¹Taceant ad me insulæ,Let the islands be silent before me,et gentes mutent fortitudinem:and let the nations take new strength.accedant,Let them draw near,et tunc loquantur;and then speak.simul ad judicium propinquemus.Let us apply for judgment together.

¹Taceant ad me insulæ,Let the islands be silent before me,et gentes mutent fortitudinem:and let the nations take new strength.accedant,Let them draw near,et tunc loquantur;and then speak.simul ad judicium propinquemus.Let us apply for judgment together.

²Quis suscitavit ab oriente Justum,Who has raised up a just man from the east,vocavit eum ut sequeretur se?and has called him to follow him?Dabit in conspectu ejus gentes,He will place the nations under his gaze,et reges obtinebit:and he will rule over kings.dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus,He will cause them to be like dust before his sword,sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus.like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.

²Quis suscitavit ab oriente Justum,Who has raised up a just man from the east,vocavit eum ut sequeretur se?and has called him to follow him?Dabit in conspectu ejus gentes,He will place the nations under his gaze,et reges obtinebit:and he will rule over kings.dabit quasi pulverem gladio ejus,He will cause them to be like dust before his sword,sicut stipulam vento raptam arcui ejus.like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.

³Persequetur eos,He will pursue them.transibit in pace:He will pass by in peace.semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit.No trace will appear after his feet.

³Persequetur eos,He will pursue them.transibit in pace:He will pass by in peace.semita in pedibus ejus non apparebit.No trace will appear after his feet.

⁴Quis hæc operatus est,Who has worked and accomplished these things,et fecit,calling to the generations from the beginning?vocans generationes ab exordio?“It is I,Ego Dominus:the Lord!primus et novissimus ego sum.I am the first and the last.”

⁴Quis hæc operatus est,Who has worked and accomplished these things,et fecit,calling to the generations from the beginning?vocans generationes ab exordio?“It is I,Ego Dominus:the Lord!primus et novissimus ego sum.I am the first and the last.”

⁵Viderunt insulæ,The islands saw itet timuerunt;and were afraid.extrema terræ obstupuerunt:The ends of the earth were stupefied.appropinquaverunt,They drew nearet accesserunt.and arrived.

⁵Viderunt insulæ,The islands saw itet timuerunt;and were afraid.extrema terræ obstupuerunt:The ends of the earth were stupefied.appropinquaverunt,They drew nearet accesserunt.and arrived.

⁶Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur,Each one will help his neighboret fratri suo dicet:and will say to his brother,Confortare.“Be strengthened.”

⁶Unusquisque proximo suo auxiliabitur,Each one will help his neighboret fratri suo dicet:and will say to his brother,Confortare.“Be strengthened.”

⁷Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis,The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying,dicens: Glutino bonum est;“It is ready for soldering.”et confortavit eum clavis,And he strengthened it with nails,ut non moveretur.so that it would not be moved.

⁷Confortavit faber ærarius percutiens malleo eum, qui cudebat tunc temporis,The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying,dicens: Glutino bonum est;“It is ready for soldering.”et confortavit eum clavis,And he strengthened it with nails,ut non moveretur.so that it would not be moved.

⁸Et tu,But you,Israël,O Israel,serve meus,are my servant,Jacob quem elegi,O Jacob, whom I have chosen,semen Abraham amici mei:the offspring of my friend Abraham.

⁸Et tu,But you,Israël,O Israel,serve meus,are my servant,Jacob quem elegi,O Jacob, whom I have chosen,semen Abraham amici mei:the offspring of my friend Abraham.

⁹in quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ,For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth,et a longinquis ejus vocavi te,and I have called you from its distant places.et dixi tibi:And I said to you:Servus meus es tu: elegi te,“You are my servant. I have chosen you,et non abjeci te.and I have not cast you aside.”

⁹in quo apprehendi te ab extremis terræ,For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth,et a longinquis ejus vocavi te,and I have called you from its distant places.et dixi tibi:And I said to you:Servus meus es tu: elegi te,“You are my servant. I have chosen you,et non abjeci te.and I have not cast you aside.”

¹⁰Ne timeas,Do not be afraid,quia ego tecum sum;for I am with you.ne declines,Do not turn away,quia ego Deus tuus:for I am your God.confortavi te,I have strengthened you,et auxiliatus sum tibi,and I have assisted you,et suscepit te dextera Justi mei.and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

¹⁰Ne timeas,Do not be afraid,quia ego tecum sum;for I am with you.ne declines,Do not turn away,quia ego Deus tuus:for I am your God.confortavi te,I have strengthened you,et auxiliatus sum tibi,and I have assisted you,et suscepit te dextera Justi mei.and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

¹¹Ecce confundenturBehold,et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te;all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed.erunt quasi non sint,They will be as if they did not exist,et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi.and the men who contradict you will perish.

