9 Thouwhom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men
thereof, and said unto thee, Thou artmy servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I amwith thee: be not dismayed; for I amthy God: I will strengthen thee;
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 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.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, eventhem that contended with thee: they
that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, andye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy
redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh
the mountains, and beat themsmall, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter
them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, andshalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 Whenthe poor and needy seek water, and there isnone, andtheir tongue faileth for thirst, I
the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
18 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.
19 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, andthe pine, and the box tree together:
20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the
LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
22 Let them bring themforth, 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.
23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye aregods: yea, do
good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold ittogether.
24 Behold, ye areof nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he thatchooseth you.
25 I have raised up onefrom 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 uponmorter, and as the potter treadeth
clay.
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say,
He isrighteous? yea, there isnone that sheweth, yea, there isnone that declareth, yea, there is
none that heareth your words.
27 The first shall sayto Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that
bringeth good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and there wasno man; even among them, and there wasno counsellor, that,
when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they areall vanity; their works arenothing: their molten images arewind and
confusion.
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whommy soul delighteth; I have put my
spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring
forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall
wait for his law.

5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, 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:
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and
give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, andthem that sit in
darkness out of the prison house.
8 I amthe LORD: that ismy name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to
graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring
forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, andhis 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.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages thatKedar doth
inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
13 The LORD 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.
14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, andrefrained myself: nowwill I cry like
a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15 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.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way thatthey knew not; I will lead them in paths thatthey
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.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that
say to the molten images, Ye areour gods.
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who isblind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger thatI sent? who isblind as he that
isperfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it
honourable.
22 But this isa people robbed and spoiled; they areall 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.
23 Who among you will give ear to this? whowill hearken and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we
have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
25 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 itnot to heart.
1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel,
Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called theeby thy name; thou artmine.
2 When thou passest through the waters, I will bewith 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.
3 For I amthe LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt forthy ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4 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.

5 Fear not: for I amwith thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the
west;
6 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;
7 Evenevery one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed
him; yea, I have made him.
8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
9 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 istruth.
10 Ye aremy witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know
and believe me, and understand that I amhe: before me there was no God formed, neither shall
there be after me.
11 I, evenI, amthe LORD; and beside me there isno saviour.
12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there wasno strange godamong
you: therefore ye aremy witnesses, saith the LORD, that I amGod.
13 Yea, before the day wasI amhe; and there isnone that can deliver out of my hand: I will
work, and who shall let it?
14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to
Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry isin the ships.
15 I amthe LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 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.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 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, andrivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in
the wilderness, andrivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
23 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.
24 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.
25 I, evenI, amhe that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not
remember thy sins.
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse,
and Israel to reproaches.
1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, whichwill help thee;
Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my
spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
4 And they shall spring up asamong the grass, as willows by the water courses.