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Israel Encouraged 1“Listen to Me in silence, you coastlands, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let’s come together for judgment.
2“Who has stirred one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His [a]feet? He turns nations over to him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, Like the wind-driven chaff with his bow.
3“He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been [b]traversing with his feet.
4“Who has performed and accomplished it, Summoning the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He.’”
5The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The ends of the earth tremble; They have approached and have come.
6Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother, “Be strong!”
7So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter.
8“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend,
9You whom I have [c]taken from the ends of the earth And called from its remotest parts, And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
10‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will also help you, I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
11“Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.
13“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
14“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you people of Israel; I will help you,” declares the LORD, “and your [d]Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15“Behold, I turned you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; |
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