Isaiah 41-52

New American Standard Bible

Israel Encouraged

41 “^(A)Listen to Me ^(B)in silence, you coastlands,
And let the peoples ^(C)gain new strength;
^(D)Let them come forward, then let them speak;
^(E)Let’s come together for judgment.
²^(F)Who has stirred one from the east
Whom He ^(G)calls in righteousness to His ^[a]feet?
He ^(H)turns nations over to him
And subdues kings.
He makes them like ^(I)dust with his sword,
Like the wind-driven ^(J)chaff with his bow.
³He pursues them, passing on in safety,
By a way he had not been ^[b]traversing with his feet.
⁴^(K)Who has performed and accomplished it,
Summoning the generations from the beginning?
‘^(L)I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. ^(M)I am He.’”

⁵The ^(N)coastlands have seen and are afraid;
The ^(O)ends of the earth tremble;
They have approached and have come.
⁶Each one helps his neighbor
And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
⁷So the ^(P)craftsman encourages the ^(Q)smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
^(R)So that it will not totter.
⁸“But you, Israel, ^(S)My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of ^(T)Abraham My ^(U)friend,
⁹You whom I have ^[c]^(V)taken from the ends of the earth
And called from its ^(W)remotest parts,
And said to you, ‘You are ^(X)My servant,
I have ^(Y)chosen you and have not rejected you.
¹⁰Do not ^(Z)fear, for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, ^(AA)I will also help you,
I will also uphold you with My righteous ^(AB)right hand.’
¹¹Behold, ^(AC)all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
^(AD)Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
¹²^(AE)You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
¹³For I am the Lord your God ^(AF)who takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘^(AG)Do not fear, I will help you.’
¹⁴Do not fear, you ^(AH)worm Jacob, you people of Israel;
I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and ^(AI)your ^[d]Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
¹⁵Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
^(AJ)You will thresh the ^(AK)mountains and pulverize them,
And make the hills like chaff.
¹⁶You will ^(AL)winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will ^(AM)rejoice in the Lord,
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷“The poor and needy are seeking ^(AN)water, but there is none,
And their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, the Lord, ^(AO)will answer them Myself;
As the God of Israel I ^(AP)will not abandon them.
¹⁸I will open ^(AQ)rivers on the bare heights,
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make ^(AR)the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land fountains of water.
¹⁹I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia, the ^(AS)myrtle, and the olive tree;
I will place the ^(AT)juniper in the desert,
Together with the elm tree and the cypress,
²⁰So that ^(AU)they may see and recognize,
And consider and gain insight as well,
That the ^(AV)hand of the Lord has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

²¹“^[e]Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your evidence,”
The ^(AW)King of Jacob says.
²²^(AX)Let them bring them forward and declare to us what is going to take place;
As for the ^(AY)former events, declare what they were,
So that we may consider them and know their outcome.
Or announce to us what is coming;
²³^(AZ)Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
So that we may know that you are gods;
Indeed, ^(BA)do good or evil, that we may be afraid and fear together.
²⁴Behold, ^(BB)you are less than nothing,
And ^(BC)your work is less than nothing!
He who chooses you is an ^(BD)abomination.

²⁵“I have put ^(BE)one from the north into motion, and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon ^[f]^(BF)mortar,
As the potter treads on clay.”
²⁶Who has ^(BG)declared this from the beginning, that we might know?
Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”?
There was ^(BH)no one at all who declared,
There was no one at all who proclaimed,
There was no one at all who heard your words.
²⁷“^(BI)Previously I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’
And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a ^(BJ)messenger of good news.’
²⁸But ^(BK)when I look, there is no one,
And there is no ^(BL)counselor ^[g]among them
Who, if I ask, can ^(BM)give an answer.
²⁹Behold, all of them are ^[h]false;
Their ^(BN)works are ^(BO)nothing,
Their cast metal images are ^(BP)wind and emptiness.

God’s Promise concerning His Servant

42 “^(BQ)Behold, My ^(BR)Servant, whom I ^[i]uphold;
My ^(BS)chosen one in whom My ^(BT)soul delights.
I have put My ^(BU)Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth ^(BV)justice to the ^[j]nations.
²He will not cry out nor raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
³A bent reed He will not break off
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth ^(BW)justice.
⁴He will not be ^(BX)disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice on the earth;
And the ^(BY)coastlands will wait expectantly for His ^[k]law.”

⁵This is what God the Lord says,

Who ^(BZ)created the heavens and ^(CA)stretched them out,
Who spread out the ^(CB)earth and its ^[l]offspring,
Who ^(CC)gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it:
⁶“I am the Lord, I have ^(CD)called You in righteousness,
I will also ^(CE)hold You by the hand and ^(CF)watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a ^(CG)covenant to the people,
As a ^(CH)light to the nations,
⁷To ^(CI)open blind eyes,
To ^(CJ)bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.
⁸^(CK)I am the Lord, that is ^(CL)My name;
I will not give My ^(CM)glory to another,
Nor My praise to idols.
⁹Behold, the ^(CN)former things have come to pass,
Now I declare ^(CO)new things;
Before they sprout I proclaim them to you.”

¹⁰Sing to the Lord a ^(CP)new song,
Sing His praise from the ^(CQ)end of the earth!
^(CR)You who go down to the sea, and ^(CS)all that is in it;
You ^(CT)islands, and those who live on them.
¹¹Let the ^(CU)wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
The settlements which ^(CV)Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of ^(CW)Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the ^(CX)mountains.
¹²Let them ^(CY)give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the ^(CZ)coastlands.
¹³^(DA)The Lord will go out like a warrior,
He will stir His ^(DB)zeal like a man of war.
He will shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.
He will ^(DC)prevail against His enemies.

