Isaiah 41

1 be quiet to(wards) me coastland and people to pass strength to approach: approach then to speak: speak together to/for justice: judgement to present: come

Listen to me in silence, you people who live in lands beyond the sea. Let the nations regain their strength. Then let them come and speak, and let us join together for judgment.

2 who? to rouse from east righteousness to call: call to him to/for foot his to give: give to/for face: before his nation and king to rule to give: do like/as dust sword his like/as stubble to drive bow his

Who has encouraged this one from the east who is called into God's service to do what is right? He gives him nations, and helps him trample kings underfoot. He makes them like dust with his sword, and turns them into chaff with his bow, blown before him on the wind.

3 to pursue them to pass peace: well-being way in/on/with foot his not to come (in): come

He chases them down, and goes on unharmed, not following the usual routes.

4 who? to work and to make: do to call: call to [the] generation from head: first I LORD first and with last I he/she/it

Who has achieved and done this, calling into existence each generation from the beginning of time? I, the Lord, the first and the last, I am the one.

5 to see: see coastland and to fear end [the] land: country/planet to tremble to present: come and to come [emph?]

The islands watch in fear, the distant lands tremble. They get together and consult.

6 man: anyone [obj] neighbor his to help and to/for brother: male-sibling his to say to strengthen: strengthen

They all help each other, encouraging one another to “Be strong!”

7 and to strengthen: strengthen artificer [obj] to refine to smooth hammer [obj] to smite beat to say to/for joint pleasant he/she/it and to strengthen: strengthen him in/on/with nail not to shake

The craftsman encourages the goldsmith; the one who beats out the metal with a hammer encourages the one hitting the anvil, saying the soldering is good. They nail the idol down so it won't fall over.

8 and you(m. s.) Israel servant/slave my Jacob which to choose you seed: children Abraham to love: friend me

But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, the ones I have chosen, descendants of my friend Abraham,

9 which to strengthen: prevail over you from end [the] land: country/planet and from chief her to call: call to you and to say to/for you servant/slave my you(m. s.) to choose you and not to reject you

I brought you back from distant lands, I called you back from faraway places, telling you, “You are my servants.” I have chosen you, and I have not abandoned you.

10 not to fear for with you I not to gaze for I God your to strengthen you also to help you also to grasp you in/on/with right righteousness my

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened for I, your God, will make you strong, and I will certainly help you. I will support you with my strong hand, acting for what is right.

11 look! be ashamed and be humiliated all [the] to be incensed in/on/with you to be like/as nothing and to perish human strife your

See—everyone who is angry with you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who fight against you will end up as nothing and die.

12 to seek them and not to find them human strife your to be like/as nothing and like/as end human battle your

Even though you look for your enemies, you won't find them. Those who attack you will become absolutely nothing.

13 for I LORD God your to strengthen: hold right your [the] to say to/for you not to fear I to help you

For I the Lord will grab you by the hand and tell you, “Don't be afraid! I myself will help you.

14 not to fear worm Jacob man Israel I to help you utterance LORD and to redeem: redeem your holy Israel

Don't be frightened, Jacob, you little worm, you people of Israel, for I will help you,” declared the Lord your Savior, the Holy One of Israel.

15 behold to set: make you to/for threshing sled sharp new master: owning tooth to tread mountain: mount and to crush and hill like/as chaff to set: make

Look! I will make you into a new and sharp threshing device, with many pointed teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush the hills, turning them into chaff.

16 to scatter them and spirit: breath to lift: bear them and tempest to scatter [obj] them and you(m. s.) to rejoice in/on/with LORD in/on/with holy Israel to boast: boast

You will throw them into the air, the wind will carry them away, and a storm will scatter them. Then you will be happy in the Lord, and boast about the Holy One of Israel.

17 [the] afflicted and [the] needy to seek water and nothing tongue their in/on/with thirst be dry I LORD to answer them God Israel not to leave: forsake them

The poor and needy search for water, but don't find any—their tongues are dry with thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to them; I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.

18 to open upon bareness river and in/on/with midst valley spring to set: make wilderness to/for pool water and land: country/planet dryness to/for exit water

I will open up rivers in the desolate highlands and springs in the valleys. I will make pools in the wilderness and springs in the desert.

19 to give: put in/on/with wilderness cedar acacia and myrtle and tree oil to set: make in/on/with plain cypress elm and boxtree together

I will plant cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees in the desert. I will place evergreens in the desert, firs and box trees together.

20 because to see: see and to know and to set: consider and be prudent together for hand: power LORD to make: do this and holy Israel to create her

In this way everyone can see and know, they can think about it and draw the conclusion that the it is the Lord who has done this, that the Holy One of Israel made it happen.

21 to present: come strife your to say LORD to approach: bring defense your to say king Jacob

“Now you submit your case,” says the Lord. “Present your evidence,” says the King of Jacob.

22 to approach: bring and to tell to/for us [obj] which to meet [the] first: previous what? they(fem.) to tell and to set: consider heart our and to know end their or [the] to come (in): come to hear: proclaim us

“Let them come and tell us what's about to happen. Let them explain the things of the past, so that we can think about them and discover the final outcome. Or they can tell us about the future.

23 to tell [the] to come to/for back and to know for God you(m. p.) also be good and be evil and to gaze (and to see: seer *QK) together

Predict what's coming so we can know for sure that you are gods. At least do something, good or bad, to impress us when we see it.

24 look! you(m. p.) from nothing and work your from worthless abomination to choose in/on/with you

But look at you! You're nothing, and you can't do anything! Anyone who chooses you is disgusting!

25 to rouse from north and to come from east sun to call: call to in/on/with name my and to come (in): come ruler like homer and like to form: potter to trample mud

I have encouraged the one who comes from the north. He is from the east, and will respect me. He will tread on rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter treading on clay.

26 who? to tell from head: first and to know and from to/for face: before and to say righteous also nothing to tell also nothing to hear: proclaim also nothing to hear: hear word your

Who announced this beforehand so that we could know about it? Who let us know in the past, so that now we could say: ‘He was right’? None of you announced it, none of you predicted it, and nobody heard you say a word!

27 first to/for Zion behold look! they and to/for Jerusalem to bear tidings to give: give

I was the first to announce to Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ I was the one who brought to Jerusalem the good news.

28 and to see: see and nothing man and from these and nothing to advise and to ask them and to return: reply word: speaking

I look at these idols, and find there is no one who can say anything. None of them can give advice; when I ask them something, they can't even answer.

29 look! all their evil: trouble end deed their spirit: breath and formlessness drink offering their

Look at them! They're all evil, deceptive things. They can't do anything! They're just idols full of hot air!”