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.
			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. [the righteous...: Heb. righteousness]
			3	He pursued# them, and passed# safely; even by the way that he had not gone# with his feet. [safely: Heb. in peace]
			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.
			5	The isles saw# it , and feared# ; the ends of the earth were afraid# , drew near# , and came# .
			6	They helped# every one his neighbour; and every one said# to his brother, Be of good courage# . [Be...: Heb. Be strong]
			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# . [goldsmith: or, founder] [him...: or, the smiting] [saying...: or, saying of the soder, It is good]
			8	But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen# , the seed of Abraham my friend# .
			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# .
			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.
			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# . [they that strive...: Heb. the men of thy strife]
			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. [them that...: Heb. the men of thy contention] [they...: Heb. the men of thy war]
			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, and ye men of Israel; I will help# thee, saith# the LORD, and thy redeemer# , the Holy One of Israel. [men: or, few men]
			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. [teeth: Heb. mouths]
			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.
			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.
			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, and the 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. [Produce: Heb. Cause to come near]
			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# . [consider...: Heb. set our heart upon them]
			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.
			24	Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth# you. [of nothing: or, worse than nothing] [of nought: or, worse than of a viper]
			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.
			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.
			27	The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give# to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings# .
			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. [answer: Heb. return]
			29	Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.