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. 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. 3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. 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. 5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 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 sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. 8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 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.

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. 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. 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. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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: 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.

21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew 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. 23 Shew 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. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. 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 morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 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 sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. 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. 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

1 众海岛啊！ 你们要在我面前静默， 愿万民重新得力。让他们近前来， 然后说话， 让我们聚在一起辩论吧！

2 谁从东方激动了一个人， 凭公义把他召到自己的脚前来？他把列国交在他面前， 他制伏众王； 他使他们在他的刀下化作灰尘， 他使他们在他的弓下像碎秸一样被吹散。

3 他追赶他们， 安然走过他的脚未曾走过的路。

4 谁定这事并且作成？谁从起初预定万代呢？就是我耶和华， 我是首先的， 与最后的人同在的， 也是我。

5 众海岛看见了， 就都惧怕； 地极也都战兢； 他们都近前来。

6 各人彼此帮助， 对自己的兄弟说： "要坚强！ "

7 木匠坚固金匠， 用锤打光金属的， 鼓励打砧的； 论焊工说： "焊得好！ "又用钉子钉稳了。使偶像不致动摇。

8 但你以色列， 我的仆人啊！ 雅各， 我所拣选、我朋友亚伯拉罕的后裔啊！

9 你是我从地极抓来的， 我从地的远方召你来， 对你说： "你是我的仆人， 我拣选了你， 并没有弃绝你。"

10 不要惧怕， 因为我与你同在； 不要四处张望， 因为我是你的 神， 我必坚固你， 我必帮助你； 我必用公义的右手扶持你。

11 看哪！ 向你发怒的都必蒙羞受辱； 与你相争的人， 都要如同无有， 并要灭亡。

12 与你争竞的人， 你要寻找他们， 却找不着； 与你交战的人， 都必如同无有， 好像虚无。

13 因为我， 耶和华你们的 神， 紧握着你的右手， 对你说： "不要惧怕， 我必帮助你。"

14 虫子雅各啊！ 以色列人哪！ 你不要惧怕。我必帮助你； 这是耶和华说的。你的救赎主， 就是以色列的圣者。

15 看哪！ 我要使你成为打粮的器具， 又新， 又锋利， 又有很多利齿； 你要扬净群山， 把它们压得粉碎， 又使冈陵变成糠秕。

16 你必簸扬它们， 风要把它们吹去， 旋风也要把它们吹散； 但你要靠耶和华喜乐， 以以色列的圣者夸耀。

17 困苦和贫穷的人寻求水， 却没有水； 他们的舌头因口渴而干燥； 我耶和华必应允他们， 我以色列的 神必不离弃他们。

18 我要在光秃的高处开辟江河， 在山谷之间开辟泉源； 我要使旷野变为水池， 使干地变成水泉。

19 我要在旷野种上香柏树、皂荚树、番石榴树和野橄榄树； 我要在沙漠中栽种松树、杉树和黄杨树，

20 好叫人看见了， 就知道； 思想过， 就都明白， 这是耶和华的手所作的， 是以色列的圣者所造的。

21 耶和华说： "呈上你们的案件吧！ "雅各的王说： "把你们有力的证据拿来吧！ "

22 让它们前来告诉我们将要发生的事。以前的是什么事， 让它们告诉我们， 好叫我们用心思想， 得知事情的结局。或者向我们宣告那要来的事。

23 把以后要来的事告诉我们， 好叫我们知道你们是神； 你们作这些事， 或降福或降祸， 以致我们彼此对望， 一齐观看。

24 看哪！ 你们属于无有， 你们的作为都属于虚空， 那选择你们的是可厌恶的。

25 我从北方兴起一人， 他就来了； 他从日出之地而来， 呼求我的名； 他必来践踏掌权的， 好像践踏灰泥， 又像陶匠踹泥一样。

26 谁从起初讲说这事， 使我们知道呢？谁从先前说明， 以致我们说"他没有错"呢？谁也没有说明， 谁也没有宣告， 谁也没有听见你们的话！

27 我首先对锡安说： "看哪， 看看这些！ "我要把一位报好信息的赐给耶路撒冷。

28 我看的时候， 却没有一个人； 他们中间也没有谋士， 我问他们的时候， 可以回答一句话。

29 看哪！ 他们都是无有， 他们所作的都是虚无； 他们所铸的偶像都是风， 都是虚空。