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The LORD summons nations to court, raises a conqueror from the east, reassures fearful Israel as His chosen servant, mocks idols unable to predict or act, and promises help to the poor and needy.
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Isaiah 41
The LORD summons nations to court, raises a conqueror from the east, reassures fearful Israel as His chosen servant, mocks idols unable to predict or act, and promises help to the poor and needy.
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1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people…2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called…3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way…4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from…5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the…6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said…7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth…8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have…9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the…10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not…11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be…12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even…13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right…14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel;…15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument…16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them…17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is…18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in…19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah…20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand…21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong…22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall…23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we…24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought:…25I have raised up one from the north, and he…26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?…27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and…28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among…29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their…