The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

Be quiet before Me, O coasts; and let peoples renew their power. They come near; then they speak: Let us draw near together for judgment.

Who raised up the righteous one from the east? He called him to His foot; He gives nations before him, and subdues kings; He gives them as dust [to] his sword, as driven stubble [to] his bow;

He pursues them; he passes on in peace; he does not go [by] the way with his feet.

Who has planned and done [it], calling forth the generations from the beginning? I Jehovah [am] the first and the last; I [am] He.

The coasts have seen and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near; yea, they come.

Each man helps his neighbor, and says to his brother, Be strong.

So the carver strengthens the refiner; and he smoothing [with] the hammer, him who struck the anvil, saying of the soldering, It [is] good. And he made it strong with nails; it will not totter.

But you Israel [are] My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen; the seed of My friend Abraham;

whom I have made strong from the ends of the earth, and called you from its sides; and I said to you, You [are] My servant. I chose you, and have not rejected [you].

Do not fear, for I [am] with you; do not gaze about, for I [am] your God; I will make you strong; yea, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.

Behold, all who were provoked with you shall be ashamed and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and they who fight with you Shall perish.

You shall seek them and shall not find them; men of your strife shall be as nothing, even men of your battle as ceasing.

For I, Jehovah your God am strengthening your right hand; who says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Fear not, worm of Jacob, men of Israel; I will help you; states Jehovah, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Behold! I have made you a new sharp threshing instrument, a master of teeth; you shall thresh mountains and beat them small, and shall make hills like the chaff.

You shall winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; and the tempest will scatter them. And you shall rejoice in Jehovah; you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

The poor and the needy seek water, and [there is] none; their tongue is parched for thirst. I, Jehovah will hear them; the God of Israel will not leave them.

I will open rivers in bare places, and fountains in the midst of valleys; I will make the desert for a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

I will plant cedar in the wilderness, acacia, and myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set fir, pine and boxwood together in the desert;

So that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah has done this; and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Bring your cause, says Jehovah; let your strong [reasons] come near, says the King of Jacob.

Let them draw near and tell us what shall happen; the former things, let them reveal what they [are], that we may set our heart and know their end; or declare to us the coming things.

Behold, you [are] of nothing; and your work of nothing; he who chooses you is an abomination.

I have raised up [one] from the north; and he shall come from the east; he will call on My name. And he shall come [upon] rulers [as] on mortar, and as a potter tramples clay.

Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know; and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? Yea, no one declares; yea, no one proclaims; yea, there is no one who hears your words.

At first to Zion, [I say], Behold! Behold them! And I will give to Jerusalem one bearing tidings.

But I saw, and [there was] not a man; and of these, there was not a counselor, that I may ask them, and they could answer a word.

Behold, they [are] all evil; their works [are] nothing; their images [are] wind and vanity.