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Isaiah 41:26 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 The Lord says, "Faraway countries, be quiet and listen to me! Nations be brave. Come to me and speak. We will meet together and decide who is right.
2 Who woke up the man who is coming from the east? He called Justice to march with him. He uses his sword to crush nations. He uses his bow and conquers kings— they run away like straw blown by the wind.
3 He chases armies and is never hurt. He goes places he has never been before.
4 Who was able to make all this happen? Who controlled the lives of everyone from the beginning? I, the Lord, am the one. I was here at the beginning, and I will be here when all things are finished.
5 People along the coast saw this, and they were frightened. Nations at the ends of the earth shook with fear. They have come near. They have arrived.
6 "Workers help each other. They encourage each other to be strong.
7 One worker cuts wood to make a statue. He encourages the man who works with gold. Another worker uses a hammer and makes the metal smooth. Then he encourages the man at the anvil. This last worker says, 'This work is good; the metal will not come off.' Then he nails the statue to a base so that it will not fall over. And it never moves!"
8 The Lord says, "You, Israel, are my servant. Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend, Abraham.
9 You were in a faraway country, but I reached out to you. I called you from that faraway place. I said, 'You are my servant.' I chose you, and I have not rejected you.
10 Don't worry—I am with you. Don't be afraid—I am your God. I will make you strong. I will help you. I will support you with my right hand that brings victory.
11 Look, some people are angry with you, but they will be ashamed and disgraced. Your enemies will be lost and disappear.
12 You will look for the people who were against you, but you will not be able to find them. Those who fought against you will disappear completely.
13 I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand. And I tell you, 'Don't be afraid! I will help you.'
14 People of Israel, descendants of Jacob, you may be weak and worthless, but do not be afraid. I myself will help you." This is what the Lord himself says. "I am the Holy One of Israel, the one who saves you.
15 Look, I have made you like a new threshing board with many sharp teeth. You will trample mountains and crush them. You will make the hills like chaff.
16 You will throw them into the air, and the wind will blow them away and scatter them. Then you will be happy in the Lord. You will be proud of the Holy One of Israel.
17 "The poor and needy look for water, but they cannot find any. Their tongues are dry with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer their prayers. I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.
18 I will make rivers flow on dry hills. I will make springs of water flow through the valleys. I will change the desert into a lake filled with water. There will be springs of water in that dry land.
19 I will make trees grow in the desert. There will be cedar, acacias, olive trees, cypress, fir trees, and pines.
20 I will do this so that people will see it and know who did it. They will notice what happened. Then they will understand that the Lord's hand made it happen, that the Holy One of Israel created it all."
21 The Lord, the king of Jacob, says, "Come, present your arguments. Show me your proof.
22 Let your idols come in and tell us what will happen. Idols, tell us what happened in the beginning. We will listen closely so that we can make a decision. Tell us what will happen in the future.
23 What signs did you give in the past to prove that you really are gods? Do something! Do anything, good or bad so that we can see that you are alive. Then we might fear and respect you.
24 "Look, you false gods are worthless. You cannot do anything. Only some horrible fool would want to worship you."
25 "I called someone in the north to come. He is coming from the east where the sun rises, and he honors my name. He tramples kings the way a potter softens clay with his feet.
26 "Who told us about this before it happened so that we could say he was right? None of your idols told us anything. They didn't say a word, and they cannot hear anything you say.
27 I, the Lord, was the first one to tell Zion about these things. I sent a messenger to Jerusalem to say, 'Look, your people are coming back!'"
28 I looked at those false gods. Not one of them said anything. They had no advice to offer. I asked them questions, but they didn't say a word.
29 Those gods are all less than nothing. They cannot do anything. They are worthless.
1 Keep silence H2790 VHI2MP before H413 PREP-1MS me , O islands H339 ; and let the people H3816 W-NMP renew H2498 their strength H3581 NMS : let them come near H5066 ; then H227 ADV let them speak H1696 VPY3MP : let us come near H7126 together H3162 ADV-3MS to judgment H4941 .
