Self-interpreting Bible

1 KEEP ^asilence before me, O ^bislands; and ^clet the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

• a: Zec. 2:13 , Is. 49:1 , Is. 52:15
• b: Ge. 10:5 , Is. 11:11 , Is. 42:4 , Is. 42:10 , Is. 49:1 , Is. 24:14 , Is. 24:15 , Is. 40:15 , Is. 51:5 , Ps. 72:10 , Zep. 2:11 , Is. 41:5
• c: Job 38:3 , Job 40:7 , Job 23:4 , Job 9:19 , Job 9:20 , Is. 41:21 , Is. 40:31

2 Who ^draised up the ¹righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

• d: Ge. 15:6 , Ge. 11:31 , Ge. 12:1 , Ge. 14:14 , Ge. 14:15 , Ro. 4:3 , He. 11:8 , Is. 44:28 , Is. 45:1 - 6 , Is. 45:13 , Is. 46:11 , Is. 41:25 , Ezr. 1:1 , Ezr. 1:2 , Je. 51:9 , Je. 50:41 , Je. 50:42 , Je. 23:5 , Je. 23:6 , Ps. 72:8 - 12 , Is. 63:1 - 4 , Ac. 13:2 , Ac. 26:17 , Ac. 26:18 , Ro. 15:19
• 1: Heb. righteousness.

3 He pursued them, and passed ²safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

• 2: Heb. in peace.

4 Who hath wrought and done it, ^ecalling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the ^ffirst, and with the last; I am he.

• e: Is. 46:10 , Da. 4:34 , Da. 4:35 , Ro. 4:17 , Ac. 17:26 , Da. 2:21
• f: Is. 43:10 , Is. 43:13 , Is. 44:6 , Is. 48:12 , Re. 1:11 , Re. 1:17 , Re. 22:13 , Re. 2:8 , Ps. 102:28 , Is. 41:27

5 ^gThe isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

• g: Ex. 15:15 , Ex. 15:16 , Jos. 5:1 , Jos. 5:10 , Jos. 5:1 - 4 , Jos. 11:1 - 5 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 21 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51

6 They ^hhelped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, ³Be of good courage.

• h: Ex. 15:5 , Ex. 15:6 , Ex. 15:9 , 1Sa. 4:6 - 9 , Ps. 64:5
• 3: Heb. Be strong.

7 ⁱSo the carpenter encouraged the ⁴goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer ⁵him that smote the anvil, ⁶saying, It is ready for the ^*sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

• i: Is. 40:19 , Is. 40:20 , Is. 44:12 , Ac. 19:25
• 4: Or, founder.
• 5: Or, the smiting.
• 6: Or, saying of the soder, It is good.
• *: sodering-soldering.

8 But thou, Israel, ^jart my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my ^kfriend.

• j: Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , Le. 25:42 , De. 7:6 , De. 10:15 , De. 14:2 , Ps. 135:4 , Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:20 , Is. 44:1 , Is. 46:3 , De. 4:37 , De. 7:6 , De. 7:7 , Ps. 135:4 , Mat. 3:9 , Jn. 8:39
• k: 2Ch. 20:7 , Ja. 2:23 , Ge. 18:19 , Ne. 9:7 , Ro. 5:10 , Jn. 15:13 - 15

9 Thou ^lwhom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art ^mmy servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

• l: Joshua 24 , Nehemiah 9 , Psalms 105 , Psalms 106 , Psalms 135 , Is. 48:12 , Je. 6:22 , Je. 25:32 , Je. 31:8 , Ho. 11:1 , Mat. 24:31 , Jn. 6:39 - 57 , 1Sa. 12:22 , Ps. 94:14
• m: Is. 41:8 , Is. 44:21 , Ps. 65:4 , Ro. 11:1 , Ro. 11:5

10 ¶ⁿFear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: ^oI will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

• n: Is. 41:13 , Is. 41:14 , Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:2 , Is. 43:5 , Lu. 12:31 , Lu. 12:32 , Ro. 8:31 , Zec. 10:12 , Mat. 28:20 , He. 13:5 , De. 31:6 , De. 31:8 , De. 33:27 - 29 , Phi. 1:6 , Phi. 4:13 , Phi. 2:13 , Col. 1:11 , 2Co. 12:9 , 2Co. 12:10 , Ep. 1:19 , Ps. 118:6 , Ps. 118:7 , Ps. 27:1 , Ps. 27:14 , 1Co. 16:13
• o: Is. 40:29

11 Behold, ^pall they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and ⁷they that strive with thee shall perish.

• p: Ex. 23:22 , Is. 60:12 , Is. 45:24 , Is. 54:17 , Is. 49:26 , Zec. 12:3 , Ac. 13:8 - 11 , Ps. 48:10 , Ps. 58:9 - 11 , Ps. 35:25 , Ps. 35:26 , Mi. 7:10
• 7: Heb. the men of thy strife.

