Isaiah

¹ “Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new power; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us draw near together for judgment.

² Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He gives up nations before him And has dominion over kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind‑driven chaff with his bow.

³ By a way he had not come with his feet.

⁴ Calling forth the generations from the beginning? ‘I, Yahweh, am the first; and with the last, I am He.’”

⁵ The ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come.

⁶ And says to his brother, “Be strong!”

⁷ And he who smooths metal with the hammer strengthens him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he strengthens it with nails, So that it will not be shaken.

⁸ Jacob whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham My friend,

⁹ And called from its remotest parts And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.

¹⁰ Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

¹¹ Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

¹² Those who war with you will be as nothing and non‑existent.

¹³ Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’

¹⁴ I will help you,” declares Yahweh, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.

¹⁶ And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in Yahweh; You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷ And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, Yahweh, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.

¹⁸ And springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water.

¹⁹ The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress,

²⁰ And establish and gain insight as well, That the hand of Yahweh has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

²¹ “Bring forward your mighty arguments,” The King of Jacob says.

²² As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may establish our heart on them and know their outcome. Or cause us to hear of what is coming;

²³ That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together.

²⁴ And your work is non‑existent; He who chooses you is an abomination.

²⁵ From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon officials as upon mortar, Even as the potter treads clay.”

²⁶ Or from former times, that we may say, “He is right!”? Surely there was no one who declared; Surely there was no one who caused those words to be heard; Surely there was no one who heard your words.

²⁷ And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a messenger of good news.’

²⁸ And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can respond with a word.

²⁹ Their works are non‑existent; Their molten images are wind and utter formlessness.