Isaiah 41:1-9

The Helper of Israel

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 stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service[a] ? 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 moves on unscathed, by a path his feet have not traveled before.
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 islands have seen it and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward;
6 they help each other and say to their companions, “Be strong!”
7 The metalworker encourages the goldsmith, and the one who smooths with the hammer spurs on the one who strikes the anvil. One says of the welding, “It is good.” The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.
8 “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,
9 I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.

Cross References 31

  • 1. Psalms 37:7; Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7; Zechariah 2:13
  • 2. S Isaiah 11:11
  • 3. S 1 Samuel 2:4
  • 4. Isaiah 48:16; Isaiah 57:3
  • 5. S Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 50:8
  • 6. S Ezra 1:2
  • 7. ver 25; Isaiah 13:4,17; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1,13; Isaiah 48:14; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:11
  • 8. Isaiah 45:8,13
  • 9. Isaiah 44:28; Jeremiah 25:9
  • 10. S 2 Samuel 22:43
  • 11. Psalms 1:4; Isaiah 40:24
  • 12. S Isaiah 13:18
  • 13. Daniel 8:4
  • 14. ver 9; Isaiah 43:7
  • 15. ver 26; S Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 46:10
  • 16. Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12; Revelation 1:8,17; Revelation 22:13
  • 17. S Deuteronomy 32:39
  • 18. S Isaiah 11:11; Ezekiel 26:17-18
  • 19. S Deuteronomy 30:4; S Isaiah 11:12
  • 20. S Joshua 1:6
  • 21. Isaiah 44:13; Jeremiah 10:3-5
  • 22. S Isaiah 40:19
  • 23. S 1 Samuel 5:3; Isaiah 46:7
  • 24. S Psalms 136:22; S Isaiah 27:11
  • 25. S Isaiah 14:1
  • 26. S Isaiah 29:22; Isaiah 51:2; Isaiah 63:16
  • 27. 2 Chronicles 20:7; James 2:23
  • 28. Isaiah 11:12; S Isaiah 37:16
  • 29. S ver 4
  • 30. S Isaiah 20:3
  • 31. S Deuteronomy 7:6

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "east," / "whom victory meets at every step"
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