«Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the people renew their strength! Let them come near, then let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.

«Who raised up one from the east? Who in righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to his bow?

Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way that he had not gone with his feet?

Who has performed and done it, Calling the generations from the beginning? «I, the LORD, am the first; And with the last I am He.»́

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

Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his brother, «Be of good courage!»

So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil, Saying, «It is ready for the soldering»; Then he fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.

«But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, «You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:

Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.́

«Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.

You shall seek them and not find them-- Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.

For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, «Fear not, I will help you.́

«Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you,» says the LORD And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

«Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.

You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.

«The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water.

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together,

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 Israel has created it.

«Present your case,» says the LORD. «Bring forth your strong reasons,» says the King of Jacob.

«Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; Let them show the former things, what they were, That we may consider them, And know the latter end of them; Or declare to us things to come.

Show the things that are to come hereafter, That we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it together.

Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination.

«I have raised up one from the north, And he shall come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name; And he shall come against princes as though mortar, As the potter treads clay.

Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And former times, that we may say, «He is righteouś? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who hears your words.

The first time I said to Zion, «Look, there they are!́ And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings.

For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.

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Языки

Обновля́йтеся ко мнѣ́, о́строви, кня́зи бо измѣня́тъ крѣ́пость: да прибли́жатся и да глаго́лютъ вку́пѣ, тогда́ су́дъ да возвѣща́ютъ.

Кто́ возста́ви от восто́къ пра́вду, призва́ ю́ къ нога́мъ свои́мъ, и по́йдетъ? да́стъ предъ язы́ки, и цари́ ужаси́тъ: и пове́ржетъ на зе́млю мечы́ и́хъ, и а́ки сте́блiе отве́ржени лу́цы и́хъ,

и прожене́тъ я́, и про́йдетъ съ ми́ромъ пу́ть но́гъ его́.

Кто́ содѣ́ла и сотвори́ сiя́? призва́ ю́ призыва́яй ю́ от нача́ла родо́въ. А́зъ Бо́гъ пе́рвый, и въ гряду́щая а́зъ е́смь.

Ви́дѣша язы́цы и убоя́шася, концы́ земні́и прибли́жишася и прiидо́ша вку́пѣ.

Судя́й кі́йждо бли́жнему, и бра́ту помощи́, и рече́тъ:

превозмо́же му́жъ древодѣ́латель, и кова́чь бiя́й мла́томъ, вку́пѣ прокова́яй: овогда́ у́бо рече́тъ: спая́нiе добро́ е́сть, утверди́ша я́ гвоздьми́, положа́тъ я́, и не подви́гнутся.

Ты́ же, Изра́илю, ра́бе мо́й, Иа́кове, его́же избра́хъ, сѣ́мя Авраа́мле, его́же возлюби́хъ,

его́же поя́хъ от коне́цъ земли́, и от стра́жбъ ея́ призва́хъ тя́, и реко́хъ ти́: ра́бъ мо́й еси́, избра́хъ тя́, и не оста́вихъ тебе́:

не бо́йся, съ тобо́ю бо е́смь, не прельща́ю: а́зъ бо е́смь Бо́гъ тво́й, укрѣпи́вый тя́, и помого́хъ ти́, и утверди́хъ тя́ десни́цею мое́ю пра́ведною:

се́, постыдя́тся и посра́мятся вси́ сопротивля́ющiися тебѣ́, бу́дутъ бо я́ко не су́щiи, и поги́бнутъ вси́ сопе́рницы твои́:

взы́щеши и́хъ, и не обря́щеши человѣ́ковъ, и́же поруга́ются тебѣ́: бу́дутъ бо а́ки не бы́вшiи и не бу́дутъ ра́тующiи тебе́.

Я́ко а́зъ Бо́гъ тво́й держа́й десни́цу твою́, глаго́ляй тебѣ́:

не бо́йся, Иа́кове, ма́лый Изра́илю, а́зъ помого́хъ ти́, глаго́летъ Бо́гъ тво́й, избавля́яй тя́ святы́й Изра́илевъ:

се́, сотвори́хъ тя́ а́ки коле́са колесни́чная но́вая, стира́ющая а́ки пила́, и сотре́ши го́ры, и истончи́ши хо́лмы, и а́ки пра́хъ положи́ши,

и извѣ́еши, и вѣ́тръ во́зметъ я́, и бу́ря развѣ́етъ я́: ты́ же возвесели́шися во святы́хъ Изра́илевыхъ.

И возра́дуются убо́зiи и неиму́щiи: пои́щутъ бо воды́, и не бу́детъ, язы́къ и́хъ от жа́жди и́зсше. А́зъ Госпо́дь Бо́гъ, а́зъ услы́шу и́хъ, Бо́гъ Изра́илевъ, и не оста́влю и́хъ,

но отве́рзу на гора́хъ рѣ́ки и среди́ по́ля исто́чники, сотворю́ пусты́ню въ лу́ги водны́я и жа́ждущую зе́млю въ водоте́чы,

положу́ въ безво́дную зе́млю ке́дръ и сме́рчiе, и мирси́ну и кипари́съ и топо́лю:

да у́зрятъ и уразумѣ́ютъ, и помы́слятъ и увѣ́дятъ вку́пѣ, я́ко рука́ Госпо́дня сотвори́ сiя́ вся́, и святы́й Изра́илевъ показа́.

Приближа́ется су́дъ ва́шъ, глаго́летъ Госпо́дь Бо́гъ: прибли́жишася совѣ́ти ва́ши, глаго́летъ Ца́рь Иа́ковль.

Да прибли́жатся и возвѣстя́тъ ва́мъ, я́же сбу́дутся, или́ я́же пре́жде бы́ша, рцы́те: и приста́вимъ у́мъ и уразумѣ́емъ, что́ послѣ́дняя и бу́дущая: рцы́те на́мъ,

возвѣсти́те на́мъ гряду́щая на послѣ́докъ, и увѣ́мы, я́ко бо́зи есте́: бла́го сотвори́те и зло́ сотвори́те, и почуди́мся и у́зримъ вку́пѣ.

Я́ко отку́ду есте́ вы́, и отку́ду дѣ́ло ва́ше? от земли́ ме́рзость избра́ша ва́съ.

А́зъ же возста́вихъ, и́же от сѣ́вера и и́же от восто́къ со́лнечныхъ, прозову́тся и́менемъ мои́мъ: да прiи́дутъ кня́зи, и я́ко бре́нiе скуде́льника и я́ко скуде́льникъ то́пчущь бре́нiе, та́ко попра́ни бу́дете.

Кто́ бо возвѣсти́тъ, я́же испе́рва, да увѣ́мы, я́же напреди́, и рече́мъ, я́ко и́стинна су́ть? нѣ́сть предглаго́лющаго, ни слы́шащаго слове́съ ва́шихъ.

Нача́ло Сiо́ну да́мъ и Иерусали́ма утѣ́шу на пути́.

От язы́къ бо, се́, ни еди́нъ: и от куми́ръ и́хъ нѣ́сть возвѣща́яй. И а́ще вопрошу́ и́хъ, отку́ду есте́, не отвѣща́ютъ ми́.

Су́ть бо творя́щiи ва́съ и всу́е прельща́ющiи ва́съ.