strkjv@Isaiah:36:1
@ Now it came to pass in the
fourteenth
H6240
year
of
king
Hezekiah
, that
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against all the
defenced
cities
of
Judah
, and
took
them.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:2
@ And the
king
of
Assyria
sent
Rabshakeh
from
Lachish
to
Jerusalem
unto
king
Hezekiah
with a
great
army
. And he
stood
by the
conduit
of the
upper
pool
in the
highway
of the
fullers
field
.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:3
@ Then came
forth
unto him
Eliakim
,
Hilkiahs
son
, which was over the
house
, and
Shebna
the
scribe
, and
Joah
,
Asaphs
son
, the
recorder
.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:4
@ And
Rabshakeh
said
unto them,
Say
ye now to
Hezekiah
, Thus
saith
the
great
king
, the
king
of
Assyria
, What
confidence
is this wherein thou
trustest
?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:5
@ I
say
, sayest thou, (but they are but
vain
words
) I have
counsel
and
strength
for
war
: now on whom dost thou
trust
, that thou
rebellest
against me?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:6
@ Lo, thou
trustest
in the
staff
of this
broken
reed
, on
Egypt
; whereon if a
man
lean
, it will
go
into his
hand
, and
pierce
it: so is
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
to all that
trust
in him.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:7
@ But if thou
say
to me, We
trust
in the
LORD
our
God
: is it not he, whose high
places
and whose
altars
Hezekiah
hath taken
away
, and
said
to
Judah
and to
Jerusalem
, Ye shall
worship
before
this
altar
?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:8
@ Now therefore give
pledges
, I pray thee, to my
master
the
king
of
Assyria
, and I will
give
thee two
thousand
horses
, if thou be
able
on thy part to
set
riders
upon them.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:9
@ How then wilt thou turn
away
the
face
of
one
captain
of the
least
of my
masters
servants
, and put thy
trust
on
Egypt
for
chariots
and for
horsemen
?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:10
@ And am I now come
up
without
the
LORD
against this
land
to
destroy
it? the
LORD
said
unto me, Go
up
against this
land
, and
destroy
it.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:11
@ Then
said
Eliakim
and
Shebna
and
Joah
unto
Rabshakeh
,
Speak
, I pray thee, unto thy
servants
in the Syrian
language
; for we
understand
it: and
speak
not to us in the Jews
language
, in the
ears
of the
people
that are on the
wall
.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:12
@ But
Rabshakeh
said
, Hath my
master
sent
me to thy
master
and to thee to
speak
these
words
? hath he not sent me to the
men
that
sit
upon the
wall
, that they may
eat
their own
dung
, and
drink
their own
piss
with you?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:13
@ Then
Rabshakeh
stood
, and
cried
with a
loud
voice
in the Jews
language
, and
said
,
Hear
ye the
words
of the
great
king
, the
king
of
Assyria
.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:14
@ Thus
saith
the
king
, Let not
Hezekiah
deceive
you: for he shall not be
able
to
deliver
you.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:15
@ Neither let
Hezekiah
make you
trust
in the
LORD
,
saying
, The
LORD
will
surely
deliver
us: this
city
shall not be
delivered
into the
hand
of the
king
of
Assyria
.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:16
@
Hearken
not to
Hezekiah
: for thus
saith
the
king
of
Assyria
,
Make
an agreement with me by a
present
, and come
out
to me: and
eat
ye every
one
of his
vine
, and every
one
of his fig
tree
t@, and
drink
ye every
one
the
waters
of his own
cistern
;
strkjv@Isaiah:36:17
@ Until I
come
and take you
away
to a
land
like your own
land
, a
land
of
corn
and
wine
, a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards
.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:18
@ Beware lest
Hezekiah
persuade
you,
saying
, The
LORD
will
deliver
us. Hath
any
of the
gods
of the
nations
delivered
his
land
out of the
hand
of the
king
of
Assyria
?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:19
@ Where are the
gods
of
Hamath
and
Arphad
? where are the
gods
of
Sepharvaim
? and have they
delivered
Samaria
out of my
hand
?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:20
@ Who are they among all the
gods
of these
lands
, that have
delivered
their
land
out of my
hand
, that the
LORD
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out of my
hand
?
strkjv@Isaiah:36:21
@ But they held their
peace
, and
answered
him not a
word
: for the
kings
commandment
was,
saying
,
Answer
him not.
