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1. Be quiet before Me, O coasts; and let peoples renew their power. They come near; then they speak: Let us draw near together for judgment.
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1. Keep silence H2790 before H413 me , O islands H339 ; and let the people H3816 renew H2498 their strength H3581 : let them come near H5066 ; then H227 let them speak H1696 : let us come near H7126 together H3162 to judgment H4941 .
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2. Who raised up the righteous one from the east? He called him to His foot; He gives nations before him, and subdues kings; He gives them as dust to his sword, as driven stubble to his bow;
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2. Who H4310 raised up H5782 the righteous H6664 man from the east H4480 H4217 , called H7121 him to his foot H7272 , gave H5414 the nations H1471 before H6440 him , and made him rule H7287 over kings H4428 ? he gave H5414 them as the dust H6083 to his sword H2719 , and as driven H5086 stubble H7179 to his bow H7198 .
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3. He pursues them; he passes on in peace; he does not go by the way with his feet.
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3. He pursued H7291 them, and passed H5674 safely H7965 ; even by the way H734 that he had not H3808 gone H935 with his feet H7272 .
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4. Who has planned and done it, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I Jehovah am the first and the last; I am He.
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4. Who H4310 hath wrought H6466 and done H6213 it , calling H7121 the generations H1755 from the beginning H4480 H7218 ? I H589 the LORD H3068 , the first H7223 , and with H854 the last H314 ; I H589 am he H1931 .
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5. The coasts have seen and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near; yea, they come.
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5. The isles H339 saw H7200 it , and feared H3372 ; the ends H7098 of the earth H776 were afraid H2729 , drew near H7126 , and came H857 .
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6. Each man helps his neighbor, and says to his brother, Be strong.
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6. They helped H5826 every one H376 H853 his neighbor H7453 ; and every one said H559 to his brother H251 , Be of good courage H2388 .
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7. So the carver strengthens the refiner; and he smoothing with the hammer, him who struck the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good. And he made it strong with nails; it will not totter.
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7. So the carpenter H2796 encouraged H2388 H853 the goldsmith H6884 , and he that smootheth H2505 with the hammer H6360 H853 him that smote H1986 the anvil H6471 , saying H559 , It H1931 is ready H2896 for the soldering H1694 : and he fastened H2388 it with nails H4548 , that it should not H3808 be moved H4131 .
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8. But you Israel are My servant, Jacob whom I have elected; the seed of My friend Abraham;
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8. But thou H859 , Israel H3478 , art my servant H5650 , Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen H977 , the seed H2233 of Abraham H85 my friend H157 .
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9. whom I have made strong from the ends of the earth, and called you from its sides; and I said to you, You are My servant. I elected you, and have not rejected you.
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9. Thou whom H834 I have taken H2388 from the ends H4480 H7098 of the earth H776 , and called H7121 thee from the chief men H4480 H678 thereof , and said H559 unto thee, Thou H859 art my servant H5650 ; I have chosen H977 thee , and not H3808 cast thee away H3988 .
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10. Do not fear, for I am with you; do not gaze about, for I am your God; I will make you strong; yea, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.
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10. Fear H3372 thou not H408 ; for H3588 I H589 am with H5973 thee : be not H408 dismayed H8159 ; for H3588 I H589 am thy God H430 : I will strengthen H553 thee; yea H637 , I will help H5826 thee; yea H637 , I will uphold H8551 thee with the right hand H3225 of my righteousness H6664 .
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11. Behold, they all shall be humiliated, all who are provoked with you; they shall be as nothing; men who contend with you shall perish.
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11. Behold H2005 , all H3605 they that were incensed H2734 against thee shall be ashamed H954 and confounded H3637 : they shall be H1961 as nothing H369 ; and they H376 that strive H7379 with thee shall perish H6 .
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12. You shall seek them and shall not find them; men of your strife shall be as nothing, even men of your battle as ceasing.
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12. Thou shalt seek H1245 them , and shalt not H3808 find H4672 them H376 , even them that contended H4695 with thee: they H376 that war H4421 against thee shall be H1961 as nothing H369 , and as a thing of naught H657 .
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13. For I, Jehovah your God am strengthening your right hand, who says to you, Do not fear I will help you.
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13. For H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hold H2388 thy right hand H3225 , saying H559 unto thee, Fear H3372 not H408 ; I H589 will help H5826 thee.
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14. Fear not, worm of Jacob, men of Israel; I will help you, states Jehovah, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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14. Fear H3372 not H408 , thou worm H8438 Jacob H3290 , and ye men H4962 of Israel H3478 ; I H589 will help H5826 thee, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , and thy redeemer H1350 , the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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15. Behold! I have made you a new sharp threshing instrument, a master of teeth; you shall thresh mountains and beat them small, and shall make hills like the chaff.
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15. Behold H2009 , I will make H7760 thee a new H2319 sharp H2742 threshing instrument H4173 having H1167 teeth H6374 : thou shalt thresh H1758 the mountains H2022 , and beat them small H1854 , and shalt make H7760 the hills H1389 as chaff H4671 .
