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| 41:1 | Keepe silence before me, O ylands, and let the people renew their strength: let them come neere, then let them speake: let vs come neere together to iudgement. |
| 41:2 | Who raised vp the righteous man from the East, called him to his foote, gaue the nations before him, and made him rule ouer kings? Hee gaue them as the dust to his sword, and as driuen stuble to his bow. |
| 41:3 | He pursued them, and passed safely; euen by the way, that hee had not gone with his feete. |
| 41:4 | Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord the first, and with the last, I am he. |
| 41:5 | The yles saw it and feared, the ends of the earth were afraid, drew neere, and came. |
| 41:6 | They helped euery one his neighbour, and euery one sayd to his brother, Be of good courage. |
| 41:7 | So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anuill, saying; It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nayles that it should not be moued. |
| 41:8 | But thou Israel, art my seruant, Iacob whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend. |
| 41:9 | Thou whom I haue taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chiefe men thereof, and sayd vnto thee; Thou art my seruant, I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away. |
| 41:10 | Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismaied, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea I will helpe thee, yea I will vphold thee with the right hand of my righteousnesse. |
| 41:11 | Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, shalbe ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish. |
| 41:12 | Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find them, euen them that contended with thee: they that warre against thee shalbe as nothing, and as a thing of nought. |
| 41:13 | For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I will helpe thee. |
| 41:14 | Feare not, thou worme Iacob, and ye men of Israel: I will helpe thee, saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. |
| 41:15 | Behold, I will make thee a new sharpe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and beate them small, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe. |
| 41:16 | Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. |
| 41:17 | When the poore and needie seeke water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will heare them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. |
| 41:18 | I will open riuers in hie places, and fountaines in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wildernesse a poole of water, and the dry land springs of water. |
| 41:19 | I will plant in the wildernes the Cedar, the Shittah tree, and the Myrtle, and the Oyle tree: I will set in the desert the Firre tree, and the Pine and the Boxe tree together: |
| 41:20 | That they may see, and knowe, and consider, and vnderstand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. |
| 41:21 | Produce your cause, saith the Lord, bring foorth your strong reasons, saith the King of Iacob. |
| 41:22 | Let them bring them foorth, and shew vs what shall happen: let them shew the former things what they bee, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them, or declare vs things for to come. |
| 41:23 | Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that wee may knowe that ye are gods: yea doe good or doe euill, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. |
| 41:24 | Behold, ye are of nothing, and your worke of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. |
| 41:25 | I haue raised vp one from the North, and he shall come: from the rising of the Sunne shall he call vpon my name, and he shall come vpon princes as vpon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. |
| 41:26 | Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and before time, that we may say, He is righteous? yea there is none that sheweth, yea there is none that declareth, yea there is none that heareth your words. |
| 41:27 | The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them, and I will giue to Ierusalem one that bringeth good tidings. |
| 41:28 | For I behelde, and there was no man, euen amongst them, and there was no counseller, that when I asked of them, could answere a word. |
| 41:29 | Behold, they are all vanitie, their works are nothing: their moulten images are winde and confusion. |
| 41:1 | Be styll you Ilandes and hearken vnto me: let the people lay their strength together, let them come hither, and then shew their cause: we will go to the lawe together |
| 41:2 | Who raysed vp the iust man from the east, and called hym to go foorth? who cast downe the people, and subdued the kynges before him? that he may throw them al to the ground with his sworde, and scatter them lyke stubble with his bowe |
| 41:3 | He foloweth vpon them, and goeth safely him selfe, & that in a way where before his foote had not troden |
| 41:4 | Who hath made and created these thinges? euen he that called the generations from the beginning, euen I the Lorde whiche am the first, and with the last |
| 41:5 | The Isles sawe and did feare, and the endes of the earth were abashed, drewe nye, and came hither |
| 41:6 | Euery man helped his neighbour, and sayd to his brother, be strong |
| 41:7 | The carpenter comforted the goldsmith, and the goldsmith the hammerman, saying, sowder wyll do very well in it: and they fastened it with nayles, that it shoulde not be moued |
| 41:8 | But thou Israel art my seruaunt, thou Iacob whom I haue chose, thou art the seede of Abraham my beloued |
| 41:9 | Thou art he whom I led from the endes of the earth: for I called thee euen from among the glorious men of it, and sayd vnto thee, Thou art my seruaunt, I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away |
| 41:10 | Be not afraide, for I am with thee: Melt not away as waxe, for I am thy God to strength thee, helpe thee, and kepe thee with the right hande of my righteousnesse |
| 41:11 | Beholde, all they that resist thee shall come to confusion and shame, and thine aduersaries shalbe destroyed & brought to naught |
| 41:12 | So that who so seeketh after them, shall not finde them, thy destroyers shall perishe: and so shall they that vndertake to make battayle against thee be as that is not, & as a thing of naught |
