More Than Money

Wisdom in the Word

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Renew: To Transform, Be Transformed by God’s Mercy

Why Trust the Bible?

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Encounter: People Jesus Met, Then and Now

Can I Trust the Bible?

A Teen's Guide To: Victory in Christ

We Are Family

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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">or weighed the mountains on the scales</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">and the hills in a balance?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who can fathom the Spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">mind</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.40.13"><span class="content">or instruct the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as his counselor?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Whom did the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> consult to enlighten him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">and who taught him the right way?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">Who was it that taught him knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">or showed him the path of understanding?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.40.15"><span class="content">they are regarded as dust on the scales;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.40.15"><span class="content">he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.40.16"><span class="content">nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Before him all the nations are as nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.40.17"><span class="content">they are regarded by him as worthless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.40.17"><span class="content">and less than nothing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.40.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">With whom, then, will you compare God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.40.18"><span class="content">To what image will you liken him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.40.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="content">and a goldsmith overlays it with gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="content">and fashions silver chains for it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">A person too poor to present such an offering</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">selects wood that will not rot;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">they look for a skilled worker</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">to set up an idol that will not topple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.40.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do you not know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">Have you not heard?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">Has it not been told you from the beginning?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">Have you not understood since the earth was founded?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.40.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">and its people are like grasshoppers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">and spreads them out like a tent to live in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He brings princes to naught</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.40.23"><span class="content">and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.40.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No sooner are they planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">no sooner are they sown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">no sooner do they take root in the ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">than he blows on them and they wither,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.40.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;To whom will you compare me?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="content">Or who is my equal?&#8221; says the Holy One.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.40.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">Who created all these?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">He who brings out the starry host one by one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">and calls forth each of them by name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">Because of his great power and mighty strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">not one of them is missing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.40.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Why do you complain, Jacob?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">Why do you say, Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">&#8220;My way is hidden from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">my cause is disregarded by my God&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.40.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Do you not know?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">Have you not heard?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the everlasting God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">the Creator of the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">He will not grow tired or weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">and his understanding no one can fathom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.40.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He gives strength to the weary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="content">and increases the power of the weak.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.40.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Even youths grow tired and weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="content">and young men stumble and fall;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ISA.40.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">but those who hope in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">will renew their strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">They will soar on wings like eagles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">they will run and not grow weary,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ISA.40.31"><span class="content">they will walk and not be faint.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Helper of 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;Be silent before me, you islands!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">Let the nations renew their strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">Let them come forward and speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">let us meet together at the place of judgment.</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 one from the east,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">calling him in righteousness to his service</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">east, / whom victory meets at every step</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">He hands nations over to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">and subdues kings before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">He turns them to dust with his sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">to windblown chaff with his bow.</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 pursues them and moves on unscathed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="content">by a path his feet have not traveled before.</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 this and carried it through,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">calling forth the generations from the beginning?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;with the first of them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">and with the last&#8212;I 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 islands have seen it and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">the ends of the earth tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">They approach and come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><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">they help each other</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="content">and say to their companions, &#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 metalworker encourages the goldsmith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">and the one who smooths with the hammer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">One says of the welding, &#8220;It is good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.</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 you, Israel, my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">Jacob, whom I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">you descendants of 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 took you from the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">from its farthest corners I called you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;You are my servant&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">I have chosen you and have not rejected you.</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">So do not fear, for I am with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">do not be dismayed, 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 uphold you with my righteous 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;All who rage against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">will surely be ashamed and disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">those who oppose you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">will be as nothing and perish.</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">Though you search for your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">you will not find them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">Those who wage war against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">will be as nothing at all.</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 am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">who takes hold of your right hand</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">and says to you, Do not fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">I will 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">Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">little Israel, do not fear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">for I myself will help you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.</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">&#8220;See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">new and sharp, with many teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">You will thresh the mountains and crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">and reduce the hills to chaff.</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 winnow them, the wind will pick them up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">and a gale will blow them away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">But you will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">and 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;The poor and needy search for water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">but there is none;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">their tongues are parched with thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">But 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 not forsake 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 make rivers flow on barren heights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">and springs within the valleys.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">I will turn the desert into pools of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">and the parched ground into springs.</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 put in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">I will set junipers in the wasteland,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">the fir and the cypress together,</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">so that people may see and know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">may consider and understand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">that the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">that the Holy One of Israel has 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 your case,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Set forth your arguments,&#8221; says Jacob&#8217;s King.</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;Tell us, you idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">what is going to happen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">Tell us what the former things were,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">so that we may consider them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">and know their final outcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">Or declare to us the things to come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><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">tell us what the future holds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">so we may know that you are gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">Do something, whether good or bad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.</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 you are less than nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">and your works are utterly worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">whoever chooses you is detestable.</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;I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">one from the rising sun who calls on my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">He treads on rulers as if they were mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">as if he were a potter treading the clay.</span></span></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">Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">or beforehand, so we could say, &#8216;He was right&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">No one told of this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">no one foretold it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">no one heard any words from you.</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, &#8216;Look, here they are!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="content">I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of 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">I look but there is no one&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">no one among the gods to give counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">no one to give answer when I ask them.</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 false!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="content">Their deeds amount to nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="content">their images are but wind and confusion.</span></span></div>
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