The Blindness of the People

¹⁴“^(DD)I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.
¹⁵I will ^(DE)lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will ^(DF)turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
¹⁶I will ^(DG)lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,
In paths they have not known I will guide them.
I will ^(DH)turn darkness into light before them
And ^(DI)uneven land into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will ^(DJ)not leave them undone.”
¹⁷They will be turned back and be ^(DK)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in ^[m]idols,
Who say to cast metal images,
“You are our gods.”

¹⁸^(DL)Hear, you who are deaf!
And look, you who are blind, so that you may see.
¹⁹Who is blind but My ^(DM)servant,
Or so deaf as My ^(DN)messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as one who is ^[n]^(DO)at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
²⁰^(DP)You have seen many things, but you do not retain them;
Your ears are open, but no one hears.
²¹The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the Law ^(DQ)great and glorious.
²²But this is a people plundered and pillaged;
All of them are ^(DR)trapped in ^[o]caves,
Or are ^(DS)hidden away in prisons;
They have become plunder, with no one to save them,
And spoils with no one to say, “Give them back!”

²³Who among you will listen to this?
Who will pay attention and listen in the time to come?
²⁴Who gave Jacob up for spoils, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they ^(DT)were not willing to walk,
And whose Law they did not ^(DU)obey?
²⁵So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the ^(DV)fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not recognize it;
And it burned him, but he ^[p]^(DW)paid no attention.

Israel Redeemed

43 But now, this is what the Lord says, He who is your ^(DX)Creator, Jacob,
And He who ^(DY)formed you, Israel:
“Do not ^(DZ)fear, for I have ^(EA)redeemed you;
I have ^(EB)called you by name; you are ^(EC)Mine!
²When you ^(ED)pass through the waters, ^(EE)I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you ^(EF)walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.
³For ^(EG)I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your ^(EH)Savior;
I have given Egypt as your ransom,
^[q]^(EI)Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
⁴Since you are ^(EJ)precious in My sight,
Since you are ^(EK)honored and I ^(EL)love you,
I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.
⁵Do not fear, for ^(EM)I am with you;
I will bring ^(EN)your offspring from the east,
And ^(EO)gather you from the west.
⁶I will say to the ^(EP)north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring My ^(EQ)sons from afar
And My daughters from the ^(ER)ends of the earth,
⁷Everyone who is ^(ES)called by My name,
And whom I have ^(ET)created for My ^(EU)glory,
^(EV)Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.”

Israel Is God’s Witness

⁸Bring out the people who are ^(EW)blind, even though they have eyes,
And those who are deaf, even though they have ears.
⁹All the nations have ^(EX)gathered together
So that the peoples may be assembled.
Who among them can ^(EY)declare this
And proclaim to us the former things?
Let them present ^(EZ)their witnesses so ^(FA)that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say, “It is true.”
¹⁰“You are ^(FB)My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And ^(FC)My servant whom I have chosen,
So that you may know and believe Me
And understand that ^(FD)I am He.
^(FE)Before Me there was no God formed,
And there will be none after Me.
¹¹I, only I, am the Lord,
And there is no ^(FF)savior ^(FG)besides Me.
¹²It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
And there was no ^(FH)strange god among you;
So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord,
“And I am God.
¹³Even ^[r]^(FI)from eternity ^(FJ)I am He,
And there is ^(FK)no one who can rescue from My hand;
^(FL)I act, and who can reverse it?”

Babylon to Be Destroyed

¹⁴This is what the Lord your ^(FM)Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:

“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
And will bring them all down as fugitives,
^[s]Even the ^(FN)Chaldeans, into the ^(FO)ships ^[t]over which they rejoice.
¹⁵I am the Lord, your Holy One,
^(FP)The Creator of Israel, your ^(FQ)King.”

¹⁶This is what the Lord says,

He who ^(FR)makes a way through the sea
And a path through the mighty waters,
¹⁷Who brings out the ^(FS)chariot and the horse,
The army and the mighty man
(They will lie down together and not rise again;
They have been ^(FT)extinguished, and have gone out like a wick):
¹⁸“^(FU)Do not call to mind the former things,
Or consider things of the past.
¹⁹Behold, I am going to do something ^(FV)new,
Now it will spring up;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even ^(FW)make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
²⁰The animals of the field will glorify Me,
The ^(FX)jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have ^(FY)given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
²¹The people whom ^(FZ)I formed for Myself
^(GA)Will declare My praise.

The Shortcomings of Israel

²²“Yet you have not called on Me, Jacob;
But you have become ^(GB)weary of Me, Israel.
²³You have ^(GC)not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings,
Nor have you ^(GD)honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not ^(GE)burdened you with ^[u]offerings,
Nor wearied you with ^(GF)incense.
²⁴You have not bought Me ^[v]^(GG)sweet cane with money,
Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather, you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have ^(GH)wearied Me with your wrongdoings.

²⁵“I, I alone, am the one who ^(GI)wipes out your wrongdoings ^(GJ)for My own sake,
And I will ^(GK)not remember your sins.
²⁶^[w]Meet Me in court, ^(GL)let’s argue our case together;
State your cause, ^(GM)so that you may be proved right.
²⁷Your ^(GN)first ^[x]forefather sinned,
And your ^[y]^(GO)spokesmen have rebelled against Me.
²⁸So I will profane the ^[z]officials of the sanctuary,
And I will turn Jacob over to ^(GP)destruction and Israel to ^(GQ)abuse.