| 41:13 | For I the Lorde thy God wyll strengthen thy right hande, euen I that say vnto thee, Feare not, I wyll helpe thee |
| 41:14 | Be not afraide thou litle worme Iacob, and thou despised Israel: for I wil helpe thee saith the Lorde, and the holy one of Israel thy redeemer |
| 41:15 | Beholde, I will make thee a treading cart and a newe flaile, that thou mayest threshe and grinde the mountaines, and bring the hilles to powder |
| 41:16 | Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carrie them away, and the whirle winde shall scatter them: but thou shalt reioyce in the Lorde, and shalt delight in the holy one of Israel |
| 41:17 | When the thirstie and poore seeke water and finde none, and when their tongue is drye of thirst, I geue it them saith the Lorde, I the God of Israel forsake them not |
| 41:18 | I bryng foorth fluddes in the hilles, and welles in the playne fieldes: I turne the wildernesse to riuers, and the drye lande to conduites of water |
| 41:19 | I plant in the waste grounde trees of Cedar, Boxe, Myrre, and Oliues, and in the drie I set Firre trees, Elmes, and Hawthornes together |
| 41:20 | All this do I, that they altogether may see and marke, perceaue with their heartes and consider that the hande of the Lorde maketh these thinges, and that the holy one of Israel bringeth them to passe |
| 41:21 | Stande at your cause saith the Lord, & bryng foorth your strongest grounde, saith the kyng of Iacob |
| 41:22 | Let them bring foorth their gods, and let their gods tel vs what shall chaunce hereafter, yea let them shewe vs the thinges that are past what they be, let them declare them vnto vs, that we may take them to heart, and knowe them hereafter |
| 41:23 | Either shewe vs thinges for to come, and tell vs what shall be done hereafter, so shall we know that ye are gods: do something either good or bad, so wyl we both knowledge the same, and tell it out |
| 41:24 | Beholde ye are gods of naught, and your making is of naught: yea abhomible is the man that hath chosen you |
| 41:25 | Neuerthelesse, I haue waked vp one from the north, and he shall come from the east, he shal call vpon my name, and shall treade vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth downe the mire |
| 41:26 | Who declared this from the beginning, and we will knowe hym: or from the olde times, and we wil confesse and say that he is righteous? but there is none that sheweth or declareth any thing, there is none also that heareth your wordes |
| 41:27 | The first is he that shall say to Sion, beholde, beholde, they are present: and to Hierusalem it selfe wyll I geue an euangelist |
| 41:28 | But when I consider, there is not a man among them, nor any that can geue counsayle, nor that when I examine them that can aunswere one worde |
| 41:29 | Lo wicked are they, and vayne, with the thinges also that they take in hand, yea their images are but winde and vayne thinges |
| 41:1 | Keep silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement. |
| 41:2 | Who raised vp iustice from the East, and called him to his foote? and gaue the nations before him, and subdued the Kings? he gaue them as dust to his sword, and as scattered stubble vnto his bowe. |
| 41:3 | He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete. |
| 41:4 | Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same. |
| 41:5 | The yles sawe it, and did feare, and the ends of the earth were abashed, drew neere, and came. |
| 41:6 | Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide to his brother, Be strong. |
| 41:7 | So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued. |
| 41:8 | But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend. |
| 41:9 | For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away. |
| 41:10 | Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice. |
| 41:11 | Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish. |
| 41:12 | Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought. |
| 41:13 | For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe thee. |
| 41:14 | Feare not, thou worme, Iaakob, and ye men of Israel: I wil helpe thee, sayth the Lord and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel. |
| 41:15 | Behold, I wil make thee a roller, and a newe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and bring them to pouder, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe. |
| 41:16 | Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt glory in the holy one of Israel. |
| 41:17 | When the poore and the needy seeke water, and there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lord will heare them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them) |
| 41:18 | I will open riuers in the toppes of the hils, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water. |
| 41:19 | I will set in the wildernesse the cedar, the shittah tree, and the mirre tree, and the pine tree, and I will set in the wildernesse the firre tree, the elme and the boxe tree together. |
| 41:20 | Therefore let them see and knowe, and let them consider and vnderstande together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holy one of Israel hath created it. |
| 41:21 | Stand to your cause, saith the Lord: bring forth your strong reasons, saith ye King of Iaakob. |
| 41:22 | Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come. |
| 41:23 | Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, doe good or doe euill, that we may declare it, and beholde it together. |
| 41:24 | Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them. |
| 41:25 | I haue raised vp from the North, and he shall come: from the East sunne shall he cal vpon my Name, and shall come vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth myre vnder the foote. |
| 41:26 | Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may knowe? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that sheweth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your wordes. |
| 41:27 | I am the first, that saieth to Zion, Beholde, beholde them: and I will giue to Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings. |
| 41:28 | But when I behelde, there was none, and when I inquired of them, there was no counsellor, and when I demaunded of them, they answered not a woorde. |
| 41:29 | Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion. |
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