Isaiah 41 יְשַׁעְיָהוּ פרק מ״א

Masoretic Text, word by word with English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Isaiah 41 in the interlinear reader for transliteration, roots and notes.

1. 1

   הַחֲרִישׁוּkeep-silenceאֵלַיbefore-meאִיִּיםO-islandsוּלְאֻמִּיםand-let-the-peopleיַחֲלִיפוּthey-will-renewכֹחַtheir-strengthיִגְּשׁוּlet-them-come-nearאָזthenיְדַבֵּרוּlet-them-speakיַחְדָּוtogetherלַמִּשְׁפָּטto-judgmentנִקְרָבָה׃let-us-come-near

   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. 2

   מִיwhoהֵעִירraised-upמִמִּזְרָחone-from-the-eastצֶדֶקrighteousnessיִקְרָאֵהוּmet-himלְרַגְלוֹwherever-he-set-his-footיִתֵּןgaveלְפָנָיוbefore-himגּוֹיִםnationsוּמְלָכִיםhis-kingsיַרְדְּand-made-him-rule-overיִתֵּןmakes-themכֶּעָפָרas-dustחַרְבּוֹhis-swordכְּקַשׁas-stubbleנִדָּףdrivenקַשְׁתּוֹ׃his-bow

   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. 3

   יִרְדְּפֵםhe-pursued-themיַעֲבוֹרand-passed-onשָׁלוֹםsafelyאֹרַחeven-by-a-pathבְּרַגְלָיוhis-feetלֹאnotיָבוֹא׃have-trodden

   He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

4. 4

   מִי־פָעַלwho-has-wroughtוְעָשָׂהand-done-itקֹרֵאhe-who-callsהַדֹּרוֹתthe-generationsמֵרֹאשׁfrom-the-beginningאֲנִיIיְהֹוָהthe-LORDרִאשׁוֹןthe-firstוְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִיםand-with-the-lastאֲנִי־הוּא׃I-am-he

   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. 5

   רָאוּsaw-itאִיִּיםthe-islesוְיִרָאוּand-fearedקְצוֹתthe-ends-ofהָאָרֶץthe-earthיֶחֱרָדוּtrembledקָרְבוּthey-drew-nearוַיֶּאֱתָיוּן׃and-came

   The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

6. 6

   אִישׁevery-oneאֶת־רֵעֵהוּhis-neighborיַעְזֹרוּthey-helpedוּלְאָחִיוand-to-his-brotherיֹאמַרevery-one-saidחֲזָק׃be-of-good-courage

   They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

7. 7

   וַיְחַזֵּקso-encouragedחָרָשׁthe-carpenterאֶת־צֹרֵףthe-goldsmithמַחֲלִיקand-he-that-smoothesפַּטִּישׁwith-the-hammerאֶת־הוֹלֶםhim-that-smoteפָּעַםthe-anvilאֹמֵרsayingלַדֶּבֶקof-the-solderingטוֹבgoodהוּאit-isוַיְחַזְּקֵהוּand-he-fastened-itבְמַסְמְרִיםwith-nailsלֹאnotיִמּוֹט׃it-should-be-moved

   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. 8

   וְאַתָּהand-youיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelעַבְדִּיmy-servantיַעֲקֹבJacobאֲשֶׁרwhichבְּחַרְתִּיךָwhom-I-have-chosenזֶרַעthe-seed-ofאַבְרָהָםAbrahamאֹהֲבִי׃my-friend

   But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

9. 9

   אֲשֶׁרwhichהֶחֱזַקְתִּיךָI-have-taken-youמִקְצוֹתfrom-the-ends-ofהָאָרֶץthe-earthוּמֵאֲצִילֶיהָand-from-its-farthest-cornersקְרָאתִיךָcalled-youוָאֹמַרand-saidלְךָfor-youעַבְדִּי־אַתָּהyou-are-my-servantבְּחַרְתִּיךָI-have-chosen-youוְלֹאand-notמְאַסְתִּיךָ׃cast-you-away

   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. 10

    אַל־תִּירָאbe-not-afraidכִּיbecauseעִמְּךָ־אָנִיwith-you-Iאַל־תִּשְׁתָּעbe-not-dismayedכִּי־אֲנִיthat-I-amאֱלֹהֶיךָyour-GodאִמַּצְתִּיךָI-will-strengthen-youאַף־עֲזַרְתִּיךָindeed-I-will-help-youאַף־תְּמַכְתִּיךָmoreover-I-will-uphold-youבִּימִיןwith-the-right-hand-ofצִדְקִי׃My-righteousness

