CHAPTER 41. 1 LET the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together….

CHAPTER 42. 1 BEHOLD my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to…

CHAPTER 43. 1 AND now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by…

CHAPTER 44. 1 AND now hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel whom I have chosen. 2 Thus saith the Lord that made and formed thee, thy helper from the…

CHAPTER 45. 1 THUS saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs…

CHAPTER 46. 1 BEL is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness. 2 They are consumed, and…

CHAPTER 47. 1 COME down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou…

CHAPTER 48. 1 HEAR ye these things, O house of Jacob, you that are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Juda,…

CHAPTER 49. 1 GIVE ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother he hath been…

CHAPTER 50. 1 THUS saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to…