 41:1 ¶
Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew [their] strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgement. |
|
 41:1 ¶
Keep silenceºº
beforeº
me, O islands;º
and let the peopleº
renewºº
[their] strength:º
let them come near;ºº
thenº
let them speak:ºº
let us come nearºº
togetherº
to judgment.º |
 41:2
Who raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint [it] an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks? |
 41:2
Whoº
raised upºº
the righteousº
[man] from the east,ºº
calledºº
him to his foot,º
gaveºº
the nationsº
beforeº
him, and made [him] ruleºº
over kings?º
he gaveºº
[them] as the dustº
to his sword,º
[and] as drivenºº
stubbleº
to his bow.º |
 41:3
And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace. |
 41:3
He pursuedºº
them, [and] passedºº
safely;º
[even] by the wayº
[that] he had notº
goneºº
with his feet.º |
 41:4
Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM. |
 41:4
Whoº
hath wroughtºº
and doneºº
[it], callingºº
the generationsº
from the beginning?ºº
Iº
Yahweh,º
the first,º
and withº
the last;º
Iº
[am] he.º |
 41:5
The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together, |
 41:5
The islesº
sawºº
[it], and feared;ºº
the endsº
of the earthº
were afraid,ºº
drew near,ºº
and came.ºº |
 41:6
every one judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother: and one will say, |
 41:6
They helpedºº
every oneºº
his neighbour;º
and [every one] saidºº
to his brother,º
Be of good courage.ºº |
 41:7
The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved. |
 41:7
So the carpenterº
encouragedººº
the goldsmith,ºº
[and] he that smoothethºº
[with] the hammerºº
him that smoteºº
the anvil,º
saying,ºº
Itº
[is] readyº
for the sodering:º
and he fastenedºº
it with nails,º
[that] it should notº
be moved.ºº |
 41:8
But thou, Israel, art my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham{gr.Abraam}, whom I have loved: |
 41:8
But thou,º
Israel,º
[art] my servant,º
Jacobº
whomº
I have chosen,ºº
the seedº
of Abrahamº
my friend.ºº |
 41:9
whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called thee, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and I have not forsaken thee. |
 41:9
[Thou] whomº
I have takenºº
from the endsºº
of the earth,º
and calledºº
thee from the chief menºº
thereof, and saidºº
unto thee, Thouº
[art] my servant;º
I have chosenºº
thee, and notº
cast thee away.ºº |
 41:10 ¶
Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand. |
 41:10 ¶
Fearºº
thou not;º
forº
Iº
[am] withº
thee: be notº
dismayed;ºº
forº
Iº
[am] thy Elohim:º
I will strengthenºº
thee; yea,º
I will helpºº
thee; yea,º
I will upholdºº
thee with the right handº
of my righteousness.º |
 41:11
Behold, all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all thine opponents shall perish. |
 41:11
Behold,º
allº
they that were incensedºº
against thee shall be ashamedºº
and confounded:ºº
they shall beº
as nothing;º
and theyºº
that striveº
with thee shall perish.ºº |
 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, and thou shalt not find the men who shall insolently rage against thee: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against thee shall not be. |
 41:12
Thou shalt seekºº
them, and shalt notº
findºº
them,º
[even] themº
that contendedº
with thee: theyº
that warº
against thee shall beº
as nothing,º
and as a thing of nought.º |
 41:13
For I am thy God, who holdeth thy right hand, who saith to thee, |
 41:13
Forº
Iº
Yahwehº
thy Elohimº
will holdºº
thy right hand,º
sayingºº
unto thee, Fearºº
not;º
Iº
will helpºº
thee. |
 41:14
Fear not, Jacob, [and thou] Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel. |
 41:14
Fearºº
not,º
thou wormº
Jacob,º
[and] ye menº
of Israel;º
Iº
will helpºº
thee, saithºº
Yahweh,º
and thy redeemer,ºº
the Holy Oneº
of Israel.º |
 41:15
Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make [them] as chaff: |
 41:15
Behold,º
I will makeºº
thee a newº
sharpº
threshingº
instrumentº
havingº
teeth:º
thou shalt threshºº
the mountains,º
and beat [them] small,ºº
and shalt makeºº
the hillsº
as chaff.º |
 41:16
