<vn='1'>Keep <sn="2790">silence</s><sn="413">before</s> me, O <sn="339">islands</s>; and let the <sn="3816">people</s><sn="2498">renew</s> their <sn="3581">strength</s>: let them come <sn="5066">near</s>; <sn="227">then</s> let them <sn="1696">speak</s>: let us come <sn="7126">near</s><sn="3162">together</s> to <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="4310">Who</s> raised <sn="5782">up</s> the <sn="6664">righteous</s> man from the <sn="4480 4217">east</s>, <sn="7121">called</s> him to his <sn="7272">foot</s>, <sn="5414">gave</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="6440">before</s> him, and made him <sn="7287">rule</s> over <sn="4428">kings</s>? he <sn="5414">gave</s> them as the <sn="6083">dust</s> to his <sn="2719">sword</s>, and as <sn="5086">driven</s><sn="7179">stubble</s> to his <sn="7198">bow</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>He <sn="7291">pursued</s> them, and <sn="5674">passed</s><sn="7965">safely</s>; even by the <sn="734">way</s> that he had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">gone</s> with his <sn="7272">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="4310">Who</s> hath <sn="6466">wrought</s> and <sn="6213">done</s> it, <sn="7121">calling</s> the <sn="1755">generations</s> from the <sn="4480 7218">beginning</s>? <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="7223">first</s>, and <sn="854">with</s> the <sn="314">last</s>; <sn="589">I</s> am <sn="1931">he</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="339">isles</s><sn="7200">saw</s> it, and <sn="3372">feared</s>; the <sn="7098">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> were <sn="2729">afraid</s>, drew <sn="7126">near</s>, and <sn="857">came</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>They <sn="5826">helped</s> every <sn="376">one</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>; and every one <sn="559">said</s> to his <sn="251">brother</s>, Be of good <sn="2388">courage</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>So the <sn="2796">carpenter</s><sn="2388">encouraged</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6884">goldsmith</s>, and he that <sn="2505">smootheth</s> with the <sn="6360">hammer</s><sn="*853"></s> him that <sn="1986">smote</s> the <sn="6471">anvil</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1931">It</s> is <sn="2896">ready</s> for the <sn="1694">soldering</s>: and he <sn="2388">fastened</s> it with <sn="4548">nails</s>, that it should <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4131">moved</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>But <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="3478">Israel</s>, art my <sn="5650">servant</s>, <sn="3290">Jacob</s><sn="834">whom</s> I have <sn="977">chosen</s>, the <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="85">Abraham</s> my <sn="157">friend</s>. </v>
<vn='9'> Thou <sn="834">whom</s> I have <sn="2388">taken</s> from the <sn="4480 7098">ends</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> thee from the chief <sn="4480 678">men</s> thereof, and <sn="559">said</s> unto thee, <sn="859">Thou</s> art my <sn="5650">servant</s>; I have <sn="977">chosen</s> thee, and <sn="3808">not</s> cast thee <sn="3988">away</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3372">Fear</s> thou <sn="408">not</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am <sn="5973">with</s> thee: be <sn="408">not</s><sn="8159">dismayed</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am thy <sn="430">God</s>: I will <sn="553">strengthen</s> thee; <sn="637">yea</s>, I will <sn="5826">help</s> thee; <sn="637">yea</s>, I will <sn="8551">uphold</s> thee with the right <sn="3225">hand</s> of my <sn="6664">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> they that were <sn="2734">incensed</s> against thee shall be <sn="954">ashamed</s> and <sn="3637">confounded</s>: they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="369">nothing</s>; and <sn="376">they</s> that <sn="7379">strive</s> with thee shall <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Thou shalt <sn="1245">seek</s> them, and shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">find</s><sn="376">them</s>, even them that <sn="4695">contended</s> with thee: <sn="376">they</s> that <sn="4421">war</s> against thee shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="369">nothing</s>, and as a thing of <sn="657">naught</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> will <sn="2388">hold</s> thy right <sn="3225">hand</s>, <sn="559">saying</s> unto thee, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>; <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="5826">help</s> thee. