Isaiah 40:28–41:4
Have you not heard?z
The Lord is the everlastinga God,
the Creatorb of the ends of the earth.c
He will not grow tired or weary,d
and his understanding no one can fathom.e
29 He gives strengthf to the wearyg
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young menh stumble and fall;i
31 but those who hopej in the Lord
will renew their strength.k
They will soar on wings like eagles;l
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.m
41 “Be silentn before me, you islands!o
Let the nations renew their strength!p
Let them come forwardq and speak;
let us meet togetherr at the place of judgment.
2 “Who has stirreds up one from the east,t
calling him in righteousnessu to his servicea?v
He hands nations over to him
and subdues kings before him.
He turns them to dustw with his sword,
to windblown chaffx with his bow.y
3 He pursues them and moves on unscathed,z
by a path his feet have not traveled before.
4 Who has done this and carried it through,
callinga forth the generations from the beginning?b
I, the Lord—with the first of them