Isaiah 41:8-20

8“But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, My friend—

9I took hold of you from the ends of the earth, and called from its uttermost parts, and said to you, ‘You are My servant— I have chosen you, not rejected you.

10Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Surely I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

11Behold, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who quarrel with you will be as nothing and perish.

12Though you will look for those who contended with you, you will not find them. Those who warred against you will be as nothing at all.

13For I am Adonai your God who upholds your right hand, who says to you, “Fear not, I will help you.”

14Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you.” It is a declaration of Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

15“Look, I will make you a threshing sledge, new, with sharp, double-edged spikes. You will thresh the mountains and grind them up, and will make the hills like chaff.

16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away, a storm-wind will scatter them. But you will rejoice in Adonai. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17“The poor and needy ask for water, but there is none, Their tongues are parched with thirst. I, Adonai, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

18I will open rivers on the bare hills and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land into fountains of water.

19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, the myrtle and the olive tree. I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine together with the box tree—

20so they may see and know, consider and understand together, that the hand of Adonai has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.”