12 ^qThou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even ⁸them that contended with thee: ⁹they that war against thee shall be ^ras nothing, and as a thing of nought.

• q: Job 20:7 - 9 , Ps. 9:5 , Ps. 9:6 , Ps. 10:15 , Ps. 37:35 , Ps. 37:36 , Da. 2:35
• 8: Heb. the men of thy contention.
• 9: Heb. the men of thy war.
• r: Is. 40:23 , Ps. 39:5 , Ps. 39:6

13 For I the LORD thy God will ^shold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

• s: De. 33:26 - 29 , Is. 42:6 , Is. 51:18 , Is. 45:1 , Ps. 80:17 , Ps. 63:8 , Ps. 73:23 , Ps. 109:31 , Zec. 10:12

14 ^tFear not, thou ^uworm Jacob, and ye ¹⁰men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy ^vredeemer, ^wthe Holy One of Israel.

• t: Is. 41:10 , Is. 41:13 , Ps. 3:6 , He. 13:5 , He. 13:6 , Ac. 4:29 , Ac. 26:22 , Mat. 10:28
• u: Job 25:6 , Ps. 22:6 , 2Co. 3:5 , Ge. 32:10
• 10: Or, few men. Ps. 105.12. Lu. 12.32. , Ps. 105:12 , Lu. 12:32
• v: Nu. 35:25 , Ge. 48:16 , Is. 63:9 , Job 19:25 , Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:14 , Is. 49:26 , Is. 48:17 , Is. 54:5 , Is. 54:8 , Is. 60:16
• w: Is. 12:6 , Is. 41:16

15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp ^xthreshing instrument having ¹¹teeth: thou ^yshalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

• x: Is. 21:10 , Is. 28:27 , Je. 51:33 , Hab. 3:12
• 11: Heb. mouths.
• y: Is. 2:2 , Is. 2:14 , Is. 42:15 , Is. 25:10 , Is. 17:13 , Is. 40:4 , Re. 11:15 , Mi. 4:10 , Mi. 4:13 , Zec. 4:7 , Ps. 18:42 , Da. 2:35 , Re. 8:8 , 3:14 , Ps. 18:22 , 2Co. 10:4 , 2Co. 10:5 , Phi. 4:13

16 Thou shalt ^zfan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou ^ashalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

• z: Mat. 3:12 , Je. 51:1 , Je. 51:2 , Is. 17:13 , Is. 60:12 , He. 4:12 , Tit. 1:13 , Re. 11:5 , Is. 11:4
• a: Ro. 5:11 , Is. 25:1 - 5 , Is. 26:1 - 6 , Is. 12:1 - 6 , Is. 24:14 - 16 , Mi. 2:13 , Ps. 118:10 - 13 , Ps. 18:29 , Ps. 110:2 , Ps. 45:5 , Is. 49:2 , Is. 45:25

17 When ^bthe poor and needy seek ^cwater, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD ^dwill hear them, I ^ethe God of Israel ^fwill not forsake them.

• b: Ps. 68:10 , Ps. 68:18 , Ps. 72:4 , Ps. 72:12 - 14 , Ps. 102:17 , Ps. 107:4 , 1Co. 1:26 , Is. 11:4 , Re. 3:17 , Re. 3:18 , Mat. 9:13
• c: Is. 12:3 , Jn. 4:10 , Jn. 4:14 , Jn. 7:37 - 39 , Re. 22:1 , Re. 22:7
• d: Ps. 102:17 , Ps. 107:5 , Ps. 107:6 , Ps. 34:6 , 2Co. 12:9
• e: Is. 29:23
• f: Ge. 28:15 , Jos. 1:5 , Ps. 37:28 , Ps. 94:14 , 1Sa. 12:22 , He. 13:5 , Is. 41:9

18 I will open ^grivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• g: Is. 35:6 , Is. 35:7 , Is. 44:3 , Is. 48:21 , Is. 30:25 , Is. 43:19 , Ps. 105:41 , Ps. 107:3 , Ps. 107:35 , 3:18 , Eze. 47:1 - 11 , Re. 22:1 , Zec. 14:8 , Ps. 78:15 , Ps. 78:16

19 ^hI will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

• h: Is. 55:13 , Is. 58:11 , Re. 22:2 , Eze. 47:12 , Is. 60:13 , Is. 60:21 , Ps. 92:13 , Ps. 92:14 , Ps. 121:6 , Is. 25:4 , Is. 25:5 , Is. 32:2 , Is. 61:3 , Is. 61:11 , Ca. 4:12 - 14

20 ⁱThat they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

• i: Ps. 107:43 , Ps. 109:27 , Job 12:9 , Is. 43:1 , Mat. 16:18 , Nu. 23:22 , Nu. 23:23 , Ep. 2:4 - 10

21 ¹²Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

• 12: Heb. Cause to come near. Job 23.4; 38.3; 40.7. v.1. , Job 23:4 , Job 38:3 , Job 40:7 , Is. 41:1

22 Let them bring them forth, and ^jshew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may ¹³consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

• j: Is. 44:7 , Is. 45:21 , Is. 46:10 , Is. 48:14 , Jn. 13:19
• 13: Heb. set our heart upon them.

23 ^kShew the things that are to come hereafter, ^lthat we may know that ye are gods: yea, ^mdo good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

• k: Is. 44:7
• l: Ac. 15:18 , Ps. 147:5 , He. 4:13 , Jn. 21:17 , Ep. 1:11 , Is. 46:10
• m: Ps. 115:4 - 8 , Je. 10:4 , Je. 10:5 , Am. 3:6 , Is. 45:7 , Zep. 1:12

24 Behold, ⁿye are ¹⁴of nothing, and your work ¹⁵of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

• n: Is. 41:29 , 1Co. 8:4 , Je. 10:8 , Je. 10:14 , Je. 10:15 , Je. 51:17 , Je. 51:18 , Is. 44:9 , Is. 40:17 , Is. 59:5
• 14: Or, worse than nothing.
• 15: Or, worse than of a viper.

25 ^oI have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

• o: Is. 41:2 , Is. 44:28 , Is. 45:1 - 6 , Is. 45:13 , Is. 46:11 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 21 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Ezr. 1:2 , Mi. 7:10 , Je. 51:23 , Je. 51:28

26 ^pWho hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

• p: Is. 41:22 , Is. 43:9 , Is. 44:7 , Is. 45:21 , Is. 46:10 , Is. 48:6 , Is. 48:14 , Hab. 2:18 , Hab. 2:19 , 1Co. 8:4 , 1Co. 12:2 , Ps. 115:4 - 8 , 1Th. 1:9

27 ¹⁶The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem ^qone that bringeth good tidings.

• 16: Or, I the first say, v.4. ch. 43.10; 44.6; 48.12. Re. 2.8; 1.11; 22.13. , Is. 41:4 , Is. 43:10 , Is. 44:6 , Is. 48:12 , Re. 2:8 , Re. 1:11 , Re. 22:13
• q: Is. 44:28 , Ezr. 1:2 , Is. 40:1 , Is. 40:2 , Is. 40:9 , Is. 52:7 , Lu. 2:10 , Lu. 2:11 , Mat. 23:37 , He. 2:3 , 1Ti. 1:15

28 For I beheld, and ^rthere was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could ¹⁷answer a word.

• r: Is. 46:8 , Je. 10:7 , Je. 10:8 , Je. 10:14 , Is. 63:5 , Is. 44:25 , Da. 2:10 , Da. 2:11 , Da. 4:7 , Da. 5:8
• 17: Heb. return.

29 ^sBehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

• s: Ps. 39:5 , Is. 40:17 - 23 , Is. 44:9 - 20 , Is. 45:19 , Is. 45:20 , Is. 41:7 , Ps. 115:4 - 8 , Ps. 97:7 , Ps. 135:15 - 18 , Je. 10:2 - 16 , Hab. 2:18 , Hab. 2:19 , 1Co. 8:4