The Blessings of Israel

44 “But now listen, Jacob, My ^(GR)servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen:
²This is what the Lord says, He who made you
And ^(GS)formed you from the womb, who ^(GT)will help you:
‘^(GU)Do not fear, Jacob My servant,
And ^[aa]^(GV)Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
³For ^(GW)I will pour water on ^[ab]the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will ^(GX)pour out My Spirit on your ^(GY)offspring,
And My blessing on your descendants;
⁴And they will spring up ^[ac]among the grass
Like ^(GZ)poplars by streams of water.’
⁵This one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;
And that one ^[ad]will call on the name of Jacob;
And another will ^(HA)write ^[ae]on his hand, ‘Belonging to the Lord,’
And will give himself Israel’s name with honor.

⁶“This is what the Lord says, He who is the ^(HB)King of Israel and his ^(HC)Redeemer, the Lord of armies:

‘I am the ^(HD)first and I am the last,
And there is no God ^(HE)besides Me.
⁷Who is like Me? ^(HF)Let him proclaim and declare it;
And, let him confront Me
^[af]Beginning with My establishing of the ancient ^[ag]nation.
Then let them declare to them the things that are coming
And the events that are going to take place.
⁸Do not tremble and do not be afraid;
^(HG)Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?
And ^(HH)you are My witnesses.
Is there any God ^(HI)besides Me,
Or is there any other ^(HJ)Rock?
I know of none.’”

The Foolishness of Idolatry

⁹Those who fashion an idol are all futile, and their treasured things are of no benefit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be ^(HK)put to shame. ¹⁰Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to ^(HL)no benefit? ¹¹Behold, all his companions will be ^(HM)put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them be put to shame together.

¹²The ^(HN)craftsman of iron shapes a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, ^[ah]fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and ^[ai]his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary. ¹³^(HO)The craftsman of wood extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a marker. He works it with carving knives and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of ^(HP)mankind, so that it may sit in a ^(HQ)house. ¹⁴He will cut cedars for himself, and he takes a holm-oak or another oak and lets it grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel tree, and the rain makes it grow. ¹⁵Then it becomes something for a person to burn, so he takes one of them and gets warm; he also makes a fire and bakes bread. He also ^(HR)makes a god and worships it; he makes it a carved image and ^(HS)bows down before it. ¹⁶Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat, he roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, “Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire.” ¹⁷Yet the rest of it he ^(HT)makes into a god, his carved image. He bows down before it and worships; he also ^(HU)prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

¹⁸They do not ^(HV)know, nor do they understand, for He has ^(HW)smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend. ¹⁹No one ^[aj]remembers, nor is there ^(HX)knowledge or understanding to say, “I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then ^[ak]I make the rest of it into an ^(HY)abomination, ^[al]I bow down before a block of wood!” ²⁰He ^[am]^(HZ)feeds on ashes; a ^(IA)deceived heart has misled him. And he cannot save ^[an]himself, nor say, “^(IB)Is there not a lie in my right hand?”

God Forgives and Redeems

²¹“^(IC)Remember these things, Jacob,
And Israel, for you are ^(ID)My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant,
Israel, you will ^(IE)not be forgotten by Me.
²²I have ^(IF)wiped out your wrongdoings like a thick cloud
And your sins like a ^[ao]heavy mist.
^(IG)Return to Me, for I have ^(IH)redeemed you.”
²³^(II)Shout for joy, you heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth;
^(IJ)Break into a shout of jubilation, you mountains,
Forest, and every tree in it;
For ^(IK)the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And in Israel He ^(IL)shows His glory.

²⁴This is what the Lord says, He who is your ^(IM)Redeemer, and the one who ^(IN)formed you from the womb:

“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,
^(IO)Stretching out the heavens by Myself
And spreading out the earth ^[ap]alone,
²⁵^(IP)Causing the ^[aq]omens of diviners to fail,
^[ar]Making fools of fortune-tellers;
^(IQ)Causing wise men to turn back
And ^[as]making their knowledge ridiculous,
²⁶^(IR)Confirming the word of His servant
And ^[at]carrying out the purpose of His messengers.
It is I who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited!’
And of the ^(IS)cities of Judah, ‘^(IT)They shall be built.’
And I will raise her ruins again.
²⁷I am the One who says to the depth of the sea, ‘Dry up!’
And I will make your rivers ^(IU)dry up.
²⁸It is I who says of ^(IV)Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he will carry out all My desire.’
And ^[au]he says of Jerusalem, ‘^(IW)She will be built,’
And of the temple, ‘^[av]Your foundation will be laid.’”

God Uses Cyrus

45 This is what the Lord says to ^(IX)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right ^(IY)hand,
To ^(IZ)subdue nations before him
And ^[aw]to ^(JA)undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
²“I will go before you and ^(JB)make the ^[ax]rough places smooth;
I will ^(JC)shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron ^(JD)bars.
³I will give you the ^[ay]^(JE)treasures of darkness
And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who ^(JF)calls you by your name.
⁴For the sake of ^(JG)Jacob My servant,
And Israel My chosen one,
I have also ^(JH)called you by your name;
I have given you a title of honor
Though you have ^(JI)not known Me.
⁵I am the Lord, and ^(JJ)there is no one else;
^(JK)There is no God except Me.
I will ^(JL)^[az]arm you, though you have not known Me,
⁶So that ^(JM)people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun
That there is ^(JN)no one besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no one else,
⁷The One ^(JO)forming light and ^(JP)creating darkness,
Causing ^[ba]well-being and ^(JQ)creating disaster;
I am the Lord who does all these things.

God’s Supreme Power

⁸“^(JR)Drip down, heavens, from above,
And let the clouds pour down righteousness;
Let the ^(JS)earth open up and salvation bear fruit,
^(JT)And righteousness sprout with it.
I, the Lord, have created it.

