Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“Be
silent
before Me, O islands ,
and let the peoples
renew their strength .
Let them come forward
and
testify
; let us together
draw
near for
judgment.
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.
Who has
aroused
one
from the east and
called him to his feet
in
righteousness
?
He
hands
nations over
to
him and subdues
kings
before
him .
He turns
them to
dust with
his sword, to windblown
chaff
with
his bow.
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.
He pursues
them, going
on
safely ,
hardly
touching
the path
with his feet.
He pursued
them, and
passed
safely ;
even
by
the way
that
he
had
not
gone
with his feet.
Who has
performed
this
and carried
it out
, calling forth
the generations from the beginning? I ,
the LORD —
the first and the last —
I am He. ”
Who hath
wrought
and done
it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD ,
the first ,
and with
the last ;
I am he.
The islands
see
and fear
; the ends of the earth tremble.
They
approach
and come
forward
.
The isles
saw
it,
and feared
; the ends of the earth were
afraid,
drew
near,
and came
.
Each
one helps
the
other
and says
to his brother, “
Be strong!”
They
helped
every
one his
neighbour;
and every
one
said
to his brother, Be of
good
courage.
The craftsman
encourages
the goldsmith, and he who
wields
the hammer cheers
him who
strikes
the anvil, saying of
the
welding
, “
It is good.”
He nails
it down
so
it will
not be toppled
.
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
.
“
But you
, O
Israel, My servant, Jacob ,
whom I have chosen, descendant
of Abraham My friend —
But thou
, Israel, art
my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the
seed
of Abraham my friend .
I brought
you
from the ends of the earth and called you
from its
farthest
corners.
I
said, ‘You
are
My servant .’
I have chosen and not rejected
you
.
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
.
Do
not
fear ,
for I am with you;
do
not
be afraid,
for I am your
God .
I will strengthen you
; I will surely
help you
; I will uphold you
with My
right hand of righteousness.
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.
Behold, all who
rage
against you
will
be ashamed and disgraced;
those
who
contend
with
you
will
be reduced
to
nothing and will
perish.
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.
You
will
seek them but
will
not find them .
Those
who
wage
war against you
will
come
to
nothing.
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
.
For I am
the LORD your
God ,
who
takes
hold of
your
right hand and
tells
you:
Do
not
fear
, I will help you
.
For I the LORD thy
God will
hold thy
right hand, saying
unto
thee,
Fear
not;
I will help thee
.
Do
not
fear, O
worm of
Jacob, O
few
men of Israel .
I will help you
, ”
declares
the LORD .
“Your
Redeemer is
the Holy One of Israel.
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.
Behold, I will make you
into
a threshing
sledge,
new and
sharp ,
with
many
teeth .
You
will
thresh the mountains and crush
them, and reduce
the hills to
chaff.
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.
You
will
winnow
them, and a
wind will
carry them away ;
a
gale
will
scatter them .
But
you
will
rejoice in the LORD ;
you
will
glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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.
The poor and needy seek water, but
there is none ;
their tongues
are
parched
with
thirst .
I
, the LORD ,
will answer
them ;
I
, the God of Israel ,
will not forsake them.
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.
I will open rivers on
the
barren
heights
, and fountains in the middle
of the valleys .
I will turn
the desert
into
a pool of water, and the dry land into
flowing
springs.
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
.
I will plant cedars
in the wilderness, acacias
, myrtles
, and olive
trees.
I will set cypresses
in the desert, elms
and boxwood
together
,
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:
so
that all
may see and know, may
consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has
done this and the Holy One of Israel has
created it. ”
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.
“Present
your case
, ”
says
the LORD .
“Submit
your arguments
, ”
says
the King of Jacob.
Produce
your cause
, saith
the LORD ;
bring
forth
your strong
reasons
, saith
the King of Jacob.
“
Let them come
and tell
us what will
happen .
Tell
the former things, so
that we may reflect
on
them and know the outcome.
Or announce
to
us what
is
coming
.
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
.
Tell
us
the things that are to come, so
that we may know that you
are gods .
Yes
, do something
good or evil, that we may look
on
together in
dismay
.
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.
Behold, you
are nothing and your work is
of no
value.
Anyone
who
chooses
you
is detestable
.
Behold, ye
are of
nothing ,
and your work of nought:
an
abomination
is he
that
chooseth
you
.
I have raised up one from the north, and he has
come —
one
from the east
who
calls
on
My name .
He will
march
over
rulers
as if
they
were
mortar
, like
a
potter
who
treads
the clay.
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.
Who has
declared this
from the beginning, so
that we may know ,
and from
times
past
, so
that we may say :
‘
He was
right’
? No
one
announced
it
, no
one
foretold
it
, no
one
heard
your words.
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.
I
was
the first to tell
Zion :
‘Look
, here
they
are!’
And I gave
to Jerusalem a
herald
of
good news
.
The first shall
say
to Zion, Behold,
behold
them:
and I will
give
to Jerusalem one
that
bringeth
good tidings
.
When
I look
, there is
no one
; there
is
no
counselor
among them ;
when I ask
them, they
have
nothing
to
say
.
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
.
See
, they are all a
delusion
; their works amount
to
nothing ;
their images are as
empty
as
the
wind.
Behold
, they are all vanity
; their works are
nothing :
their molten
images are wind and
confusion
.
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