Isaiah 41 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Fear Not, for I Am with You

1 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment. (Isa 11:11; Hab 2:20; Zec 2:13) 2 Who stirred up one from the east whom victory meets at every step?^[1] He gives up nations before him, so that he tramples kings underfoot; he makes them like dust with his sword, like driven stubble with his bow. (Jud 4:10; 2Ch 36:23; Isa 40:24; Isa 45:1; Isa 46:11)

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3 He pursues them and passes on safely, by paths his feet have not trod. 4 Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he. (Isa 41:26; Isa 43:10; Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12; Re 1:8; Re 1:17; Re 22:13)

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5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come. (Isa 11:11) 6 Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother, “Be strong!” 7 The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved. (Isa 40:19; Isa 40:20) 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; (De 7:6; De 10:15; De 14:2; 2Ch 20:7; Ps 135:4; Isa 44:1; Jas 2:23; 1Pe 2:9)

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9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”; (Isa 41:8; Isa 43:5) 10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Ps 48:10) 11 Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. (Isa 45:24) 12 You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all. (Ps 37:10; Isa 40:17) 13 For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” 14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. (Ps 22:6; Ps 78:35; Isa 43:14; Isa 54:5)

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15 Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff; (Isa 2:14; Mic 4:13) 16 you shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory. (Isa 41:2; Isa 45:25; Jer 51:2) 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them. (Isa 44:3) 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. (Ps 107:35; Isa 35:6) 19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive. I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together, (Isa 35:1; Isa 55:12; Isa 60:13) 20 that they may see and know, may consider and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it. (Job 12:9)

The Futility of Idols

21 Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them, and tell us what is to happen. Tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, that we may know their outcome; or declare to us the things to come. (Isa 41:26; Isa 44:7; Isa 45:21; Isa 46:10)

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23 Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.^[2] (Isa 41:22; Isa 45:7) 24 Behold, you are nothing, and your work is less than nothing; an abomination is he who chooses you. (Ps 115:8; Isa 41:29; 1Co 8:4) 25 I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay. (Ps 44:5; Isa 41:2; Jer 50:3) 26 Who declared it from the beginning, that we might know, and beforehand, that we might say, “He is right”? There was none who declared it, none who proclaimed, none who heard your words. (Isa 41:22) 27 I was the first to say^[3] to Zion, “Behold, here they are!” and I give to Jerusalem a herald of good news. (Isa 40:9; Isa 51:12; Isa 52:7) 28 But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer. (Isa 41:21) 29 Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind. (Isa 41:12)