⁹“Woe to the one who ^(JU)quarrels with ^[bb]his Maker—
A piece of pottery ^[bc]among the other earthenware pottery pieces!
Will the ^(JV)clay say to the ^[bd]potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
¹⁰Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you fathering?’
Or to a woman, ‘To what are you ^[be]giving birth?’”

¹¹This is what the ^(JW)Lord says, the Holy One of Israel and ^[bf]his ^(JX)Maker:

“^[bg]^(JY)Ask Me about the things to come ^[bh]concerning My ^(JZ)sons,
And you shall commit to Me ^(KA)the work of My hands.
¹²It is I who ^(KB)made the earth, and created mankind upon it.
I ^(KC)stretched out the heavens with My hands,
And I ^[bi]ordained ^(KD)all their ^[bj]lights.
¹³I have stirred him in ^(KE)righteousness,
And I will ^(KF)make all his ways smooth.
He will ^(KG)build My city and let My exiles go ^(KH)free,
Without any payment or reward,” says the Lord of armies.

¹⁴This is what the Lord says:

“The ^[bk]products of ^(KI)Egypt and the merchandise of ^[bl]^(KJ)Cush
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will ^(KK)come over to you and will be yours;
They will walk behind you, they will come over in ^(KL)chains
And will ^(KM)bow down to you;
They will plead with you:
‘^[bm]^(KN)God certainly is ^[bn]with you, and ^(KO)there is no one else,
No other God.’”
¹⁵Truly, You are a God who ^(KP)hides Himself,
God of Israel, ^(KQ)Savior!
¹⁶They will be ^(KR)put to shame and even humiliated, all of them;
The ^(KS)manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.
¹⁷Israel has been saved by the Lord
With an ^(KT)everlasting salvation;
You ^(KU)will not be put to shame or humiliated
To all eternity.

¹⁸For this is what the Lord says, He who ^(KV)created the heavens (He is the God who ^(KW)formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it ^[bo]as a ^(KX)waste place, but formed it to be ^(KY)inhabited):

“I am the Lord, and ^(KZ)there is no one else.
¹⁹^(LA)I have not spoken in secret,
In ^[bp]some dark land;
I did not say to the ^[bq]^(LB)offspring of Jacob,
‘^(LC)Seek Me in ^[br]a wasteland’;
I, the Lord, ^(LD)speak righteousness,
^(LE)Declaring things that are right.

²⁰“^(LF)Gather yourselves and come;
Come together, you survivors of the nations!
^(LG)They have no knowledge,
Who ^(LH)carry around ^[bs]their wooden idol
And ^(LI)pray to a god who cannot save.
²¹^(LJ)Declare and present your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
^(LK)Who has announced this long ago?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is ^(LL)no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a ^(LM)Savior;
There is none except Me.
²²^(LN)Turn to Me and ^(LO)be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.
²³^(LP)I have sworn by Myself;
The ^(LQ)word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me ^(LR)every knee will bow, every tongue will ^(LS)swear allegiance.
²⁴They will say of Me, ‘Only ^(LT)in the Lord are righteousness and strength.’
People will come to Him,
And ^(LU)all who were angry at Him will be put to shame.
²⁵In the Lord all the offspring of Israel
Will be ^(LV)justified and will ^(LW)boast.”

Babylon’s Idols and the True God

46 ^(LX)Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their idols have become loads for the animals and the cattle.
The things ^[bt]that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary animal.
²They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But ^[bu]have themselves ^(LY)gone into captivity.

³“^(LZ)Listen to Me, house of Jacob,
And all ^(MA)the remnant of the house of Israel,
You who have been ^(MB)carried by Me from ^[bv]birth
And have been carried from the womb;
⁴Even to your old age ^(MC)I ^[bw]will be the same,
And even to your ^[bx]^(MD)graying years I will ^[by]carry you!
I have ^[bz]done it, and I will bear you;
And I will ^[ca]carry you and I will save you.

⁵“^(ME)To whom would you liken Me
And make Me equal, and compare Me,
That we would be alike?
⁶Those who ^(MF)lavish gold from the bag
And weigh silver on the scale,
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They ^(MG)bow down, indeed they worship it.
⁷They ^(MH)lift it on the shoulder, carry it,
And set it in its place, and it stands there.
^(MI)It does not move from its place.
Though one may shout to it, it ^(MJ)cannot answer;
It ^(MK)cannot save him from his distress.

⁸“^(ML)Remember this, and be ^[cb]assured;
^(MM)Recall it to ^[cc]mind, you ^(MN)wrongdoers.
⁹Remember the ^(MO)former things long past,
For I am God, and there is ^(MP)no other;
I am God, and there is ^(MQ)no one like Me,
¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘^(MR)My plan will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
¹¹Calling a ^(MS)bird of prey from the ^(MT)east,
The man of ^[cd]My purpose from a distant country.
Truly I have ^(MU)spoken; truly I will bring it to pass.
I have planned it, I will certainly do it.

¹²“^(MV)Listen to Me, you ^(MW)stubborn-minded,
Who are ^(MX)far from righteousness.
¹³I ^(MY)bring near My righteousness, it is not far off;
And My salvation will not delay.
And I will grant ^(MZ)salvation in Zion,
And My ^(NA)glory for Israel.

Mourning for Babylon

47 “^(NB)Come down and sit in the dust,
^(NC)Virgin ^(ND)daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you will no longer be called ^(NE)tender and delicate.
²Take the ^(NF)millstones and ^(NG)grind flour.
Remove your ^(NH)veil, ^(NI)strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.
³Your ^(NJ)nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame will also be exposed;
I will ^(NK)take vengeance and will not spare anyone.”
⁴Our ^(NL)Redeemer, the Lord of armies is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
⁵“^(NM)Sit silently, and go into ^(NN)darkness,
Daughter of the Chaldeans;
For you will no longer be called
The ^(NO)queen of ^(NP)kingdoms.
⁶I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And handed them over to you.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the ^(NQ)aged you made your yoke very heavy.
⁷Yet you said, ‘I will be a ^(NR)queen forever.’
These things you did not ^(NS)consider
Nor remember the ^(NT)outcome of ^[ce]them.

