Isaiah 41 Cross References - Ottley

¹ Be made new toward me, ye islands: for the rulers shall renew their strength: let them draw near, and let them speak together, then let them prociaim judgment. ² Who roused up righteousness from the rising of the sun, called it to his feet, it shall go forth? he shall set it before nations, and shall astonish kings; and he shall lay their swords upon the earth, and their bows as brushwood that is cast forth. ³ And he shall pursue them, and the way of his feet shall pass over in peace. ⁴ Who hath wrought and done these things? he called it, that called it from the beginning of generations; I, even God, am the first, and unto the times to come, I am. ⁵ The nations saw, and were afraid, the ends of the earth drew near, and came together, ⁶ Deciding everyone to help his neighbour and his brother, and he shall say, ⁷ The craftsman is strong, and the smith smiting with a hammer, beating withal; then will he say, The joining is good, they have made them strong with nails; they will set them in place, and they shall not be moved. ⁸ But thou, Israel, (art) my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham whom I loved: ⁹ On whom I took hold from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the watch towers thereof, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not forsaken thee. ¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God that strengtheneth thee; and I have helped thee, and have saved thee from falling by my just right hand. ¹¹ Behold, all they that resist thee shall be ashamed and turned backward; for they shall be as though they were not, and all thy adversaries shall perish. ¹² Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find the men who . shall evil intreat thee; for they shall be as though they were not, and they that war against thee shall cease to be. ¹³ For I am God, that hold fast thy mght hand, that say to thee, Fear not, ¹⁴ O Jacob, thou little Israel; I have helped thee, saith the God that ransometh thee, Israel. ¹⁵ Behold, I make thee as wheels of a cart, that thresh out; new, with teeth like a saw; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat small the hills, and shalt make them as dust. ¹⁶ And thou shalt winnow them, and a wind shall take them, and a tempest shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice among the holy things of Israel. ¹⁷ And the poor and the needy shall triumph. For they shall seek water, and there shall be none; their tongue is dried up with thirst. I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them. ¹⁸ But I will open rivers upon the mountains, and fountains in the midst of the plains; I will make the wilderness into pools, and the thirsty land into watercourses. ¹⁹ I will plant in the waterless land cedar and box, and myrtle and cypress, and white poplar; ²⁰ That they may see, and learn, and understand, and know together that the hand of the Lord hath done all this, and the Holy One of Israel hath shown it forth. ²¹ Your judgment draweth near, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn near, saith the King of Jacob. ²² Let them draw near, and declare unto you what shall come to pass; or tell ye (of) the former things, what they were, and we will apply our thoughts; and perceive what the last things be: and tell us the things that are coming. ²³ Declare the things that are coming at the last, and we shall perceive that ye are gods: do good, and do evil, and we will wonder. ²⁴ For whence are ye, and whence is your working? from the earth. As an abomination have they chosen you. ²⁵ I have raised up him from the north, and him from the rising of the sun; they shall be called by my name; let rulers come, and like clay of a potter, and like a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down. ²⁶ For who shall proclaim the things from the beginning, that we may learn them? or the former things, and we shall say that they are true? there is none that foretelleth, nor any that heareth your words. ²⁷ I will give rule to Zion, and will comfort Jerusalem in the way. ²⁸ For from the nations, behold, no man; and from among their idols there was none that declared (aught), and if I ask of them, Whence are ye? they will not answer me. ²⁹ For they are those that make you, and vain are they that lead you astray.

¹⁸ And come, and let us be convicted, saith the Lord; and if your sins be as a scarlet thing, I will make them white as snow; and if they be as crimson, I will make them white as wool.

⁹ Learn, ye nations, and be overcome: ye shall hearken, unto the end of the earth; when ye are waxed strong, be overcome; or if ye wax strong again, ye shall be overcome again. ¹⁰ And whatsoever counsel ye take, the Lord shall scatter it: and whatsoever word ye speak, it shall not abide for you; for the Lord God is with us.

¹¹ And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall again show his hand to be jealous for the remnant which is left of the people, whatever be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and Babylonia, and Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising up of the sun, and from Arabia.

¹ Draw near, ye nations, and hearken, ye rulers; let the earth hear, and they that dwell therein, the world, and the people that is in it.

