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

Isaiah 41:1-6

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1 Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
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 has raised up one from the east, whom he calls in righteousness to his foot? he gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble 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 pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.
4 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? 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 isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the eretz tremble; they draw near, and come.
5 The islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;
6 They help everyone his neighbor; and [every one] says to his brother, Be of good courage.
6 they help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!”
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