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Isaiah 41: Don't Be Afraid, I Will Help You

God called the islands and nations to court and asked who had raised up a conqueror from the east. He answered, I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he. The nations comforted each other and made idols, but God spoke tenderly to Israel: you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend. He said, Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. God promised to hold Israel's right hand and help them. The poor and needy who seek water would find rivers and springs in the desert, and trees would grow in the wilderness. God challenged the idols to tell the future, but they could do nothing.

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  1. 1 “Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let’s meet together for judgment.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands over nations to him and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 He pursues them and passes by safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 The islands have seen, and fear. The ends of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, “Be strong!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good;” and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not cast you away.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 Behold, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 You will seek them, and won’t find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a nonexistent thing.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 Behold, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  19. 19 I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  20. 20 that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that Yahweh’s hand has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  21. 21 Produce your cause,” says Yahweh. “Bring out your strong reasons!” says the King of Jacob.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  22. 22 “Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  23. 23 Declare 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  24. 24 Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  25. 25 “I have raised up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name, and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  26. 26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right’? Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  27. 27 I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  28. 28 When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask, can answer a word.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  29. 29 Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org

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I Am with You

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“Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.”

Isaiah 41:10 (WEB)

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Thank You, God, for making me!

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Read the verse aloud. Say: When we feel scared, God is with us. He holds our hand and helps us. Let's practice saying: God holds my hand.

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