Dual Panel1Keep silence <02790> (8685) before me, O islands <0339>_; and let the people <03816> renew <02498> (8686) [their] strength <03581>_: let them come near <05066> (8799)_; then let them speak <01696> (8762)_: let us come near <07126> (8799) together <03162> to judgment <04941>_.
2Who raised up <05782> (8689) the righteous <06664> [man] from the east <04217>_, called <07121> (8799) him to his foot <07272>_, gave <05414> (8799) the nations <01471> before <06440> him, and made [him] rule <07287> (8686) over kings <04428>_? he gave <05414> (8799) [them] as the dust <06083> to his sword <02719>_, [and] as driven <05086> (8737) stubble <07179> to his bow <07198>_. {the righteous...: Heb. righteousness}
3He pursued <07291> (8799) them, [and] passed <05674> (8799) safely <07965>_; [even] by the way <0734> [that] he had not gone <0935> (8799) with his feet <07272>_. {safely: Heb. in peace}
4Who hath wrought <06466> (8804) and done <06213> (8804) [it], calling <07121> (8802) the generations <01755> from the beginning <07218>_? I the LORD <03068>_, the first <07223>_, and with the last <0314>_; I [am] he.
5The isles <0339> saw <07200> (8804) [it], and feared <03372> (8799)_; the ends <07098> of the earth <0776> were afraid <02729> (8799)_, drew near <07126> (8804)_, and came <0857> (8799)_.
6They helped <05826> (8799) every one <0376> his neighbour <07453>_; and [every one] said <0559> (8799) to his brother <0251>_, Be of good courage <02388> (8798)_. {Be...: Heb. Be strong}
7So the carpenter <02796> encouraged <02388> (8762) the goldsmith <06884> (8802)_, [and] he that smootheth <02505> (8688) [with] the hammer <06360> him that smote <01986> (8802) the anvil <06471>_, saying <0559> (8802)_, It [is] ready <02896> for the sodering <01694>_: and he fastened <02388> (8762) it with nails <04548>_, [that] it should not be moved <04131> (8735)_. {goldsmith: or, founder} {him...: or, the smiting} {saying...: or, saying of the soder, It is good}
8But thou, Israel <03478>_, [art] my servant <05650>_, Jacob <03290> whom I have chosen <0977> (8804)_, the seed <02233> of Abraham <085> my friend <0157> (8802)_.
9[Thou] whom I have taken <02388> (8689) from the ends <07098> of the earth <0776>_, and called <07121> (8804) thee from the chief men <0678> thereof, and said <0559> (8799) unto thee, Thou [art] my servant <05650>_; I have chosen <0977> (8804) thee, and not cast thee away <03988> (8804)_.
10Fear <03372> (8799) thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed <08159> (8691)_; for I [am] thy God <0430>_: I will strengthen <0553> (8765) thee; yea, I will help <05826> (8804) thee; yea, I will uphold <08551> (8804) thee with the right hand <03225> of my righteousness <06664>_.
11Behold, all they that were incensed <02734> (8737) against thee shall be ashamed <0954> (8799) and confounded <03637> (8735)_: they shall be as nothing; and they <0582> that strive <07379> with thee shall perish <06> (8799)_. {they that strive...: Heb. the men of thy strife}
12Thou shalt seek <01245> (8762) them, and shalt not find <04672> (8799) them, [even] them <0582> that contended <04695> with thee: they that war <04421> against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought <0657>_. {them that...: Heb. the men of thy contention} {they...: Heb. the men of thy war}
13For I the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> will hold <02388> (8688) thy right hand <03225>_, saying <0559> (8802) unto thee, Fear <03372> (8799) not; I will help <05826> (8804) thee.
14Fear <03372> (8799) not, thou worm <08438> Jacob <03290>_, [and] ye men <04962> of Israel <03478>_; I will help <05826> (8804) thee, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_, and thy redeemer <01350> (8802)_, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>_. {men: or, few men}
15Behold, I will make <07760> (8804) thee a new <02319> sharp <02742> threshing <04173> instrument having <01167> teeth <06374>_: thou shalt thresh <01758> (8799) the mountains <02022>_, and beat [them] small <01854> (8799)_, and shalt make <07760> (8799) the hills <01389> as chaff <04671>_. {teeth: Heb. mouths}
16Thou shalt fan <02219> (8799) them, and the wind <07307> shall carry them away <05375> (8799)_, and the whirlwind <05591> shall scatter <06327> (8686) them: and thou shalt rejoice <01523> (8799) in the LORD <03068>_, [and] shalt glory <01984> (8691) in the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>_.