¹¹Ecce confundenturBehold,et erubescent omnes qui pugnant adversum te;all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed.erunt quasi non sint,They will be as if they did not exist,et peribunt viri qui contradicunt tibi.and the men who contradict you will perish.

¹²Quæres eos,You will seek them,et non invenies,and you will not find them.viros rebelles tuos; erunt quasi non sint,The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist.et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.

¹²Quæres eos,You will seek them,et non invenies,and you will not find them.viros rebelles tuos; erunt quasi non sint,The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist.et veluti consumptio homines bellantes adversum te.And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.

¹³Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus,For I am the Lord your God.apprehendens manum tuam,I take you by your hand,dicensque tibi:and I say to you:Ne timeas:Do not be afraid.ego adjuvi te.I have helped you.

¹³Quia ego Dominus Deus tuus,For I am the Lord your God.apprehendens manum tuam,I take you by your hand,dicensque tibi:and I say to you:Ne timeas:Do not be afraid.ego adjuvi te.I have helped you.

¹⁴Noli timere, vermis Jacob,Fear not, O worm of Jacob,qui mortui estis ex Israël: ego auxiliatus sum tibi,you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël.your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁴Noli timere, vermis Jacob,Fear not, O worm of Jacob,qui mortui estis ex Israël: ego auxiliatus sum tibi,you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you,dicit Dominus,says the Lord,et redemptor tuus Sanctus Israël.your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum,I have established you like a new threshing cart,habens rostra serrantia;having serrated blades.triturabis montes,You will thresh the mountainset comminues,and crush them.et colles quasi pulverem pones.And you will turn the hills into chaff.

¹⁵Ego posui te quasi plaustrum triturans novum,I have established you like a new threshing cart,habens rostra serrantia;having serrated blades.triturabis montes,You will thresh the mountainset comminues,and crush them.et colles quasi pulverem pones.And you will turn the hills into chaff.

¹⁶Ventilabis eos,You will winnow them,et ventus tollet,and the wind will blow them away,et turbo disperget eos;and the whirlwind will scatter them.et tu exsultabis in Domino,And you shall exult in the Lord;in Sancto Israël lætaberis.you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶Ventilabis eos,You will winnow them,et ventus tollet,and the wind will blow them away,et turbo disperget eos;and the whirlwind will scatter them.et tu exsultabis in Domino,And you shall exult in the Lord;in Sancto Israël lætaberis.you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷Egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas,The indigent and the poor are seeking water,et non sunt;but there is none.lingua eorum siti aruit.Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I,Ego Dominus exaudiam eos,the Lord, will heed them. I,Deus Israël,the God of Israel,non derelinquam eos.will not abandon them.

¹⁷Egeni et pauperes quærunt aquas,The indigent and the poor are seeking water,et non sunt;but there is none.lingua eorum siti aruit.Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I,Ego Dominus exaudiam eos,the Lord, will heed them. I,Deus Israël,the God of Israel,non derelinquam eos.will not abandon them.

¹⁸Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina,I will open rivers in the high hills,et in medio camporum fontes:and fountains in the midst of the plains.ponam desertum in stagna aquarum,I will turn the desert into pools of water,et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.and the impassable land into streams of water.

¹⁸Aperiam in supinis collibus flumina,I will open rivers in the high hills,et in medio camporum fontes:and fountains in the midst of the plains.ponam desertum in stagna aquarum,I will turn the desert into pools of water,et terram inviam in rivos aquarum.and the impassable land into streams of water.

¹⁹Dabo in solitudinem cedrum,I will plant the cedar in a deserted place,et spinam,with the thorn,et myrtum,and the myrtle,et lignum olivæ;and the olive tree.ponam in deserto abietem,In the desert, I will plant the pine,ulmum,and the elm,et buxum simul:and the box tree together,

¹⁹Dabo in solitudinem cedrum,I will plant the cedar in a deserted place,et spinam,with the thorn,et myrtum,and the myrtle,et lignum olivæ;and the olive tree.ponam in deserto abietem,In the desert, I will plant the pine,ulmum,and the elm,et buxum simul:and the box tree together,

²⁰ut videant, et sciant,so that they may see and know,et recogitent,acknowledge and understand,et intelligant pariter, quia manus Domini fecit hoc,together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this,et Sanctus Israël creavit illud.and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

²⁰ut videant, et sciant,so that they may see and know,et recogitent,acknowledge and understand,et intelligant pariter, quia manus Domini fecit hoc,together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this,et Sanctus Israël creavit illud.and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

²¹Prope facite judicium vestrum,Bring your case forward,dicit Dominus;says the Lord.Afferte,Bring it here,si quid forte habetis,if you have anything to allege,dicit rex Jacob.says the King of Jacob.

