| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1“Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the people renew their strength! Let them come near, then let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment. | 1“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment. |
| 2“Who raised up one from the east? Who in righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow? | 2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? 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. |
| 3Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet? | 3He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet. |
| 4Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? ‘I, the LORD, am the first; And with the last I am He.’ ” | 4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.” |
| 5The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the earth were afraid; They drew near and came. | 5The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward. |
| 6Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his brother, “Be of good courage!” | 6Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” |
| 7So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil, Saying, “It is ready for the soldering”; Then he fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter. | 7The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled. |
| 8“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend. | 8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— |
| 9You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, ‘You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away: | 9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. |
| 10Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ | 10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness. |
| 11“Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish. | 11Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. |
| 12You shall seek them and not find them— Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing. | 12You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. |
| 13For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’ | 13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you. |
| 14“Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you,” says the LORD And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. | 14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. |
| 15“Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff. | 15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. |
| 16You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel. | 16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. |
| 17“The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. | 17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. |
| 18I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water. | 18I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs. |
| 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together, | 19I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together, |
| 20That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it. | 20so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.” |
| 21“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Bring forth your strong reasons,” says the King of Jacob. | 21“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob. |
| 22“Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let them show the former things, what they were, That we may consider them, And know the latter end of them; Or declare to us things to come. | 22“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming. |
| 23Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together. | 23Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay. |
| 24Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination. | 24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable. |
| 25“I have raised up one from the north, And he shall come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name; And he shall come against princes as though mortar, As the potter treads clay. | 25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay. |
| 26Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And former times, that we may say, ‘He is righteous’? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who hears your words. | 26Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words. |
| 27The first time I said to Zion, ‘Look, there they are!’ And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings. | 27I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news. |
| 28For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word. | 28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say. |
| 29Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion. | 29See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind. |
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