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| [1]Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. |
[1]Keep silence before me, O islands, and let the people renew their strength: let them come near, and let them speak: let us come together into judgment. |
| [2]Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. |
[2]Who raised up justice from the east, and called him to his foot? And gave the nations before him, and subdued the kings? He gave them as dust to his sword, and as scattered stubble unto his bow. |
| [3]He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. |
[3]He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feet. |
| [4]Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. |
[4]Who hath wrought and done it? He that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am the same. |
| [5]The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. |
[5]The isles saw it, and did fear, and the ends of the earth were abashed, drew near, and came. |
| [6]They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. |
[6]Every man helped his neighbor, and said to his brother, Be strong. |
| [7]So 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, that it should not be moved. |
[7]So the workman comforted the founder, and he that smote with the hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the soldering, and he fastened it with nails that it should not be moved. |
| [8]But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. |
[8]But thou, Israel, art my servant, and thou Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. |
| [9]Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. |
[9]For I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and called thee before the chief thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant: I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. |
| [10]Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. |
[10]Fear thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraid, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and help thee, and will sustain thee with the right hand of my justice. |
| [11]Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. |
[11]Behold, all they that provoke thee, shall be ashamed, and confounded: they shall be as nothing, and they that strive with thee, shall perish. |
| [12]Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. |
[12]Thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that war against thee, as a thing of naught. |
| [13]For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. |
[13]For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee. |
| [14]Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. |
[14]Fear not, thou worm, Jacob, and ye men of Israel: I will help thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel. |
| [15]Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. |
[15]Behold, I will make thee a roller, and a new threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and bring them to powder, and shalt make the hills as chaff. |
| [16]Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. |
[16]Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. |
| [17]When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. |
[17]When the poor and the needy seek water, and there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lord will hear them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them) |
| [18]I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. |
[18]I will open rivers in the tops of the hills, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness as a pool of water, and the waste land as springs of water. |
| [19]I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: |
[19]I will set in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle tree, and the pine tree, and I will set in the wilderness the fir tree, the elm and the box tree together. |
| [20]That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. |
[20]Therefore let them see and know, and let them consider 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 strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. |
[21]Stand to your cause, saith the Lord: bring forth your strong reasons, saith the king of Jacob. |
| [22]Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. |
[22]Let them bring them forth, and let them tell us what shall come: let them show the former things what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them: either declare us things for to come. |
| [23]Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. |
[23]Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, do good or do evil, that we may declare it, and behold it together. |
| [24]Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. |
[24]Behold, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them. |
| [25]I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. |
[25]I have raised up from the north, and he shall come: from the east sun shall he call upon my name, and shall come upon princes as upon clay, and as the potter treadeth mire under the foot. |
| [26]Who 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. |
[26]Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? Or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that showeth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your words. |
| [27]The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. |
[27]I am the first, that saith to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that shall bring good tidings. |
| [28]For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. |
[28]But when I beheld, there was none, and when I inquired of them, there was no counselor, and when I demanded of them, they answered not a word. |
| [29]Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. |
[29]Behold, they are all vanity: their work is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion. |