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            <div class="label">41</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Help for Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">Bring your strongest arguments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">Come now and speak.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">The court is ready for your case.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who has stirred up this king from the east,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">rightly calling him to God&#8217;s service?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">Who gives this man victory over many nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">and permits him to trample their kings underfoot?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">With his sword, he reduces armies to dust.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He chases them away and goes on safely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="content">though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has done such mighty deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">summoning each new generation from the beginning of time?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">It is I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the First and the Last.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">I alone am he.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The lands beyond the sea watch in fear.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The idol makers encourage one another,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="content">saying to each other, &#8220;Be strong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The carver encourages the goldsmith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">and the molder helps at the anvil.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Good,&#8221; they say. &#8220;It&#8217;s coming along fine.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">Carefully they join the parts together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">then fasten the thing in place so it won&#8217;t fall over.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But as for you, Israel my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">Jacob my chosen one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">descended from Abraham my friend,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I have called you back from the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">saying, &#8216;You are my servant.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">For I have chosen you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">and will not throw you away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Don&#8217;t be afraid, for I am with you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t be discouraged, for I am your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">I will strengthen you and help you.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, all your angry enemies lie there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">confused and humiliated.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">Anyone who opposes you will die</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">and come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will look in vain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">for those who tried to conquer you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">Those who attack you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">will come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For I hold you by your right hand&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">And I say to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">&#8216;Don&#8217;t be afraid. I am here to help you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">don&#8217;t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, your Redeemer.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">I am the Holy One of Israel.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You will be a new threshing instrument</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">with many sharp teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">You will tear your enemies apart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">making chaff of mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will toss them into the air,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">and the wind will blow them all away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">a whirlwind will scatter them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">Then you will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">and their tongues are parched from thirst,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">then I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will answer them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">I will fill the desert with pools of water.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will plant trees in the barren desert&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I am doing this so all who see this miracle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">will understand what it means&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">that it is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who has done this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">the Holy One of Israel who created it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Present the case for your idols,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Let them show what they can do,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">says the King of Israel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the King of Jacob. </span><span class="ft">See note on 14:1.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let them try to tell us what happened long ago</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">so that we may consider the evidence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">Or let them tell us what the future holds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">so we can know what&#8217;s going to happen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">Then we will know you are gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">In fact, do anything&#8212;good or bad!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">Do something that will amaze and frighten us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">Those who choose you pollute themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">From the east he will call on my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">I will give him victory over kings and princes.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who told you from the beginning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">that this would happen?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">Who predicted this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">making you admit that he was right?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">No one said a word!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I was the first to tell Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="content">&#8216;Look! Help is on the way!&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8216;Look! They are coming home.&#8217;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="content">I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Not one of your idols told you this.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">Not one gave any answer when I asked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">See, they are all foolish, worthless things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="content">All your idols are as empty as the wind.</span></span></div>
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“Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea.
Bring your strongest arguments.
Come now and speak.
The court is ready for your case.

“Who has stirred up this king from the east,
rightly calling him to God’s service?
Who gives this man victory over many nations
and permits him to trample their kings underfoot?
With his sword, he reduces armies to dust.
With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.
He chases them away and goes on safely,
though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.
Who has done such mighty deeds,
summoning each new generation from the beginning of time?
It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last.
I alone am he.”

The lands beyond the sea watch in fear.
Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war.
The idol makers encourage one another,
saying to each other, “Be strong!”
The carver encourages the goldsmith,
and the molder helps at the anvil.
“Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.”
Carefully they join the parts together,
then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over.

“But as for you, Israel my servant,
Jacob my chosen one,
descended from Abraham my friend,
I have called you back from the ends of the earth,
saying, ‘You are my servant.’
For I have chosen you
and will not throw you away.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

“See, all your angry enemies lie there,
confused and humiliated.
Anyone who opposes you will die
and come to nothing.
You will look in vain
for those who tried to conquer you.
Those who attack you
will come to nothing.
For I hold you by your right hand—
I, the LORD your God.
And I say to you,
‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.
Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,
don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.
I am the LORD, your Redeemer.
I am the Holy One of Israel.’
You will be a new threshing instrument
with many sharp teeth.
You will tear your enemies apart,
making chaff of mountains.
You will toss them into the air,
and the wind will blow them all away;
a whirlwind will scatter them.
Then you will rejoice in the LORD.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

“When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,
and their tongues are parched from thirst,
then I, the LORD, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.
I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.
I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.
I will fill the desert with pools of water.
Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.
I will plant trees in the barren desert—
cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.
I am doing this so all who see this miracle
will understand what it means—
that it is the LORD who has done this,
the Holy One of Israel who created it.

“Present the case for your idols,”
says the LORD.
“Let them show what they can do,”
says the King of Israel.
“Let them try to tell us what happened long ago
so that we may consider the evidence.
Or let them tell us what the future holds,
so we can know what’s going to happen.
Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead.
Then we will know you are gods.
In fact, do anything—good or bad!
Do something that will amaze and frighten us.
But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all.
Those who choose you pollute themselves.

“But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north.
From the east he will call on my name.
I will give him victory over kings and princes.
He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

“Who told you from the beginning
that this would happen?
Who predicted this,
making you admit that he was right?
No one said a word!
I was the first to tell Zion,
‘Look! Help is on the way!’
I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.
Not one of your idols told you this.
Not one gave any answer when I asked.
See, they are all foolish, worthless things.
All your idols are as empty as the wind.

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