Isaiah 41

Let’s meet together for judgment.

like the driven stubble to his bow.

even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

They approach, and come.

They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”

and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

the offspring of Abraham my friend,

and said to you, ‘You are my servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’

Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.

as a non-existent thing.

I will help you.’

“Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

and will make the hills like chaff.

You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

and the dry land springs of water.

I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;

and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

“Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.

or show us things to come.

and see it together.

He who chooses you is an abomination.

and as the potter treads clay.

Surely, there is no one who hears your words.

and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.

even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.

Their molten images are wind and confusion.