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Text -- Isaiah 41:1-15 (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 .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
GODS |
Isaiah, The Book of |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Predestination |
Quotations and Allusions |
God |
War |
HELP |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Blessing |
Faith |
Righteous |
Hammer |
Anvil |
Goldsmith |
Island |
Nail |
AGRICULTURE |
Abraham |
Strife |
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NET Notes -> Isa 41:1; Isa 41:1; Isa 41:2; Isa 41:2; Isa 41:2; Isa 41:2; Isa 41:2; Isa 41:2; Isa 41:3; Isa 41:3; Isa 41:4; Isa 41:4; Isa 41:4; Isa 41:5; Isa 41:5; Isa 41:6; Isa 41:7; Isa 41:7; Isa 41:8; Isa 41:9; Isa 41:10; Isa 41:10; Isa 41:11; Isa 41:11; Isa 41:12; Isa 41:12; Isa 41:14; Isa 41:14; Isa 41:14; Isa 41:14; Isa 41:15; Isa 41:15; Isa 41:15
NET Notes: Isa 41:1 The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seem...
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NET Notes: Isa 41:2 The point is that they are powerless before Cyrus’ military power and scatter before him.
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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...
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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...
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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&...
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