ISA-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? ISA-40: 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or [being] his counsellor hath taught him? ISA-40: 14 With whom took he counsel, and [who] instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? ISA-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. ISA-40: 16 And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. ISA-40: 17 All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. ISA-40: 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? ISA-40: 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. ISA-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. ISA-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? ISA-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: ISA-40: 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. ISA-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. ISA-40: 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. ISA-40: 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these [things] , that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that [he is] strong in power; not one faileth. ISA-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? ISA-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. ISA-40: 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength. ISA-40: 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-41: 3 He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone with his feet. ISA-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. ISA-41: 5 The isles saw [it] , and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. ISA-41: 6 They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage. ISA-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 soldering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved. ISA-41: 8 But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-41: 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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. ISA-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: ISA-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. ISA-41: 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons] , saith the King of Jacob. ISA-41: 22 Let them bring [them] forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show 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. ISA-41: 23 Show 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. ISA-41: 24 Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you. ISA-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] mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay. ISA-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 showeth, yea, [there is] none that declareth, yea, [there is] none that heareth your words. ISA-41: 27 The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. ISA-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. ISA-41: 29 Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion. ISA-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. ISA-42: 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. ISA-42: 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. ISA-42: 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. ISA-42: 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: ISA-42: 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; ISA-42: 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. ISA-42: 8 I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. ISA-42: 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. ISA-42: 10 Sing unto the LORD 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. ISA-42: 11 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. ISA-42: 12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. ISA-42: 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. ISA-42: 14 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.