Isaiah 41

1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

הַחֲרִישׁוּ אֵלַי אִיִּים וּלְאֻמִּים יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ יִגְּשׁוּ אָז יְדַבֵּרוּ יַחְדָּו לַמִּשְׁפָּט נִקְרָבָה׃ (2323)

2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

מִי הֵעִיר מִמִּזְרָח צֶדֶק יִקְרָאֵהוּ לְרַגְלֹו יִתֵּן לְפָנָיו גֹּויִם וּמְלָכִים יַרְדְּ יִתֵּן כֶּעָפָר חַרְבֹּו כְּקַשׁ נִדָּף קַשְׁתֹּו׃ (4876)

3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

יִרְדְּפֵם יַעֲבֹור שָׁלֹום אֹרַח בְּרַגְלָיו לֹא יָבֹוא׃ (1508)

See also: Isaiah 57:2, Job 5:24, Isaiah 42:16

4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

מִי־פָעַל וְעָשָׂה קֹרֵא הַדֹּרֹות מֵרֹאשׁ אֲנִי יְהוָה רִאשֹׁון וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִים אֲנִי־הוּא׃ (3501)

5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

רָאוּ אִיִּים וְיִירָאוּ קְצֹות הָאָרֶץ יֶחֱרָדוּ קָרְבוּ וַיֶּאֱתָיוּן׃ (2412)

6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יַעְזֹרוּ וּלְאָחִיו יֹאמַר חֲזָק׃ (1713)

7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

וַיְחַזֵּק חָרָשׁ אֶת־צֹרֵף מַחֲלִיק פַּטִּישׁ אֶת־הֹולֶם פָּעַם אֹמֵר לַדֶּבֶק טֹוב הוּא וַיְחַזְּקֵהוּ בְמַסְמְרִים לֹא יִמֹּוט׃ (3705)

8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

וְאַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתִּיךָ זֶרַע אַבְרָהָם אֹהֲבִי׃ (2905)

9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱזַקְתִּיךָ מִקְצֹות הָאָרֶץ וּמֵאֲצִילֶיהָ קְרָאתִיךָ וָאֹמַר לְךָ עַבְדִּי־אַתָּה בְּחַרְתִּיךָ וְלֹא מְאַסְתִּיךָ׃ (4903)

10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

אַל־תִּירָא כִּי עִמְּךָ־אָנִי אַל־תִּשְׁתָּע כִּי־אֲנִי אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִמַּצְתִּיךָ אַף־עֲזַרְתִּיךָ אַף־תְּמַכְתִּיךָ בִּימִין צִדְקִי׃ (4857)

11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

הֵן יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִכָּלְמוּ כֹּל הַנֶּחֱרִים בָּךְ יִהְיוּ כְאַיִן וְיֹאבְדוּ אַנְשֵׁי רִיבֶךָ׃ (1604)

12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

תְּבַקְשֵׁם וְלֹא תִמְצָאֵם אַנְשֵׁי מַצֻּתֶךָ יִהְיוּ כְאַיִן וּכְאֶפֶס אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתֶּךָ׃ (3539)

13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מַחֲזִיק יְמִינֶךָ הָאֹמֵר לְךָ אַל־תִּירָא אֲנִי עֲזַרְתִּיךָ׃ (2184)

14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

אַל־תִּירְאִי תֹּולַעַת יַעֲקֹב מְתֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנִי עֲזַרְתִּיךְ נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְגֹאֲלֵךְ קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4627)

15Behold, 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.

הִנֵּה שַׂמְתִּיךְ לְמֹורַג חָרוּץ חָדָשׁ בַּעַל פִּיפִיֹּות תָּדוּשׁ הָרִים וְתָדֹק וּגְבָעֹות כַּמֹּץ תָּשִׂים׃ (5275)

16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

תִּזְרֵם וְרוּחַ תִּשָּׂאֵם וּסְעָרָה תָּפִיץ אֹותָם וְאַתָּה תָּגִיל בַּיהוָה בִּקְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל תִּתְהַלָּל׃ (5677)

17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

הָעֲנִיִּים וְהָאֶבְיֹונִים מְבַקְשִׁים מַיִם וָאַיִן לְשֹׁונָם בַּצָּמָא נָשָׁתָּה אֲנִי יְהוָה אֶעֱנֵם אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אֶעֶזְבֵם׃ (3264)

18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

אֶפְתַּח עַל־שְׁפָיִים נְהָרֹות וּבְתֹוךְ בְּקָעֹות מַעְיָנֹות אָשִׂים מִדְבָּר לַאֲגַם־מַיִם וְאֶרֶץ צִיָּה לְמֹוצָאֵי מָיִם׃ (4708)

19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

אֶתֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר אֶרֶז שִׁטָּה וַהֲדַס וְעֵץ שָׁמֶן אָשִׂים בָּעֲרָבָה בְּרֹושׁ תִּדְהָר וּתְאַשּׁוּר יַחְדָּו׃ (4540)

20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ וְיֵדְעוּ וְיָשִׂימוּ וְיַשְׂכִּילוּ יַחְדָּו כִּי יַד־יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּאת וּקְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרָאָהּ׃ (3703)

21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

קָרְבוּ רִיבְכֶם יֹאמַר יְהוָה הַגִּישׁוּ עֲצֻמֹותֵיכֶם יֹאמַר מֶלֶךְ יַעֲקֹב׃ (2380)

22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

יַגִּישׁוּ וְיַגִּידוּ לָנוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרֶינָה הָרִאשֹׁנֹות ׀ מָה הֵנָּה הַגִּידוּ וְנָשִׂימָה לִבֵּנוּ וְנֵדְעָה אַחֲרִיתָן אֹו הַבָּאֹות הַשְׁמִיעֻנוּ׃ (5421)

23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

הַגִּידוּ הָאֹתִיֹּות לְאָחֹור וְנֵדְעָה כִּי אֱלֹהִים אַתֶּם אַף־תֵּיטִיבוּ וְתָרֵעוּ וְנִשְׁתָּעָה [וְנֵרֶא כ] (וְנִרְאֶה ק) יַחְדָּו׃ (4485)

24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

הֵן־אַתֶּם מֵאַיִן וּפָעָלְכֶם מֵאָפַע תֹּועֵבָה יִבְחַר בָּכֶם׃ (1799)

25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

הַעִירֹותִי מִצָּפֹון וַיַּאת מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁמֶשׁ יִקְרָא בִשְׁמִי וְיָבֹא סְגָנִים כְּמֹו־חֹמֶר וּכְמֹו יֹוצֵר יִרְמָס־טִיט׃ (4194)

26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

מִי־הִגִּיד מֵרֹאשׁ וְנֵדָעָה וּמִלְּפָנִים וְנֹאמַר צַדִּיק אַף אֵין־מַגִּיד אַף אֵין מַשְׁמִיעַ אַף אֵין־שֹׁמֵעַ אִמְרֵיכֶם׃ (3169)

27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

רִאשֹׁון לְצִיֹּון הִנֵּה הִנָּם וְלִירוּשָׁלִַם מְבַשֵּׂר אֶתֵּן׃ (2513)

28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

וְאֵרֶא וְאֵין אִישׁ וּמֵאֵלֶּה וְאֵין יֹועֵץ וְאֶשְׁאָלֵם וְיָשִׁיבוּ דָבָר׃ (1829)

29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

הֵן כֻּלָּם אָוֶן אֶפֶס מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם רוּחַ וָתֹהוּ נִסְכֵּיהֶם׃ (1624)