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>, thou <sn="8438">worm</s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and ye <sn="4962">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="5826">help</s> thee, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and thy <sn="1350">redeemer</s>, the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="7760">make</s> thee a <sn="2319">new</s><sn="2742">sharp</s> threshing <sn="4173">instrument</s><sn="1167">having</s><sn="6374">teeth</s>: thou shalt <sn="1758">thresh</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and beat them <sn="1854">small</s>, and shalt <sn="7760">make</s> the <sn="1389">hills</s> as <sn="4671">chaff</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Thou shalt <sn="2219">fan</s> them, and the <sn="7307">wind</s> shall carry them <sn="5375">away</s>, and the <sn="5591">whirlwind</s> shall <sn="6327">scatter</s> them: and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="1523">rejoice</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and shalt <sn="1984">glory</s> in the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='17'> When the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s><sn="1245">seek</s><sn="4325">water</s>, and there is <sn="369">none</s>, and their <sn="3956">tongue</s><sn="5405">faileth</s> for <sn="6772">thirst</s>, <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6030">hear</s> them, I the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5800">forsake</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'>I will <sn="6605">open</s><sn="5104">rivers</s><sn="5921">in</s> high <sn="8205">places</s>, and <sn="4599">fountains</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="1237">valleys</s>: I will <sn="7760">make</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> a <sn="98">pool</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>, and the <sn="6723">dry</s><sn="776">land</s><sn="4161">springs</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>I will <sn="5414">plant</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> the <sn="730">cedar</s>, the shittah <sn="7848">tree</s>, and the <sn="1918">myrtle</s>, and the <sn="8081">oil</s><sn="6086">tree</s>; I will <sn="7760">set</s> in the <sn="6160">desert</s> the fir <sn="1265">tree</s>, and the <sn="8410">pine</s>, and the box <sn="8391">tree</s><sn="3162">together</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="4616">That</s> they may <sn="7200">see</s>, and <sn="3045">know</s>, and <sn="7760">consider</s>, and <sn="7919">understand</s><sn="3162">together</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2063">this</s>, and the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> hath <sn="1254">created</s> it. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="7126">Produce</s> your <sn="7379">cause</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; bring <sn="5066">forth</s> your <sn="6110">strong</s> reasons, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="4428">King</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Let them bring them <sn="5066">forth</s>, and <sn="5046">show</s> us <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> shall <sn="7136">happen</s>: let them <sn="5046">show</s> the former <sn="7223">things</s>, <sn="4100">what</s><sn="2007">they</s> be, that we may <sn="7760 3820">consider</s> them, and <sn="3045">know</s> the latter <sn="319">end</s> of them; <sn="176">or</s><sn="8085">declare</s> us things for to <sn="935">come</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="5046">Show</s> the things that are to <sn="857">come</s><sn="268">hereafter</s>, that we may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">ye</s> are <sn="430">gods</s>: <sn="637">yea</s>, do <sn="3190">good</s>, or do <sn="7489">evil</s>, that we may be <sn="8159">dismayed</s>, and <sn="7200">behold</s> it <sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, <sn="859">ye</s> are of <sn="4480 369">nothing</s>, and your <sn="6467">work</s> of <sn="4480 659">naught</s>: an <sn="8441">abomination</s> is he that <sn="977">chooseth</s> you. </v>
<vn='25'>I have raised <sn="5782">up</s> one from the <sn="4480 6828">north</s>, and he shall <sn="857">come</s>: from the <sn="4480 4217">rising</s> of the <sn="8121">sun</s> shall he <sn="7121">call</s> upon my <sn="8034">name</s>: and he shall <sn="935">come</s> upon <sn="5461">princes</s><sn="3644">as</s> upon <sn="2563">mortar</s>, and <sn="3644">as</s> the <sn="3335">potter</s><sn="7429">treadeth</s><sn="2916">clay</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="4310">Who</s> hath <sn="5046">declared</s> from the <sn="4480 7218">beginning</s>, that we may <sn="3045">know</s>? and <sn="4480 6440">formerly</s>, that we may <sn="559">say</s>, He is <sn="6662">righteous</s>? <sn="637">yea</s>, there is <sn="369">none</s> that <sn="5046">showeth</s>, <sn="637">yea</s>, there is <sn="369">none</s> that <sn="8085">declareth</s>, <sn="637">yea</s>, there is <sn="369">none</s> that <sn="8085">heareth</s> your <sn="561">words</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>The <sn="7223">first</s> shall say to <sn="6726">Zion</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s> them: and I will <sn="5414">give</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> one that bringeth good <sn="1319">tidings</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>For I <sn="7200">beheld</s>, and there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s>; even among <sn="4480 428">them</s>, and there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="3289">counselor</s>, that, when I <sn="7592">asked</s> of them, could <sn="7725">answer</s> a <sn="1697">word</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, they are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="205">vanity</s>; their <sn="4639">works</s> are <sn="657">nothing</s>: their molten <sn="5262">images</s> are <sn="7307">wind</s> and <sn="8414">confusion</s>. </v>