Isaiah 41 : 1 (NCV)
The Lord says, "Faraway countries, listen to me. Let the nations become strong. Come to me and speak; we will meet together to decide who is right.
Isaiah 41 : 2 (NCV)
"Who caused the one to come from the east? Who gives him victories everywhere he goes? The one who brought him gives nations over to him and defeats kings. He uses his sword, and kings become like dust. He uses his bow, and they are blown away like chaff.
Isaiah 41 : 3 (NCV)
He chases them and is never hurt, going places he has never been before.
Isaiah 41 : 4 (NCV)
Who caused this to happen? Who has controlled history since the beginning? I, the Lord, am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished."
Isaiah 41 : 5 (NCV)
All you faraway places, look and be afraid; all you places far away on the earth, shake with fear. Come close and listen to me.
Isaiah 41 : 6 (NCV)
The workers help each other and say to each other, "Be strong!"
Isaiah 41 : 7 (NCV)
The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the workman who smooths the metal with a hammer encourages the one who shapes the metal. He says, "This metal work is good." He nails the statue to a base so it can't fall over.
Isaiah 41 : 8 (NCV)
The Lord says, "People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham.
Isaiah 41 : 9 (NCV)
I took you from places far away on the earth and called you from a faraway country. I said, 'You are my servants.' I have chosen you and have not turned against you.
Isaiah 41 : 10 (NCV)
So don't worry, because I am with you. Don't be afraid, because I am your God. I will make you strong and will help you; I will support you with my right hand that saves you.
Isaiah 41 : 11 (NCV)
"All those people who are angry with you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who are against you will disappear and be lost.
Isaiah 41 : 12 (NCV)
You will look for your enemies, but you will not find them. Those who fought against you will vanish completely.
Isaiah 41 : 13 (NCV)
I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, and I tell you, 'Don't be afraid. I will help you.'
Isaiah 41 : 14 (NCV)
You few people of Israel who are left, do not be afraid even though you are weak as a worm. I myself will help you," says the Lord. "The one who saves you is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41 : 15 (NCV)
Look, I have made you like a new threshing board with many sharp teeth. So you will walk on mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff.
Isaiah 41 : 16 (NCV)
You will throw them into the air, and the wind will carry them away; a windstorm will scatter them. Then you will be happy in the Lord; you will be proud of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41 : 17 (NCV)
"The poor and needy people look for water, but they can't find any. Their tongues are dry with thirst. But I, the Lord, will answer their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.
Isaiah 41 : 18 (NCV)
I will make rivers flow on the dry hills and springs flow through the valleys. I will change the desert into a lake of water and the dry land into fountains of water.
Isaiah 41 : 19 (NCV)
I will make trees grow in the desert -- cedars, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees. I will put pine, fir, and cypress trees growing together in the desert.
Isaiah 41 : 20 (NCV)
People will see these things and understand; they will think carefully about these things and learn that the Lord's power did this, that the Holy One of Israel made these things."
Isaiah 41 : 21 (NCV)
The Lord says, "Present your case." The King of Jacob says, "Tell me your arguments.
Isaiah 41 : 22 (NCV)
Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Have them tell us what happened in the beginning. Then we will think about these things, and we will know how they will turn out. Or tell us what will happen in the future.
Isaiah 41 : 23 (NCV)
Tell us what is coming next so we will believe that you are gods. Do something, whether it is good or bad, and make us afraid.
Isaiah 41 : 24 (NCV)
You gods are less than nothing; you can't do anything. Those who worship you should be hated.
Isaiah 41 : 25 (NCV)
"I have brought someone to come out of the north. I have called by name a man from the east, and he knows me. He walks on kings as if they were mud, just as a potter walks on the clay.
Isaiah 41 : 26 (NCV)
Who told us about this before it happened? Who told us ahead of time so we could say, 'He was right'? None of you told us anything; none of you told us before it happened; no one heard you tell about it.
Isaiah 41 : 27 (NCV)
I, the Lord, was the first one to tell Jerusalem that the people were coming home. the good news.
Isaiah 41 : 28 (NCV)
I look at the idols, but there is not one that can answer. None of them can give advice; none of them can answer my questions.
Isaiah 41 : 29 (NCV)
Look, all these idols are false. They cannot do anything; they are worth nothing.
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