²¹Prope facite judicium vestrum,Bring your case forward,dicit Dominus;says the Lord.Afferte,Bring it here,si quid forte habetis,if you have anything to allege,dicit rex Jacob.says the King of Jacob.

²²Accedant, et nuntient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt;Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur.priora quæ fuerunt, nuntiate,Announce to us the things that were before.et ponemus cor nostrum,And we will apply our heart to them,et sciemus novissima eorum;and we will know their end. And so,et quæ ventura sunt, indicate nobis.reveal to us the things that will occur.

²²Accedant, et nuntient nobis quæcumque ventura sunt;Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur.priora quæ fuerunt, nuntiate,Announce to us the things that were before.et ponemus cor nostrum,And we will apply our heart to them,et sciemus novissima eorum;and we will know their end. And so,et quæ ventura sunt, indicate nobis.reveal to us the things that will occur.

²³Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum,Announce the things that will occur in the future,et sciemus quia dii estis vos;and we will know that you are gods.bene quoque aut male,Likewise,si potestis,accomplish good or evil,facite,if you are able,et loquamur et videamus simul.and let us speak of it and see it together.

²³Annuntiate quæ ventura sunt in futurum,Announce the things that will occur in the future,et sciemus quia dii estis vos;and we will know that you are gods.bene quoque aut male,Likewise,si potestis,accomplish good or evil,facite,if you are able,et loquamur et videamus simul.and let us speak of it and see it together.

²⁴Ecce vos estis ex nihilo,Behold, you exist out of nothing,et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est:and your work is from what does not exist;abominatio est qui elegit vos.he who has chosen you is an abomination.

²⁴Ecce vos estis ex nihilo,Behold, you exist out of nothing,et opus vestrum ex eo quod non est:and your work is from what does not exist;abominatio est qui elegit vos.he who has chosen you is an abomination.

²⁵Suscitavi ab aquilone,I have raised up one from the north,et veniet ab ortu solis:and he will arrive from the rising of the sun.vocabit nomen meum,He will call upon my name,et adducet magistratus quasi lutum,and he will reduce magistrates to mud,et velut plastes conculcans humum.like a potter working with clay.

²⁵Suscitavi ab aquilone,I have raised up one from the north,et veniet ab ortu solis:and he will arrive from the rising of the sun.vocabit nomen meum,He will call upon my name,et adducet magistratus quasi lutum,and he will reduce magistrates to mud,et velut plastes conculcans humum.like a potter working with clay.

²⁶Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus,Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it,et a principio ut dicamus: Justus es?or from its beginning, so that we may say,Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens,“You are just.” There is no one who either announces,neque audiens sermones vestros.or predicts, or hears your words.

²⁶Quis annuntiavit ab exordio ut sciamus,Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it,et a principio ut dicamus: Justus es?or from its beginning, so that we may say,Non est neque annuntians, neque prædicens,“You are just.” There is no one who either announces,neque audiens sermones vestros.or predicts, or hears your words.

²⁷Primus ad Sion dicet:The first one will say to Zion:Ecce adsunt,“Behold, they are here,”et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo.and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”

²⁷Primus ad Sion dicet:The first one will say to Zion:Ecce adsunt,“Behold, they are here,”et Jerusalem evangelistam dabo.and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”

²⁸Et vidi,And I saw,et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium,and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who,et interrogatus responderet verbum.when I asked, could answer a word.

²⁸Et vidi,And I saw,et non erat neque ex istis quisquam qui iniret consilium,and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who,et interrogatus responderet verbum.when I asked, could answer a word.

²⁹Ecce omnes injusti,Behold,et vana opera eorum;they are all unjust,ventusand their works are empty.et inane simulacra eorum.Their idols are wind and emptiness.

²⁹Ecce omnes injusti,Behold,et vana opera eorum;they are all unjust,ventusand their works are empty.et inane simulacra eorum.Their idols are wind and emptiness.