الكتاب المقدس

معين إسرائيل

1 اصْمُتِي وَاسْمَعِي لِي أَيَّتُهَا الْجَزَائِرُ. لِتُجَدِّدِ الأُمَمُ قُوَّتَهَا وَلْيَتَقَدَّمُوا لِيَعْرِضُوا حُجَجَهُمْ. لِنَجْتَمِعْ مَعاً لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الْقَضَاءِ. 2 مَنْ أَقَامَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ قَائِداً مُظَفَّراً، يُوَاكِبُ النَّصْرُ كُلَّ خُطْوَةٍ مِنْ خُطْوَاتِهِ، وَأَسْلَمَ الأُمَمَ إِلَيْهِ وَأَخْضَعَ لَهُ الْمُلُوكَ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ كَالتُّرَابِ بِسَيْفِهِ، وَكَالْعُصَافَةِ الْمُذَرَّاةِ بِقَوْسِهِ؟ 3 يَتَعَقَّبُهُمْ وَيَجُوزُ آمِناً فِي دُرُوبٍ لَمْ يَطَأْهَا بِقَدَمَيْهِ. 4 مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا وَأَنْجَزَهُ دَاعِياً الأَجْيَالَ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ؟ أَنَا الرَّبُّ. أَنَا الأَوَّلُ وَالآخِرُ. 5 شَاهَدَتِ الْجَزَائِرُ فِعْلِي وَخَافَتْ، وَارْتَجَفَتْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ فَتَجَمَّعُوا مَعاً. 6 شَرَعَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُشَجِّعُ جَارَهُ قَائِلاً لَهُ: تَشَدَّدْ. 7 فَشَجَّعَ الصَّانِعُ الصَّائِغَ، وَالصَّاقِلُ بِالْمِطْرَقَةِ الضَّارِبَ عَلَى السَّنْدَانِ قَائِلاً عَنِ الإِلْحَامِ: هَذَا عَمَلٌ جَيِّدٌ. ثُمَّ يُثَبِّتُ الصَّنَمَ بِمَسَامِيرَ كَيْ لَا يَتَقَلْقَلَ. 8 أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَبْدِي. يَا يَعْقُوبُ الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتُهُ، يَا ذُرِّيَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِي، 9 يَا مَنْ أَخَذْتُكَ مِنْ أَقَاصِي الأَرْضِ، وَدَعَوْتُكَ مِنْ أَبْعَدِ أَطْرَافِهَا قَائِلاً لَكَ: أَنْتَ عَبْدِي. لَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْتُكَ وَلَمْ أَنْبِذْكَ. 10 لَا تَخَفْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ. لَا تَتَلَفَّتْ حَوْلَكَ جَزَعاً، لأَنِّي إِلَهُكَ، أُشَدِّدُكَ وَأُعِينُكَ وَأَعْضُدُكَ بِيَمِينِ بِرِّي 11 يَعْتَرِي الْخِزْيُ وَالْعَارُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَغْتَاظُ مِنْكَ، وَيَتَلاشَى مُقَاوِمُوكَ كَالْعَدَمِ. 12 تَبْحَثُ عَنْ خُصُومِكَ فَلا تَجِدُ أَحَداً مِنْهُمْ، وَيُصْبِحُ مُحَارِبُوكَ كَلا شَيْءٍ، 13 لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ بِيَمِينِكَ قَائِلاً لَكَ: لَا تَخَفْ. سَأُعِينُكَ. 14 لَا تَخَفْ يَا يَعْقُوبُ الضَّعِيفُ كَالْحَشَرَةِ، وَيَا إِسْرَائِيلُ الْعَلِيلُ كَالشِّرْذِمَةِ، لأَنِّي سَأُعِينُكَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ فَادِيكَ قُدُّوسُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 15 وَهَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ نَوْرَجاً مُحَدَّداً جَدِيداً مُسَنَّناً، فَتَدْرُسُ الْجِبَالَ وَتَجْعَلُ التِّلالَ كَالْعُصَافَةِ، 16 فَتُذَرِّيهَا، وَتَحْمِلُهَا الرِّيحُ بَعِيداً، وَتُبَدِّدُهَا الزَّوْبَعَةُ. أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَبْتَهِجُ بِالرَّبِّ وَتُمَجِّدُ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 17 وَعِنْدَمَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَائِسُونَ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ مَاءً وَلا يَجِدُونَهُ، وَتَتَشَقَّقُ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ، أَنَا الرَّبُّ أَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ، أَنَا إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا أَتَخَلَّى عَنْهُمْ. 18 فَأُفَجِّرُ أَنْهَاراً عَلَى الْهِضَابِ وَيَنَابِيعَ فِي وَسَطِ الأَوْدِيَةِ، وَأُحَوِّلُ الْبَرِّيَّةَ إِلَى وَاحَةِ مَاءٍ وَالأَرْضَ الْقَاحِلَةَ إِلَى جَدَاوِلَ. 19 وَأُنْبِتُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ الأَرْزَ وَالسَّنْطَ وَالآسَ وَشَجَرَ الزَّيْتُونِ، وَأُنَمِّي فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ أَشْجَارَ السَّرْوِ وَالسِّنْدِيَانَ وَالشَّرْبِينَ جَمِيعاً، 20 حَتَّى يَرَى النَّاسُ وَيُدْرِكُوا وَيَتَأَمَّلُوا وَيَفْهَمُوا مَعاً أَنَّ يَدَ الرَّبِّ هِيَ الَّتِي صَنَعَتْ هَذَا، وَأَنَّ قُدُّوسَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَبْدَعَهُ. 21 اعْرِضُوا دَعْوَاكُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَقَدِّمُوا حُجَجَكُمْ يَقُولُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. 22 أَحْضِرُوا أَصْنَامَكُمْ لِيُنْبِئُونَا عَمَّا يَأْتِي بِهِ الْمُسْتَقْبَلُ، وَعَنِ الأُمُورِ الْغَابِرَةِ. 23 أَطْلِعُونَا عَلَى أَحْدَاثِ الْغَيْبِ فَنَعْلَمَ أَنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ حَقّاً. إِيتُوا بِمُعْجِزَةٍ خَيْراً كَانَتْ أَمْ شَرّاً، تُثِيرُ دَهْشَتَنَا أَوْ رُعْبَنَا. 24 وَلَكِنْ أَنْتُمْ لَا شَيْءَ، وَفِعْلُكُمْ عَدَمٌ، وَلا يَصْطَفِيكُمْ سِوَى الرِّجْسِ. 25 قَدْ آثَرْتُ رَجُلاً مِنَ الشَّمَالِ، هَا هُوَ مُقْبِلٌ مِنْ مَشْرِقِ الشَّمْسِ يَدْعُو بِاسْمِي، يَطَأُ الْوُلاةَ كَمَا يَطَأُ فَوْقَ الْوَحْلِ، وَيَدُوسُ عَلَيْهِمْ كَمَا يَدُوسُ الْخَزَّافُ فَوْقَ الطِّينِ. 26 مَنْ أَنْبَأَ بِهَذَا الْحَدَثِ مُنْذُ الْبَدْءِ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ بِهِ؟ وَقَبْلَ أَوَانِ حُدُوثِهِ حَتَّى نَقُولَ: هُوَ صَادِقٌ. لَمْ يُوْجَدْ مُنْبِئٌ أَوْ مُعْلِنٌ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَحَدٌ كَلِمَةً مِنْكُمْ. 27 أَنَا أَوَّلُ قَائِلٍ لِصِهْيَوْنَ: انْظُرُوا هَا هُمْ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ أَقَامَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بَشِيراً، 28 وَلَكِنْ عِنْدَمَا تَطَلَّعْتُ إِلَى الأَصْنَامِ لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ بَيْنَهُمْ مُشِيرٌ أَسْأَلُهُ فَيُجِيبُ. 29 انْظُرُوا، إِنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَهْمٌ بَاطِلٌ، وَأَعْمَالَهُمْ وَأَصْنَامَهُمُ الْمَسْبُوكَةَ رِيحٌ وَخَوَاءٌ.