Izajasza 41

1“Listen before me in silence, you coastlands; let the nations renew their strength; 2Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? 3He pursues them and passes by safely, by a swift path that his feet scarcely touch. 4Who has performed and accomplished these deeds? Who has summoned the generations from the beginning? 5The isles have seen and are afraid; the ends of the earth tremble; 6Everyone helps his neighbor, and every one says to one another, 'Be encouraged.' 7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who works with the hammer encourages him who works with an anvil, 8But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, 9you whom I am bringing back from the ends of the earth, and whom I called from the far away places, 10Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. 11See, they will be ashamed and disgraced, all who have been angry with you; 12You will seek and will not find those who contended with you; 13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, 14Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel; 15Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged; 16You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away; the wind will scatter them. 17The oppressed and needy look for water, but there is none, and their tongues are parched for thirst; 18I will make streams to flow down the slopes, and springs in the middle of the valleys; 19In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. 20I will do this so that the people may see, recognize, and understand together, 21“Present your case,” says Yahweh, 22Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen, 23Tell things about the future, that we may know if you are gods; 24See, you idols are nothing and your deeds are nothing; the one who chooses you is detestable. 25I have raised up one from the north, and he comes; from the sun's rising I summon him who calls on my name, 26Who announced this from the beginning, that we might know? Before this time, that we may say, “He is right”? 27I first said to Zion, “Look here they are;” I sent a herald to Jerusalem. 28When I look, there is no one, not one among them who can give good advice,