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| Isaiah 41:1 |
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"Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let
the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let
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| Isaiah 41:2 |
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"Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls
in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues kings.
He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind-driven chaff with his bow.
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| Isaiah 41:3 |
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"He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a
way he had not been traversing with his feet. |
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| Isaiah 41:4 |
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"Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling
forth the generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the first, and with
the last. I am He.'" |
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| Isaiah 41:5 |
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The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The
ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come. |
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| Isaiah 41:6 |
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Each one helps his neighbor And says to his
brother, "Be strong!" |
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| Isaiah 41:7 |
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So the craftsman encourages the 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, So that it will
not totter. |
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| Isaiah 41:8 |
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"But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have
chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend, |
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| Isaiah 41:9 |
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You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its remotest parts And said to you, 'You are My servant, I have
chosen you and not rejected you. |
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| Isaiah 41:10 |
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'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously
look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you,
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.' |
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| Isaiah 41:11 |
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"Behold, all those who are angered at you will
be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will
perish. |
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| Isaiah 41:12 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 41:13 |
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"For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your
right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.' |
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| Isaiah 41:14 |
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"Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you," declares the LORD, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
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| Isaiah 41:15 |
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"Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing
sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And
will make the hills like chaff. |
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| Isaiah 41:16 |
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"You will winnow them, and the wind will carry
them away, And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the LORD,
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. |
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| Isaiah 41:17 |
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"The afflicted and needy are seeking water,
but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the LORD, will
answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them. |
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| Isaiah 41:18 |
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"I will open rivers on the bare heights And
springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water. |
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| Isaiah 41:19 |
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"I will put the cedar in the wilderness, 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, |
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| Isaiah 41:20 |
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That they may see and recognize, And consider
and gain insight as well, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy
One of Israel has created it. |
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| Isaiah 41:21 |
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"Present your case," the LORD says. "Bring forward
your strong arguments," The King of Jacob says. |
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| Isaiah 41:22 |
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Let them bring forth and declare to us what
is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That
we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming;
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| Isaiah 41:23 |
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Declare the things that are going to come afterward,
That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously
look about us and fear together. |
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| Isaiah 41:24 |
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Behold, you are of no account, And your work
amounts to nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination. |
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| Isaiah 41:25 |
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"I have aroused one from the north, and he has
come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon
rulers as upon mortar, Even as the potter treads clay." |
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| Isaiah 41:26 |
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Who has declared this from the beginning, that
we might know? Or from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"? Surely there
was no one who declared, Surely there was no one who proclaimed, Surely there
was no one who heard your words. |
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| Isaiah 41:27 |
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"Formerly I said to Zion, 'Behold, here they
are.' And to Jerusalem, 'I will give a messenger of good news.' |
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| Isaiah 41:28 |
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"But when I look, there is no one, And there
is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer. |
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| Isaiah 41:29 |
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"Behold, all of them are false; Their works
are worthless, Their molten images are wind and emptiness. |
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