strkjv@Isaiah:36:22
@ Then
came
Eliakim
, the
son
of
Hilkiah
, that was over the
household
, and
Shebna
the
scribe
, and
Joah
, the
son
of
Asaph
, the
recorder
, to
Hezekiah
with their
clothes
rent
, and
told
him the
words
of
Rabshakeh
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:1
@ And it came to pass, when
king
Hezekiah
heard
it, that he
rent
his
clothes
, and
covered
himself with
sackcloth
, and
went
into the
house
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:2
@ And he
sent
Eliakim
, who was over the
household
, and
Shebna
the
scribe
, and the
elders
of the
priests
covered
with
sackcloth
, unto
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:3
@ And they
said
unto him, Thus
saith
Hezekiah
, This
day
is a
day
of
trouble
, and of
rebuke
, and of
blasphemy
n@: for the
children
are
come
to the
birth
, and there is not
strength
to bring
forth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:4
@ It may be the
LORD
thy
God
will
hear
the
words
of
Rabshakeh
, whom the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God
, and will
reprove
the
words
which the
LORD
thy
God
hath
heard
: wherefore lift
up
thy
prayer
for the
remnant
that is
left
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:5
@ So the
servants
of
king
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah
Y@.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:6
@ And
Isaiah
said
unto them, Thus shall ye
say
unto your
master
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Be not
afraid
of
the
words
that thou hast
heard
, wherewith the
servants
of the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:7
@ Behold, I will
send
a
blast
upon him, and he shall
hear
a
rumour
sh@, and
return
to his own
land
; and I will cause him to
fall
by the
sword
in his own
land
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:8
@ So
Rabshakeh
returned
, and
found
the
king
of
Assyria
warring
against
Libnah
: for he had
heard
that he was
departed
from
Lachish
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:9
@ And he
heard
say
concerning
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia
, He is come
forth
to make
war
with thee. And when he
heard
it, he
sent
messengers
to
Hezekiah
,
saying
,
strkjv@Isaiah:37:10
@ Thus shall ye
speak
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
,
saying
, Let not thy
God
, in whom thou
trustest
,
deceive
thee,
saying
,
Jerusalem
shall not be
given
into the
hand
of the
king
of
Assyria
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:11
@ Behold, thou hast
heard
what the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to all
lands
by destroying them
utterly
; and shalt thou be
delivered
?
strkjv@Isaiah:37:12
@ Have the
gods
of the
nations
delivered
them which my
fathers
have
destroyed
, as
Gozan
, and
Haran
, and
Rezeph
, and the
children
of
Eden
which were in
Telassar
T@?
strkjv@Isaiah:37:13
@ Where is the
king
of
Hamath
, and the
king
of
Arphad
, and the
king
of the
city
of
Sepharvaim
,
Hena
, and
Ivah
?
strkjv@Isaiah:37:14
@ And
Hezekiah
received
the
letter
from the
hand
of the
messengers
, and
read
it: and
Hezekiah
went
up
unto the
house
of the
LORD
, and
spread
it
before
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:15
@ And
Hezekiah
prayed
unto the
LORD
,
saying
,
strkjv@Isaiah:37:16
@ O
LORD
of
hosts
,
God
of
Israel
, that
dwellest
between the
cherubims
, thou art the
God
, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
: thou hast
made
heaven
and
earth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:17
@
Incline
thine
ear
, O
LORD
, and
hear
;
open
thine
eyes
, O
LORD
, and
see
: and
hear
all the
words
of
Sennacherib
, which hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:18
@ Of a
truth
,
LORD
, the
kings
of
Assyria
have laid
waste
all the
nations
, and their
countries
,
strkjv@Isaiah:37:19
@ And have
cast
their
gods
into the
fire
: for they were no
gods
, but the
work
of
mens
hands
,
wood
and
stone
: therefore they have
destroyed
them.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:20
@ Now therefore, O
LORD
our
God
,
save
us from his
hand
, that all the
kingdoms
of the
earth
may
know
that thou art the
LORD
, even thou only.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:21
@ Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
unto
Hezekiah
,
saying
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
, Whereas thou hast
prayed
to me against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
:
strkjv@Isaiah:37:22
@ This is the
word
which the
LORD
hath
spoken
concerning him; The
virgin
, the
daughter
of
Zion
, hath
despised
thee, and laughed thee to scorn;
