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Isaiah 41 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Isa 41:1

Isa 41:1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

Isa 41:2

Isa 41:2Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.

Isa 41:3

Isa 41:3He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

Isa 41:4

Isa 41:4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

Isa 41:5

Isa 41:5The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

Isa 41:6

Isa 41:6They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.

Isa 41:7

Isa 41:7So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isa 41:8

Isa 41:8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

Isa 41:9

Isa 41:9thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;

Isa 41:10

Isa 41:10fear 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.

Isa 41:11

Isa 41:11Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

Isa 41:12

Isa 41:12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

Isa 41:13

Isa 41:13For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

Isa 41:14

Isa 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 41:15

Isa 41:15Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Isa 41:16

Isa 41:16Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 41:17

Isa 41:17The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isa 41:18

Isa 41:18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isa 41:19

Isa 41:19I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together:

Isa 41:20

Isa 41:20that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Isa 41:21

Isa 41:21Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Isa 41:22

Isa 41:22Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

Isa 41:23

Isa 41:23Declare 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.

Isa 41:24

Isa 41:24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Isa 41:25

Isa 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Isa 41:26

Isa 41:26Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

Isa 41:27

Isa 41:27I am the first that saith unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

Isa 41:28

Isa 41:28And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

Isa 41:29

Isa 41:29Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
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