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Isaiah
Chapter 41
1
Keep silence before me, O islands,
and
let the people renew their strength,
let
them come near,
then
let them speak.
Let us come near together to judgment.
2
Who raised up the righteous man from the east,
called
him to his foot,
gave
the nations before him,
and
made him rule over kings?
He
gave them as the dust to His sword,
and
as driven stubble to His bow.
3
He pursued them, and passed safely;
even
by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
4a
Who has wrought and done it,
calling
the generations from the beginning?
{The
Alpha and Omega}
4b
I . . . Jehovah/God,
Who
was first,
and
will be with the last as well.
5
The isles saw it, and feared;
the
ends of the earth were afraid,
drew
near, and came.
6
They helped every one his neighbor;
and
every one said to his brother,
Be
of good courage.
7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and
he who smoothes with the hammer
him
who smote the anvil, saying,
It
is ready for the soldering
and
he fastened it with nails,
that
it should not be moved.
8
But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob
whom I have chosen,
the
seed of Abraham My friend
{Abraham was called the 'friend of God' - tremendous honor . . .
referred to in James 2-23}.
9
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
and
called you from the chief men thereof, and said unto you,
'You
are My servant.'
I
have chosen you,
and
not cast you away.
10 Fear you not;
for I am with you.
Be not dismayed; for I am your 'Elohiym/Godhead.
I will strengthen you.
Yes, I will help you.
Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.
11
Behold, all those who were incensed against you
shall
be ashamed and confounded.
They shall be as nothing.
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12
You shall seek them, and shall not find them,
even
those who contended with you . . .
those
who war against you shall be as nothing,
and
as a thing of nothing.
13
For I Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead
will
hold your right hand, saying unto you,
Fear
not; I will help you.
14
Fear not, you worm Jacob,
and
you men of Israel.
I
will help you, said Jehovah/God,
and
Your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15
Behold, I will make you
a
new sharp threshing instrument having teeth.
You
shall thresh the mountains,
and
beat them small,
and
shall make the hills as chaff.
16
You shall fan them,
and
the wind shall carry them away,
and
the whirlwind shall scatter them
and
you shall rejoice in Jehovah/God,
and
shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,
and
their tongue fails for thirst, I Jehovah/God will hear them,
I,
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel will not forsake them.
18
I will open rivers in high places,
and
fountains in the midst of the valleys.
I
will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and
the dry land springs of water.
19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar,
the
shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree.
I
will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine,
and
the box tree together.
20
That they may see,
and
know,
and
consider,
and
understand together,
that
the hand of Jehovah/God has done this,
and
the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21
Produce your cause,
said
Jehovah/God;
bring
forth your strong reasons,
said
the King of Jacob.
22
Let them bring them forth,
and
show us what shall happen.
Let
them show the former things, what they be,
that
we may consider them,
and
know the latter end of them;
or
declare us things for to come.
23
Show the things that are to come hereafter,
that
we may know that you are 'elohiym/gods.
Yes,
do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed,
and
behold it together.
24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing.
An abomination is he who chooses you.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come.
From
the rising of the sun shall he call upon My name
and
he shall come upon princes as upon mortar,
and
as the potter treads clay.
26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know?
And beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous?
Yes,
there is none who shows,
yes,
there is none who declares,
yes,
there is none
who
hears your words/'doctrinal communications' {dabar}.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them.
And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.
28
For I beheld, and there was no man;
even
among them,
and
there was no counselor,
that,
when I asked of them,
could
answer a word.
29
Behold, they are all vanity/emptiness;
their
works are nothing . . .
their
molten images are wind and confusion.
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