Thematic Bible




Isaiah 41:1 (show verse)

"Be silent before me, you coastlands, and let the people renew their strength! Let them come forward, then let them speak together let's draw near for a ruling.

Isaiah 41:2 (show verse)

Who has aroused victory from the east, and has summoned it to his service, and has handed over nations to him? Who brings down kings, and turns them into dust with his sword, into windblown stubble with his bow?

Isaiah 41:3 (show verse)

And who pursues them and moves on unscathed by a path that his feet don't know?

Isaiah 41:4 (show verse)

Who has performed and carried this out, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD the first and will be with the last I am the One!"

Isaiah 41:5 (show verse)

"The coastlands have looked and are afraid; the ends of the earth have drawn near together and come forward.

Isaiah 41:6 (show verse)

Each helps his neighbor, saying to each other, "Be strong!'

Isaiah 41:7 (show verse)

The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the hammersmith encourages the one who strikes the anvil. He says about the welding, "It's good!' and he reinforces it with nails so that it won't topple."

Isaiah 41:8 (show verse)

"But as for you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I've chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham

Isaiah 41:9 (show verse)

you whom I encouraged from the ends of the earth and called from its farthest corners, and told you, "You're my servant, I've chosen you and haven't cast you aside.'

Isaiah 41:10 (show verse)

Don't be afraid, because I'm with you; don't be anxious, because I am your God. I keep on strengthening you; I'm truly helping you. I'm surely upholding you with my victorious right hand."

Isaiah 41:11 (show verse)

"Look! All who are enraged at you will be put to shame and disgraced; those who contend with you will all die.

Isaiah 41:12 (show verse)

Those who quarrel with you will be as nothing; those who fight you like nothing at all!"

Isaiah 41:13 (show verse)

"For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, "Don't be afraid. I'll help you.

Isaiah 41:14 (show verse)

Don't be afraid, you little worm Jacob, and you insects of Israel! I myself will help you,' declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel."

Isaiah 41:15 (show verse)

"See, I'm making you into a new, sharp, and multi-tooth threshing sledge. You'll thresh and crush the mountains, and make the hills like chaff.

Isaiah 41:16 (show verse)

You'll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up, and a tempest will blow them away. Then you'll rejoice in the LORD, and you'll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel."

Isaiah 41:17 (show verse)

"As for the poor, the needy, those seeking water when there is none and their tongues are parched from thirst I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.

Isaiah 41:18 (show verse)

I'll open up rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I'll turn the desert into a pool of water, and the parched land into springs of water.

Isaiah 41:19 (show verse)

I'll put cedar trees in the wilderness, along with acacia, myrtle, and olive trees. I'll plant cypresses in the desert box trees, and pine trees together

Isaiah 41:20 (show verse)

all so that people may see and recognize, perceive, consider, and comprehend at the same time, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it."

Isaiah 41:21 (show verse)

"Put forward your case!" says the LORD. "Submit your arguments!" says Jacob's King.

Isaiah 41:22 (show verse)

Let them approach and ask us, "What will happen? As to the former things, what were they? Tell us, so that we may consider them and know. Or the latter things or the things to come let us hear.

Isaiah 41:23 (show verse)

Tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods! Yes, do something good or something bad, so we may hear and gaze at it together.'"

Isaiah 41:24 (show verse)

"Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."

Isaiah 41:25 (show verse)

"You are stirring up one from the north, and they are coming from the rising of the sun; and he will be called by his name. Rulers will arrive like mud; just like a potter, he will trample the clay.

Isaiah 41:26 (show verse)

Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could ask, "Is it right?' Indeed, no one told of this, no one made an announcement, and no one heard your words:
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Isaiah 41:27 (show verse)

First, to Zion: "There is slumber." And to Jerusalem: "I'll send a messenger with good news."

Isaiah 41:28 (show verse)

But when I look, there is no one among them there's no one to give counsel, no one to give an answer when I ask them.

Isaiah 41:29 (show verse)

See, none of them exist, and their deeds are nothing. Their metal images are only wind and confusion.'"