2 Who H4310 IPRO raised up H5782 the righteous H6664 NMS man from the east H4217 , called H7121 him to his foot H7272 , gave H5414 VHFA the nations H1471 NMP before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him , and made him rule H7287 over kings H4428 ? he gave H5414 VHFA them as the dust H6083 to his sword H2719 , and as driven H5086 VNPMS stubble H7179 K-NMS to his bow H7198 .
3 He pursued H7291 them , and passed H5674 safely H7965 NMS ; even by the way H734 that he had not H3808 NADV gone H935 VQY3MS with his feet H7272 B-CFD-3MS .
4 Who H4310 IPRO hath wrought H6466 and done H6213 W-VQQ3MS it , calling H7121 VQPMS the generations H1755 from the beginning H7218 ? I H589 PPRO-1MS the LORD H3068 EDS , the first H7223 , and with H854 the last H314 AMP ; I H589 PPRO-1MS am he H1931 PPRO-3MS .
5 The isles H339 saw H7200 VQQ3MP it , and feared H3372 ; the ends H7098 CFP of the earth H776 D-GFS were afraid H2729 , drew near H7126 , and came H857 .
6 They helped H5826 every one H376 NMS his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS ; and every one said H559 VQY3MS to his brother H251 , Be of good courage H2388 .
7 So the carpenter H2796 encouraged H2388 the goldsmith H6884 , and he that smootheth H2505 with the hammer H6360 him that smote H1986 the anvil H6471 , saying H559 , It H1931 PPRO-3MS is ready H2896 AMS for the soldering H1694 : and he fastened H2388 it with nails H4548 , that it should not H3808 NADV be moved H4131 VNY3MS .
8 But thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS , Israel H3478 , art my servant H5650 CMS-1MS , Jacob H3290 whom H834 RPRO I have chosen H977 , the seed H2233 NMS of Abraham H85 my friend H157 .
9 Thou whom H834 RPRO I have taken H2388 from the ends H7098 of the earth H776 D-GFS , and called H7121 thee from the chief men H678 thereof , and said H559 W-VQY1MS unto thee , Thou H859 PPRO-2MS art my servant H5650 CMS-1MS ; I have chosen H977 thee , and not H3808 W-NPAR cast thee away H3988 .
10 Fear H3372 thou not H408 NPAR ; for H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am with H5973 PREP-2MS thee : be not H408 NPAR dismayed H8159 ; for H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am thy God H430 CMP-2MS : I will strengthen H553 thee ; yea H637 CONJ , I will help H5826 thee ; yea H637 CONJ , I will uphold H8551 thee with the right hand H3225 of my righteousness H6664 .
11 Behold H2005 IJEC , all H3605 NMS they that were incensed H2734 against thee shall be ashamed H954 and confounded H3637 : they shall be H1961 as nothing H369 ; and they H376 CMP that strive H7379 with thee shall perish H6 .
12 Thou shalt seek H1245 them , and shalt not H3808 W-NPAR find H4672 them H376 CMP , even them that contended H4695 with thee : they H376 CMP that war H4421 against thee shall be H1961 VQY3MP as nothing H369 , and as a thing of naught H657 .
13 For H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS will hold H2388 VHPMS thy right hand H3225 , saying H559 D-VQPMS unto thee , Fear H3372 not H408 NPAR ; I H589 PPRO-1MS will help H5826 thee .
14 Fear H3372 not H408 NPAR , thou worm H8438 CFS Jacob H3290 , and ye men H4962 CMP of Israel H3478 ; I H589 PPRO-1MS will help H5826 thee , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 EDS , and thy redeemer H1350 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 LMS .
15 Behold H2009 IJEC , I will make H7760 thee a new H2319 sharp H2742 NMS threshing instrument H4173 having H1167 CMS teeth H6374 : thou shalt thresh H1758 the mountains H2022 NMP , and beat them small H1854 , and shalt make H7760 the hills H1389 as chaff H4671 K-NMS .
