109 lines
4.2 KiB
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109 lines
4.2 KiB
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# Chapter 41
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1 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
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let the peoples renew their strength;
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let them approach, then let them speak;
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let us together draw near for judgment.
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2 Who stirred up one from the east
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whom victory meets at every step?
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He gives up nations before him,
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so that he tramples kings underfoot;
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he makes them like dust with his sword,
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like driven stubble with his bow.
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3 He pursues them and passes on safely,
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by paths his feet have not trod.
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4 Who has performed and done this,
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calling the generations from the beginning?
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I, the Lord, the first,
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and with the last; I am he.
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5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
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the ends of the earth tremble;
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they have drawn near and come.
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6 Everyone helps his neighbor
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and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
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7 The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
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and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
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saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
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and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
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8 But you, Israel, my servant,
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Jacob, whom I have chosen,
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the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
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9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth,
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and called from its farthest corners,
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saying to you, “You are my servant,
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I have chosen you and not cast you off”;
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10 fear not, for I am with you;
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be not dismayed, for I am your God;
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I will strengthen you, I will help you,
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I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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11 Behold, all who are incensed against you
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shall be put to shame and confounded;
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those who strive against you
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shall be as nothing and shall perish.
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12 You shall seek those who contend with you,
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but you shall not find them;
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those who war against you
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shall be as nothing at all.
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13 For I, the Lord your God,
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hold your right hand;
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it is I who say to you, “Fear not,
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I am the one who helps you.”
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14 Fear not, you worm Jacob,
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you men of Israel!
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I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
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your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
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15 Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
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new, sharp, and having teeth;
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you shall thresh the mountains and crush them,
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and you shall make the hills like chaff;
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16 you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away,
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and the tempest shall scatter them.
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And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
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in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.
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17 When the poor and needy seek water,
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and there is none,
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and their tongue is parched with thirst,
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I the Lord will answer them;
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I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
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18 I will open rivers on the bare heights,
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and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
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I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
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and the dry land springs of water.
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19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
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the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
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I will set in the desert the cypress,
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the plane and the pine together,
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20 that they may see and know,
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may consider and understand together,
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that the hand of the Lord has done this,
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the Holy One of Israel has created it.
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21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
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bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
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22 Let them bring them, and tell us
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what is to happen.
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Tell us the former things, what they are,
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that we may consider them,
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that we may know their outcome;
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or declare to us the things to come.
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23 Tell us what is to come hereafter,
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that we may know that you are gods;
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do good, or do harm,
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that we may be dismayed and terrified.
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24 Behold, you are nothing,
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and your work is less than nothing;
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an abomination is he who chooses you.
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25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
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from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name;
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he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
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as the potter treads clay.
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26 Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know,
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and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”?
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There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed,
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none who heard your words.
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27 I was the first to say to Zion, “Behold, here they are!”
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and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
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28 But when I look, there is no one;
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among these there is no counselor
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who, when I ask, gives an answer.
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29 Behold, they are all a delusion;
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their works are nothing;
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their metal images are empty wind. |