Verse 9
Isaiah 41:9
World English Bible
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You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
and called from its corners,
and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ מִ/קְצ֣וֹת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וּ/מֵ/אֲצִילֶ֖י/הָ קְרָאתִ֑י/ךָ וָ/אֹ֤מַר לְ/ךָ֙ עַבְדִּ/י אַ֔תָּה בְּחַרְתִּ֖י/ךָ וְ/לֹ֥א מְאַסְתִּֽי/ךָ
English Translation
I called you from the ends of the earth, and from its rulers I summoned you; and I said to you, "You are my servant; I have chosen you and have not rejected you."
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Chapter 41 Context
1
“Keep silent before me, islands,
and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
then...
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2
Who has raised up one from the east?
Who called him to his foot in righteousness?
He hands over nati...
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3
He pursues them,
and passes by safely,
Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
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4
Who has worked and done it,
calling the generations from the beginning?
I, Yahweh, the first, and wi...
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5
The islands have seen, and fear.
The ends of the earth tremble.
They approach, and come.
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6
Everyone helps his neighbor.
They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”
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7
So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strike...
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8
“But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
the offspring of Abraham my friend,
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9
You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
and called from its corners,
and said to y...
10
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God (Elohim).
I will streng...
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11
Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded.
Those who strive...
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12
You will seek them, and won’t find them,
even those who contend with you.
Those who war against you...
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13
For I, Yahweh your God (Elohim), will hold your right hand,
saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid.
I will...
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14
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob,
and you men of Israel.
I will help you,” says Yahweh,
“and your Red...
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15
Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth.
You will thresh the mounta...
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16
You will winnow them,
and the wind will carry them away,
and the whirlwind will scatter them.
You wi...
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17
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none.
Their tongue fails for thirst.
I, Yahweh, will ans...
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18
I will open rivers on the bare heights,
and springs in the middle of the valleys.
I will make the wi...
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19
I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness.
I will set cypress trees, pine, a...
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20
that they may see, know, consider, and understand together,
that Yahweh’s hand has done this,
and th...
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21
Produce your cause,” says Yahweh.
“Bring out your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob.
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22
“Let them announce, and declare to us what shall happen.
Declare the former things, what they are,
t...
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23
Declare the things that are to come hereafter,
that we may know that you are gods.
Yes, do good, or...
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24
Behold, you are of nothing,
and your work is of nothing.
He who chooses you is an abomination.
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25
“I have raised up one from the north, and he has come;
from the rising of the sun, one who calls on...
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26
Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know?
And before, that we may say, ‘He is right?...
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27
I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’
and I will give one who brings good news to J...
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28
When I look, there is no man;
even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can ans...
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29
Behold, all of them, their deeds are vanity and nothing.
Their molten images are wind and confusion....
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