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem
hath
shaken
her
head
at
thee
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:23
@ Whom hast thou
reproached
and
blasphemed
? and against whom hast thou
exalted
thy
voice
, and lifted
up
thine
eyes
on
high
? even against the Holy
One
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:24
@
By
thy
servants
hast thou
reproached
the
Lord
, and hast
said
, By the
multitude
of my
chariots
am I come
up
to the
height
of the
mountains
, to the
sides
of
Lebanon
; and I will cut
down
the
tall
cedars
thereof, and the
choice
fir
trees
thereof: and I will
enter
into the
height
of his
border
, and the
forest
of his
Carmel
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:25
@ I have
digged
, and
drunk
water
; and with the
sole
of my
feet
have I dried
up
all the
rivers
of the besieged
places
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:26
@ Hast thou not
heard
long
ago
, how I have
done
it; and of
ancient
times
, that I have
formed
it? now have I
brought
it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste
defenced
cities
into
ruinous
heaps
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:27
@ Therefore their
inhabitants
were of
small
power
, they were
dismayed
and
confounded
: they were as the
grass
of the
field
, and as the
green
herb
, as the
grass
on the
housetops
, and as corn
blasted
before
it be grown
up
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:28
@ But I
know
thy
abode
, and thy going
out
, and thy coming
in
, and thy
rage
against me.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:29
@ Because thy
rage
against me, and thy
tumult
, is come
up
into mine
ears
, therefore will I
put
my
hook
in thy
nose
, and my
bridle
in thy
lips
, and I will turn thee
back
by the
way
by which thou
camest
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:30
@ And this shall be a
sign
unto thee, Ye shall
eat
this
year
such as
groweth
of itself; and the
second
year
that which
springeth
of the same: and in the
third
year
sow
ye, and
reap
, and
plant
vineyards
, and
eat
the
fruit
thereof.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:31
@ And the
remnant
that is
escaped
of the
house
of
Judah
shall
again
take
root
downward
, and
bear
fruit
upward
:
strkjv@Isaiah:37:32
@ For out of
Jerusalem
shall go
forth
a
remnant
sh@, and they that
escape
out of
mount
Zion
: the
zeal
of the
LORD
of
hosts
shall
do
this.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:33
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
concerning the
king
of
Assyria
, He shall not
come
into this
city
, nor
shoot
an
arrow
there, nor come
before
it with
shields
, nor
cast
a
bank
against it.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:34
@ By the
way
that he
came
, by the same shall he
return
, and shall not
come
into this
city
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:35
@ For I will
defend
this
city
to
save
it for mine own sake, and for my
servant
Davids
sake.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:36
@ Then the
angel
of the
LORD
went
forth
, and
smote
in the
camp
of the
Assyrians
a
hundred
and
fourscore
and
five
thousand
: and when they arose
early
in the
morning
, behold, they were all
dead
corpses
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:37
@ So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed
, and
went
and
returned
, and
dwelt
at
Nineveh
.
strkjv@Isaiah:37:38
@ And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping
in the
house
of
Nisroch
his
god
, that
Adrammelech
and
Sharezer
his
sons
smote
him with the
sword
; and they
escaped
into the
land
of
Armenia
: and
Esarhaddon
Ecar- his
son
reigned
in his stead.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:1
@ In those
days
was
Hezekiah
sick
unto
death
. And
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
came
unto him, and
said
unto him, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Set thine
house
in
order
: for thou shalt
die
, and not
live
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:2
@ Then
Hezekiah
turned
his
face
toward the
wall
, and
prayed
unto the
LORD
,
strkjv@Isaiah:38:3
@ And
said
,
Remember
now, O
LORD
, I
beseech
thee, how I have
walked
before
thee in
truth
and with a
perfect
heart
, and have
done
that which is
good
in thy
sight
. And
Hezekiah
wept
sore
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:4
@ Then came the
word
of the
LORD
to
Isaiah
Y@,
saying
,
strkjv@Isaiah:38:5
@
Go
, and
say
to
Hezekiah
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, the
God
of
David
thy
father
, I have
heard
thy
prayer
, I have
seen
thy
tears
: behold, I will
add
unto thy
days
fifteen
years
