Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 41:18-29

18I will openH6605 riversH5104 onH5921 the barren heightsH8205, and fountainsH4599 in the middleH8432 of the valleysH1237. I will turnH7760 the desertH4057 into a poolH98 of waterH4325, and the dryH6723 landH776 into flowing springsH4161 H4325.19I will plantH5414 cedarsH730 in the wildernessH4057, acaciasH7848, myrtlesH1918, and oliveH8081 treesH6086. I will setH7760 cypressesH1265 1 in the desertH6160, elmsH8410 and boxwoodH8391 togetherH3162,20so thatH4616 allH3162 may seeH7200 and knowH3045, may considerH7760 and understandH7919, thatH3588 the handH3027 of the LORDH3068 has doneH6213 thisH2063 and the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478 has created itH1254.”

21“PresentH7126 your caseH7379,” saysH559 the LORDH3068.“SubmitH5066 your argumentsH6110,” saysH559 the KingH4428 of JacobH3290.22“Let them comeH5066 and tellH5046 us whatH834 will happenH7136.TellH5046 the former thingsH7223 H4100 H2007,so that we may reflect onH7760 themH3820 and knowH3045 the outcomeH319.OrH176 announce to usH8085 what is comingH935.23Tell usH5046 the thingsH857 that are to comeH268,so that we may knowH3045 thatH3588 youH859 are godsH430.YesH637, do something goodH3190 or evilH7489,that we may look on together in dismayH8159 H7200 H3162.24BeholdH2005, youH859 are nothingH369and your workH6467 is of no valueH659.Anyone who choosesH977 you is detestableH8441.

25I have raised upH5782 one from the northH6828, and he has comeH857—one from the eastH4217 H8121 who calls onH7121 My nameH8034.He will march overH935 rulersH5461 as ifH3644 they were mortarH2563,likeH3644 a potterH3335 who treadsH7429 the clayH2916.26WhoH4310 has declaredH5046 this from the beginningH7218,so that we may knowH3045,and from times pastH6440,so that we may sayH559: ‘He was rightH6662 H637’?NoH369 one announced itH5046 H637, no oneH369 foretold itH8085 H637,noH369 one heardH8085 your wordsH561.

27I was the first to tellH7223 ZionH6726:2‘LookH2009, here they areH2005!’And I gaveH5414 to JerusalemH3389a herald of good newsH1319.28When I lookH7200, there is noH369 oneH376;there is noH369 counselorH3289 among themH428;when I ask themH7592,they have nothing to sayH7725 H1697.29SeeH2005, they are allH3605 a delusionH205;their worksH4639 amount to nothingH657;their imagesH5262 are as emptyH8414 as the windH7307.

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