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\c 41
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\q1
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\v 1 "Listen before me in silence, you coastlands; let the nations renew their strength;
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\q1 let them come near and speak; let us come near together to argue a dispute.
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\v 2 Who stirred up this one from the east? Who calls him in good order to his foot?
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\q1 He hands nations over to him and makes him able to subdue kings;
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\q1 he makes them like the dust with his sword, like windblown stubble with his bow.
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\v 3 He pursues them and passes by safely, by a swift path that his feet scarcely touch.
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\v 4 Who has performed and accomplished these deeds? Who has summoned the generations from the beginning?
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\q1 I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last ones, I am he.
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\v 5 The isles have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble;
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\q1 they approach and come.
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\v 6 Everyone helps his neighbor, and every one says to one another, 'Be encouraged.'
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\v 7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who works with the hammer encourages him who works with an anvil,
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\q1 saying of the welding, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not topple over.
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\v 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen,
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\q1 the offspring of Abraham my friend,
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\v 9 you whom I am bringing back from the ends of the earth, and whom I called from the far away places,
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\q1 and to whom I said, 'You are my servant;' I have chosen you and not rejected you.
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\v 10 Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God.
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\q1 I will strengthen you, and I will help you, and I will uphold you with the right hand of my deserved victory.
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\v 11 See, they will be ashamed and disgraced, all who have been angry with you;
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\q1 they will be as nothing and will perish, those who oppose you.
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\v 12 You will seek and will not find those who contended with you;
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\q1 those who warred against you will be like nothing, absolutely nothing.
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\v 13 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand,
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\q1 saying to you, 'Do not fear; I am helping you.'
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\v 14 Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel;
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\q1 I will help you"—this is the declaration of Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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\v 15 "Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged;
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\q1 you will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff.
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\v 16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; the wind will scatter them.
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\q1 You will rejoice in Yahweh, you will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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\v 17 The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst;
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\q1 I, Yahweh, will respond to their prayers; I,
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the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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\v 18 I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys;
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\q1 I will make the desert into a pool of
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water, and the dry land into springs of water.
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\v 19 In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree.
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\q1 I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees.
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\v 20 I will do this so that the people may see, recognize, and understand together,
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\q1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
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\v 21 Present your case," says Yahweh;
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\q1 "present your best arguments for your idols," says the King of Jacob.
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\v 22 Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen,
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\q1 so we may know these things well.
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\q1 Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled.
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\v 23 Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods;
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\q1 do something good or evil, that we may be frightened and impressed.
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\v 24 See, your idols are of nothing, and your deeds are nothing; he who chooses you is abominable.
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\v 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name,
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\q1 and he will trample the rulers like mud, like a potter who is treading on the clay.
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\v 26 Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? And before time, that we may say,
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"He is right"?
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\q1 Indeed none of them decreed it, yes, none heard you say anything.
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\v 27 I first said to Zion, "Look here they are;" I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
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\v 28 When I look, there is no one, not one among them who can give good advice,
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\q1 who, when I ask, can answer a word.
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\v 29 Look, all of them are nothing,
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\q1 and their deeds are nothing; their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness.
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