16 Thou shalt fan H2219 them , and the wind H7307 W-GFS shall carry them away H5375 , and the whirlwind H5591 shall scatter H6327 them : and thou H859 W-PPRO-2MS shalt rejoice H1523 in the LORD H3068 , and shalt glory H1984 in the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
17 When the poor H6041 and needy H34 seek H1245 water H4325 OMD , and there is none H369 W-NPAR , and their tongue H3956 faileth H5405 for thirst H6772 , I H589 PPRO-1MS the LORD H3068 EDS will hear H6030 them , I the God H430 CDP of Israel H3478 will not H3808 NADV forsake H5800 them .
18 I will open H6605 VQY1MS rivers H5104 NMP in H5921 PREP high places H8205 , and fountains H4599 in the midst H8432 of the valleys H1237 : I will make H7760 VQY1MS the wilderness H4057 NMS a pool H98 of water H4325 OMD , and the dry H6723 NFS land H776 W-NFS springs H4161 of water H4325 OMD .
19 I will plant H5414 VQY1MS in the wilderness H4057 the cedar H730 , the shittah tree H7848 , and the myrtle H1918 , and the oil H8081 tree H6086 W-NMS ; I will set H7760 VQY1MS in the desert H6160 the fir tree H1265 , and the pine H8410 , and the box tree H8391 together H3162 ADV :
20 That H4616 L-CONJ they may see H7200 VQY3MP , and know H3045 , and consider H7760 , and understand H7919 together H3162 ADV-3MS , that H3588 CONJ the hand H3027 CFS of the LORD H3068 EDS hath done H6213 VQQ3MS this H2063 DPRO-3FS , and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 hath created H1254 it .
21 Produce H7126 your cause H7379 , saith H559 VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS ; bring forth H5066 your strong H6110 reasons , saith H559 VQY3MS the King H4428 NMS of Jacob H3290 .
22 Let them bring them forth H5066 , and show H5046 us what H834 RPRO shall happen H7136 : let them show H5046 the former things H7223 , what H4100 IGAT they H2007 PPRO-3FP be , that we may consider H7760 them , and know H3045 W-VQI1CP the latter end H319 of them ; or H176 CONJ declare H8085 us things for to come H935 .
23 Show H5046 the things that are to come H857 hereafter H268 L-NMS , that we may know H3045 W-VQI1CP that H3588 CONJ ye H859 PPRO-2MS are gods H430 EDP : yea H637 CONJ , do good H3190 , or do evil H7489 , that we may be dismayed H8159 , and behold H7200 it together H3162 ADV .
24 Behold H2005 IJEC , ye H859 PPRO-2MS are of nothing H369 , and your work H6467 of naught H659 : an abomination H8441 is he that chooseth H977 you .
25 I have raised up H5782 one from the north H6828 M-NFS , and he shall come H857 : from the rising H4217 of the sun H8121 shall he call H7121 VQY3MS upon my name H8034 : and he shall come H935 W-VQY3MS upon princes H5461 as H3644 PREP upon mortar H2563 NMS , and as H3644 the potter H3335 treadeth H7429 clay H2916 NMS .
26 Who H4310 IPRO hath declared H5046 VHPMS from the beginning H7218 , that we may know H3045 ? and formerly H6440 , that we may say H559 , He is righteous H6662 AMS ? yea H637 CONJ , there is none H369 NPAR that showeth H5046 VHPMS , yea H637 CONJ , there is none H369 NPAR that declareth H8085 , yea H637 CONJ , there is none H369 NPAR that heareth H8085 your words H561 .
27 The first H7223 shall say to Zion H6726 , Behold H2009 IJEC , behold H2009 IJEC them : and I will give H5414 to Jerusalem H3389 one that bringeth good tidings H1319 .
28 For I beheld H7200 , and there was no H369 W-NPAR man H376 NMS ; even among them H428 WM-PMP , and there was no H369 W-NPAR counselor H3289 , that , when I asked H7592 of them , could answer H7725 a word H1697 NMS .
29 Behold H2005 IJEC , they are all H3605 CMS-3MP vanity H205 NMS ; their works H4639 CMP-3MP are nothing H657 : their molten images H5262 are wind H7307 NFS and confusion H8414 .