Isaiah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Isaiah 41 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 Let the islands be silent before me, and let the nations take new strength. Let them draw near, and then speak. Let us apply for judgment together.
1 ESCUCHADME, islas, y esfuércense los pueblos; alléguense, y entonces hablen: estemos juntamente á juicio.
2 Who has raised up a just man from the east, and has called him to follow him? He will place the nations under his gaze, and he will rule over kings. He will cause them to be like dust before his sword, like chaff driven by the wind before his bow.
2 ¿Quién despertó del oriente al justo, lo llamó para que le siguiese, entregó delante de él naciones, é hízolo enseñorear de reyes; entrególos á su espada como polvo, y á su arco como hojarascas arrebatadas?
3 He will pursue them. He will pass by in peace. No trace will appear after his feet.
3 Siguiólos, pasó en paz por camino por donde sus pies nunca habían entrado.
4 Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
4 ¿Quién obró é hizo esto? ¿Quién llama las generaciones desde el principio? Yo Jehová, el primero, y yo mismo con los postreros.
5 The islands saw it and were afraid. The ends of the earth were stupefied. They drew near and arrived.
5 Las islas vieron, y tuvieron temor; los términos de la tierra se espantaron: congregáronse, y vinieron.
6 Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”
6 Cada cual ayudó á su cercano; y á su hermano dijo: Esfuérzate.
7 The coppersmith striking with the mallet encouraged him who was forging at that time, saying, “It is ready for soldering.” And he strengthened it with nails, so that it would not be moved.
7 El carpintero animó al platero, y el que alisa con martillo al que batía en el yunque, diciendo, Buena está la soldadura; y afirmólo con clavos, porque no se moviese.
8 But you, O Israel, are my servant, O Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of my friend Abraham.
8 Mas tú, Israel, siervo mío eres; [tú], Jacob, á quien yo escogí, simiente de Abraham mi amigo.
9 For his sake, I have taken you from the ends of the earth, and I have called you from its distant places. And I said to you: “You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not cast you aside.”
9 Porque te tomé de los extremos de la tierra, y de sus principales te llamé, y te dije: Mi siervo eres tú; te escogí, y no te deseché.
10 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.
10 No temas, que yo soy contigo; no desmayes, que yo soy tu Dios que te esfuerzo: siempre te ayudaré, siempre te sustentaré con la diestra de mi justicia.
11 Behold, all who fight against you shall be confounded and ashamed. They will be as if they did not exist, and the men who contradict you will perish.
11 He aquí que todos los que se airan contra ti, serán avergonzados y confundidos: serán como nada y perecerán, los que contienden contigo.
12 You will seek them, and you will not find them. The men who rebel against you will be as if they did not exist. And the men who make war against you will be like something that has been consumed.
12 Los buscarás, y no los hallarás, los que tienen contienda contigo; serán como nada, y como cosa que no es, aquellos que te hacen guerra.
13 For I am the Lord your God. I take you by your hand, and I say to you: Do not be afraid. I have helped you.
13 Porque yo Jehová [soy] tu Dios, que te ase de tu mano derecha, y te dice: No temas, yo te ayudé.
14 Fear not, O worm of Jacob, you who are dead within Israel. I have helped you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
14 No temas, gusano de Jacob, oh vosotros los pocos de Israel; yo te socorrí, dice Jehová, y tu Redentor el Santo de Israel.
15 I have established you like a new threshing cart, having serrated blades. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. And you will turn the hills into chaff.
15 He aquí que yo te he puesto por trillo, trillo nuevo, lleno de dientes: trillarás montes y los molerás, y collados tornarás en tamo.
16 You will winnow them, and the wind will blow them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. And you shall exult in the Lord; you shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
16 Los aventarás, y los llevará el viento, y esparcirálos el torbellino. Tú empero te regocijarás en Jehová, te gloriarás en el Santo de Israel.
17 The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
17 Los afligidos y menesterosos buscan las aguas, que no hay; secóse de sed su lengua; yo Jehová los oiré, yo el Dios de Israel no los desampararé.
18 I will open rivers in the high hills, and fountains in the midst of the plains. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the impassable land into streams of water.
18 En los altos abriré ríos, y fuentes en mitad de los llanos: tornaré el desierto en estanques de aguas, y en manaderos de aguas la tierra seca.
19 I will plant the cedar in a deserted place, with the thorn, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. In the desert, I will plant the pine, and the elm, and the box tree together,
19 Daré en el desierto cedros, espinos, arrayanes, y olivas; pondré en la soledad hayas, olmos, y álamos juntamente;
20 so that they may see and know, acknowledge and understand, together, that the hand of the Lord has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
20 Porque vean y conozcan, y adviertan y entiendan todos, que la mano de Jehová hace esto, y que el Santo de Israel lo crió.
21 Bring your case forward, says the Lord. Bring it here, if you have anything to allege, says the King of Jacob.
21 Alegad por vuestra causa, dice Jehová: exhibid vuestros fundamentos, dice el Rey de Jacob.
22 Let them approach and announce to us the things that will occur. Announce to us the things that were before. And we will apply our heart to them, and we will know their end. And so, reveal to us the things that will occur.
