Isaiah 41–63

41^aKeep silence before me, O ^bislands;

And ^clet the people renew their strength:

Let them come near; then let them speak:

Let us come near together to judgment.

^2dWho raised up ^†the righteous man ^efrom the east,

Called him ^fto his foot,

^ffGave the nations before him, and ^gmade him rule over kings?

He ^hgave them as the dust to his sword,

And as ⁱdriven stubble to his bow.

³He pursued them, and passed ^†safely;

Even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

^4kWho hath wrought and done it,

Calling the generations from the beginning?

I the Lord, ^lthe first,

And with the last; ^mI am he.

⁵ⁿThe isles saw it, and feared;

The ends of the earth were afraid,

Drew near, and came.

⁶They helped every one his neighbour;

And every one said to his brother, ^†Be of good courage.

^7oSo the carpenter encouraged the ^||goldsmith,

And he that smootheth with the hammer ^||him that smote the anvil,

^||Saying, It is ready for the sodering:

And he fastened it with nails, ^pthat it should not be moved.

⁸But thou, ^qIsrael, art ^rmy servant,

Jacob ^rrwhom I have chosen,

The seed of ^sAbraham my friend.

⁹Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,

And called thee from ^tthe chief men thereof,

And said unto thee, ^rThou art my servant;

I ^rrhave chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

^10uFear thou not; ^vfor I am with thee:

^wBe not dismayed; for I am thy God:

^vI will strengthen thee; yea, ^uI will help thee;

Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹¹Behold, all ^xthey that were incensed against thee shall be ^xashamed and confounded:

^yThey shall be as nothing; and ^†they that strive with thee shall perish.

¹²Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even ^†them that contended with thee:

^†They that war against thee shall be ^zas nothing, and ^zas a thing of nought.

¹³For I the Lord thy God ^zzwill hold thy right hand,

Saying unto thee, ^uFear not; ^uI will help thee.

^14uFear not, ^athou worm Jacob, and ye ^||men of Israel;

^aI will help thee, saith the Lord,

And ^bthy redeemer, ^cthe Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵Behold, ^dI will make thee a new ^esharp ^fthreshing instrument having ^†teeth:

^dThou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small,

And shalt make the hills as chaff.

¹⁶Thou shalt ^gfan them, and the wind shall carry them away,

And the whirlwind shall scatter them:

And thou shalt rejoice in the Lord,

And ^hshalt glory in ^cthe Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,

And their tongue ⁱfaileth for thirst,

I the Lord will hear them,

I ^kthe God of Israel will not forsake them.

^18lI will open rivers in ^mhigh places,

And fountains in the midst of ⁿthe valleys:

^oI will make the ^pwilderness a pool of water,

And ^opthe dry land springs of water.

^19ppI will plant in the wilderness the cedar, ^qthe shittah tree, and the myrtle, and ^rthe oil tree;

I will set in the desert ^sthe fir tree, and ^sthe pine, and the box tree together:

^20tThat they may see, and know, and ^uconsider, and understand together,

That the hand of the Lord hath done this,

And the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

^21†Produce your cause, saith the Lord;

Bring forth your ^vstrong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

^22wLet them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen:

Let them shew ^xthe former things, what they be,

That we may ^†consider them, and know the latter end of them;

Or declare us things for to come.

^23yShew the things that are to come ^yyhereafter,

^zThat we may know that ye are gods:

Yea, ^ado good, or do evil,

That we may ^bbe dismayed, and behold it together.

²⁴Behold, ^cye are ^||of nothing, and your work ^||of nought:

An abomination is he that chooseth you.

^25dI have raised up one ^efrom the north, and he shall come:

^dFrom the rising of the sun ^fshall he call upon my name:

And he shall come upon princes as upon morter,

And as the potter treadeth clay.

^26gWho hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?

And beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous?

Yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth,

Yea, there is none that heareth your words.

^27hThe first ⁱshall say to Zion, Behold, behold them:

And I will give to Jerusalem ⁱone that bringeth good tidings.

^28kFor I beheld, and there was no man;

Even among them, and there was no counseller,

That, when I asked of them, could ^†answer a word.

^29lBehold, they are all vanity; their works are ^mnothing:

Their molten images are wind and confusion.

42^aBehold ^bcmy servant, whom I uphold;

^cMine elect, in whom ^dmy soul delighteth;

^eI have put my spirit upon him:

He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

²He shall not cry, nor lift up,

Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

³A ^fbruised reed shall he not break,

And the ^||smoking flax shall he not ^†quench:

He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

⁴He shall not fail nor be ^†discouraged,

Till he have set judgment in the earth:

^gAnd the isles shall wait for his law.