and thou shalt winnow [them], and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but thou shalt rejoice in the holy ones of Israel. |
 41:16
Thou shalt fanºº
them, and the windº
shall carry them away,ºº
and the whirlwindº
shall scatterºº
them: and thouº
shalt rejoiceºº
in Yahweh,º
[and] shalt gloryºº
in the Holy Oneº
of Israel.º |
 41:17
And the poor and the needy shall exult; for [when] they shall seek water, and there shall be none, [and] their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them: |
 41:17
[When] the poorº
and needyº
seekºº
water,º
and [there is] none,º
[and] their tongueº
failethºº
for thirst,º
Iº
Yahwehº
will hearºº
them, I the Elohimº
of Israelº
will notº
forsakeºº
them. |
 41:18
but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses. |
 41:18
I will openºº
riversº
inº
high places,º
and fountainsº
in the midstº
of the valleys:º
I will makeºº
the wildernessº
a poolº
of water,º
and the dryº
landº
springsº
of water.º |
 41:19
I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar: |
 41:19
I will plantºº
in the wildernessº
the cedar,º
the shittah tree,º
and the myrtle,º
and the oilº
tree;º
I will setºº
in the desertº
the fir tree,º
[and] the pine,º
and the box treeº
together:º |
 41:20
that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these [works], and the Holy One of Israel has displayed [them]. |
 41:20
Thatº
they may see,ºº
and know,ºº
and consider,ºº
and understandºº
together,º
thatº
the handº
of Yahwehº
hath doneºº
this,º
and the Holy Oneº
of Israelº
hath createdºº
it. |
 41:21
Your judgement draws nigh, saith the Lord God; your counsel have drawn nigh, saith the King of Jacob. |
 41:21
Produceºº
your cause,º
saithºº
Yahweh;º
bring forthºº
your strongº
[reasons], saithºº
the Kingº
of Jacob.º |
 41:22
Let them draw nigh, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell [us] what things were of old, and we will apply [our] understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things: |
 41:22
Let them bring [them] forth,ºº
and shewºº
usº
whatº
shall happen:ºº
let them shewºº
the former things,º
whatº
theyº
[be], that we may considerººº
them, and knowºº
the latter endº
of them; orº
declareºº
us things for to come.ºº |
 41:23
tell us, declare ye to us the things that are coming on at the last [time], and we shall know that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time |
 41:23
Shewºº
the things that are to comeºº
hereafter,º
that we may knowºº
thatº
yeº
[are] elohim:º
yea,º
do good,ºº
or do evil,ºº
that we may be dismayed,ºº
and beholdºº
[it] together.º |
 41:24
whence ye are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth. |
 41:24
Behold,º
yeº
[are] of nothing,ºº
and your workº
of nought:ºº
an abominationº
[is he that] choosethºº
you. |
 41:25
But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down. |
 41:25
I have raised upºº
[one] from the north,ºº
and he shall come:ºº
from the risingºº
of the sunº
shall he callºº
upon my name:º
and he shall comeºº
upon princesº
asº
[upon] morter,º
and asº
the potterºº
treadethºº
clay.º |
 41:26
For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words. |
 41:26
Whoº
hath declaredºº
from the beginning,ºº
that we may know?ºº
and beforetime,ºº
that we may say,ºº
[He is] righteous?º
yea,º
[there is] noneº
that sheweth,ºº
yea,º
[there is] noneº
that declareth,ºº
yea,º
[there is] noneº
that hearethºº
your words.º |
 41:27
I will give dominion to Zion{gr.Sion}, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way. |
 41:27
The firstº
[shall say] to Zion,º
Behold,º
beholdº
them: and I will giveºº
to Jerusalemº
one that bringeth good tidings.ºº |
 41:28
For from among the nations, behold, [there was] no one; and of their idols there was none to declare [anything]: and if I should ask them, Whence are ye? they could not answer me. |
 41:28
For I beheld,ºº
and [there was] noº
man;º
even among them,ºº
and [there was] noº
counsellor,ºº
that, when I askedºº
of them, could answerºº
a word.º |
 41:29
For [these] are your makers, [as ye think], and they that cause you to err in vain. |
 41:29
Behold,º
they [are] allº
vanity;º
their worksº
[are] nothing:º
their molten imagesº
[are] windº
and confusion.º |