¹ “Keep silent before me, islands,
Let them come near,
Let’s meet together for judgment. ² Who has raised up one from the east? ³ He pursues them ⁴ Who has worked and done it, ⁵ The islands have seen, and fear. ⁶ Everyone helps his neighbor.
They say to their brothers, “Be strong!” ⁷ So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith.
saying of the soldering, “It is good;” ⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant, ⁹ you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, ¹⁰ Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you.
Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. ¹¹ Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. ¹² You will seek them, and won’t find them, ¹³ For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand,
saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. ¹⁴ Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob,
“Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁵ Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. ¹⁶ You will winnow them, ¹⁷ The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. ¹⁸ I will open rivers on the bare heights, ¹⁹ I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. ²⁰ that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, ²¹ Produce your cause,” says the LORD.
“Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob. ²² “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! ²³ Declare the things that are to come hereafter, ²⁴ Behold, you are nothing, ²⁵ “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, ²⁶ Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? ²⁷ I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ ²⁸ When I look, there is no man,
even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word. ²⁹ Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing.