God pleading against idolaters, showeth his power and goodness by his benefits bestowed upon the Jews; 17. With promise of perpetual protection. 21. Whereas their vain idols can no way profit them.God pleading against idolaters, sheweth his powre and goodnes by his benefites bestowed vpon the Iewes; 17. With promise of perpetual protection. 21. Wheras their vaine idols can no way profite them.✦
Let the islands hold their peace before me, and the Gentiles change their strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us approach to judgement together.LET the ilands hold their peace before me, and the Gentiles change their strength : let them come neere, and then speake, let vs approche to iudgement together.✦Taceant ad me insulæ, et gentes mutent fortitudinem : accedant, et tunc loquantur ; simul ad judicium propinquemus.
2Who hath raised the just from the East, hath called him that he should follow him? he shall give the Gentiles in his sight, and he shall obtain kings: he shall give them as it were dust to his sword, as stubble taken violently with the wind, to his bow.Who hath raysed the iust from the East, hath called him that he should folow him? he shal geue the Gentiles in his sight, and he shal obteyne kinges : he shal geue them as it were dust to his sword, as stubble taken violently with with the winde, to his bow.✦Quis suscitavit ab oriente Justum, vocavit eum ut sequeretur se ? Dabit in conspectu ejus gentes, et reges obtinebit : dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus, sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus.
3He shall pursue them, he shall pass in peace, there shall no path appear after his feet.He shal pursew them, he shal passe in peace, there shal no path appeare after his feete.✦Persequetur eos, transibit in pace : semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit.
4Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first and the last I am.Who hath wrought and done these thinges, calling the generations from the begynning? I the Lord, the first and the last I am.✦Quis hæc operatus est, et fecit, vocans generationes ab exordio ? Ego Dominus : primus et novissimus ego sum.
5The islands have seen; and have been afraid, the ends of the earth have been obstupuerunt: astonished, stunned, they have approached, and come near.The ilands haue seene ; and haue bene afrayd, the ends of the earth haue beene astonied, they haue approched, and come neere.✦Viderunt insulæ, et timuerunt ; extrema terræ obstupuerunt : appropinquaverunt, et accesserunt.
6Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be strong.Euerie one shal helpe his neighbour, and shal say to his brother : Be strong.Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur, et fratri suo dicet : Confortare.
7The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying: It is good for soldering: and he strengthened it with nails, that it should not be moved.The coppersmith striking with the hammer encouraged him that forged at that time, saying : It is good for sodering : and he strengthened it with nailes, that it should not be moued.✦Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis, dicens : Glutino bonum est ; et confortavit eum clavis, ut non moveretur.
8And thou Israel my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend:And thou Israel my seruant, Iocob whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my frend :✦Et tu, Israël, serve meus, Jacob quem elegi, semen Abraham amici mei :
9in whom I have taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the far parts thereof have called thee, and said to thee; Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and have not cast thee away.in whom I haue taken thee from the ends of the earth, and from the far parts therof haue called thee, and sayd to thee ; Thou art my seruant, I haue chosen thee, and haue not cast thee away.✦in quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ, et a longinquis ejus vocavi te, et dixi tibi : Servus meus es tu : elegi te, et non abjeci te.
10Fear not, because I am with thee: decline not, because I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have auxiliatus sum: helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath sustained thee.Feare not, because I am with thee : decline not, because I am thy God : I haue strengthened thee, and haue holpen thee, and the right hand of my iust one hath susteyned thee.✦Ne timeas, quia ego tecum sum ; ne declines, quia ego Deus tuus : confortavi te, et auxiliatus sum tibi, et suscepit te dextera Justi mei.
11Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as if they were not, and the men shall perish that contradicunt: contradict, oppose thee.Behold al that fight against thee shal be confounded and ashamed, they shal be as if they were not, and the men shal perish that gaynesay thee.✦Ecce confundentur et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te ; erunt quasi non sint, et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi.
12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find, the men thy rebels: they shall be as if they were not: and as consumption the men that war against thee.Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find, the men thy rebelles : they shal be as if they were not : and as consumption the men that warre agaynst thee.✦Quæres eos, et non invenies, viros rebelles tuos ; erunt quasi non sint, et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.
13Because I am the Lord thy God taking thy hand, and saying to thee: Fear not, I have holpen thee.Because I am the Lord thy God taking thy hand, and saying to thee : Feare not, I haue holpen thee.✦Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus, apprehendens manum tuam, dicensque tibi : Ne timeas : ego adjuvi te.
14Fear not thou worm of Jacob, ye that are dead of Israel: I have holpen thee, saith our Lord: and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel.Feare not thou worme of Iacob, ye that are dead of Israel : I haue holpen thee, sayth our Lord : and thy redemer the holie one of Israel.✦Noli timere, vermis Jacob, qui mortui estis ex Israël : ego auxiliatus sum tibi, dicit Dominus, et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël.
15I have made thee as a new threshing plaustrum: a wagon, cart, having teeth like a saw: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the little hills as dust.I haue made thee as a new threshing wayne, hauing teeth like a saw : thou shalt thresh the mountaynes, and breake them in peeces : and shalt make the litle hilles as dust.✦Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum, habens rostra serrantia ; triturabis montes, et comminues, et colles quasi pulverem pones.
16Thou shalt ventilabis: winnow, toss to blow off the chaff them, and the wind shall take them away, and the whirlwind shall disperse them: and thou shall rejoice in the Lord, in the holy one of Israel thou shalt be joyful.Thou shalt fanne them, and the wind shal take them away, and the whirlewind shal disperse them : and thou shal reioyce in the Lord, in the holie one of Israel thou shalt be ioyful.Ventilabis eos, et ventus tollet, et turbo disperget eos ; et tu exsultabis in Domino, in Sancto Israël lætaberis.
17The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.The needie and the poore seeke for waters, and there are none : their tongue hath bene drie with thirst. I the Lord wil heare them, I the God of Israel wil not forsake them.✦Egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas, et non sunt ; lingua eorum siti aruit. Ego Dominus exaudiam eos, Deus Israël, non derelinquam eos.
18I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of plain fields: I will make the desert into pools of waters, and the land not passable into rivers of waters.I wil open riuers in the high hilles, and fountaynes in the middes of plaine fildes : I wil make the desert into pooles of waters, and the land not passable into riuers of waters.✦Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina, et in medio camporum fontes : ponam desertum in stagna aquarum, et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.
19I will give into the wilderness the cedar, and the thorn, and the myrtle and the olive tree: I will set in the desert the fir tree, the elm, and the box tree together.I wil geue into the wildernes the cedar, and the thorne, and the myrtle and the oliue tree : I wil set in the desert the firre tree, the elme, and the box tree together.✦Dabo in solitudinem cedrum, et spinam, et myrtum, et lignum olivæ ; ponam in deserto abietem, ulmum, et buxum simul :
20That they may see, and know, and recount, and understand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holy one of Israel hath created it.That they may see, and know, and reconnt, and vnderstand together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holie one of Israel hath created it.ut videant, et sciant, et recogitent, et intelligant pariter, quia manus Domini fecit hoc, et Sanctus Israël creavit illud.
21Make your judgement approach, saith the Lord: bring hither, if perhaps you have any thing, said the king of Jacob.Make your iudgement approche, sayth the Lord : bring hither, if perhaps you haue any thing, sayd the king of Iacob.✦Prope facite judicium vestrum, dicit Dominus ; Afferte, si quid forte habetis, dicit rex Jacob.
22Let them come, and tell us what things soever are to come: tell the former things what they have been: and we will set our heart, and shall know the later ends of them, and tell us the things that are to come.Let them come, and tel vs what thinges so euer are to come : tel the former thinges what they haue bene : and we wil set our hart, and shal know the later ends of them, and tel vs the thinges that are to come.✦Accedant, et nuntient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt ; priora quæ fuerunt, nuntiate, et ponemus cor nostrum, et sciemus novissima eorum ; et quæ ventura sunt, indicate nobis.
23Show what things are to come hereafter, and we shall know that ye are gods. Do ye also good or evil, if you can: and let us speak, and see together.Shew what thinges are to come hereafter, and we shal know that ye are goddes. Doe ye also good or euil, if you can : and let vs speake, and see together.✦Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum, et sciemus quia dii estis vos ; bene quoque aut male, si potestis, facite, et loquamur et videamus simul.
24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of that which is not: he is abomination that hath chosen you.Behold, you are of nothing, and your worke of that which is not : he is abomination that hath chosen you.✦Ecce vos estis ex nihilo, et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est : abominatio est qui elegit vos.
25I have raised up from the North, and he shall come from the rising of the sun: he shall call upon my name, and shall bring the magistrates as mire, and as the plasterer treading clay.I haue raysed vp from the North, and he shal come from the rising of the sunne : he shal cal vpon my name, and shal bring the magistrates as myre, and as the plasterer treading claie.✦Suscitavi ab aquilone, et veniet ab ortu solis : vocabit nomen meum, et adducet magistratus quasi lutum, et velut plastes conculcans humum.
26Who hath showed from the beginning, that we may know: and from the beginning that we may say: Art thou just? There is neither that showeth, nor telleth before, nor heareth your words.Who hath shewed from the beginning, that we may know : and from the beginning that we may say : Art thou iust? There is neyther that sheweth, nor telleth before, nor heareth your wordes.✦Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus, et a principio ut dicamus : Justus es ? Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens, neque audiens sermones vestros.
27The first shall say to Sion: Lo I am present, and to Jerusalem I will give an evangelist.The first shal say to Sion : Loe I am present, and to Ierusalem I wil geue an euangelist.✦Primus ad Sion dicet : Ecce adsunt, et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo.
28And I saw, and neither of these was there any that would consult, and being asked would answer a word.And I saw, and neither of these was there any that would consult, and being asked would answer a word.✦Et vidi, et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium, et interrogatus responderet verbum.
29Behold all are unjust, and their works vain: their idols are wind and vanity.Behold al are vniust, and their workes vayne : their idols are wind and vanitie.✦Ecce omnes injusti, et vana opera eorum ; ventus et inane simulacra eorum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.