Isaiah 41 : 1 (RV)
Keep 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.
Isaiah 41 : 2 (RV)
Who 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.
Isaiah 41 : 3 (RV)
He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
Isaiah 41 : 4 (RV)
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he.
Isaiah 41 : 5 (RV)
The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.
Isaiah 41 : 6 (RV)
They helped every one his neighbour; and cf15i every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
Isaiah 41 : 7 (RV)
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah 41 : 8 (RV)
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend;
Isaiah 41 : 9 (RV)
thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;
Isaiah 41 : 10 (RV)
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.
Isaiah 41 : 11 (RV)
Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Isaiah 41 : 12 (RV)
Thou 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.
Isaiah 41 : 13 (RV)
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isaiah 41 : 14 (RV)
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41 : 15 (RV)
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.
Isaiah 41 : 16 (RV)
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 41 : 17 (RV)
The poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Isaiah 41 : 18 (RV)
I 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.
Isaiah 41 : 19 (RV)
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together:
Isaiah 41 : 20 (RV)
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.
Isaiah 41 : 21 (RV)
Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 41 : 22 (RV)
Let them bring them forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or shew us things for to come.
Isaiah 41 : 23 (RV)
Declare 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.
Isaiah 41 : 24 (RV)
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isaiah 41 : 25 (RV)
I 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.
Isaiah 41 : 26 (RV)
Who hath declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, cf15i He is righteous? yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isaiah 41 : 27 (RV)
cf15i I first cf15i will say unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Isaiah 41 : 28 (RV)
And when I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
Isaiah 41 : 29 (RV)
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity cf15i and nought: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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