Isaias

15 Behold, I have set thee for a threshing sledge, sharp, new, with edges; thou shalt thresh mountains, and grind them fine, and shalt make hills as chaff.

16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt exult in the LORD, shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 The afflicted and needy are seeking water, and there is none; their tongue is parched with thirst: I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

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

19 I will give in the wilderness cedar, acacia, and myrtle, and oil-tree; I will set in the desert fir, plane, and larch together.

20 That they may see, and learn, and consider, and under- stand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

21 Bring near your cause, saith the LORD; bring up your strengths, saith the King of Jacob.

22 Let them bring them up, and tell us what shall happen; tell ye of the former things, what they be, that we may apply our heart, and learn their issue; or make us to hear the things that are coming.

23 Tell the things that are. to come hereafter, that, we may learn that ye are gods; yea, do good and do evil, that we may look around, and see (it) together.

24 Behold ye are of nought, and your work of nothingness: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

25 I have roused up one from the north, and he came: from the rising of the sun one that ’calleth on my name; and he shall come upon rulers as morter, and as a ‘potter (that) treadeth clay.

26 Who hath told from the beginning, that we may know? and from before, that we may say, It is right! Yea, there, is nOne that telleth, yea none that maketh to be heard, yea none that heareth your words. ’

27 First to Zion, Behold, behold them; and to Jerusalem will I give one that bringeth good tidings.

28 And I saw, and there was no man; and among these, and there was no counsellor, that I should ask of them, and they should answer a word.

29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are ’; their molten images are wind and wasteness.

XLII. 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, (in whom) my soul is well pleased: I have put my soul upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.

2 He shall not cry out, nor lift up, nor make his voice heard in the street.

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and a dimly burning wick shall he not quench; according to truth shall he bring forth judgment.

4 He shall not burn dimly nor be bruised, till he (shall) set judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

5 Thus saith the God, the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and the things that come forth of it; that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: