Dual Panel1“Listen <02790> to <0413> me in silence <02790>, you coastlands <0339>! Let the nations <03816> find renewed <02498> strength <03581>! Let them approach <05066> and then <0227> speak <01696>; let us come <07126> together <03162> for debate <04941>!
2Who <04310> stirs up <05782> this one from the east <04217>? Who officially <06664> commissions <07121> him for service? He hands <05414> nations <01471> over <05414> to him, and enables him to subdue <07287> kings <04428>. He makes <05414> them like dust <06083> with his sword <02719>, like windblown <05086> straw <07179> with his bow <07198>.
3He pursues <07291> them and passes by <05674> unharmed <07965>; he advances <0935> with great speed <07272>.
4Who <04310> acts <06466> and carries out <06213> decrees? Who summons <07121> the successive generations <01755> from the beginning <07218>? I <0589>, the Lord <03068>, am present at the very beginning <07223>, and at the very end <0314>– I <0589> am the one <01931>.
5The coastlands <0339> see <07200> and are afraid <03372>; the whole <07098> earth <0776> trembles <02729>; they approach <07126> and come <0857>.
6They help <05826> one <0376> another <07453>; one says <0559> to the other <0251>, ‘Be strong <02388>!’
7The craftsman <02796> encourages <02388> the metalsmith <06884>, the one who wields <02505> the hammer <06360> encourages the one who pounds <01986> on the anvil <06471>. He approves <0559> the quality <02896> of the welding <01694>, and nails <04548> it down <02388> so it won’t <03808> fall over <04131>.”
8“You <0859>, my servant <05650> Israel <03478>, Jacob <03290> whom <0834> I have chosen <0977>, offspring <02233> of Abraham <085> my friend <0157>,
9you whom <0834> I am bringing back <02388> from the earth’s <0776> extremities <07098>, and have summoned <07121> from the remote regions <0678>– I told <0559> you, “You <0859> are my servant <05650>.” I have chosen <0977> you and not <03808> rejected <03988> you.
10Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, for <03588> I <0589> am with you! Don’t <0408> be frightened <08159>, for I <0589> am your God <0430>! I strengthen <0553> you– yes <0637>, I help <05826> you– yes <0637>, I uphold <08551> you with my saving <06664> right hand <03225>!
11Look <02005>, all <03605> who were angry <02734> at you will be <01961> ashamed <0954> and humiliated <03637>; your adversaries <07379> <0376> will be reduced to nothing <0369> and perish <06>.
12When you will look for <01245> your opponents <04695> <0376>, you will not <03808> find <04672> them; your enemies <04421> <0376> will be <01961> reduced to absolutely <0657> nothing <0369>.
13For <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03069> your God <0430>, the one who takes hold <02388> of your right hand <03225>, who says <0559> to you, ‘Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, I <0589> am helping <05826> you.’
14Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>, despised insignificant <08438> Jacob <03290>, men <04962> of Israel <03478>. I <0589> am helping <05826> you,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, your protector <01350>, the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
15“Look <02009>, I am making <07760> you like a sharp <02742> threshing sledge <04173>, new <02319> and double-edged <06374>. You will thresh <01758> the mountains <02022> and crush <01854> them; you will make <07760> the hills <01389> like straw <04671>.
16You will winnow <02219> them and the wind <07307> will blow <05375> them away <05375>; the wind <05591> will scatter <06327> them. You <0859> will rejoice <01523> in the Lord <03068>; you will boast <01984> in the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
17The oppressed <06041> and the poor <034> look for <01245> water <04325>, but there is none <0369>; their tongues <03956> are parched <05405> from thirst <06772>. I <0589>, the Lord <03068>, will respond <06030> to their prayers; I, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, will not <03808> abandon <05800> them.
18I will make <06605> streams <05104> flow <06605> down <05921> the slopes <08205> and produce springs <04599> in the middle <08432> of the valleys <01237>. I will turn <07760> the desert <04057> into a pool <098> of water <04325> and the arid <06723> land <0776> into springs <04325> <04161>.
19I will make <05414> cedars <0730>, acacias <07848>, myrtles <01918>, and olive <08081> trees <06086> grow in the wilderness <04057>; I will make <07760> evergreens <01265>, firs <08410>, and cypresses <08391> grow together <03162> in the desert <06160>.
20I will do this so <04616> people will observe <07200> and recognize <03045>, so they will pay attention <07760> and understand <07919> that <03588> the Lord’s <03068> power <03027> has accomplished <06213> this <02063>, and that the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478> has brought <01254> it into being.”
21“Present <07126> your argument <07379>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>. “Produce your evidence <06110>,” says <0559> Jacob’s <03290> king <04428>.
22“Let them produce <05066> evidence! Let them tell <05046> us what <0834> will happen <07136>! Tell us about your earlier <07223> predictive oracles, so we may examine <05046> them and see <07760> how they were fulfilled <03045>. Or <0176> decree <08085> for us some future <0319> events!
23Predict <05046> how future <0268> events will turn out <0857>, so <03588> we might know <03045> you <0859> are gods <0430>. Yes <0637>, do something good <03190> or bad <07489>, so we might be frightened <08159> and in awe <03162> <07200>.
24Look <02005>, you <0859> are nothing <0369>, and your accomplishments <06467> are nonexistent <0659>; the one who chooses <0977> to worship you is disgusting <08441>.
25I have stirred up <05782> one out of the north <06828> and he advances <0857>, one from the eastern <04217> horizon <08121> who prays <07121> in my name <08034>. He steps on <0935> rulers <05461> as if <03644> they were clay <02563>, like <03644> a potter <03335> treading <07429> the clay <02916>.
26Who <04310> decreed <05046> this from the beginning <07218>, so we could know <03045>? Who announced it ahead <06440> of time, so we could say <0559>, ‘He’s correct <06662>’? Indeed <0637>, none <0369> of them decreed <05046> it! Indeed <0637>, none <0369> of them announced <08085> it! Indeed <0637>, no one <0369> heard <08085> you say anything <0561>!
27I first <07223> decreed to Zion <06726>, ‘Look <02009>, here’s <02005> what will happen!’ I sent <05414> a herald <01319> to Jerusalem <03389>.
28I look <07200>, but there is no <0369> one <0376>, among them there is no <0369> one who serves as an adviser <03289>, that I might ask <07592> questions and receive <07725> answers <01697>.
29Look <02005>, all <03605> of them are nothing <0205>, their accomplishments <04639> are nonexistent <0657>; their metal images <05262> lack any real substance <08414> <07307>.