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You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/41.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will be a new threshing instrument with many sharp teeth. You will tear your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/41.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/41.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat <i>them</i> small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/41.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat <i>them</i> small, And make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize <i>them,</i> And make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/41.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains, and pulverize <i>them</i>, And will make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize <i>them</i>, And will make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“In fact, I have made of you a new, sharp threshing implement with sharp edges; You will thresh the mountains and crush them, And make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board, new, with many teeth. You will thresh mountains and pulverize them and make hills into chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board, new, with many teeth. You will thresh mountains and pulverize them and make hills into chaff. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/41.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will let you be like a log covered with sharp spikes. You will grind and crush every mountain and hill until they turn to dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/41.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I am going to make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp, double-edged teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them to dust. You will turn the hills into straw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/41.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will make you like a threshing board, with spikes that are new and sharp. You will thresh mountains and destroy them; hills will crumble into dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/41.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/41.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/41.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, I have set you for a new sharp threshing instrument, "" Possessing teeth, you thresh mountains, "" And beat small, and make hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains, And beatest small, and hills as chaff thou makest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I set thee to a new cutting threshing sledge having mouths: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat small, and the hills thou shalt set as chaff.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/41.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, full of teeth, To thresh the mountains and crush them, to make the hills like chaff. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now, I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I have made you as a new threshing instrument having teeth; a thing which tears and crushes to pieces; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, I have made you as a new thresher that breaks up and pounds. You shall thresh the mountains and you shall pulverize, and you shall make high places as the chaff<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, I make thee a new threshing-sledge Having sharp teeth; Thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, And shalt make the hills as chaff.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Behold, I have made thee as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make <i>them</i> as chaff:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/41-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8914" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/41.htm">God's Help to Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śam·tîḵ (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I will make you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4173.htm" title="4173: lə·mō·w·raḡ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A threshing sled. Or morag; from an unused root meaning to triturate; a threshing sledge.">into a threshing sledge,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2319.htm" title="2319: ḥā·ḏāš (Adj-ms) -- New. From chadash; new.">new</a> <a href="/hebrew/2742.htm" title="2742: ḥā·rūṣ (N-ms) -- Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager.">and sharp,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1167.htm" title="1167: ba·‘al (N-ms) -- Owner, lord. From ba'al; a master; hence, a husband, or owner.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/6374.htm" title="6374: pî·p̄î·yō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Tooth, two-edged. For peyah; an edge or tooth.">many teeth.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1758.htm" title="1758: tā·ḏūš (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To tread, thresh. Or dowsh; or diysh; a primitive root; to trample or thresh.">You will thresh</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains</a> <a href="/hebrew/1854.htm" title="1854: wə·ṯā·ḏōq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-2ms) -- To crush, pulverize, thresh. A primitive root; to crush crumble.">and crush them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: tā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and reduce</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">the hills</a> <a href="/hebrew/4671.htm" title="4671: kam·mōṣ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Chaff, threshed loose). Or mowts; from muwts; chaff (rather) threshed loose).">to chaff.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a></span><br />Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20-23</a></span><br />“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Psalm 18:42</a></span><br />I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Isaiah 28:27-28</a></span><br />Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod. / Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-4.htm">Isaiah 40:4</a></span><br />Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Isaiah 42:13-16</a></span><br />The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies: / “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant. / I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-2.htm">Isaiah 45:2</a></span><br />“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-2.htm">Isaiah 49:2</a></span><br />He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Isaiah 54:16-17</a></span><br />Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc. / No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-12.htm">Isaiah 60:12</a></span><br />For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-34.htm">Daniel 2:34-35</a></span><br />As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them. / Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-44.htm">Matthew 21:44</a></span><br />He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.