⁵Thus saith God the Lord,

He that created the heavens, and ^histretched them out;

^hkHe that spread forth the earth, and ^lthat which cometh out of it;

^imHe that giveth breath unto the people upon it,

And ⁿspirit to them that walk therein:

⁶I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,

And ^owill hold thine hand, and will keep thee,

And ^pgive thee for a covenant of the people, ^qfor a light of the Gentiles;

^7rTo open the blind eyes,

To ^sbring out the prisoners from the prison,

And ^tthem that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

⁸I am the Lord: that is my name:

^uAnd my glory will I not give to ^vanother,

Neither my praise to graven images.

⁹Behold, ^wthe former things are come to pass,

And ^xnew things do I declare:

Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

^10ySing unto the Lord a new song,

And his praise from the end of the earth,

^zYe that go down to the sea, and ^†all that is therein;

^aThe isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

^11bLet the wilderness and the cities thereof ^clift up their voice,

The villages that ^dKedar doth inhabit:

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing,

Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

¹²Let them ^egive glory unto the Lord,

And ^eedeclare his praise in ^athe islands.

¹³The Lord shall go forth ^fas a mighty man,

He shall stir up jealousy like ^ga man of war:

He shall cry, yea, ^hroar;

He shall ^||prevail against his enemies.

¹⁴I have long time holden my peace;

I have been still, and ⁱrefrained myself:

Now will I cry ^klike a travailing woman;

I will destroy and ^†devour at once.

¹⁵I will make waste mountains and hills,

And dry up all their herbs;

And I will make the rivers ^aislands,

And I will dry up the pools.

¹⁶And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not;

I will lead them in paths that they have not known:

I will make darkness light before them,

And crooked things ^†straight.

These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

¹⁷They shall be ^lturned back, ^mthey shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images,

That say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

¹⁸ⁿHear, ye deaf;

And ^olook, ye blind, that ye may see.

^19pWho is blind, but ^qmy servant?

Or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?

Who is blind as he that is perfect,

And blind as ^qthe Lord’s servant?

^20rSeeing many things, ^sbut thou observest not;

^tOpening the ears, but he heareth not.

²¹The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake;

He ^uwill magnify the law, and make ^||it honourable.

²²But this is a people robbed and spoiled;

^||They are all of them snared in holes,

And they are hid in prison houses:

They are ^vfor a prey, and none delivereth;

^v†For ^wa spoil, and none saith, Restore.

²³Who among you will give ear to this?

Who will hearken and hear ^†for the time to come?

²⁴Who gave Jacob for ^wa spoil, and Israel to the robbers?

Did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned?

For they would not walk in his ways,

Neither were they obedient unto his law.

^25xTherefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle:

And ^yit hath set him on fire round about, ^zyet he knew not;

And it burned him, yet he ^alaid it not to heart.

43^*But now thus saith the Lord ^athat created thee, O Jacob,

^bAnd he ^athat formed thee, O Israel,

^fpFear not: ^cfor I have redeemed thee,

^dI have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

^2eWhen thou passest through the waters, ^fI will be with thee;

And ^gthrough the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:

^ehWhen thou ⁱwalkest through the fire, ^hthou shalt not be ⁱburned;

Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

³For I am the Lord thy God,

The Holy One of Israel, ^jthy Saviour:

^kI gave ^lEgypt ^mfor thy ransom,

^lEthiopia and ⁿSeba for thee.

⁴Since ^othou wast precious in my sight,

Thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee:

^mTherefore will I give men for thee,

And people for thy ^||life.

^5pFear not: for I am with thee:

I will bring thy seed ^qfrom the east,

And ^qgather thee from the west;

⁶I will say to ^qthe north, Give up;

And to the south, Keep not back:

Bring ^rmy sons from far,

And ^rmy daughters from the ends of the earth;

⁷Even every one ^sthat is called by my name:

For ^asI have created him for my glory,

^aI have formed him; yea, ^uI have made him.

^8vBring forth the blind people that have eyes,

And the deaf that have ears.

⁹Let all the nations be gathered together,

And let the people be assembled:

^wWho among them can declare this,

And shew us former things?

Let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified:

Or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

^10xYe are my witnesses, saith the Lord,

And ^ymy servant whom I have chosen:

That ye may know and believe me,

And understand that I am he:

^zBefore me there was ^||no God formed,

Neither shall there be after me.

^11aI, even I, am the Lord;

^aAnd ^bbeside me there is no saviour.

¹²I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed,

When there was no ^cstrange god among you:

Therefore ^dye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that ^eI am God.

¹³Yea, ^efbefore the day was I am he;

And there is none that can deliver out of my hand:

I will work, and who shall ^†glet it?

¹⁴Thus saith the Lord, ^hyour redeemer, the Holy One of Israel;

For your sake I have sent to Babylon,

And have brought down all their ^†inobles,

And the ^kChaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,

The creator of Israel, your King.

¹⁶Thus saith the …