17[When] the poor <06041> and needy <034> seek <01245> (8764) water <04325>_, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue <03956> faileth <05405> (8804) for thirst <06772>_, I the LORD <03068> will hear <06030> (8799) them, I the God <0430> of Israel <03478> will not forsake <05800> (8799) them.
18I will open <06605> (8799) rivers <05104> in high places <08205>_, and fountains <04599> in the midst <08432> of the valleys <01237>_: I will make <07760> (8799) the wilderness <04057> a pool <098> of water <04325>_, and the dry <06723> land <0776> springs <04161> of water <04325>_.
19I will plant <05414> (8799) in the wilderness <04057> the cedar <0730>_, the shittah tree <07848>_, and the myrtle <01918>_, and the oil <08081> tree <06086>_; I will set <07760> (8799) in the desert <06160> the fir tree <01265>_, [and] the pine <08410>_, and the box tree <08391> together <03162>_:
20That they may see <07200> (8799)_, and know <03045> (8799)_, and consider <07760> (8799)_, and understand <07919> (8686) together <03162>_, that the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> hath done <06213> (8804) this, and the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478> hath created <01254> (8804) it.
21Produce <07126> (8761) your cause <07379>_, saith <0559> (8799) the LORD <03068>_; bring forth <05066> (8685) your strong <06110> [reasons], saith <0559> (8799) the King <04428> of Jacob <03290>_. {Produce: Heb. Cause to come near}
22Let them bring [them] forth <05066> (8686)_, and shew <05046> (8686) us what shall happen <07136> (8799)_: let them shew <05046> (8685) the former things <07223>_, what they [be], that we may consider <07760> (8799) <03820> them, and know <03045> (8799) the latter end <0319> of them; or declare <08085> (8685) us things for to come <0935> (8802)_. {consider...: Heb. set our heart upon them}
23Shew <05046> (8685) the things that are to come <0857> (8802) hereafter <0268>_, that we may know <03045> (8799) that ye [are] gods <0430>_: yea, do good <03190> (8686)_, or do evil <07489> (8686)_, that we may be dismayed <08159> (8691)_, and behold <07200> (8799) [it] together <03162>_.
24Behold, ye [are] of nothing <0369>_, and your work <06467> of nought <0659>_: an abomination <08441> [is he that] chooseth <0977> (8799) you. {of nothing: or, worse than nothing} {of nought: or, worse than of a viper}
25I have raised up <05782> (8689) [one] from the north <06828>_, and he shall come <0857> (8799)_: from the rising <04217> of the sun <08121> shall he call <07121> (8799) upon my name <08034>_: and he shall come <0935> (8799) upon princes <05461> as [upon] morter <02563>_, and as the potter <03335> (8802) treadeth <07429> (8799) clay <02916>_.
26Who hath declared <05046> (8689) from the beginning <07218>_, that we may know <03045> (8799)_? and beforetime <06440>_, that we may say <0559> (8799)_, [He is] righteous <06662>_? yea, [there is] none that sheweth <05046> (8688)_, yea, [there is] none that declareth <08085> (8688)_, yea, [there is] none that heareth <08085> (8802) your words <0561>_.
27The first <07223> [shall say] to Zion <06726>_, Behold <02009>_, behold <02009> them: and I will give <05414> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389> one that bringeth good tidings <01319> (8764)_.
28For I beheld <07200> (8799)_, and [there was] no man <0376>_; even among them, and [there was] no counsellor <03289> (8802)_, that, when I asked <07592> (8799) of them, could answer <07725> (8686) a word <01697>_. {answer: Heb. return}
29Behold, they [are] all vanity <0205>_; their works <04639> [are] nothing <0657>_: their molten images <05262> [are] wind <07307> and confusion <08414>_.