## Isaiah Chapter 41

###### Isaiah 41:1
[Isaiah 41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:1)

הַחֲרִ֤ישׁוּ אֵלַי֙ אִיִּ֔ים וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֑חַ יִגְּשׁוּ֙ אָ֣ז יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ יַחְדָּ֖ו לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט נִקְרָֽבָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.


###### Isaiah 41:2
[Isaiah 41:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:2)

מִ֤י הֵעִיר֙ מִמִּזְרָ֔ח צֶ֖דֶק יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּ לְרַגְל֑וֹ יִתֵּ֨ן לְפָנָ֤יו גּוֹיִם֙ וּמְלָכִ֣ים יַ֔רְדְּ יִתֵּ֤ן כֶּֽעָפָר֙ חַרְבּ֔וֹ כְּקַ֥שׁ נִדָּ֖ף קַשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who raised up one from the east whom righteousness met wherever he set his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over his kings; his sword makes them as dust, his bow as driven stubble.


###### Isaiah 41:3
[Isaiah 41:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:3)

יִרְדְּפֵ֖ם יַעֲב֣וֹר שָׁל֑וֹם אֹ֥רַח בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֥א יָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
That he pursued them, and passed on safely; even by a path that his feet have not trodden.


###### Isaiah 41:4
[Isaiah 41:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:4)

מִֽי־פָעַ֣ל וְעָשָׂ֔ה קֹרֵ֥א הַדֹּר֖וֹת מֵרֹ֑אשׁ אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ רִאשׁ֔וֹן וְאֶת־אַחֲרֹנִ֖ים אֲנִי־הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who has wrought and done it? He who calls the generations from the beginning; I the Lord, the first; and with the last, I am he.


###### Isaiah 41:5
[Isaiah 41:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:5)

רָא֤וּ אִיִּים֙ וְיִרָ֔אוּ קְצ֥וֹת הָאָ֖רֶץ יֶחֱרָ֑דוּ קָרְב֖וּ וַיֶּאֱתָיֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.


###### Isaiah 41:6
[Isaiah 41:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:6)

אִ֥ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ יַעְזֹ֑רוּ וּלְאָחִ֖יו יֹאמַ֥ר חֲזָֽק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.


###### Isaiah 41:7
[Isaiah 41:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:7)

וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק חָרָשׁ֙ אֶת־צֹרֵ֔ף מַחֲלִ֥יק פַּטִּ֖ישׁ אֶת־ה֣וֹלֶם פָּ֑עַם אֹמֵ֤ר לַדֶּ֙בֶק֙ ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּ בְמַסְמְרִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothes with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.


###### Isaiah 41:8
[Isaiah 41:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:8)

וְאַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדִּ֔י יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ זֶ֖רַע אַבְרָהָ֥ם אֹהֲבִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But thou, Yisra᾽el, art my servant, Ya῾aqov whom I have chosen, the seed of Avraham my friend.


###### Isaiah 41:9
[Isaiah 41:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:9)

אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֙יךָ֙ מִקְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמֵאֲצִילֶ֖יהָ קְרָאתִ֑יךָ וָאֹ֤מַר לְךָ֙ עַבְדִּי־אַ֔תָּה בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֥א מְאַסְתִּֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from its farthest corners, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.


###### Isaiah 41:10
[Isaiah 41:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:10)

אַל־תִּירָא֙ כִּ֣י עִמְּךָ־אָ֔נִי אַל־תִּשְׁתָּ֖ע כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אִמַּצְתִּ֙יךָ֙ אַף־עֲזַרְתִּ֔יךָ אַף־תְּמַכְתִּ֖יךָ בִּימִ֥ין צִדְקִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fear not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; indeed, I will help thee; moreover, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.


###### Isaiah 41:11
[Isaiah 41:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:11)

הֵ֤ן יֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ וְיִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל הַנֶּחֱרִ֣ים בָּ֑ךְ יִהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וְיֹאבְד֖וּ אַנְשֵׁ֥י רִיבֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.


###### Isaiah 41:12
[Isaiah 41:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:12)

תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙ וְלֹ֣א תִמְצָאֵ֔ם אַנְשֵׁ֖י מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ יִהְי֥וּ כְאַ֛יִן וּכְאֶ֖פֶס אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִלְחַמְתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, those that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.


###### Isaiah 41:13
[Isaiah 41:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:13)

כִּ֗י אֲנִ֛י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מַחֲזִ֣יק יְמִינֶ֑ךָ הָאֹמֵ֥ר לְךָ֛ אַל־תִּירָ֖א אֲנִ֥י עֲזַרְתִּֽיךָ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I, the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying to thee, Fear not; I will help thee.


###### Isaiah 41:14
[Isaiah 41:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:14)

אַל־תִּֽירְאִי֙ תּוֹלַ֣עַת יַעֲקֹ֔ב מְתֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֤י עֲזַרְתִּיךְ֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ קְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fear not, thou worm Ya῾aqov, O men of Yisra᾽el; I will help thee, says the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Yisra᾽el.


###### Isaiah 41:15
[Isaiah 41:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:15)

הִנֵּ֣ה שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְ לְמוֹרַג֙ חָר֣וּץ חָדָ֔שׁ בַּ֖עַל פִּיפִיּ֑וֹת תָּד֤וּשׁ הָרִים֙ וְתָדֹ֔ק וּגְבָע֖וֹת כַּמֹּ֥ץ תָּשִֽׂים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I will make of thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.


