8. But thou Israel art my Servant , Jacob whom I have chosen , the seed of Abraham my friend .
9. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth , and called thee from the chief men thereof , and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away .
10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strength∣en thee, yea, I will help thee, yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness .
11. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, shall be ashamed and confounded : they shall be as nothing , and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them , even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought .
13. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand , saying unto thee, Fear not, I will help thee.
14. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel: I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the holy One of Israel.
15. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth : thou shalt thresh the mountains , and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16. Thou shalt fan them , and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoyce in the LORD, and shalt glory in the holy One of Is∣rael .
17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue falleth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them .
18. I will open rivers 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 .
19. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oyl-tree: I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together :
20. That they may see , and know, and con∣sider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the holy One of Israel hath created it.
21. Produce your cause , saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons , saith the King of Jacob.
22. Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen : let them shew the for∣mer things what they be, that we may con∣sider them , and know the latter end of them ; or declare us things for to come .