Parallel Bible results for "Isaiah 41:1-6"

Isaiah 41:1-6

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1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.
1 “Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment.
2 Who sent out from the east one who is right wherever he goes? he gives the nations into his hands, and makes him ruler over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as dry stems before the wind to his bow.
2 “Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service ? 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 He goes after them safely, not touching the road with his feet.
3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.
4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he.
4 Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—with the first of them and with the last—I am he.”
5 The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.
5 The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;
6 They gave help everyone to his neighbour; and everyone said to his brother, Take heart!
6 they help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!”
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