⁶ Deciding everyone to help his neighbour and his brother, and he shall say, ⁷ The craftsman is strong, and the smith smiting with a hammer, beating withal; then will he say, The joining is good, they have made them strong with nails; they will set them in place, and they shall not be moved.

²¹ Your judgment draweth near, saith the Lord God; your counsels have drawn near, saith the King of Jacob. ²² Let them draw near, and declare unto you what shall come to pass; or tell ye (of) the former things, what they were, and we will apply our thoughts; and perceive what the last things be: and tell us the things that are coming.

¹⁶ Draw near unto me, and hear ye this; from the beginning have I not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth; when it came to pass, there was I, and now the Lord hath sent me, and his spirit.

¹ Hearken to me, ye isles, and attend to me, ye nations; after long time shall it stand, saith the Lord. From my mother's womb he called my name,

⁸ For he draweth near that justified me: who is he that contendeth with me; let him stand up against me together; yea, who is he that contendeth with me? let him draw near to me.

²⁴ For they shall not sow, nor plant, neither shall their root be rooted in the earth; he breatheth upon them, and they are withered, and a tempest shall seize upon them as brushwood.

¹⁵ Behold, I make thee as wheels of a cart, that thresh out; new, with teeth like a saw; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat small the hills, and shalt make them as dust. ¹⁶ And thou shalt winnow them, and a wind shall take them, and a tempest shall scatter them. But thou shalt rejoice among the holy things of Israel.

²⁵ I have raised up him from the north, and him from the rising of the sun; they shall be called by my name; let rulers come, and like clay of a potter, and like a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.

¹ Thus saith the Lord God to my anointed, Cyrus, on whose right hand [[I have]] taken hold, for nations to submit before him; and I will shatter the strength of kings, I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be shut:

¹³ I raised him up with righteousness, and all his ways (shall be) straight; he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not with ransom, nor with gifts, saith the Lord of hosts.

¹¹ Calling a fowl of the air from the East, and from a land afar off them concerning whom I have counselled; I spake, and led him, I created and made, I led him, and made his way plain:

² His burial shall be in peace, he is removed out of the midst;

¹² Who measured the water with his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth with a handful? Who hath weighed the mountains with a scale, and the valleys with a balance?

²⁶ Look up on high with your eyes, and see; who hath shown forth all these things? he, that bringeth forth his array by number, will call them all by name from the abundance of his glory, and in the might of strength nothing faileth thee.

²⁶ For who shall proclaim the things from the beginning, that we may learn them? or the former things, and we shall say that they are true? there is none that foretelleth, nor any that heareth your words.

²⁴ Who gave Jacob for a prey, and Israel to them that plunder him? Is it not God, before whom they sinned, and they would not walk in his ways, nor hear his law?

¹⁰ Be ye witnesses to me, and I am witness, saith the Lord God, and the servant whom I have chosen out; that ye may learn, and believe me, and understand that I am; before me there came no other God, and after me there shall be none.

⁶ Thus saith God, the King of Israel, and his deliverer, God of Hosts; I am first, and I am hereafter; except me there is no God. ⁷ Who is as I am? let him stand, let him call, and make ready for me, since I made man for everlasting; and let them declare to you the coming things before they come.

³ Hear ye me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, that are carried from the womb, and reared up from a child. ⁴ Until old age I am, and until ye grow old, I am; I bear with you, I made you, and I will let you (go) free, I will take you up, and will save you.

¹⁰ Declaring the last things before they come to pass, and therewith they are fulfilled; and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and all that I have counselled will I do.

³ Still have I declared the former things, and out of my mouth went they forth, and came to be heard: I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. ⁴ I perceive that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass. ⁵ And I declared to thee the things of old, before they came upon thee; I made it to be heard of thee, lest thou shouldest say, Mine idols have done it, and say, The graven and the molten images have commanded me. ⁶ Ye have heard all, and ye perceived not; but I have also made to be heard of thee the new things from henceforth which shall come to pass; and thou saidst not, ⁷ Now come they to pass, and not long since, and not in former days didst thou hear of them; lest thou shouldest say, Yea, I perceive them.

¹² Hear me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I call; I am first, and I am for everlasting:

⁴ Give comfort, ye faint hearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God will give a recompense of judgment, yea, will give; he himself will come and save us.

¹⁹ Doth the craftsman make an image, or a goldsmith cast gold, and gild it over? doth he construct of it a likeness?

