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1. Keep 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.
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1. Keep silence H2790 before H413 me , O islands H339 ; and let the people H3816 renew H2498 their strength H3581 : let them come near H5066 ; then H227 let them speak H1696 : let us come near H7126 together H3162 to judgment H4941 .
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2. Who 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.
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2. Who H4310 raised up H5782 the righteous H6664 man from the east H4480 H4217 , called H7121 him to his foot H7272 , gave H5414 the nations H1471 before H6440 him , and made him rule H7287 over kings H4428 ? he gave H5414 them as the dust H6083 to his sword H2719 , and as driven H5086 stubble H7179 to his bow H7198 .
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3. He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.
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3. He pursued H7291 them, and passed H5674 safely H7965 ; even by the way H734 that he had not H3808 gone H935 with his feet H7272 .
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4. Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
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4. Who H4310 hath wrought H6466 and done H6213 it , calling H7121 the generations H1755 from the beginning H4480 H7218 ? I H589 the LORD H3068 , the first H7223 , and with H854 the last H314 ; I H589 am he H1931 .
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5. The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
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5. The isles H339 saw H7200 it , and feared H3372 ; the ends H7098 of the earth H776 were afraid H2729 , drew near H7126 , and came H857 .
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6. They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
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6. They helped H5826 every one H376 H853 his neighbor H7453 ; and every one said H559 to his brother H251 , Be of good courage H2388 .
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7. So 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.
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7. So the carpenter H2796 encouraged H2388 H853 the goldsmith H6884 , and he that smootheth H2505 with the hammer H6360 H853 him that smote H1986 the anvil H6471 , saying H559 , It H1931 is ready H2896 for the soldering H1694 : and he fastened H2388 it with nails H4548 , that it should not H3808 be moved H4131 .
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8. But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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8. But thou H859 , Israel H3478 , art my servant H5650 , Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen H977 , the seed H2233 of Abraham H85 my friend H157 .
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9. Thou 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.
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9. Thou whom H834 I have taken H2388 from the ends H4480 H7098 of the earth H776 , and called H7121 thee from the chief men H4480 H678 thereof , and said H559 unto thee, Thou H859 art my servant H5650 ; I have chosen H977 thee , and not H3808 cast thee away H3988 .
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10. Fear 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.
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10. Fear H3372 thou not H408 ; for H3588 I H589 am with H5973 thee : be not H408 dismayed H8159 ; for H3588 I H589 am thy God H430 : I will strengthen H553 thee; yea H637 , I will help H5826 thee; yea H637 , I will uphold H8551 thee with the right hand H3225 of my righteousness H6664 .
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11. Behold, 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.
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11. Behold H2005 , all H3605 they that were incensed H2734 against thee shall be ashamed H954 and confounded H3637 : they shall be H1961 as nothing H369 ; and they H376 that strive H7379 with thee shall perish H6 .
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12. Thou 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.
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12. Thou shalt seek H1245 them , and shalt not H3808 find H4672 them H376 , even them that contended H4695 with thee: they H376 that war H4421 against thee shall be H1961 as nothing H369 , and as a thing of naught H657 .
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13. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
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13. For H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hold H2388 thy right hand H3225 , saying H559 unto thee, Fear H3372 not H408 ; I H589 will help H5826 thee.
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14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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14. Fear H3372 not H408 , thou worm H8438 Jacob H3290 , and ye men H4962 of Israel H3478 ; I H589 will help H5826 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and thy redeemer H1350 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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15. 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.
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15. Behold H2009 , I will make H7760 thee a new H2319 sharp H2742 threshing instrument H4173 having H1167 teeth H6374 : thou shalt thresh H1758 the mountains H2022 , and beat them small H1854 , and shalt make H7760 the hills H1389 as chaff H4671 .
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16. Thou 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.
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16. Thou shalt fan H2219 them , and the wind H7307 shall carry them away H5375 , and the whirlwind H5591 shall scatter H6327 them : and thou H859 shalt rejoice H1523 in the LORD H3068 , and shalt glory H1984 in the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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17. When 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.
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17. When the poor H6041 and needy H34 seek H1245 water H4325 , and there is none H369 , and their tongue H3956 faileth H5405 for thirst H6772 , I H589 the LORD H3068 will hear H6030 them , I the God H430 of Israel H3478 will not H3808 forsake H5800 them.
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18. I 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.
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18. I will open H6605 rivers H5104 in H5921 high places H8205 , and fountains H4599 in the midst H8432 of the valleys H1237 : I will make H7760 the wilderness H4057 a pool H98 of water H4325 , and the dry H6723 land H776 springs H4161 of water H4325 .
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19. I 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:
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19. I will plant H5414 in the wilderness H4057 the cedar H730 , the shittah tree H7848 , and the myrtle H1918 , and the oil H8081 tree H6086 ; I will set H7760 in the desert H6160 the fir tree H1265 , and the pine H8410 , and the box tree H8391 together H3162 :
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20. That 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.
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20. That H4616 they may see H7200 , and know H3045 , and consider H7760 , and understand H7919 together H3162 , that H3588 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 hath done H6213 this H2063 , and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 hath created H1254 it.
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21. Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
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21. Produce H7126 your cause H7379 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; bring forth H5066 your strong H6110 reasons , saith H559 the King H4428 of Jacob H3290 .
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22. Let 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.
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22. Let them bring them forth H5066 , and show H5046 us H853 what H834 shall happen H7136 : let them show H5046 the former things H7223 , what H4100 they H2007 be , that we may consider H7760 H3820 them , and know H3045 the latter end H319 of them; or H176 declare H8085 us things for to come H935 .
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23. Shew 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.
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23. Show H5046 the things that are to come H857 hereafter H268 , that we may know H3045 that H3588 ye H859 are gods H430 : yea H637 , do good H3190 , or do evil H7489 , that we may be dismayed H8159 , and behold H7200 it together H3162 .
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24. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
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24. Behold H2005 , ye H859 are of nothing H4480 H369 , and your work H6467 of naught H4480 H659 : an abomination H8441 is he that chooseth H977 you.
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25. I 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.
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25. I have raised up H5782 one from the north H4480 H6828 , and he shall come H857 : from the rising H4480 H4217 of the sun H8121 shall he call H7121 upon my name H8034 : and he shall come H935 upon princes H5461 as H3644 upon mortar H2563 , and as H3644 the potter H3335 treadeth H7429 clay H2916 .
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26. Who 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.
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26. Who H4310 hath declared H5046 from the beginning H4480 H7218 , that we may know H3045 ? and formerly H4480 H6440 , that we may say H559 , He is righteous H6662 ? yea H637 , there is none H369 that showeth H5046 , yea H637 , there is none H369 that declareth H8085 , yea H637 , there is none H369 that heareth H8085 your words H561 .
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27. The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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27. The first H7223 shall say to Zion H6726 , Behold H2009 , behold H2009 them : and I will give H5414 to Jerusalem H3389 one that bringeth good tidings H1319 .
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28. For 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.
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28. For I beheld H7200 , and there was no H369 man H376 ; even among them H4480 H428 , and there was no H369 counselor H3289 , that , when I asked H7592 of them , could answer H7725 a word H1697 .
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29. Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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29. Behold H2005 , they are all H3605 vanity H205 ; their works H4639 are nothing H657 : their molten images H5262 are wind H7307 and confusion H8414 .
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