Verse 4
Isaiah 41:4
Literal Standard Version
4
Who has worked and done, || Calling the generations from the first? I, YHWH, the first, and with the last I am He.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִֽי פָעַ֣ל וְ/עָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַ/דֹּר֖וֹת מֵ/רֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְ/אֶת אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי הֽוּא
English Translation
Who has acted and done? Calling the generations from the beginning, I am the LORD, the first and with the last, I am He.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 41 Context
1
Keep silent toward Me, O islands, || And the peoples pass on to power, || They come near, then they...
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2
Who stirred up a righteous one from the east? He calls him to His foot, || He gives nations before h...
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3
He pursues them, he passes over in safety || A path he does not enter with his feet.
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4
Who has worked and done, || Calling the generations from the first? I, YHWH, the first, and with the...
5
Islands have seen and fear, || The ends of the earth tremble, || They have drawn near, indeed, they...
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6
They each help his neighbor, || And to his brother he says, “Be strong.”
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7
And an artisan strengthens the refiner, || A smoother with a hammer, || Him who is beating on an anv...
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8
And you, 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 you...
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10
Do not be afraid, for I am with you, do not look around, for I am your God (Elohim), || I have stren...
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11
Behold, all those displeased with you, || They are ashamed and blush, || They are as nothing, indeed...
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12
You seek them, and do not find them, || The men who debate with you, || They are as nothing, indeed,...
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13
For I, your God (Elohim) YHWH, || Am strengthening your right hand, || He who is saying to you, “Do...
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14
Do not fear, O worm Jacob, || You men of Israel, || I helped you, a declaration of YHWH, || Even you...
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15
Behold, I have set you for a new sharp threshing instrument, || Possessing teeth, you thresh mountai...
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16
You winnow them, and a wind lifts them up, || And a whirlwind scatters them, || And you rejoice in Y...
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17
The poor and the needy are seeking water, || And there is none, || Their tongue has failed with thir...
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18
I open rivers on high places, || And fountains in midst of valleys, || I make a wilderness become a...
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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...
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20
So that they see, and know, || And regard, and act wisely together, || For the hand of YHWH has done...
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21
Bring your cause near, says YHWH, || Bring your mighty ones near, says the King of Jacob.
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22
They bring them near, and declare to us that which happens, || Declare the first things—what they ar...
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23
Declare the things that are coming hereafter, || And we know that you are gods, || Indeed, you may d...
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24
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing, || An abomination—it fixes on you.
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25
I have stirred up one from the north, || And he comes, || From the rising of the sun he calls in My...
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26
Who has declared from the first, and we know? And formerly, and we say, “Righteous?” Indeed, there i...
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27
First to Zion, || Behold, behold them, || And to Jerusalem I give one proclaiming tidings,
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28
And I see that there is no man, || Indeed, of these that there is no counselor, || And I ask them, a...
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29
“Behold, all of them are vanity, || Their works are nothing, || Their molten images are wind and emp...
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