 (I)you shall winnow them, and (J)the wind shall carry them away,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
(K)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
    in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

17 (L)When the poor and needy seek water,
    and there is none,
    and their tongue is parched with thirst,
I the Lord will answer them;
    I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 (M)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(N)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
    and the dry land springs of water.
19 (O)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (P)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,
20 that they may see and know,
    may consider and understand together,
that (Q)the hand of the Lord has done this,
    the Holy One of Israel has created it.

The Futility of Idols

21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
    bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring them, and (R)tell us
    what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they are,
    that we may consider them,
that we may know their outcome;
    or declare to us the things to come.
23 (S)Tell us what is to come hereafter,
    that we may know that you are gods;
(T)do good, or do harm,
    that we may be dismayed and terrified.[a]
24 Behold, (U)you are nothing,
    and your work is less than nothing;
    an abomination is he who chooses you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 41:23 Or that we may both be dismayed and see

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