Nevi'im
Yesha'yahu41
Isaiah · Chapter 41
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew
their
strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Who raised up the righteous
man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made
him rule over kings? he gave
them as the dust to his sword,
and as driven stubble to his bow.
He pursued them,
and passed safely;
even by the way
that he had not gone with his feet.
Who hath wrought and done
it, calling the generations from the beginning? I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the first, and with the last; I
am he.
The isles saw
it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
They helped every one his neighbour; and
every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and he that smootheth
with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails,
that it should not be moved.
But thou, Yisra'el,
art my servant, Ya'aqov whom I have chosen, the seed of Avraham my friend.
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou
art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Fear thou not; for I
am with thee: be not dismayed; for I
am thy Elohim: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them,
even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
For I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Fear not, thou worm Ya'aqov,
and ye men of Yisra'el; I will help thee, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra'el.
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat
them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
and
shalt glory in the Holy One of Yisra'el.
When the poor and needy seek water, and
there is
none,
and their tongue faileth for thirst, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will hear them,
I the Elohim of Yisra'el will not forsake them.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree,
and
the pine, and the box tree together:
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath done this, and the Holy One of Yisra'el hath created it.
Produce your cause, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); bring forth your strong
reasons,
saith the King of Ya'aqov.
Let them bring
them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they
be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye
are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold
it together.
Behold, ye
are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination
is he that chooseth you.
I have raised up
one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as
upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say,
He is righteous? yea,
there is none that sheweth, yea,
there is none that declareth, yea,
there is
none that heareth your words.
The first
shall say to Tsiyon, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Yerushalayim one that bringeth good tidings.
For I beheld, and
there was no man; even among them, and
there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Behold, they
are all vanity; their works
are nothing: their molten images
are wind and confusion.
Nevi'im
Yesha'yahu42
Isaiah · Chapter 42
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,
in whom my nephesh delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his torah.
Thus saith Elohim 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), he that created the shamayim, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a b'rit of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): that
is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Sing unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) a new song,
and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up
their voice,
the villages
that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Let them give glory unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and declare his praise in the islands.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still,
and
refrained myself:
now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
And I will bring the blind by a way
that they knew not; I will lead them in paths
that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye
are our gods.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Who
is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger
that I sent? who
is blind as
he that is perfect, and blind as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)’S servant?
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the torah, and make
it honourable.
But this
is a people robbed and spoiled;
they are
all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
Who among you will give ear to this?
who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Who gave Ya'aqov for a spoil, and Yisra'el to the robbers? did not 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his torah.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid
it not to heart.
Nevi'im
Yesha'yahu43
Isaiah · Chapter 43
But now thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) that created thee, O Ya'aqov, and he that formed thee, O Yisra'el, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called
thee by thy name; thou
art mine.
When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim, the Holy One of Yisra'el, thy Saviour: I gave Mitsrayim
for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Fear not: for I
am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say,
It is truth.
Ye
are my witnesses, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I
am he: before me there was no Elohim formed, neither shall there be after me.
I,
even I,
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and beside me
there is
no saviour.
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when
there was
no strange
elohim among you: therefore ye
are my witnesses, saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that I
am Elohim.
Yea, before the day
was I
am he; and
there is
none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), your redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra'el; For your sake I have sent to Bavel, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry
is in the ships.
I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), your Holy One, the creator of Yisra'el, your King.
Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
But thou hast not called upon me, O Ya'aqov; but thou hast been weary of me, O Yisra'el.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
I,
even I,
am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Ya'aqov to the curse, and Yisra'el to reproaches.