¹² For the craftsman sharpeneth iron, with an adze he fashioneth it, and boreth it with a gimlet, worketh it with the arm of his strength; and he shall be hungry, and shall be faint, and not drink water:

¹⁹ Doth the craftsman make an image, or a goldsmith cast gold, and gild it over? doth he construct of it a likeness? ²⁰ For a craftsman chooseth out a tree which doth not rot, and seeketh cunningly how to set up an image there: and that it may not be moved.

¹² For the craftsman sharpeneth iron, with an adze he fashioneth it, and boreth it with a gimlet, worketh it with the arm of his strength; and he shall be hungry, and shall be faint, and not drink water: ¹³ The craftsman when he hath chosen a piece of wood, setteth it up by measure, and fitteth it together with glue; he maketh it like the form of a great man, and like the goodliness of man, to set It up in a house: ¹⁴ He cutteth wood out of the forest which the Lord planted, and the rain made it to grow, ¹⁵ That it may be for men for burning; and he taketh thereof, and is warmed; and they burn it, and bake loaves upon it; and the rest he maketh into gods, and they worship them.

⁶ Ye that contribute gold out of a bag, and silver by balance: they will set it in a scale, and when they have hired a goldsmith, they make works of their hands, and bow down, and worship them. ⁷ They lift it upon the shoulders, and walk; and if they set it down, it remaineth in his place, it shall not stir; and whosoever calleth unto him, he shall not hear, he shall not save him from evils.

²² Therefore thus saith the Lord upon the house of Jacob, which he separated from (among) Abraham, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor Israel now change his face:

¹ And now thus saith the Lord God, who created thee, O Jacob, he that formed thee, O Israel. Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine.

¹ But now hear, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I chose (out). ² Thus said the Lord God who made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb, Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob, and my beloved Israel whom I chose (out);

²¹ Remember this, Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant; I formed thee for my servant, and thou, Israel, forget not me.

³ And said unto me, Thou art my bondman, Israel, and in thee will I be glorified.

² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for he was one, and I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him.

¹⁶ Thou art our father; for Abraham knew us not, and Israel recognized us not; but thou, Lord, art our father; deliver us, thy name is among us from the beginning.

² Who roused up righteousness from the rising of the sun, called it to his feet, it shall go forth? he shall set it before nations, and shall astonish kings; and he shall lay their swords upon the earth, and their bows as brushwood that is cast forth.

⁸ But thou, Israel, (art) my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham whom I loved:

⁵ Fear not, for I am with thee; I-will bring thy seed from the East, and will gather thee from the West: ⁶ I will say to the North, Bring (them); and to the South, Keep not back: bring my sons from a land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth,

² Behold, my God is my Saviour, I will trust in him, and will not be afraid; for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

²⁹ Giving strength to the hungry, and pain to them that suffer not. ³⁰ For youths shall hunger, and young men shall be weary, and chosen men shall be without strength: ³¹ But they that wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall put forth wings as eagles; they shall run, and shall not be weary; they shall walk, and shall not hunger.

¹³ For I am God, that hold fast thy mght hand, that say to thee, Fear not, ¹⁴ O Jacob, thou little Israel; I have helped thee, saith the God that ransometh thee, Israel.

¹ And now thus saith the Lord God, who created thee, O Jacob, he that formed thee, O Israel. Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. ² Though thou pass through water, I am with thee, and rivers shall not overwhelm thee; though thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned, flame shall not burn thee up.

⁵ Fear not, for I am with thee; I-will bring thy seed from the East, and will gather thee from the West:

² Thus said the Lord God who made thee, and he that formed thee from the womb, Thou shalt yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob, and my beloved Israel whom I chose (out);

⁸ Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time I heard thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee, and gave thee for a covenant of nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit desolate heritages,

¹² I am, I am he that comforteth thee; learn of whom thou wast ware, and didst fear before a mortal man, and before a son of man; who were dried up like grass. ¹³ And thou forgottest God that made thee, that made the heaven, and laid the foundations of the earth; and didst fear continually all the days the face of the wrath of him that was afflicting thee, for (it was) as (though) he were minded to remove thee; and now, where is the wrath of him that did afflict thee?

⁷ Like beauty upon the mountains, like the feet of one bringing glad tidings of news of peace, like one that bringeth glad tidings of good things; for I will make thy salvation heard, saying to Zion, God shall reign over thee.