###### Isaiah 41:16
[Isaiah 41:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:16)

תִּזְרֵם֙ וְר֣וּחַ תִּשָּׂאֵ֔ם וּסְעָרָ֖ה תָּפִ֣יץ אוֹתָ֑ם וְאַתָּה֙ תָּגִ֣יל בַּֽיהֹוָ֔ה בִּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תִּתְהַלָּֽל׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the storm wind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Yisra᾽el.


###### Isaiah 41:17
[Isaiah 41:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:17)

הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים מַ֙יִם֙ וָאַ֔יִן לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם בַּצָּמָ֣א נָשָׁ֑תָּה אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֶעֱנֵ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹ֥א אֶעֶזְבֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched for thirst; I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Yisra᾽el will not forsake them.


###### Isaiah 41:18
[Isaiah 41:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:18)

אֶפְתַּ֤ח עַל־שְׁפָיִים֙ נְהָר֔וֹת וּבְת֥וֹךְ בְּקָע֖וֹת מַעְיָנ֑וֹת אָשִׂ֤ים מִדְבָּר֙ לַאֲגַם־מַ֔יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִיָּ֖ה לְמוֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will open rivers on 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.


###### Isaiah 41:19
[Isaiah 41:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:19)

אֶתֵּ֤ן בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אֶ֣רֶז שִׁטָּ֔ה וַהֲדַ֖ס וְעֵ֣ץ שָׁ֑מֶן אָשִׂ֣ים בָּעֲרָבָ֗ה בְּר֛וֹשׁ תִּדְהָ֥ר וּתְאַשּׁ֖וּר יַחְדָּֽו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shitta tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the ῾Arava cypress, maple, and box tree together:


###### Isaiah 41:20
[Isaiah 41:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:20)

לְמַ֧עַן יִרְא֣וּ וְיֵדְע֗וּ וְיָשִׂ֤ימוּ וְיַשְׂכִּ֙ילוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כִּ֥י יַד־יְהֹוָ֖ה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּ֑את וּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּרָאָֽהּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has done this, and the Holy One of Yisra᾽el has created it.


###### Isaiah 41:21
[Isaiah 41:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:21)

קָרְב֥וּ רִֽיבְכֶ֖ם יֹאמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה הַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ עֲצֻמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם יֹאמַ֖ר מֶ֥לֶךְ יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Produce your cause, says the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Ya῾aqov.


###### Isaiah 41:22
[Isaiah 41:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:22)

יַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ לָ֔נוּ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּקְרֶ֑ינָה הָרִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת**׀** מָ֣ה הֵ֗נָּה הַגִּ֜ידוּ וְנָשִׂ֤ימָה לִבֵּ֙נוּ֙ וְנֵדְעָ֣ה אַחֲרִיתָ֔ן א֥וֹ הַבָּא֖וֹת הַשְׁמִיעֻֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them bring them forth, and tell us what shall happen: let them relate the former things, what they were, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things to come.


###### Isaiah 41:23
[Isaiah 41:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:23)

הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת לְאָח֔וֹר וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים אַתֶּ֑ם אַף־תֵּיטִ֣יבוּ וְתָרֵ֔עוּ וְנִשְׁתָּ֖עָה (ונרא) [וְנִרְאֶ֥ה] יַחְדָּֽו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: indeed, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.


###### Isaiah 41:24
[Isaiah 41:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:24)

הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם מֵאַ֔יִן וּפׇעׇלְכֶ֖ם מֵאָ֑פַע תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה יִבְחַ֥ר בָּכֶֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooses you.


###### Isaiah 41:25
[Isaiah 41:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:25)

הַעִיר֤וֹתִי מִצָּפוֹן֙ וַיַּ֔את מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ יִקְרָ֣א בִשְׁמִ֑י וְיָבֹ֤א סְגָנִים֙ כְּמוֹ־חֹ֔מֶר וּכְמ֥וֹ יוֹצֵ֖ר יִרְמׇס־טִֽיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have raised up one from the north, and he is come: from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.


###### Isaiah 41:26
[Isaiah 41:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:26)

מִֽי־הִגִּ֤יד מֵרֹאשׁ֙ וְנֵדָ֔עָה וּמִלְּפָנִ֖ים וְנֹאמַ֣ר צַדִּ֑יק אַ֣ף אֵין־מַגִּ֗יד אַ֚ף אֵ֣ין מַשְׁמִ֔יעַ אַ֥ף אֵין־שֹׁמֵ֖עַ אִמְרֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? there is none that told, none that declared, not one even that heard your words.


###### Isaiah 41:27
[Isaiah 41:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:27)

רִאשׁ֥וֹן לְצִיּ֖וֹן הִנֵּ֣ה הִנָּ֑ם וְלִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר אֶתֵּֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A harbinger to Żiyyon will I give: Behold, behold them; and to Yerushalayim a messenger of good tidings.


###### Isaiah 41:28
[Isaiah 41:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:28)

וְאֵ֙רֶא֙ וְאֵ֣ין אִ֔ישׁ וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֵ֣ין יוֹעֵ֑ץ וְאֶשְׁאָלֵ֖ם וְיָשִׁ֥יבוּ דָבָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I behold, and there is no man; among them, and there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, could answer a word.


###### Isaiah 41:29
[Isaiah 41:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/41:29)

הֵ֣ן כֻּלָּ֔ם אָ֥וֶן אֶ֖פֶס מַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם ר֥וּחַ וָתֹ֖הוּ נִסְכֵּיהֶֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten idols are wind and confusion.