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href="../isaiah/40.htm" title="Isaiah 40">◄</a> Isaiah 41 <a href="../isaiah/42.htm" title="Isaiah 42">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/isaiah/41.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">God’s Help for Israel</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea.</p><p class="line2">Bring your strongest arguments.</p><p class="line1">Come now and speak.</p><p class="line2">The court is ready for your case.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Who has stirred up this king from the east,</p><p class="line2">rightly calling him to God’s service?</p><p class="line1">Who gives this man victory over many nations</p><p class="line2">and permits him to trample their kings underfoot?</p><p class="line1">With his sword, he reduces armies to dust.</p><p class="line2">With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He chases them away and goes on safely,</p><p class="line2">though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who has done such mighty deeds,</p><p class="line2">summoning each new generation from the beginning of time?</p><p class="line1">It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last.</p><p class="line2">I alone am he.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The lands beyond the sea watch in fear.</p><p class="line2">Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The idol makers encourage one another,</p><p class="line2">saying to each other, “Be strong!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The carver encourages the goldsmith,</p><p class="line2">and the molder helps at the anvil.</p><p class="line2">“Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.”</p><p class="line1">Carefully they join the parts together,</p><p class="line2">then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“But as for you, Israel my servant,</p><p class="line2">Jacob my chosen one,</p><p class="line2">descended from Abraham my friend,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have called you back from the ends of the earth,</p><p class="line2">saying, ‘You are my servant.’</p><p class="line1">For I have chosen you</p><p class="line2">and will not throw you away.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.</p><p class="line2">Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.</p><p class="line1">I will strengthen you and help you.</p><p class="line2">I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“See, all your angry enemies lie there,</p><p class="line2">confused and humiliated.</p><p class="line1">Anyone who opposes you will die</p><p class="line2">and come to nothing.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You will look in vain</p><p class="line2">for those who tried to conquer you.</p><p class="line1">Those who attack you</p><p class="line2">will come to nothing.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For I hold you by your right hand—</p><p class="line2">I, the LORD your God.</p><p class="line1">And I say to you,</p><p class="line2">‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,</p><p class="line2">don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.</p><p class="line1">I am the LORD, your Redeemer.</p><p class="line2">I am the Holy One of Israel.’</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You will be a new threshing instrument</p><p class="line2">with many sharp teeth.</p><p class="line1">You will tear your enemies apart,</p><p class="line2">making chaff of mountains.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You will toss them into the air,</p><p class="line2">and the wind will blow them all away;</p><p class="line2">a whirlwind will scatter them.</p><p class="line1">Then you will rejoice in the LORD.</p><p class="line2">You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,</p><p class="line2">and their tongues are parched from thirst,</p><p class="line1">then I, the LORD, will answer them.</p><p class="line2">I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.</p><p class="line2">I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.</p><p class="line1">I will fill the desert with pools of water.</p><p class="line2">Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I will plant trees in the barren desert—</p><p class="line2">cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I am doing this so all who see this miracle</p><p class="line2">will understand what it means—</p><p class="line1">that it is the LORD who has done this,</p><p class="line2">the Holy One of Israel who created it.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Present the case for your idols,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><p class="line1">“Let them show what they can do,”</p><p class="line2">says the King of Israel.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Let them try to tell us what happened long ago</p><p class="line2">so that we may consider the evidence.</p><p class="line1">Or let them tell us what the future holds,</p><p class="line2">so we can know what’s going to happen.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead.</p><p class="line2">Then we will know you are gods.</p><p class="line1">In fact, do anything—good or bad!</p><p class="line2">Do something that will amaze and frighten us.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all.</p><p class="line2">Those who choose you pollute themselves.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north.</p><p class="line2">From the east he will call on my name.</p><p class="line1">I will give him victory over kings and princes.</p><p class="line2">He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Who told you from the beginning</p><p class="line2">that this would happen?</p><p class="line1">Who predicted this,</p><p class="line2">making you admit that he was right?</p><p class="line2">No one said a word!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>I was the first to tell Zion,</p><p class="line2">‘Look! Help is on the way!’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Not one of your idols told you this.</p><p class="line2">Not one gave any answer when I asked.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/41-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>See, they are all foolish, worthless things.</p><p class="line2">All your idols are as empty as the wind.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the King of Jacob.</span><span class="ft"> See note on 14:1.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">41:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">‘Look! They are coming home.’</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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