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:6
@ And I will
deliver
thee and this
city
out of the
hand
of the
king
of
Assyria
: and I will
defend
this
city
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:7
@ And this shall be a
sign
unto thee from the
LORD
, that the
LORD
will
do
this
thing
that he hath
spoken
;
strkjv@Isaiah:38:8
@ Behold, I will bring
again
the
shadow
of the
degrees
, which is gone
down
in the
sun
dial
of
Ahaz
,
ten
degrees
backward
. So the
sun
returned
ten
degrees
, by which
degrees
it was gone
down
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:9
@ The
writing
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
, when he had been
sick
, and was
recovered
of his
sickness
:
strkjv@Isaiah:38:10
@ I
said
in the cutting
off
of my
days
, I shall
go
to the
gates
of the
grave
sh@: I am
deprived
of the
residue
of my
years
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:11
@ I
said
, I shall not
see
the
LORD
, even the
LORD
, in the
land
of the
living
: I shall
behold
man
no more with the
inhabitants
of the
world
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:12
@ Mine
age
is
departed
, and is
removed
from me as a
shepherds
tent
: I have cut
off
like a
weaver
my
life
: he will cut me
off
with pining
sickness
: from
day
even to
night
wilt thou make an
end
of me.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:13
@ I
reckoned
till
morning
, that, as a
lion
, so will he
break
all my
bones
: from
day
even to
night
wilt thou make an
end
of me.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:14
@ Like a
crane
or a
swallow
, so did I
chatter
: I did
mourn
as a
dove
: mine
eyes
fail
with looking
upward
: O
LORD
, I am
oppressed
;
undertake
for me.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:15
@ What shall I
say
? he hath both
spoken
unto me, and himself hath
done
it: I shall go
softly
all my
years
in the
bitterness
of my
soul
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:16
@ O
Lord
, by these things men
live
, and in all these things is the
life
of my
spirit
: so wilt thou
recover
me, and make me to
live
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:17
@ Behold, for
peace
I had great
bitterness
: but thou hast in
love
to my
soul
delivered it from the
pit
of
corruption
: for thou hast
cast
all my
sins
behind
thy
back
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:18
@ For the
grave
cannot
praise
thee,
death
can not
celebrate
thee: they that go
down
into the
pit
cannot
hope
for thy
truth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:19
@ The
living
, the
living
, he shall
praise
thee, as I do this
day
: the
father
to the
children
shall make
known
thy
truth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:20
@ The
LORD
was ready to
save
me: therefore we will sing my
songs
to the stringed
instruments
all the
days
of our
life
in the
house
of the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:21
@ For
Isaiah
had
said
, Let them
take
a
lump
of
figs
t@, and lay it for a
plaister
upon the
boil
, and he shall
recover
.
strkjv@Isaiah:38:22
@
Hezekiah
also had
said
, What is the
sign
that I shall go
up
to the
house
of the
LORD
?
strkjv@Isaiah:39:1
@ At that
time
Merodachbaladan
M@dak, the
son
of
Baladan
,
king
of
Babylon
,
sent
letters
and a
present
to
Hezekiah
: for he had
heard
that he had been
sick
, and was
recovered
.
strkjv@Isaiah:39:2
@ And
Hezekiah
was
glad
of them, and
shewed
them the
house
of his precious
things
, the
silver
, and the
gold
, and the
spices
, and the
precious
ointment
, and all the
house
of his
armour
, and all that was
found
in his
treasures
: there was
nothing
in his
house
, nor in all his
dominion
, that
Hezekiah
shewed
them not.
strkjv@Isaiah:39:3
@ Then
came
Isaiah
the
prophet
unto
king
Hezekiah
, and
said
unto him, What
said
these
men
? and from
whence
came
they unto thee? And
Hezekiah
said
, They are
come
from a
far
country
unto me, even from
Babylon
.
strkjv@Isaiah:39:4
@ Then
said
he, What have they
seen
in thine
house
? And
Hezekiah
answered
, All that is in mine
house
have they
seen
: there is
nothing
among my
treasures
that I have not
shewed
them.
strkjv@Isaiah:39:5
@ Then
said
Isaiah
to
Hezekiah
,
Hear
the
word
of the
LORD
of
hosts
:
strkjv@Isaiah:39:6
@ Behold, the
days
come
, that all that is in thine
house
, and that which thy
fathers
have laid up in
store
until this
day
, shall be
carried
to
Babylon
:
nothing
shall be
left
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Isaiah:39:7
@ And of thy
sons
that shall
issue
from thee, which thou shalt
beget
, shall they take
away
; and they shall be
eunuchs
in the
palace
of the
king
of
Babylon
.
strkjv@Isaiah:39:8
@ Then
said
Hezekiah
to
Isaiah
Y@,
Good
is the
word
of the
LORD
which thou hast
spoken
. He
said
moreover, For there shall be
peace
and
truth
in my
days
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:1
@
Comfort
ye,
comfort
ye my
people
,
saith
your
God
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:2
@
Speak
ye
comfortably
to
Jerusalem
, and
cry
unto her, that her
warfare
is
accomplished
, that her
iniquity
is
pardoned
: for she hath
received
of the
LORDS
hand
double
for all her
sins
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:3
@ The
voice
of him that
crieth
in the
wilderness
,
Prepare
ye the
way
of the
LORD
, make
straight
in the
desert
a
highway
for our
God
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:4
@ Every
valley
shall be
exalted
, and every
mountain
and
hill
shall be made
low
: and the
crooked
shall be made
straight
, and the rough
places
plain
:
strkjv@Isaiah:40:5
@ And the
glory
of the
LORD
shall be
revealed
, and all
flesh
shall
see
it
together
: for the
mouth
of the
LORD
hath
spoken
it.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:6
@ The
voice
said
,
Cry
. And he
said
, What shall I
cry
? All
flesh
is
grass
, and all the
goodliness
thereof is as the
flower
of the
field
:
strkjv@Isaiah:40:7
@ The
grass
withereth
, the
flower
fadeth
: because the
spirit
of the
LORD
bloweth
upon it:
surely
the
people
is
grass
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:8
@ The
grass
withereth
, the
flower
fadeth
: but the
word
of our
God
shall
stand
for
ever
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:9
@ O
Zion
, that bringest good
tidings
, get thee
up
into the
high
mountain
; O
Jerusalem
, that bringest good
tidings
, lift
up
thy
voice
with
strength
; lift it
up
, be not
afraid
;
say
unto the
cities
of
Judah
, Behold your
God
!
strkjv@Isaiah:40:10
@ Behold, the
Lord
GOD
will
come
with
strong
hand, and his
arm
shall
rule
for him: behold, his
reward
is with him, and his
work
before
him.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:11
@ He shall
feed
his
flock
like a
shepherd
: he shall
gather
the
lambs
with his
arm
, and
carry
them in his
bosom
, and shall gently
lead
those that are with
young
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:12
@ Who hath
measured
the
waters
in the hollow of his
hand
, and meted
out
heaven
with the
span
, and
comprehended
the
dust
of the
earth
in a
measure
, and
weighed
the
mountains
in
scales
, and the
hills
in a
balance
?
strkjv@Isaiah:40:13
@ Who hath
directed
the
Spirit
of the
LORD
, or being his
counsellor
H6098hath
taught
him?
strkjv@Isaiah:40:14
@ With whom took he
counsel
, and who
instructed
him, and
taught
him in the
path
of
judgment
, and
taught
him
knowledge
, and
shewed
to him the
way
of
understanding
?
strkjv@Isaiah:40:15
@ Behold, the
nations
are as a
drop
of a
bucket
, and are
counted
as the small
dust
of the
balance
: behold, he taketh
up
the
isles
as a very little
thing
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:16
@ And
Lebanon
is
not
sufficient
to
burn
, nor the
beasts
thereof
sufficient
for a burnt
offering
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:17
@ All
nations
before him are as nothing; and they are
counted
to him less than
nothing
, and
vanity
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:18
@ To whom then will ye
liken
God
? or what
likeness
will ye
compare
unto him?
strkjv@Isaiah:40:19
@ The
workman
melteth
a graven
image
, and the
goldsmith
spreadeth
it over with
gold
, and
casteth
silver
chains
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:20
@ He that is so
impoverished
that he hath no
oblation
chooseth
a
tree
that will not
rot
; he
seeketh
unto him a
cunning
workman
to
prepare
a graven
image
, that shall not be
moved
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:21
@ Have ye not
known
? have ye not
heard
? hath it not been
told
you from the
beginning
? have ye not
understood
from the
foundations
of the
earth
?
