Isaiah 41:8-20

Israel as God’s servant

8 But you, Israel my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham, whom I love,
9 you whom I took from the ends of the earth and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant; I chose you and didn't reject you":
10 Don't fear, because I am with you; don't be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will surely help you; I will hold you with my righteous strong hand.
11 All who rage against you will be shamed and disgraced. Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12 You will look for your opponents, and won't find them. Those who fight you will be of no account and will die.
13 I am the LORD your God, who grasps your strong hand, who says to you, Don't fear; I will help you.
14 Don't fear, worm of Jacob, people of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD. The holy one of Israel is your redeemer.
15 Look, I've made you into a new threshing tool with sharp teeth. You will thresh mountains and pulverize them; you will reduce hills to straw.
16 When you winnow them, the wind will carry them off; the tempest will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD and take pride in the holy one of Israel.
17 The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to them; I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.
18 I will open streams on treeless hilltops and springs in valleys. I will make the desert into ponds and dry land into cascades of water.
19 I will plant in the desert cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees; I will put in the wilderness cypress, elm, and pine as well,
20 so that they will see and know and observe and comprehend that the LORD's hand has done this, and the holy one of Israel has created it.

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