⁸“Now, then, hear this, you ^(NU)luxuriant one,
Who ^(NV)lives securely,
Who says in her heart,
‘^(NW)I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will ^(NX)not sit as a widow,
Nor know the loss of children.’
⁹But these ^(NY)two things will come on you ^(NZ)suddenly in one day:
Loss of children and widowhood.
They will come on you in full measure
In spite of your many ^(OA)sorceries,
In spite of the great power of your spells.
¹⁰You felt ^(OB)secure in your wickedness and said,
‘^(OC)No one sees me,’
Your ^(OD)wisdom and your knowledge, ^[cf]they have led you astray;
For you have said in your heart,
‘^(OE)I am, and there is no one besides me.’
¹¹But ^(OF)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And ^(OG)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you ^(OH)suddenly.

¹²“Persist now in your ^(OI)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
¹³You are ^(OJ)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the ^(OK)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and ^(OL)save you from what will come upon you.
¹⁴Behold, they have become ^(OM)like stubble,
^(ON)Fire burns them;
They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame;
There will be ^(OO)no coal to warm by
Nor a fire to sit before!
¹⁵So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Those who have ^(OP)done business with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own ^[cg]way;
There is ^(OQ)no one to save you.

Israel’s Obstinacy

48 “^(OR)Hear this, house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came from the ^(OS)waters of Judah,
Who ^(OT)swear by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in ^(OU)righteousness.
²For they name themselves after the ^(OV)holy city,
And ^(OW)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of armies is His name.
³I ^(OX)declared the former things long ago,
And they went out of My mouth, and I proclaimed them.
^(OY)Suddenly I acted, and they ^(OZ)came to pass.
⁴Because I know that you are ^[ch]^(PA)obstinate,
And your ^(PB)neck is an iron tendon
And your ^(PC)forehead bronze,
⁵Therefore I declared them to you long ago,
Before ^[ci]they took place I proclaimed them to you,
So that you would not say, ‘My ^(PD)idol has done them,
And my carved image and my cast metal image have commanded them.’
⁶You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you ^(PE)new things from this time,
Hidden things which you have not known.
⁷They are created now and not long ago;
And before today you have not heard them,
So that you will not say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
⁸You have not ^(PF)heard, you have not known.
Even from long ago your ear has not been open,
Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously;
And you have been called a ^[cj]^(PG)rebel from ^[ck]birth.
⁹^(PH)For the sake of My name I ^(PI)delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
¹⁰Behold, I have refined you, but ^(PJ)not as silver;
I have tested you in the ^(PK)furnace of affliction.
¹¹^(PL)For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And I will not give My ^(PM)glory to another.

Rescue Promised

¹²“Listen to Me, Jacob, Israel ^[cl]whom I called;
^(PN)I am He, ^(PO)I am the first, I am also the last.
¹³Assuredly My hand ^(PP)founded the earth,
And My right hand spread out the heavens;
When I ^(PQ)call to them, they stand together.
¹⁴^(PR)Assemble, all of you, and listen!
^(PS)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him; he will ^(PT)carry out His good pleasure against ^(PU)Babylon,
And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
¹⁵I, yes I, have spoken; indeed I have ^(PV)called him,
I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful.
¹⁶^(PW)Come near to Me, listen to this:
From the beginning I have ^(PX)not spoken in secret,
^(PY)From the time it took place, I was there.
And now ^(PZ)the Lord ^[cm]God has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

¹⁷This is what the Lord says, He who is your ^(QA)Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to benefit,
Who ^(QB)leads you in the way you should go.
¹⁸If only you had ^(QC)paid attention to My commandments!
Then your ^[cn]^(QD)well-being would have been like a river,
And your ^(QE)righteousness like the waves of the sea.
¹⁹Your ^[co]^(QF)descendants would have been like the sand,
And ^[cp]your offspring like its grains;
^(QG)Their name would never be eliminated or destroyed from My presence.”

²⁰^(QH)Go out from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with the sound of ^(QI)joyful shouting, proclaim this,
^(QJ)Send it out to the end of the earth;
Say, “^(QK)The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”
²¹They did not ^(QL)thirst when He led them through the deserts.
He ^(QM)made the water flow out of the rock for them;
He split the rock and ^(QN)the water gushed out.
²²“^(QO)There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Salvation Reaches to the Ends of the Earth

49 Listen to Me, you ^(QP)islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
^(QQ)The Lord called Me from the womb;
From the ^[cq]body of My mother He named Me.
²He has made My ^(QR)mouth like a sharp sword,
In the ^(QS)shadow of His hand He has concealed Me;
And He has also made Me a sharpened ^(QT)arrow,
He has hidden Me in His quiver.
³He said to Me, “^(QU)You are My Servant, Israel,
^(QV)In whom I will show My glory.”
⁴But I said, “I have ^(QW)labored in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and futility;
Nevertheless, the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My ^(QX)reward is with My God.”