¹⁹ And the sun shall not be thy light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon enlighten thy night; but the Lord shall be to thee an everlasting light, and God thy glory.

⁸ And they shall be like them that in sleep drink and eat, and when they arise, their dream is vain; and like as he that is thirsty dreameth, as he that drinketh, and when he aariseth, he still thirsteth, and his soul hath hoped after an empty thing; so shall the wealth be of all the nations, as many as did march against Jerusalem and against the mount Zion.

¹⁷ And all the nations are as nothing, and are reckoned for nothing.

²⁴ For whence are ye, and whence is your working? from the earth. As an abomination have they chosen you.

²⁹ For they are those that make you, and vain are they that lead you astray.

²⁴ Saying, Righteousness and glory shall come unto him, and all they that separate themselves shall be ashamed.

²⁶ And they that afflict thee shall eat their own flesh, and shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken; and all flesh shall perceive that I am he that hath delivered thee, and that layeth hold upon the strength of Jacob.

¹⁷ Every instrument is corruptible, but against thee I will not approve it; and every voice that shall stand up against thee for judgment, all them shalt thou vanquish, and they that are subject to thee shall be therein. There is an inheritance for them that attend on the Lord, and ye shall be righteous in my sight, saith the Lord.

¹² For the nations and their kings, whosoever will not serve thee shall die, and the nations shall be utterly desolated. ¹³ And the glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, with the cypress and pine and cedar together, to glorify my holy place. ¹⁴ And there shall come unto thee in fear the sons of them that humbled thee and provoked thee; and thou shalt be called, City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel,

¹⁴ Toward evening there shall be trouble: before morning, and he shall not be; this is the portion of them that plundered you, and the share for them that shared you.

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God that strengtheneth thee; and I have helped thee, and have saved thee from falling by my just right hand.

⁶ I the Lord God have called thee in righteousness, and will hold fast thine hand, and will strengthen thee, and have given thee for a covenant of a race, for a light of nations.

⁶ I will say to the North, Bring (them); and to the South, Keep not back: bring my sons from a land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth,

¹⁸ And there was none that comforted thee from among all thy children that thou broughtest forth; and there was none that took hold of thy hand from among all thy sons whom thou didst raise up.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord God who redeemeth you, the Holy One of Israel: For your sakes will I send to Babylon, and will rouse up all that flee, and the Chaldaeans shall be bound in stocks.

⁶ Thus saith God, the King of Israel, and his deliverer, God of Hosts; I am first, and I am hereafter; except me there is no God.

²⁴ Thus saith the Lord, that redeemeth thee, and formeth thee from the womb, I am the Lord, that accomplish this; I alone stretched out the heaven, and established the earth.

⁴ Saith thy deliverer, the Lord of Hosts, his name is the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷ Thus saith the Lord, thy deliverer, the Holy One of Israel: [[I am thy God,]] I have shown to thee, that thou mayest find the way wherein thou shalt walk.

⁷ Thus saith the Lord thy deliverer, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that lightly esteemeth his soul, him that is held abominable by the nations, the slaves of the rulers; kings shall see him, and rulers shall rise up and worship him for the Lord's sake: for faithful is the Holy One of Israel, and I chose thee.

⁵ For thy Maker is the Lord, the Lord of Hosts is his name; and he that delivereth thee is the very God of Israel, he shall be called (so) in all the earth.

⁸ In a little wrath I turned my face away from thee, and in everlasting mercy have I had mercy on thee: saith the Lord thy deliverer.

²⁰ And the deliverer shall come for Zion's sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

¹⁶ And thou shalt suck the milk of nations, and shalt eat the wealth of kings; and shalt learn that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and the God of Israel that delivereth thee.

¹⁰ Hear, ye that are left, and are in anguish, hear what I have heard from the Lord of Hosts: the God of Israel hath proclaimed it to us.

²⁷ For the fennel is not winnowed with harshness, nor will he drive a cart wheel round upon the cummin; but the fennel is shaken with a rod, and the cummin

⁶ Exult and rejoice, ye that dwell in Zion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst of thee.

¹³ As much water are many nations, as when much water 1s violently borne along; and he shall cast him off, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and like a whirlwind carrying along a circling dust cloud.

