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    Isaiah 41

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    An object made with mutual encouragement and expert hammering still needs to be nailed down.

    The nations and the object that must not fall overvv. 1–7

    The islands are summoned to silence, then to judgment, while one from the east advances with a sword and bow that turn nations to dust and chaff. The earth trembles; people stiffen one another with cries of “Be strong!” Then the craftsmen set to work. The goldsmith and the hammer-man approve the welding, and the whole affair concludes with the admirably practical measure of nailing it down so that it will not topple.

    Jacob becomes a threshing sledgevv. 8–20

    Israel is addressed as servant, chosen descendant of Abraham, and not rejected. Jacob, rather more startlingly, is called a worm and then promised a new career as a many-toothed threshing sledge, fit to crush mountains into chaff. The promise continues from combat to landscape: water for the poor and needy, rivers on barren heights, and a whole catalogue of trees planted in the wilderness, as though the desert had been handed a gardening list.

    The challenge to the silent imagesvv. 21–29

    The LORD invites the rival powers to present their case and announce what is coming. They are allowed a generous range of evidence: something good or evil will do, provided it produces the required dismay. The verdict follows at once. No one has announced anything, no counselor has anything to say, and the works of the images amount to nothing.

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    1. Isa 41:1“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.

    2. Isa 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.

    3. Isa 41:3He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

    4. Isa 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

    5. Isa 41:5The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

    6. Isa 41:6Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

    7. Isa 41:7The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.

    8. Isa 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

    9. Isa 41:9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.

    10. Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

    11. Isa 41:11Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

    12. Isa 41:12You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

    13. Isa 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.

    14. Isa 41:14Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

    15. Isa 41:15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

    16. Isa 41:16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

    17. Isa 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

    18. Isa 41:18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

    19. Isa 41:19I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

    20. Isa 41:20so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”

    21. Isa 41:21“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

    22. Isa 41:22“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.

    23. Isa 41:23Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.

    24. Isa 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

    25. Isa 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

    26. Isa 41:26Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.

    27. Isa 41:27I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.

    28. Isa 41:28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

    29. Isa 41:29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.’’

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    • 10Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
    • 10Isaiah 43:1–2But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
    • 10Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 10Deuteronomy 31:6–8Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
    • 10Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
    • 10Isaiah 40:29–31He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
    • 102 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
    • 10Psalms 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
    • 102 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
    • 10Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
    • 10Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
    • 10Ephesians 3:16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
    • 13Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 13Psalms 73:23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
    • 13Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
    • 13Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

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