Isaiah 41
1 [Yahweh says], “You [people who live on] [APO] islands in the ocean, be silent in front of me [while I ask you some questions]! Then you can be courageous and talk to me. We will meet together and decide [which one of us is right].
be quiet to(wards) me coastland and people to pass strength to approach: approach then to speak: speak together to/for justice: judgement to present: come
2 Who has urged this king to come from the east? Who has enabled his [army] to righteously defeat many nations and to trample their kings under their feet? With their swords they cut [their enemies] into tiny pieces [HYP]; with their arrows they cause their enemies to scatter like [SIM] the wind scatters chaff.
who? to rouse from east righteousness to call: call to him to/for foot his to give: give to/for face: before his nation and king to rule to give: do like/as dust sword his like/as stubble to drive bow his
3 Even though they march through areas where they have not gone previously, they pursue [their enemies] and continue to march, and nothing stops them.
to pursue them to pass peace: well-being way in/on/with foot his not to come (in): come
4 Who has enabled rulers to do [DOU] mighty things like that? Who has done that throughout all generations? It is I, Yahweh; I was the first [one to do things like that], and I will be the last one [to do them].”
who? to work and to make: do to call: call to [the] generation from head: first I LORD first and with last I he/she/it
5 [People who live on] [PRS] islands in the ocean are afraid while they watch. People in remote areas tremble and gather together.
to see: see coastland and to fear end [the] land: country/planet to tremble to present: come and to come [emph?]
6 They encourage each other and say to each other, “Be strong!'
man: anyone [obj] neighbor his to help and to/for brother: male-sibling his to say to strengthen: strengthen
7 The craftsmen encourage those who make things from gold, and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer metal (on an anvil/into shape). They all say, “The idol has been well made!” And then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over!
and to strengthen: strengthen artificer [obj] to refine to smooth hammer [obj] to smite beat to say to/for joint pleasant he/she/it and to strengthen: strengthen him in/on/with nail not to shake
8 [Yahweh says], “[You people of] Israel [are like] my servants; you are [descendants of] Jacob, whom I chose; [you are] descendants of Abraham, who [I said is] my friend.
and you(m. s.) Israel servant/slave my Jacob which to choose you seed: children Abraham to love: friend me
9 I summoned you from very distant places [DOU] on the earth, and I said ‘I [want you to] serve me; I have chosen you, and I will not reject you.’
which to strengthen: prevail over you from end [the] land: country/planet and from chief her to call: call to you and to say to/for you servant/slave my you(m. s.) to choose you and not to reject you
10 Do not be afraid, because I will (be with/help) you. Do not be discouraged, because I am your God. I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you; I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued.
not to fear for with you I not to gaze for I God your to strengthen you also to help you also to grasp you in/on/with right righteousness my
11 It is certain that all those who are angry with you [Israeli people] will be disgraced [DOU]. Those who oppose you will be wiped out; they will all die.
look! be ashamed and be humiliated all [the] to be incensed in/on/with you to be like/as nothing and to perish human strife your
12 If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, [because they will all have disappeared]. Those who attacked you will not exist [any more].
to seek them and not to find them human strife your to be like/as nothing and like/as end human battle your
13 [It will be as though] I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, [because] I will help you.’
for I LORD God your to strengthen: hold right your [the] to say to/for you not to fear I to help you
14 Although you people of Israel [DOU] [think that you are as insignificant as] worms, do not be afraid [of your enemies], because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel.
not to fear worm Jacob man Israel I to help you utterance LORD and to redeem: redeem your holy Israel
15 [I will cause] you to be like [MET] a (threshing sledge/big piece of metal that has sharp teeth for separating grain from chaff). You will tear [your enemies to bits], causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains.
behold to set: make you to/for threshing sled sharp new master: owning tooth to tread mountain: mount and to crush and hill like/as chaff to set: make
16 You will toss them up into the air, and a strong wind will blow them away [DOU]. [When that happens], you will rejoice about what I [have done for you]; you will praise me, the Holy One of Israel.
to scatter them and spirit: breath to lift: bear them and tempest to scatter [obj] them and you(m. s.) to rejoice in/on/with LORD in/on/with holy Israel to boast: boast
17 When poor and needy people need water and they have no water, and their tongues are very dry because they are very thirsty, I, Yahweh, will come and help them. I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will never abandon them.
[the] afflicted and [the] needy to seek water and nothing tongue their in/on/with thirst be dry I LORD to answer them God Israel not to leave: forsake them
18 I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill [HYP] the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground.
to open upon bareness river and in/on/with midst valley spring to set: make wilderness to/for pool water and land: country/planet dryness to/for exit water
19 I will plant [trees] in the desert— cedar [trees], acacia [trees], myrtle [trees], olive [trees], cypress [trees], fir [trees], and pine [trees].
to give: put in/on/with wilderness cedar acacia and myrtle and tree oil to set: make in/on/with plain cypress elm and boxtree together
20 [I will do that] in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand [DOU] that it is [I], Yahweh, who have done it; it is what [I], the Holy One of Israel, have done.
because to see: see and to know and to set: consider and be prudent together for hand: power LORD to make: do this and holy Israel to create her
21 [I], Yahweh, the true king of Israel say [to you nations], “Tell what your idols can do for you!
to present: come strife your to say LORD to approach: bring defense your to say king Jacob
22 Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen! Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago, in order that we may think about those things, and learn if those things that they predicted really happened. Or, ask them to tell us about the future, in order that we can know what will happen.
to approach: bring and to tell to/for us [obj] which to meet [the] first: previous what? they(fem.) to tell and to set: consider heart our and to know end their or [the] to come (in): come to hear: proclaim us
23 [Yes], those idols should tell us what will happen in the future. If they do that, we will know that they are really gods. Tell them to do something—either something good or something bad! Tell them to do something that will cause us to be amazed and afraid!
to tell [the] to come to/for back and to know for God you(m. p.) also be good and be evil and to gaze (and to see: seer *Q(K)*) together
24 But [that is impossible, because] idols are absolutely worthless [HYP]; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide [to worship] idols.”
look! you(m. p.) from nothing and work your from worthless abomination to choose in/on/with you
25 “[But] I have incited/urged a ruler who will come [with his army] from the north. I have summoned him to come from [his country, which is] east [of Israel], and I have given him my authority [MTY]. I will [enable his army to conquer other rulers]; they will trample those leaders like [SIM] a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay.
to rouse from north and to come from east sun to call: call to in/on/with name my and to come (in): come ruler like homer and like to form: potter to trample mud
26 (Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!) [RHQ] (Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’) [RHQ] No one else said that it would happen.
who? to tell from head: first and to know and from to/for face: before and to say righteous also nothing to tell also nothing to hear: proclaim also nothing to hear: hear word your
27 I was the first one to tell [the people of] Jerusalem, ‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’
first to/for Zion behold look! they and to/for Jerusalem to bear tidings to give: give
28 None of your idols told you that [DOU]. And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers.
and to see: see and nothing man and from these and nothing to advise and to ask them and to return: reply word: speaking
29 Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless [DOU] things. They are [as meaningless as] [MET] the wind.”
look! all their evil: trouble end deed their spirit: breath and formlessness drink offering their