¹ A Song. ¶ O Lord my God, I will glorify thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, a. counsel ancient and true. Amen, O Lord. ² For thou hast laid cities in a dust heap, strong cities, that their foundations should fall; the city of the wicked shall not be built, for ever. ³ Therefore shall the people that is poor praise thee, and cities of men that suffer wrong shall bless thee.

²⁴ Saying, Righteousness and glory shall come unto him, and all they that separate themselves shall be ashamed. ²⁵ From the Lord shall men be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified.

¹⁰ And with joy shall they rejoice unto the Lord. Let my soul triumph because of the Lord; for he hath clothed me with a cloke of salvation and a robe of joy, he hath put a garland on (my head) as on a bridegroom, and hath adorned me with ornaments as a bride. ¹¹ And like earth making her blossom to grow, and like a garden its seeds; so will the Lord make righteousness and triumph to rise up before all the nations.

¹⁹ For a holy people shall dwell in Zion; and Jerusalem wept sore, Have mercy on me: and he will have mercy on the voice of thy cry; when he saw, he hearkened unto thee.

¹⁶ And I will lead blind men by a way that they had not learnt, and will make them to tread paths which they knew not; I will make their darkness into light, and the crooked things into (a) straight (path); these (are) the things which I will do, and will not forsake them.

²⁰ The beasts of the field shall praise me, owls, and the daughters of ostriches; because I have given water in the desert, and rivers in the waterless land, I will give my chosen race to drink,

³ For I will give water in thirst to them that walk in a waterless place; I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children,

¹ Ye that thirst, come to (the) water, and all ye that have no money, come and buy, and drink, without money and price, of the wine, and the fat.

¹ The spirit of the Lord is upon me; wherefore he hath anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind:

² For all these things hath my hand made; and all these things are mine, saith the Lord; and unto whom shall I look, save to him that is humble, and quiet, and trembleth at my words?

³ And ye shall draw water with joy out of the fountains of salvation.

²⁵ And there shall be, upon every high mountain, and upon every lofty hill, flowing water in that day, when many perish, and when towers fall.

² And the man shall be, hiding these sayings, and he shall be hidden as from rushing water; and he shall appear in Zion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsting land.

⁶ Then shall a lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of stammerers shall be clear, for there hath broken out water in the wilderness, and a torrent in a thirsting land. ⁷ And the waterless land shall become pools, and into the thirsting land shall come a fount of water; there shall be joy of birds, beds of reed and pools.

¹⁹ Behold, I do new things which shall now arise, and ye shall learn them: and I will make a path in the desert, and rivers in the waterless land: ²⁰ The beasts of the field shall praise me, owls, and the daughters of ostriches; because I have given water in the desert, and rivers in the waterless land, I will give my chosen race to drink,

²¹ And if they be thirsty, he will bring them through the wilderness, he will bring water for them out of a rock; a rock shall be cleft, and water shall flow, and my people shall drink.

⁹ Saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth, and (bidding) them that are in darkness be revealed. And in all the ways they shall feed, and in all paths is their pasture. ¹⁰ They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall burning heat nor sun smite them; but he that hath mercy on them shall comfort them, and lead them through springs of waters:

¹¹ And thy God shall be [[with thee]] continually; and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desireth, and thy bones shall be enriched, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a spring whose water faileth not; and thy bones shall grow up as grass, and shall be enriched, and they shall inherit for generations of generations.

⁶ They that come, the children of Jacob shall bud, and Israel shall blossom, and the world shall be filled with the fruit.

¹⁵ Until there come upon you a spirit from on high. And Carmel shall be desolate, and Carmel shall be reckoned as a forest.

¹ Be thou glad, O thirsting desert; let the wilderness rejoice, and blossom as a lily;

³¹ And there shall be they that are left in Judah, they shall strike root downward, and bear seed upward. ³² For they that are left shall go forth from Jerusalem, and they that are saved from mount Zion; the jealousy of the Lord of Hosts will do this.

³ And thee will I now comfort, Zion, and I did comfort all her waste places; [[and I will make her waste places]] as a garden, and the western regions like a garden of the Lord; joy and exultation shall they find therein, confession and the voice of praise.

¹³ And instead of the broom shall come up the cypress, and instead of the fleabane shall come up a myrtle-tree; and the Lord shall be for a name and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

¹³ And the glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, with the cypress and pine and cedar together, to glorify my holy place.

