Yasha'Yahu (Isaiah) — 41

YAHUAH’s Help for Yashar'AL 

1 “Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the Yam (sea). Bring your strongest arguments, Come now and speak, The court is ready for your case.

2 “Who has stirred up this king from the east, rightly calling him to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s service? Who gives this man victory over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot? With his sword, he reduces armies to dust, With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.

3 He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground.

4 Who has done such mighty deeds,    summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, the First and the Last, I alone am He.”

5 The lands beyond the sea watch in fear.    Remote lands tremble and mobilize for war.

6 The idol makers encourage one another, saying to each other, “Be strong!”

7 The carver encourages the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. “Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.”Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over.

8 “But as for you, Yashar'AL my servant, Ya'aqub my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend,

9 I have called you back from the ends of the Arath, saying, ‘You are my servant. ’For I have chosen you and will not throw you away.

10 Do not be afraid, for I am with you, Do not be discouraged, for I am your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, I will strengthen you and help you, I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

11 “See, all your angry enemies lie there,    confused and humiliated, anyone who opposes you will die and come to nothing.

12 You will look in vain for those who tried to conquer you, Those who attack you will come to nothing.

13 For I hold you by your right hand, I Am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, I am here to help you.

14 Though you are a lowly worm, O Ya'aqub, do not be afraid, people of Yashar'AL, for I will help you, I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your Redeemer, I am the Qadash One of Yashar'AL.’

15 You will be a new threshing instrument with many sharp teeth, you will tear your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains.

16 You will toss them into the air, and the wind will blow them all away; a whirlwind will scatter them, then you will rejoice in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, you will kabad in the Qadash One of Yashar'AL.

17 “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will answer them, I the 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH of Yashar'AL, will never abandon them.

18 I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus, I will give them fountains of water in the valleys, I will fill the desert with pools of water, Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.

19 I will plant trees in the barren desert cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.

20 I am doing this so all who see this miracle will understand what it means, that it is 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH who has done this, the Qadash One of Yashar'AL who created it.

21 “Present the case for your idols,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. “Let them show what they can do,” says the Ruler of Yashar'AL.

22 “Let them try to tell us what happened long ago so that we may consider the evidence, Or let them tell us what the future holds, so we can know what’s going to happen.

23 Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead, Then we will know you are mighty ones, In fact, do anything, good or bad! Do something that will amaze and frighten us.

24 But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all, Those who choose you pollute themselves.

25 “But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north, From the east he will call on my Name, I will give him victory over kings and princes, he will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

26 “Who told you from the beginning that this would happen? Who predicted this, making you admit that he was right? No one said a word!

27 I was the first to tell Ziun, ‘Look! Help is on the way! I will send Yahushalam a messenger with good news.

28 Not one of your idols told you this, Not one gave any answer when I asked.

29 See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.