    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. 11

    הֵןbeholdיֵבֹשׁוּshall-be-ashamedוְיִכָּלְמוּand-confoundedכֹּלallהַנֶּחֱרִיםall-they-that-were-incensedבָּךְagainst-youיִהְיוּshall-beכְאַיִןas-nothingוְיֹאבְדוּand-shall-perishאַנְשֵׁיthey-that-strive-withרִיבֶךָ׃you

    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. 12

    תְּבַקְשֵׁםyou-shall-seek-themוְלֹאand-notתִמְצָאֵםshall-you-find-themאַנְשֵׁיthose-that-contend-withמַצֻּתֶךָyouיִהְיוּshall-beכְאַיִןas-nothingוּכְאֶפֶסand-as-a-thing-of-noughtאַנְשֵׁיthey-that-war-againstמִלְחַמְתֶּךָ׃you

    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. 13

    כִּיforאֲנִיIיְהֹוָהthe-LORDאֱלֹהֶיךָyour-Godמַחֲזִיקwill-holdיְמִינֶךָyour-right-handהָאֹמֵרsayingלְךָfor-youאַל־תִּירָאbe-not-afraidאֲנִיIעֲזַרְתִּיךָ׃I-will-help-you

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

14. 14

    אַל־תִּירְאִיfear-notתּוֹלַעַתyou-wormיַעֲקֹבJacobמְתֵיO-men-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelאֲנִיIעֲזַרְתִּיךְI-will-help-youנְאֻם־יְהֹוָהsays-the-LORDוְגֹאֲלֵךְand-your-redeemerקְדוֹשׁthe-Holy-One-ofיִשְׂרָאֵל׃Israel

    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. 15

    הִנֵּהbeholdשַׂמְתִּיךְI-will-make-of-youלְמוֹרַגa-threshing-instrumentחָרוּץsharpחָדָשׁnewבַּעַלhavingפִּיפִיּוֹתteethתָּדוּשׁyou-shall-threshהָרִיםthe-mountainsוְתָדֹקand-beat-them-smallוּגְבָעוֹתand-the-hillsכַּמֹּץas-chaffתָּשִׂים׃shall-you-make

    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. 16

    תִּזְרֵםyou-shall-fan-themוְרוּחַand-the-windתִּשָּׂאֵםshall-carry-them-awayוּסְעָרָהand-the-storm-windתָּפִיץshall-scatterאוֹתָםthemוְאַתָּהand-youתָּגִילshall-rejoiceבַּיהֹוָהin-the-LORDבִּקְדוֹשׁin-the-Holy-One-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelתִּתְהַלָּל׃shall-glory

    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. 17

    הָעֲנִיִּיםthe-poorוְהָאֶבְיוֹנִיםand-the-needyמְבַקְשִׁיםseekמַיִםwaterוָאַיִןand-there-is-noneלְשׁוֹנָםtheir-tongueבַּצָּמָאfor-thirstנָשָׁתָּהis-parchedאֲנִיIיְהֹוָהthe-LORDאֶעֱנֵםI-will-answer-themאֱלֹהֵיthe-God-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelלֹאnotאֶעֶזְבֵם׃forsake-them

    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. 18

    אֶפְתַּחI-will-openעַל־שְׁפָיִיםon-high-placesנְהָרוֹתriversוּבְתוֹךְand-in-the-midst-ofבְּקָעוֹתthe-valleysמַעְיָנוֹתfountainsאָשִׂיםI-will-makeמִדְבָּרthe-wildernessלַאֲגַם־מַיִםa-pool-of-waterוְאֶרֶץand-the-landצִיָּהdryלְמוֹצָאֵיsprings-ofמָיִם׃water

    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. 19

    אֶתֵּןI-will-plantבַּמִּדְבָּרin-the-wildernessאֶרֶזthe-cedarשִׁטָּהthe-shitta-treeוַהֲדַסand-the-myrtleוְעֵץand-the-tree-ofשָׁמֶןoilאָשִׂיםI-will-setבָּעֲרָבָהin-the-Arabahבְּרוֹשׁcypressתִּדְהָרmapleוּתְאַשּׁוּרand-box-treeיַחְדָּו׃together