²¹ And thy people (shall be) all of it righteous, and they shall possess the earth for ever; guarding the plant, the work of his. hands, for glory.

³ That there be given to the mourners of Zion glory instead of ashes, the anointing of joy to the mourners, a robe of glory instead of a spirit of despair; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, a plant of the Lord for glory.

¹¹ And like earth making her blossom to grow, and like a garden its seeds; so will the Lord make righteousness and triumph to rise up before all the nations.

⁷ All that have been called by my name. For in my glory have I established him, and formed (him), and made him, ⁸ And I led forth a blind people, and their eyes are likewise blind, and they are deaf, though they have ears. ⁹ All the nations are gathered together, and rulers shall be gathered from among them; who shall declare these things? or who shall declare to you what was from the beginning? let them bring their witnesses, and let them be approved, and let them speak truth, and let them hear. ¹⁰ Be ye witnesses to me, and I am witness, saith the Lord God, and the servant whom I have chosen out; that ye may learn, and believe me, and understand that I am; before me there came no other God, and after me there shall be none. ¹¹ I am God, and beside me there is no Saviour. ¹² I declared, and I saved, I reproached, and there was no stranger among you; ye are my witnesses, and I am witness, saith the Lord God, ¹³ Even from the beginning, and there is none that delivereth out of my hands: I will do it, and who shall turn it back?

²¹ My people, whom I have preserved to set forth my excellences.

²³ Rejoice, ye heavens, for God hath had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth; shout, ye mountains, in joy, ye hills, and all the trees upon them; for the Lord hath had mercy on Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

⁶ That they from the rising of the sun, and they from the going down (thereof) may learn, that there is none beside me; and that I am the Lord God, and there is none other, ⁷ I, that establish light, and make darkness, that make peace, and create evils: I am the Lord God that doeth all these things. ⁸ Let the heaven from above rejoice, and let the clouds shower down righteousness: let the earth bring forth and make mercy to spring up, and let righteousness spring up together. I am the Lord that created thee.

¹⁸ And I (know) their works, and their reasoning; I am coming to gather together all the nations and the tongues, and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

⁹ The things from of old, behold, they are come; and new things do I proclaim, and before they sprang up they were made plain to you.

⁹ All the nations are gathered together, and rulers shall be gathered from among them; who shall declare these things? or who shall declare to you what was from the beginning? let them bring their witnesses, and let them be approved, and let them speak truth, and let them hear. ¹⁰ Be ye witnesses to me, and I am witness, saith the Lord God, and the servant whom I have chosen out; that ye may learn, and believe me, and understand that I am; before me there came no other God, and after me there shall be none. ¹¹ I am God, and beside me there is no Saviour. ¹² I declared, and I saved, I reproached, and there was no stranger among you; ye are my witnesses, and I am witness, saith the Lord God,

⁷ Who is as I am? let him stand, let him call, and make ready for me, since I made man for everlasting; and let them declare to you the coming things before they come.

²¹ If they do declare it, let them draw near, that they may learn together, who made these things to be heard, from the beginning: then was it declared unto you, I am God, and there is none other but me; righteous and a saviour, there is none except me.

¹⁴ And all shall be gathered together, and shall hearken. Who declared these things unto them? Because I loved thee, I did this upon Babylon, thy will, to destroy the seed of the Chaldaeans.

⁷ Who is as I am? let him stand, let him call, and make ready for me, since I made man for everlasting; and let them declare to you the coming things before they come. ⁸ Hide not yourselves; did ye not give ear from the beginning, and I declared it to you? ye are witnesses, whether there be a God beside me; and they were not, at that time.

³ And I will give thee treasures of darkness, I will open to thee hidden (treasures) [[unseen]], that thou mayest learn that I am the Lord that call thy name, the God of Israel.

⁷ They lift it upon the shoulders, and walk; and if they set it down, it remaineth in his place, it shall not stir; and whosoever calleth unto him, he shall not hear, he shall not save him from evils.

⁹ And remember the former things from eternity; for I am God, (and there is none beside me:) ¹⁰ Declaring the last things before they come to pass, and therewith they are fulfilled; and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and all that I have counselled will I do.

¹⁹ And cast their idols into the fire; for they were no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and destroyed them.

⁹ They that mould images, and that grave, are all of them vain; they that make their own delights, which shall not help them; but they shall be ashamed, ¹⁰ All they that mould a god, and grave unprofitable things:

²⁴ And they shall go forth, and shall see the limbs of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm doth not cease, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be for a spectacle to all flesh.