strkjv@Isaiah:40:22
@ It is he that
sitteth
upon the
circle
of the
earth
, and the
inhabitants
thereof are as
grasshoppers
; that stretcheth
out
the
heavens
as a
curtain
, and spreadeth them
out
as a
tent
to dwell
in
:
strkjv@Isaiah:40:23
@ That
bringeth
the
princes
to nothing; he
maketh
the
judges
of the
earth
as
vanity
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:24
@ Yea, they shall not be
planted
; yea, they shall not be
sown
: yea, their
stock
shall not take
root
in the
earth
: and he shall also
blow
upon them, and they shall
wither
, and the
whirlwind
shall
take
them away as
stubble
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:25
@ To whom then will ye
liken
me, or shall I be
equal
?
saith
the Holy
One
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:26
@ Lift
up
your
eyes
on
high
, and
behold
who hath
created
these things, that bringeth
out
their
host
by
number
: he
callet
them all by
names
by the
greatness
of his
might
, for that he is
strong
in
power
; not
one
faileth
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:27
@ Why
sayest
thou, O
Jacob
, and
speakest
, O
Israel
, My
way
is
hid
from the
LORD
, and my
judgment
is passed
over
from my
God
?
strkjv@Isaiah:40:28
@ Hast thou not
known
? hast thou not
heard
, that the
everlasting
God
, the
LORD
, the
Creator
of the
ends
of the
earth
,
fainteth
not, neither is
weary
? there is no
searching
of his
understanding
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:29
@ He
giveth
power
to the
faint
@; and to them that have no
might
he
increaseth
strength
.
strkjv@Isaiah:40:30
@ Even the
youths
shall
faint
and be
weary
, and the young
men
shall
utterly
fall
:
strkjv@Isaiah:40:31
@ But they that
wait
upon the
LORD
shall
renew
their
strength
; they shall mount
up
with
wings
as
eagles
; they shall
run
, and not be
weary
; and they shall
walk
, and not
faint
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:2
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:3
@ He
pursued
them, and
passed
safely
; even by the
way
that he had not
gone
with his
feet
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:4
@ Who hath
wrought
and
done
it,
calling
the
generations
from the
beginning
? I the
LORD
, the
first
, and with the
last
; I am he.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:5
@ The
isles
saw
it, and
feared
; the
ends
of the
earth
were
afraid
, drew
near
, and
came
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:6
@ They
helped
every
one
his
neighbour
; and every one
said
to his
brother
, Be of good
courage
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:7
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:8
@ But thou,
Israel
, art my
servant
,
Jacob
whom I have
chosen
, the
seed
of
Abraham
my
friend
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:9
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:10
@
Fear
thou not; for I am with thee: be not
dismayed
; for I am thy
God
: I will
strengthen
thee; yea, I will
help
thee; yea, I will
uphold
thee with the right
hand
of my
righteousness
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:12
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:13
@ For I the
LORD
thy
God
will
hold
thy right
hand
,
saying
unto thee,
Fear
not; I will
help
thee.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:14
@
Fear
not, thou
worm
Jacob
, and ye
men
of
Israel
; I will
help
thee,
saith
the
LORD
, and thy
redeemer
, the Holy
One
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:16
@ Thou shalt
fan
them, and the
wind
shall carry them
away
, and the
whirlwind
shall
scatter
them: and thou shalt
rejoice
in the
LORD
, and shalt
glory
in the Holy
One
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:17
@ When the
poor
and
needy
seek
water
, and there is none, and their
tongue
faileth
for
thirst
, I the
LORD
will
hear
them, I the
God
of
Israel
will not
forsake
them.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:18
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:19
@ 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
, and the
pine
, and the box
tree
together
:
strkjv@Isaiah:41:20
@ 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.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:21
@
Produce
your
cause
,
saith
the
LORD
; bring
forth
your
strong
reasons,
saith
the
King
of
Jacob
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:22
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:23
@
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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:24
@ Behold, ye are of
nothing
, and your
work
of
nought
: an
abomination
is he that
chooseth
you.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:25
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:26
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:27
@ The
first
shall say to
Zion
,
Behold
,
behold
them: and I will
give
to
Jerusalem
one that bringeth good
tidings
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:28
@ 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
.
strkjv@Isaiah:41:29
@ Behold, they are all
vanity
; their
works
are
nothing
: their molten
images
are
wind
and
confusion
.
strkjv@Isaiah:42:1
@ Behold my
servant
, whom I
uphold
; mine
elect
, in whom my
soul
delighteth
; I have
put
my
spirit
upon him: he shall bring
forth
judgment
to the
Gentiles
.
Close Tab