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Text -- Isaiah 41:1-29 (NET)

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The Lord Challenges the Nations
41:1 “Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate! 41:2 Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow. 41:3 He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed. 41:4 Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end– I am the one. 41:5 The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come. 41:6 They help one another; one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’ 41:7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”
The Lord Encourages His People
41:8 “You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend, 41:9 you whom I am bringing back from the earth’s extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions– I told you, “You are my servant.” I have chosen you and not rejected you. 41:10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! 41:11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish. 41:12 When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing. 41:13 For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’ 41:14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel. 41:15 “Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw. 41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel. 41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them. 41:18 I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs. 41:19 I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert. 41:20 I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the Lord’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”
The Lord Challenges the Pagan Gods
41:21 “Present your argument,” says the Lord. “Produce your evidence,” says Jacob’s king. 41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events! 41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe. 41:24 Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting. 41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay. 41:26 Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything! 41:27 I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem. 41:28 I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers. 41:29 Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Abraham a son of Terah; the father of Isaac; ancestor of the Jewish nation.,the son of Terah of Shem
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Zion one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem


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NET Notes: Isa 41:1 The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seem...

NET Notes: Isa 41:2 The point is that they are powerless before Cyrus’ military power and scatter before him.

NET Notes: Isa 41:3 Heb “a way with his feet he does not come [or “enter”].” One could translate, “by a way he was not [previously] entering...

NET Notes: Isa 41:4 Heb “I, the Lord, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:5 Heb “the ends of the earth,” but this is a merism, where the earth’s extremities stand for its entirety, i.e., the extremities and e...

NET Notes: Isa 41:6 Heb “each his neighbor helps”; NCV “The workers help each other.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:7 Heb “saying of the welding, ‘It is good.’”

NET Notes: Isa 41:8 Or perhaps, “covenantal partner” (see 1 Kgs 5:15 HT [5:1 ET]; 2 Chr 20:7).

NET Notes: Isa 41:9 Heb “whom I have taken hold of [i.e., to lead back].”

NET Notes: Isa 41:10 The “right hand” is a symbol of the Lord’s power to deliver (Exod 15:6, 12) and protect (Ps 63:9 HT [63:8 ET]). Here צֶ&...

NET Notes: Isa 41:11 Heb “like nothing”; NAB “come to nought.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:12 Heb “the men of your battle”; NAB “who do battle with you.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:14 See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

NET Notes: Isa 41:15 The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.

NET Notes: Isa 41:17 Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

NET Notes: Isa 41:20 Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:21 Apparently this challenge is addressed to the pagan idol gods, see vv. 23-24.

NET Notes: Isa 41:22 Heb “and might know their outcome.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:23 Heb “so we might be frightened and afraid together.” On the meaning of the verb שָׁתָע (shata’),...

NET Notes: Isa 41:24 Heb “an object of disgust [is he who] chooses you.”

NET Notes: Isa 41:25 The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruptio...

NET Notes: Isa 41:26 The words “who announced it” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The interrogative particle and verb are understood by elli...

NET Notes: Isa 41:27 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

NET Notes: Isa 41:29 Heb “their statues are wind and nothing”; NASB “wind and emptiness”; NIV “wind and confusion.”

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