Verse 17
Isaiah 41:17
Young's Literal Translation
17
The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God (Elohim) of Israel -- I forsake them not.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָ/עֲנִיִּ֨ים וְ/הָ/אֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים מַ֨יִם֙ וָ/אַ֔יִן לְשׁוֹנָ֖/ם בַּ/צָּמָ֣א נָשָׁ֑תָּה אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֶעֱנֵ֔/ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֶעֶזְבֵֽ/ם
English Translation
The needy and the poor seek water, and there is none; their tongue is dry with thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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Chapter 41 Context
1
Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on [to] power, They come nigh, then they speak...
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2
Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him natio...
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He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.
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4
Who hath wrought and done, Calling the generations from the first? I, Jehovah, the first, and with t...
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5
Seen have isles and fear, ends of the earth tremble, They have drawn near, yea, they come.
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6
Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, 'Be strong.'
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7
And strengthen doth an artisan the refiner, A smoother [with] a hammer, Him who is beating [on] an a...
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8
-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
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9
Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee,...
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10
Be not afraid, for with thee I [am], Look not around, for I [am] thy God (Elohim), I have strengthen...
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11
Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do...
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12
Thou seekest them, and findest them not, The men who debate with thee, They are as nothing, yea, as...
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13
For I, Jehovah thy God (Elohim), Am strengthening thy right hand, He who is saying to thee, 'Fear no...
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14
Fear not, O worm Jacob, ye men of Israel, I helped thee, an affirmation of Jehovah, Even thy redeeme...
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15
Lo, I have set thee for a new sharp threshing instrument, Possessing teeth, thou threshest mountains...
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16
Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou -- thou r...
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17
The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I...
18
I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond o...
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19
I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine...
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20
So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done t...
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21
Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.
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22
They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things -- what they [are] decla...
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23
Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye [are] gods, Yea, ye may do good or...
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24
Lo, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.
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25
I have stirred up [one] from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My n...
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26
Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, 'Righteous?' yea, there i...
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27
First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
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28
And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they...
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29
'Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'
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