⁵And now says ^(QY)the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him, so that ^(QZ)Israel might be gathered to Him
(For I am ^(RA)honored in the sight of the Lord,
And My God is My ^(RB)strength),
⁶He says, “It is too ^[cr]small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the ^(RC)protected ones of Israel;
I will also make You a ^(RD)light ^[cs]of the nations
So that My salvation may ^[ct]reach to the ^(RE)end of the earth.”
⁷This is what the Lord, the ^(RF)Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One,
Says to the ^[cu]^(RG)despised One,
To the One abhorred by the nation,
To the Servant of rulers:
“^(RH)Kings will see and arise,
Princes will also ^(RI)bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

⁸This is what the Lord says:
“At a ^(RJ)favorable time I answered You,
And on a day of salvation I helped You;
And I will ^(RK)watch over You and ^(RL)make You a covenant of the people,
To ^[cv]^(RM)restore the land, to give as inheritances the deserted hereditary lands;
⁹Saying to those who are ^(RN)bound, ‘^[cw]Go free,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
They will feed along the roads,
And their pasture will be on all ^(RO)bare heights.
¹⁰They will ^(RP)not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching ^(RQ)heat or sun strike them down;
For ^(RR)He who has compassion on them will ^(RS)lead them,
And He will guide them to ^(RT)springs of water.
¹¹I will make all ^(RU)My mountains a road,
And My ^(RV)highways will be raised up.
¹²Behold, these will come ^(RW)from afar;
And behold, these will come from the ^(RX)north and from the west,
And these from the land of Aswan.”
¹³^(RY)Shout for joy, you heavens! And rejoice, you earth!
Break forth into joyful shouting, mountains!
For the ^(RZ)Lord has comforted His people
And will ^(SA)have compassion on His afflicted.

Promise to Zion

¹⁴But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me,
And the Lord has forgotten me.”
¹⁵“Can a woman forget her nursing child
And have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget, but ^(SB)I will not forget you.
¹⁶Behold, I have ^(SC)inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your ^(SD)walls are continually before Me.
¹⁷Your ^[cx]builders hurry;
Your ^(SE)destroyers and devastators
Will leave you.
¹⁸^(SF)Raise your eyes and look around;
^(SG)All of them gather together, ^(SH)they come to you.
^(SI)As I live,” declares the Lord,
“You will certainly ^(SJ)put them all on as ^[cy]jewelry and bind them on as a bride.
¹⁹For ^(SK)your ruins and deserted places and your destroyed land—
Now you will certainly be ^(SL)too cramped for the inhabitants,
And those who ^(SM)swallowed you will be far away.
²⁰The ^(SN)children ^[cz]you lost will yet say in your ears,
‘The place is too cramped for me;
Make room for me that I may live here.’
²¹Then you will ^(SO)say in your heart,
‘Who has fathered these for me,
Since I have been bereaved of my children
And ^(SP)cannot conceive, and I am an ^(SQ)exile, and a wanderer?
And who has raised these?
Behold, I was ^(SR)left alone;
^[da]^(SS)Where are these from?’”

²²This is what the Lord ^[db]God says:

“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations
And set up My ^(ST)flag to the peoples;
And they will ^(SU)bring your sons ^[dc]in their arms,
And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.
²³^(SV)Kings will be your guardians,
And their princesses your nurses.
They will ^(SW)bow down to you with their faces to the ground
And ^(SX)lick the dust from your feet;
And you will ^(SY)know that I am the Lord;
Those who hopefully ^(SZ)wait for Me will ^(TA)not be put to shame.

²⁴“^(TB)Can the prey be taken from a mighty man,
Or the captives of ^[dd]a tyrant be rescued?”

²⁵Indeed, this is what the Lord says:

“Even the ^(TC)captives of the mighty man will be taken away,
And the prey of a tyrant will be rescued;
For I will contend with the one who contends with you,
And I will ^(TD)save your sons.
²⁶I will feed your ^(TE)oppressors with their ^(TF)own flesh,
And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;
And ^[de]^(TG)humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your ^(TH)Savior
And your ^(TI)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

God Helps His Servant

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is the ^(TJ)certificate of divorce
By which I have ^(TK)sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I ^(TL)sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your ^(TM)wrongdoings,
And for your ^(TN)wrongful acts your mother ^(TO)was sent away.
²Why was there ^(TP)no one when I came?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My ^(TQ)hand so short that it cannot redeem?
Or do I have no power to rescue?
Behold, I ^(TR)dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I ^(TS)turn rivers into a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water,
And die of thirst.
³I ^(TT)clothe the heavens with blackness,
And make sackcloth their covering.”

⁴The Lord ^[df]God has given Me the tongue of ^(TU)disciples,
So that I may know how to ^(TV)sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me ^(TW)morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
⁵The Lord God has ^(TX)opened My ear,
And I was ^(TY)not disobedient,
Nor did I turn back.
⁶I ^(TZ)gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pull out My beard;
I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.
⁷For the Lord God ^(UA)helps Me,
Therefore, I am ^(UB)not disgraced;
Therefore, I have made My face like ^(UC)flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
⁸He who ^(UD)vindicates Me is near;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us ^(UE)stand up to each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him approach Me.
⁹Behold, ^(UF)the Lord God helps Me;
^(UG)Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, ^(UH)they will all wear out like a garment;
A moth will eat them.
¹⁰Who is among you who fears the Lord,
Who obeys the voice of His ^(UI)servant,
Who ^(UJ)walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him ^(UK)trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
¹¹Behold, all you who ^(UL)kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows,
Walk in the light of your fire
And among the flaming arrows you have set ablaze.
This you will have from My hand:
You will ^(UM)lie down in torment.

Israel Exhorted

51 “^(UN)Listen to Me, you who ^(UO)pursue righteousness,
Who seek the Lord:
Look to the ^(UP)rock from which you were cut,
And to the ^[dg]quarry from which you were dug.
²Look to ^(UQ)Abraham your father
And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;
When he ^(UR)was only one I called him,
Then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
³Indeed, ^(US)the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her ^(UT)ruins.
And He will make her ^(UU)wilderness like ^(UV)Eden,
And her desert like the ^(UW)garden of the Lord.
^(UX)Joy and gladness will be found in her,
Thanksgiving and the sound of a melody.

