Isaiah 41:1 - 41:4

“Coastlands, listen to Me in silence,

And let the peoples gain new power;

Let them come forward, then let them speak;

Let us draw near together for judgment.

Who has awakened one from the east

Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet?

He gives up nations before him

And has dominion over kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

As the wind‑driven chaff with his bow.

He pursues them, passing on in peace,

By a way he had not come with his feet.

Who has worked and done it,

Calling forth the generations from the beginning?

‘I, Yahweh, am the first; and with the last, I am He.’”