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16. You shall winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the tempest will scatter them. And you shall rejoice in Jehovah; you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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16. Thou shalt fan H2219 them , and the wind H7307 shall carry them away H5375 , and the whirlwind H5591 shall scatter H6327 them : and thou H859 shalt rejoice H1523 in the LORD H3068 , and shalt glory H1984 in the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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17. The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue is parched for thirst. I, Jehovah will hear them; the God of Israel will not leave them.
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17. When the poor H6041 and needy H34 seek H1245 water H4325 , and there is none H369 , and their tongue H3956 faileth H5405 for thirst H6772 , I H589 the LORD H3068 will hear H6030 them , I the God H430 of Israel H3478 will not H3808 forsake H5800 them.
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18. I will open rivers in bare places, and fountains in the midst of valleys; I will make the desert for a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
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18. I will open H6605 rivers H5104 in H5921 high places H8205 , and fountains H4599 in the midst H8432 of the valleys H1237 : I will make H7760 the wilderness H4057 a pool H98 of water H4325 , and the dry H6723 land H776 springs H4161 of water H4325 .
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19. I will plant cedar in the wilderness, acacia, and myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set fir, pine and boxwood together in the desert;
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19. I will plant H5414 in the wilderness H4057 the cedar H730 , the shittah tree H7848 , and the myrtle H1918 , and the oil H8081 tree H6086 ; I will set H7760 in the desert H6160 the fir tree H1265 , and the pine H8410 , and the box tree H8391 together H3162 :
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20. so that they may see, and know, and set up, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah has done this; and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
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20. That H4616 they may see H7200 , and know H3045 , and consider H7760 , and understand H7919 together H3162 , that H3588 the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 hath done H6213 this H2063 , and the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 hath created H1254 it.
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21. Bring your cause, says Jehovah; let your strong reasons come near, says the King of Jacob.
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21. Produce H7126 your cause H7379 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; bring forth H5066 your strong H6110 reasons , saith H559 the King H4428 of Jacob H3290 .
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22. Let them draw near and tell us what shall happen; the former things, let them reveal what they are, that we may set our heart and know their end; or declare to us the coming things.
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22. Let them bring them forth H5066 , and show H5046 us H853 what H834 shall happen H7136 : let them show H5046 the former things H7223 , what H4100 they H2007 be , that we may consider H7760 H3820 them , and know H3045 the latter end H319 of them; or H176 declare H8085 us things for to come H935 .
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23. Reveal the near things hereafter, so that we may know that you are gods. Yea, do good, or do evil, that we may gaze and see together.
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23. Show H5046 the things that are to come H857 hereafter H268 , that we may know H3045 that H3588 ye H859 are gods H430 : yea H637 , do good H3190 , or do evil H7489 , that we may be dismayed H8159 , and behold H7200 it together H3162 .
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24. Behold, you are of nothing; and your work of nothing; he who chooses you is an abomination.
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24. Behold H2005 , ye H859 are of nothing H4480 H369 , and your work H6467 of naught H4480 H659 : an abomination H8441 is he that chooseth H977 you.
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25. I have raised up one from the north; and he shall come from the east; he will call on My name. And he shall come upon rulers as on mortar, and as a potter tramples clay.
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25. I have raised up H5782 one from the north H4480 H6828 , and he shall come H857 : from the rising H4480 H4217 of the sun H8121 shall he call H7121 upon my name H8034 : and he shall come H935 upon princes H5461 as H3644 upon mortar H2563 , and as H3644 the potter H3335 treadeth H7429 clay H2916 .
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26. Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know; and before, that we may say, He is right? Yea, no one declares; yea, no one proclaims; yea, there is no one who hears your words.
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26. Who H4310 hath declared H5046 from the beginning H4480 H7218 , that we may know H3045 ? and formerly H4480 H6440 , that we may say H559 , He is righteous H6662 ? yea H637 , there is none H369 that showeth H5046 , yea H637 , there is none H369 that declareth H8085 , yea H637 , there is none H369 that heareth H8085 your words H561 .
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27. At first to Zion, I say, Behold! Behold them! And I will give to Jerusalem one proclaiming good news.
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27. The first H7223 shall say to Zion H6726 , Behold H2009 , behold H2009 them : and I will give H5414 to Jerusalem H3389 one that bringeth good tidings H1319 .
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28. But I saw, and there was not a man; and of these, there was not a counselor, that I may ask them, and they could return a word.
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28. For I beheld H7200 , and there was no H369 man H376 ; even among them H4480 H428 , and there was no H369 counselor H3289 , that , when I asked H7592 of them , could answer H7725 a word H1697 .
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29. Behold, they are all evil; their works are nothing; their images are wind and vanity.
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29. Behold H2005 , they are all H3605 vanity H205 ; their works H4639 are nothing H657 : their molten images H5262 are wind H7307 and confusion H8414 .
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