22 Traigan, y anúnciennos lo que ha de venir: dígannos lo que ha pasado desde el principio, y pondremos nuestro corazón en ello: sepamos también su postrimería, y hacednos entender lo que ha de venir.
23 Announce the things that will occur in the future, and we will know that you are gods. Likewise, accomplish good or evil, if you are able, and let us speak of it and see it together.
23 Dadnos nuevas de lo que ha de ser después, para que sepamos que vosotros sois dioses; ó á lo menos haced bien, ó mal, para que tengamos qué contar, y juntamente nos maravillemos.
24 Behold, you exist out of nothing, and your work is from what does not exist; he who has chosen you is an abomination.
24 He aquí que vosotros sois de nada, y vuestras obras de vanidad; abominación el que os escogió.
25 I have raised up one from the north, and he will arrive from the rising of the sun. He will call upon my name, and he will reduce magistrates to mud, like a potter working with clay.
25 Del norte desperté uno, y vendrá; del nacimiento del sol llamará en mi nombre: y hollará príncipes como lodo, y como pisa el barro el alfarero.
26 Who has announced this from its rising, so that we may know it, or from its beginning, so that we may say, “You are just.” There is no one who either announces, or predicts, or hears your words.
26 ¿Quién lo anunció desde el principio, para que sepamos; ó de tiempo atrás, y diremos: [Es] justo? Cierto, no hay quien anuncie, sí, no hay quien enseñe, ciertamente no hay quien oiga vuestras palabras.
27 The first one will say to Zion: “Behold, they are here,” and to Jerusalem, “I will present an evangelist.”
27 [Yo soy] el primero que he enseñado estas cosas á Sión, y á Jerusalem daré un portador de alegres nuevas.
28 And I saw, and there was no one among any of them to consult, or who, when I asked, could answer a word.
28 Miré, y no había ninguno; y [pregunté] de estas cosas, y ningún consejero hubo: preguntéles, y no respondieron palabra.
29 Behold, they are all unjust, and their works are empty. Their idols are wind and emptiness.
29 He aquí, todos iniquidad, y las obras de ellos nada: viento y vanidad son sus vaciadizos.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 1:18; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; Psalm 46:10; Isaiah 41:6–7
- 2 Isaiah 45:1; 2 Samuel 22:43; Ezra 1:2; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 40:24
- 3 Isaiah 57:2; Job 5:24
- 4 Isaiah 48:12; Revelation 22:13; Revelation 1:17; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 44:6–7
- 5 Ezekiel 26:15–16; Psalm 67:7; Joshua 5:1; Psalm 65:8; Psalm 66:3
- 6 1 Samuel 4:7–9; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 44:12; Daniel 3:1–7
- 7 Isaiah 40:19–20; Daniel 3:1–7; Isaiah 44:12–15; Judges 18:24; Jeremiah 10:3–5
- 8 James 2:23; Exodus 19:5–6; Deuteronomy 14:2; 2 Chronicles 20:7; John 15:14–15
- 9 1 Samuel 12:22; Psalm 94:14; Deuteronomy 7:6–7; James 2:5; Joshua 24:2–4
- 10 Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 43:1–2; Romans 8:31; Deuteronomy 31:6–8; Philippians 4:13
- 11 Exodus 23:22; Isaiah 45:24; Revelation 3:9; Isaiah 54:17; Acts 16:39
- 12 Psalm 37:35–36; Job 20:7–9; Isaiah 17:14
- 13 Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 63:8; Psalm 109:31; Isaiah 42:6
- 14 Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 43:14; Psalm 22:6; Jeremiah 50:34; Job 25:6
- 15 Micah 4:13; 2 Corinthians 10:4–5; Zechariah 4:7; Habakkuk 3:12; Isaiah 21:10
- 16 Jeremiah 51:2; Isaiah 61:10–11; Isaiah 45:24–25; Habakkuk 3:18; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 17 Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 30:19; Matthew 5:6; Psalm 72:12–13
- 18 Isaiah 35:6–7; Psalm 107:35; Isaiah 58:11; Isaiah 30:25; Revelation 7:17
- 19 Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 37:31–32; Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 60:13; Isaiah 60:21
- 20 Job 12:9; Psalm 109:27; Isaiah 43:21; Isaiah 44:23; Exodus 9:16
- 21 Job 23:3–4; Job 38:3; Micah 6:1–2
- 22 Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 44:7; Isaiah 48:14; Isaiah 42:9
- 23 John 13:19; Isaiah 42:9; Jeremiah 10:5; Isaiah 44:7–8; Isaiah 46:9–10
- 24 1 Corinthians 8:4; Psalm 115:8; Isaiah 41:29; Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 10:8
- 25 Isaiah 41:2; 2 Samuel 22:43; Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 46:10–11; Zechariah 10:5
- 26 Isaiah 44:7; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 45:21; Habakkuk 2:18–20; Isaiah 43:9
- 27 Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 52:7; Isaiah 44:28; Nahum 1:15; Isaiah 48:3
- 28 Isaiah 63:5; Isaiah 50:2; Daniel 2:10–11; Isaiah 40:13–14; Daniel 5:8
- 29 Jeremiah 5:13; Isaiah 41:24; Isaiah 44:9–20; Psalm 115:4–8; Habakkuk 2:18
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