⁴“^(UY)Pay attention to Me, My people,
And listen to Me, My ^[dh]nation;
For a ^(UZ)law will go out from Me,
And I will bring My ^(VA)justice as a ^(VB)light of the peoples.
⁵My ^(VC)righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My ^(VD)arms will judge the peoples;
The ^(VE)coastlands will wait for Me,
And they will wait expectantly for My ^(VF)arm.
⁶^(VG)Raise your eyes to the sky,
Then look to the earth beneath;
For the ^(VH)sky will vanish like smoke,
And the ^(VI)earth will wear out like a garment
And its inhabitants will die ^[di]in the same way.
But My ^(VJ)salvation will be forever,
And My righteousness will not fail.
⁷^(VK)Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
A people in whose ^(VL)heart is My Law;
Do not fear the ^(VM)taunting of ^[dj]people,
Nor be terrified of their abuses.
⁸For the ^(VN)moth will eat them like a garment;
Yes, the ^(VO)moth will eat them like wool.
But My ^(VP)righteousness will be forever,
And My salvation to all generations.”

⁹^(VQ)Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
Awake as in the ^(VR)days of old, the generations of long ago.
^(VS)Was it not You who cut ^[dk]Rahab in pieces,
Who pierced the ^(VT)dragon?
¹⁰Was it not You who ^(VU)dried up the sea,
The waters of the great deep;
Who made the depths of the sea a pathway
For the ^(VV)redeemed to cross over?
¹¹And the ^(VW)redeemed of the Lord will return
And come to Zion with joyful shouting,
And ^(VX)everlasting joy will be on their heads.
They will obtain gladness and joy,
And ^(VY)sorrow and sighing will flee away.

¹²“I, I Myself, am He who ^(VZ)comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of ^[dl]^(WA)mortal man,
And of a son of man who is made like ^(WB)grass,
¹³That you have ^(WC)forgotten the Lord your Maker,
Who ^(WD)stretched out the heavens
And laid the foundations of the earth,
That you ^(WE)fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor,
As he makes ready to destroy?
And where is the rage of the ^(WF)oppressor?

¹⁴The ^[dm]^(WG)exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the ^[dn]dungeon, ^(WH)nor will his bread be lacking. ¹⁵For I am the Lord your God, who ^(WI)stirs up the sea so that its waves roar (the Lord of armies is His name). ¹⁶And I have ^(WJ)put My words in your mouth and have ^(WK)covered you with the shadow of My hand, to ^[do]^(WL)establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

¹⁷^(WM)Pull yourself up! Pull yourself up! Arise, Jerusalem!
You who have ^(WN)drunk from the Lord’s hand the cup of His anger;
The ^[dp]chalice of staggering you have drunk to the dregs.
¹⁸There is ^(WO)no one to guide her among all the sons to whom she has given birth,
Nor is there anyone to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised.
¹⁹These two things have happened to you;
Who will mourn for you?
The ^(WP)devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort you?
²⁰Your sons have fainted,
They ^(WQ)lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an ^(WR)antelope in a net,
Full of the wrath of the Lord,
The ^(WS)rebuke of your God.

²¹Therefore, listen to this, you ^(WT)afflicted,
Who are ^(WU)drunk, but not with wine:
²²This is what your Lord, the Lord, your God
Who ^(WV)contends for His people says:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand the ^(WW)cup of staggering,
The ^[dq]chalice of My anger;
You will never drink it again.
²³I will ^(WX)put it into the hand of your tormentors,
Who have said to ^[dr]you, ‘^(WY)Lie down so that we may walk over you.’
You have also made your back like the ground,
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

Cheer for Prostrate Zion

52 ^(WZ)Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your ^(XA)beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the ^(XB)holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the ^(XC)unclean
Will no longer come into you.
²Shake yourself ^(XD)from the dust, ^(XE)rise up,
Captive Jerusalem;
^(XF)Release yourself from the chains around your neck,
Captive daughter of Zion.

³For this is what the Lord says: “You were ^(XG)sold for nothing, and you will be ^(XH)redeemed ^(XI)without money.” ⁴For this is what the Lord ^[ds]God says: “My people ^(XJ)went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. ⁵And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My ^(XK)name is continually reviled all day long. ⁶Therefore, My people shall ^(XL)know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

⁷How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one who brings ^(XM)good news,
Who announces ^[dt]peace
And brings good news of ^[du]happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your ^(XN)God ^[dv]reigns!”
⁸Listen! Your watchmen raise their ^(XO)voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see ^[dw]with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
⁹^(XP)Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You ^(XQ)ruins of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has ^(XR)redeemed Jerusalem.
¹⁰The Lord has bared His holy ^(XS)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
^[dx]So that ^(XT)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

¹¹^(XU)Depart, depart, go out from there,
^(XV)Do not touch what is unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, ^(XW)purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
¹²But you will not go out in ^(XX)a hurry,
Nor will you go ^[dy]as fugitives;
For the ^(XY)Lord will go before you,
And ^(XZ)the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

¹³Behold, My ^(YA)Servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and ^[dz]greatly ^(YB)exalted.
¹⁴Just as many were appalled at you, My people,
So His ^(YC)appearance was marred beyond that of a man,
And His form beyond the sons of mankind.
¹⁵So ^[ea]He will ^(YD)sprinkle many nations,
Kings will ^(YE)shut their mouths on account of Him;
For ^(YF)what they had not been told, they will see,
And what they had not heard, they will understand.

