41:10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you!
Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! 1
I strengthen you –
yes, I help you –
yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! 2
41:11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;
your adversaries 3 will be reduced to nothing 4 and perish.
41:12 When you will look for your opponents, 5 you will not find them;
your enemies 6 will be reduced to absolutely nothing.
41:13 For I am the Lord your God,
the one who takes hold of your right hand,
who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’
41:14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, 7
men of 8 Israel.
I am helping you,” says the Lord,
your protector, 9 the Holy One of Israel. 10
41:15 “Look, I am making you like 11 a sharp threshing sledge,
new and double-edged. 12
You will thresh the mountains and crush them;
you will make the hills like straw. 13
41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;
the wind will scatter them.
You will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.