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Isaiah 41 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Do Not Fear, for I Am with You

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 -

“Coastlands, listen to Me in silence,

And let the peoples gain new power;

Let them come forward, then let them speak;

Let us draw near together for judgment.

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“Who has awakened one from the east

Whom He calls in righteousness to His [fn]feet?

He gives up nations before him

And [fn]has dominion over kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.

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“He pursues them, passing on in peace,

By a way he had not [fn]come with his feet.

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“Who has worked and done it,

Calling forth the generations from the beginning?

‘I, Yahweh, am the first; and with the last, I am He.’”

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The coastlands have seen and are afraid;

The ends of the earth tremble;

They have drawn near and have come.

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Each one helps his neighbor

And says to his brother, “Be strong!”

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So the craftsman strengthens the smelter,

And he who smooths metal with the hammer strengthens him who beats the anvil,

Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;

And he strengthens it with nails,

So that it will not be shaken.

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“But you, Israel, My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

Seed of Abraham My friend,

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You whom I have [fn]strongly taken hold of from the ends of the earth,

And called from its remotest parts

And said to you, ‘You are My servant,

I have chosen you and not rejected you.

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‘Do not fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.

I will make you mighty, surely I will help you;

Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

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“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;

Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

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“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,

Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

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“For I am Yahweh your God, who [fn]strongly takes hold of your right hand,

Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’

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“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;

I will help you,” declares Yahweh, “[fn]and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

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“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;

You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,

And will make the hills like chaff.

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“You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,

And the storm will scatter them;

But you will rejoice in Yahweh;

You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

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“The [fn]afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,

And their tongue is parched with thirst;

I, Yahweh, will answer them Myself,

As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

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“I will open rivers on the bare heights

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make the wilderness a pool of water

And the dry land fountains of water.

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“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,

The acacia and the myrtle and the [fn]olive tree;

I will place the juniper in the desert

Together with the box tree and the cypress,

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That they may see and know,

And establish and gain insight as well,

That the hand of Yahweh has done this,

And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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“Bring near your case,” Yahweh says.

“Bring forward your mighty arguments,”

The King of Jacob says.

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Let them bring it forth and declare to us what is going to take place;

As for the former events, declare what they were,

That we may establish our heart on them and know their outcome.

Or cause us to hear of what is coming;

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Declare the things that are to come afterward,

That we may know that you are gods;

Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

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Behold, you are nothing,

And your work is non-existent;

He who chooses you is an abomination.

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“I have awakened one from the north, and he has come;

From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;

And he will come upon officials as upon mortar,

Even as the potter treads clay.”

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Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know?

Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?

Surely there was no one who declared;

Surely there was no one who caused those words to be heard;

Surely there was no one who heard your words.

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“Formerly I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’

And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a messenger of good news.’

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“But I look, and there is no one,

And there is no counselor [fn]among them

Who, if I ask, can respond with a word.

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“Behold, all of them are [fn]false;

Their works are non-existent;

Their molten images are wind and utter formlessness.

LSB Footnotes
Lit foot
Or subdues
Lit coming
Normally taken hold of, but cf. 41:7
Normally takes hold of, but cf. 41:7
Or even your Redeemer, the Holy One
Or poor
Or oleaster
Lit out of those
Or nothing
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