⁶ I do send mine anger against a transgressing nation, and to my people will I give a charge to take spoils and plunder, and to tread down the cities and turn them to a dust cloud.

² Is the vision, and hard, that was proclaimed to me. He that setteth at nought doth set at nought, and he that transgresseth doth transgress. ¶ The Elamites are upon me, and the envoys of the Persians are coming against me. Now will I mourn, and will comfort myself.

²⁸ That biddeth Cyrus be wise, and saith, He shall perform all my desires; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.

¹⁰ Declaring the last things before they come to pass, and therewith they are fulfilled; and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and all that I have counselled will I do. ¹¹ Calling a fowl of the air from the East, and from a land afar off them concerning whom I have counselled; I spake, and led him, I created and made, I led him, and made his way plain:

²² Let them draw near, and declare unto you what shall come to pass; or tell ye (of) the former things, what they were, and we will apply our thoughts; and perceive what the last things be: and tell us the things that are coming.

⁹ All the nations are gathered together, and rulers shall be gathered from among them; who shall declare these things? or who shall declare to you what was from the beginning? let them bring their witnesses, and let them be approved, and let them speak truth, and let them hear.

⁹ Go up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Zion; lift up thy voice with thy strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift ye up (your voice), fear not; say thou to the cities of Judah, Behold your God.

⁴ Who hath wrought and done these things? he called it, that called it from the beginning of generations; I, even God, am the first, and unto the times to come, I am.

²⁸ That biddeth Cyrus be wise, and saith, He shall perform all my desires; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.

³ Still have I declared the former things, and out of my mouth went they forth, and came to be heard: I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

¹³ Who hath understood the mind of the Lord, and who was his fellow-counsellor, that shall teach him? ¹⁴ Or with whom shared he his counsel, and he taught him? or who showed him judgment? or who showed him the way of understanding? or who gave to him at the first, and it shall be rendered him again?

² Why was it that I came, and there was no man? I called, and he listened not? Is not my hand strong to deliver? or have I not strength to rescue? behold, by my threat I will make the sea a desolation, and make rivers desolate, and their fishes shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst.

¹⁶ And he saw, and there was no man, and he perceived, and there was none that would take hold; and he defended them with his arm, and with his mercy he supported them.

⁵ And I looked on them, and (there was) no helper; and I perceived, and no one took hold; and my arm rescued them, and my wrath pressed on.

⁹ They that mould images, and that grave, are all of them vain; they that make their own delights, which shall not help them; but they shall be ashamed, ¹⁰ All they that mould a god, and grave unprofitable things: ¹¹ And all are withered from whence they sprang, and (are) dumb from among men; let them all be gathered together, and they shall stand together, let them be turned backward and be ashamed together. ¹² For the craftsman sharpeneth iron, with an adze he fashioneth it, and boreth it with a gimlet, worketh it with the arm of his strength; and he shall be hungry, and shall be faint, and not drink water: ¹³ The craftsman when he hath chosen a piece of wood, setteth it up by measure, and fitteth it together with glue; he maketh it like the form of a great man, and like the goodliness of man, to set It up in a house: ¹⁴ He cutteth wood out of the forest which the Lord planted, and the rain made it to grow, ¹⁵ That it may be for men for burning; and he taketh thereof, and is warmed; and they burn it, and bake loaves upon it; and the rest he maketh into gods, and they worship them. ¹⁶ Whereof he burneth half in the fire (and they burn them, and bake loaves upon them), and roasteth meat upon it, and eateth, and is filled: and when he is warmed, he saith, Sweet is it to me that I am warmed, and have seen fire. ¹⁷ But the rest of it he maketh a graven god, and worshippeth it, and prayeth to it, saying, Deliver me, for thou art my god. ¹⁸ They have not learnt to have understanding, for they are darkened, from seeing with their eyes, and understanding with their heart. ¹⁹ And he considereth not in his heart, nor pondereth in his soul, nor perceiveth with his understanding, that he hath burned half thereof in the fire, and baked loaves upon the ashes thereof, and roasted meat, and eaten; and made the rest of it into an abomination, and they worship it. ²⁰ Learn ye that their heart is ashes, and they wander out of the way, and no one can deliver his soul; see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.