Footnotes

Isaiah 41:2 Lit foot
Isaiah 41:3 Lit going
Isaiah 41:9 Lit seized
Isaiah 41:14 Or Redeemer, the Holy One
Isaiah 41:21 Lit Bring near
Isaiah 41:25 I.e., the building material
Isaiah 41:28 Lit out of those
Isaiah 41:29 Another reading is nothing
Isaiah 42:1 Or hold fast
Isaiah 42:1 Or Gentiles
Isaiah 42:4 Or instruction
Isaiah 42:5 Or vegetation
Isaiah 42:17 Or carved images
Isaiah 42:19 Or the devoted one
Isaiah 42:22 Or holes
Isaiah 42:25 Lit did not lay it to heart
Isaiah 43:3 Or Ethiopia
Isaiah 43:13 As in LXX; MT from the day
Isaiah 43:14 Another reading is As for the Chaldeans, their rejoicing is turned into mourning
Isaiah 43:14 Lit of their rejoicing
Isaiah 43:23 Or a meal offering
Isaiah 43:24 Or calamus
Isaiah 43:26 Or Report to Me
Isaiah 43:27 Lit father
Isaiah 43:27 Or interpreters
Isaiah 43:28 Or holy princes
Isaiah 44:2 I.e., Israel
Isaiah 44:3 Or him who is thirsty
Isaiah 44:4 Another reading is like grass among the waters
Isaiah 44:5 Another reading is will be called by the name of Jacob
Isaiah 44:5 Or with
Isaiah 44:7 Lit From My establishing of
Isaiah 44:7 Or people
Isaiah 44:12 Lit and fashions
Isaiah 44:12 Lit there is no strength
Isaiah 44:19 Lit returns to his heart
Isaiah 44:19 Or shall I make?
Isaiah 44:19 Or shall I bow...?
Isaiah 44:20 Or is a companion of ashes
Isaiah 44:20 Lit his soul
Isaiah 44:22 Or cloud
Isaiah 44:24 Or who was with Me?
Isaiah 44:25 Lit signs
Isaiah 44:25 Lit He makes
Isaiah 44:25 Lit He turns
Isaiah 44:26 Lit He performs
Isaiah 44:28 Lit to say
Isaiah 44:28 Lit You will be founded
Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose
Isaiah 45:2 Another reading is mountains
Isaiah 45:3 Or hoarded treasures
Isaiah 45:5 Or embrace
Isaiah 45:7 Or peace
Isaiah 45:9 Lit He who formed him
Isaiah 45:9 Lit with
Isaiah 45:9 Lit he who formed him
Isaiah 45:10 Lit in labor pains with
Isaiah 45:11 Lit He who formed him
Isaiah 45:11 Or Will you ask
Isaiah 45:11 Or upon
Isaiah 45:12 Or commanded
Isaiah 45:12 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
Isaiah 45:14 Lit labor
Isaiah 45:14 Or Ethiopia
Isaiah 45:14 Or God is with you alone
Isaiah 45:14 Or in
Isaiah 45:18 LXX in vain
Isaiah 45:19 Lit a place of a land of darkness
Isaiah 45:19 Lit seed
Isaiah 45:19 Or vain
Isaiah 45:20 Lit the wood of their carved image
Isaiah 46:1 Lit carried by you
Isaiah 46:2 Or their soul has
Isaiah 46:3 Lit the belly
Isaiah 46:4 Lit will be He
Isaiah 46:4 Lit gray hairs
Isaiah 46:4 Or support
Isaiah 46:4 Or made you
Isaiah 46:4 Or support
Isaiah 46:8 Lit firm
Isaiah 46:8 Lit heart
Isaiah 46:11 Lit His
Isaiah 47:7 Lit it
Isaiah 47:10 Lit it has
Isaiah 47:15 Lit side, region
Isaiah 48:4 Or harsh
Isaiah 48:5 Lit it
Isaiah 48:8 Or transgressor
Isaiah 48:8 Lit the belly
Isaiah 48:12 Lit My called one
Isaiah 48:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 48:18 Or peace
Isaiah 48:19 Lit seed
Isaiah 48:19 Lit the offspring of your inward parts
Isaiah 49:1 Lit inward parts
Isaiah 49:6 Lit light
Isaiah 49:6 Or to
Isaiah 49:6 Lit be
Isaiah 49:7 Lit despised of soul
Isaiah 49:8 Lit establish
Isaiah 49:9 Lit Go out
Isaiah 49:17 Ancient versions and DSS; MT sons
Isaiah 49:18 Lit an ornament
Isaiah 49:20 Lit of your bereavement
Isaiah 49:21 Lit These, where are they?
Isaiah 49:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 49:22 Lit on the chest
Isaiah 49:24 Ancient versions and DSS; MT the righteous, cf. v 25
Isaiah 49:26 Lit all flesh
Isaiah 50:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Isaiah 51:1 Lit excavation of a pit
Isaiah 51:4 Or people
Isaiah 51:6 Another reading is like gnats
Isaiah 51:7 Or mankind
Isaiah 51:9 I.e., a sea monster, not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2
Isaiah 51:12 Lit man who dies
Isaiah 51:14 Lit one in chains
Isaiah 51:14 Lit pit
Isaiah 51:16 Lit plant
Isaiah 51:17 Lit bowl of the cup of reeling
Isaiah 51:22 Lit bowl of the cup of
Isaiah 51:23 Lit your soul
Isaiah 52:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 52:7 Or well-being
Isaiah 52:7 Lit good
Isaiah 52:7 Or is King
Isaiah 52:8 Lit eye to eye
Isaiah 52:10 Or And all...will see
Isaiah 52:12 Lit in flight
Isaiah 52:13 Or very high
Isaiah 52:15 LXX many nations will wonder at Him