    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. 20

    לְמַעַןin-order-thatיִרְאוּthey-may-seeוְיֵדְעוּand-knowוְיָשִׂימוּand-considerוְיַשְׂכִּילוּand-understandיַחְדָּוtogetherכִּיthatיַד־יְהֹוָהhand-of-the-LORDעָשְׂתָהhas-doneזֹּאתthisוּקְדוֹשׁand-Holy-One-ofיִשְׂרָאֵלIsraelבְּרָאָהּ׃has-created-it

    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. 21

    קָרְבוּproduceרִיבְכֶםyour-causeיֹאמַרsaysיְהֹוָהthe-LORDהַגִּישׁוּbring-forthעֲצֻמוֹתֵיכֶםyour-strong-reasonsיֹאמַרsaysמֶלֶךְthe-King-ofיַעֲקֹב׃Jacob

    Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

22. 22

    יַגִּישׁוּlet-them-bring-them-forthוְיַגִּידוּand-tellלָנוּto-usאֵת־אֲשֶׁרwhatתִּקְרֶינָהshall-happenהָרִאשֹׁנוֹתthe-former-thingsמָהwhatהֵנָּהthey-wereהַגִּידוּlet-them-relateוְנָשִׂימָהthat-we-may-considerלִבֵּנוּthemוְנֵדְעָהand-knowאַחֲרִיתָןthe-latter-end-of-themאוֹorהַבָּאוֹתthings-to-comeהַשְׁמִיעֻנוּ׃declare-us

    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. 23

    הַגִּידוּdeclareהָאֹתִיּוֹתthe-things-that-are-to-comeלְאָחוֹרhereafterוְנֵדְעָהthat-we-may-knowכִּיthatאֱלֹהִיםgodsאַתֶּםyou-areאַף־תֵּיטִיבוּindeed-do-goodוְתָרֵעוּor-do-evilוְנִשְׁתָּעָהthat-we-may-be-dismayed(ונרא)[וְנִרְאֶה]and-behold-itיַחְדָּו׃together

    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. 24

    הֵן־אַתֶּםbehold-you-areמֵאַיִןof-nothingוּפׇעׇלְכֶםand-your-workמֵאָפַעof-noughtתּוֹעֵבָהan-abominationיִבְחַרis-he-that-choosesבָּכֶם׃you

    Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

25. 25

    הַעִירוֹתִיI-have-raised-up-oneמִצָּפוֹןfrom-the-northוַיַּאתand-he-is-comeמִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁמֶשׁfrom-the-rising-of-the-sunיִקְרָאhe-shall-callבִשְׁמִיupon-my-nameוְיָבֹאand-he-shall-come-uponסְגָנִיםprincesכְּמוֹ־חֹמֶרas-upon-mortarוּכְמוֹand-asיוֹצֵרthe-potterיִרְמׇס־טִיט׃treads-clay

    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. 26

    מִי־הִגִּידwho-has-declaredמֵרֹאשׁfrom-the-beginningוְנֵדָעָהthat-we-may-knowוּמִלְּפָנִיםand-beforetimeוְנֹאמַרthat-we-may-sayצַדִּיקhe-is-rightאַףevenאֵין־מַגִּידnone-that-toldאַףevenאֵיןnoneמַשְׁמִיעַthat-declaredאַףevenאֵין־שֹׁמֵעַnot-one-that-heardאִמְרֵיכֶם׃your-words

    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. 27

    רִאשׁוֹןa-harbingerלְצִיּוֹןto-Zionהִנֵּהbeholdהִנָּםbehold-themוְלִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִםand-to-Jerusalemמְבַשֵּׂרa-messenger-of-good-tidingsאֶתֵּן׃will-I-give

    The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

28. 28

    וְאֵרֶאfor-I-beholdוְאֵיןand-there-is-noאִישׁmanוּמֵאֵלֶּהamong-themוְאֵיןand-there-is-noיוֹעֵץcounselorוְאֶשְׁאָלֵםthat-when-I-ask-of-themוְיָשִׁיבוּcould-answerדָבָר׃a-word

    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. 29

    הֵןbeholdכֻּלָּםthey-are-allאָוֶןvanityאֶפֶסare-nothingמַעֲשֵׂיהֶםtheir-worksרוּחַwindוָתֹהוּand-confusionנִסְכֵּיהֶם׃their-molten-idols

    Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.