</p><p class="hdg">I will make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/21-10.htm">Isaiah 21:10</a></b></br> O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Isaiah 28:27</a></b></br> For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Habakkuk 3:12</a></b></br> Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.</p><p class="hdg">teeth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Psalm 18:42</a></b></br> Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a></b></br> Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/4-7.htm">Zechariah 4:7</a></b></br> Who <i>art</i> thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel <i>thou shalt become</i> a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone <i>thereof with</i> shoutings, <i>crying</i>, Grace, grace unto it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/32-12.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Chaff</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-2.htm">Double</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Edges</a> <a href="/job/41-30.htm">Grain-Crushing</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-4.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-1.htm">New</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-6.htm">Possessing</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Sledge</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-22.htm">Small</a> <a href="/songs/6-6.htm">Teeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-12.htm">Thresh</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Threshest</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-28.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Threshing-Sledge</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/49-10.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-24.htm">Chaff</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Crush</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-2.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Double</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-18.htm">Edges</a> <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Grain-Crushing</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-18.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Making</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-11.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-9.htm">New</a> <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Possessing</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-2.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/job/41-30.htm">Sledge</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Small</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Teeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Thresh</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Threshest</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-11.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/job/41-30.htm">Threshing-Sledge</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 41</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/41-1.htm">God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">About his promises</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/41-21.htm">And about the vanity of idols.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/41.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/41.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge</b><br>This phrase signifies transformation and empowerment. In ancient agricultural practices, a threshing sledge was a heavy wooden implement with sharp stones or metal underneath, used to separate grain from chaff. The imagery suggests God equipping His people with strength and effectiveness. Biblically, this transformation echoes the empowerment seen in figures like Gideon (Judges 6-7), who was made mighty by God despite initial weakness.<p><b>new and sharp, with many teeth</b><br>The description of the sledge as "new and sharp, with many teeth" emphasizes efficiency and capability. The "new" aspect suggests renewal and innovation, while "sharp" and "many teeth" indicate precision and power. This can be seen as a metaphor for the renewed strength and wisdom given by God to His people, enabling them to overcome obstacles. The sharpness can also symbolize the penetrating power of God's word (<a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a>).<p><b>You will thresh the mountains and crush them</b><br>Threshing mountains is a hyperbolic expression indicating the overcoming of seemingly insurmountable challenges. Mountains often symbolize obstacles or powerful nations in biblical literature. This phrase suggests divine intervention enabling God's people to triumph over formidable foes. It reflects the theme of faith moving mountains (<a href="/matthew/17-20.htm">Matthew 17:20</a>) and God's power to subdue nations (<a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a>).<p><b>and reduce the hills to chaff</b><br>Reducing hills to chaff continues the metaphor of complete victory and transformation. Chaff, the husks separated from grain, is lightweight and easily blown away, symbolizing the futility and impermanence of opposition against God's will. This imagery is consistent with the judgment and purification themes found in scripture, where the wicked are likened to chaff (<a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Psalm 1:4</a>, <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>). It underscores the ultimate triumph of God's purposes and the establishment of His kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of great political turmoil and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy. In this context, Israel is often personified as God's servant, whom He will empower to overcome obstacles.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains_and_hills.htm">Mountains and Hills</a></b><br>Symbolic representations of obstacles, challenges, or nations that stand against God's people. In ancient Near Eastern literature, mountains often symbolize powerful kingdoms or insurmountable challenges.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/threshing_sledge.htm">Threshing Sledge</a></b><br>An agricultural tool used to separate grain from chaff. It symbolizes strength, effectiveness, and the ability to overcome and dismantle obstacles.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise.htm">God's Promise</a></b><br>The event of transformation and empowerment where God promises to equip His people with the necessary tools to overcome their adversaries.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_empowerment.htm">Divine Empowerment</a></b><br>God equips His people with the strength and tools necessary to overcome challenges. Just as He promised to make Israel a powerful instrument, He empowers believers today to face their own "mountains."<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_threshing_sledge.htm">Symbolism of the Threshing Sledge</a></b><br>The imagery of a new, sharp threshing sledge with many teeth signifies precision, effectiveness, and the ability to dismantle obstacles. Believers are called to be spiritually sharp and ready for the tasks God sets before them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/overcoming_obstacles.htm">Overcoming Obstacles</a></b><br>The mountains and hills represent challenges that seem insurmountable. With God's help, believers can "thresh" these obstacles, reducing them to chaff, which signifies complete victory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Just as Israel was called to trust in God's promise of empowerment, believers are encouraged to step out in faith, trusting that God will provide the strength needed to overcome life's challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_god.htm">Transformation through God</a></b><br>The transformation from weakness to strength is a recurring theme in Scripture. Believers are reminded that their strength comes from God, and He can transform their circumstances for His glory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 41</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_the_author_of_the_book_of_nahum.htm">What is the Unquenchable Fire?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_essence_of_divine_truth.htm">What does 'chaff' mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_41_2-3_align_with_history.htm">Isaiah 41:2-3: How can the text's claim of a conqueror from the east align with historical records that challenge or contradict specific military campaigns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_give_visions_today.htm">Does God communicate with people through visions today?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">A new sharp threshing instrument.</span>--The instrument described is a kind of revolving sledge armed with two-edged blades, still used in Syria, and, as elsewhere (<a href="/micah/4-13.htm" title="Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.">Micah 4:13</a>), is the symbol of a crushing victory. The next verse continues the image, as in <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm" title="And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways.">Jeremiah 15:7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/51-2.htm" title="And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.">Jeremiah 51:2</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I</span> <span class="cmt_word">will make thee a new sharp threshing-instrument</span>. Israel is to be more than sustained. Strength is to be given her to take the aggressive, and to subdue her enemies under her. She is to "thresh them" and "beat them small," as with a threshing-instrument (comp. <a href="/2_kings/13-7.htm">2 Kings 13:7</a>; <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Amos 1:3</a>; <a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Micah 4:13</a>). In the literal sense, no earlier accomplishment of this prophecy can be pointed out than the time of the Maccahean war. Metaphorically, it may be said that Israel began to conquer the world when her literature became known to the Greeks through the expedition of Alexander the Great, and completed her conquest when the Roman empire succumbed to the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. <span class="cmt_word">Having teeth</span>. Threshing-instruments of the kind described are still in use in Syria (Thomson, 'The Land and the Book,' p. 539) and Asia Minor (Fellows, 'Asia Minor,' p. 70). The corn is spread out on the ground, and the machine, which is sometimes armed with sharp stones, sometimes with saws, is dragged ever it. The Arabic name is still <span class="accented">noreg</span>, a modification of the Hebrew <span class="accented">moreg. <span class="cmt_word"></span>Thou shalt thresh the mountains... the hills</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "thou shalt subdue proud and mighty foes" (Delitzsch). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/41-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will make you</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(śam·tîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into a threshing sledge,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמוֹרַג֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·w·raḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4173.htm">Strong's 4173: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing sledge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">new</span><br /><span class="heb">חָדָ֔שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḏāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2319.htm">Strong's 2319: </a> </span><span class="str2">New</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] sharp,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָר֣וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2742.htm">Strong's 2742: </a> </span><span class="str2">Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּ֖עַל</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1167.htm">Strong's 1167: </a> </span><span class="str2">A master, a husband, owner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many teeth.</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּֽיפִיּ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(pî·p̄î·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6374.htm">Strong's 6374: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tooth, two-edged </span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will thresh</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּד֤וּשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḏūš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1758.htm">Strong's 1758: </a> </span><span class="str2">To trample, thresh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and crush them,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתָדֹ֔ק</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯā·ḏōq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1854.htm">Strong's 1854: </a> </span><span class="str2">To crush, pulverize, thresh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and reduce</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּשִֽׂים׃</span> <span class="translit">(tā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the hills</span><br /><span class="heb">וּגְבָע֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḡə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hillock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to chaff.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּמֹּ֥ץ</span> <span class="translit">(kam·mōṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4671.htm">Strong's 4671: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chaff, threshed loose)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 41:15 Behold I have made you into (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/41-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 41:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 41:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/41-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 41:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 41:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>