Listen to Me, O coastlands; and give attention, you people from afar; Jehovah has called Me from the womb; from My mother's belly He has made mention of My name.

Be still, and know that I am God! I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

But Jehovah is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

All flesh, be silent before Jehovah. For He is raised up out of His holy habitation.

They each one helped his neighbor, and said to his brother, Be strong.

So the craftsman encourages the refiner, and he who smooths with the hammer, him who struck the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good. And he makes it steady with nails so that it will not be shaken.

Present your case, says Jehovah; approach to argue your defense, says the King of Jacob.

Let them approach, and confess to us what shall happen; let them disclose the former things, what they are, that we may determine a finding and know the final outcome; or proclaim to us things to come.

Suffer evil, O people, and be broken! Give ear, all you from distant lands. Gird yourselves and be broken. Gird yourselves and be broken!

Take counsel and make plans, but they will be frustrated. Speak a word, but it shall not stand; for the Mighty God is with us.

Now gird up your loins like a man; I will consult with you, and you declare unto Me.

Now gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you declare unto Me:

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong.

Assemble yourselves and come, all you nations; and gather yourselves together all around. O Jehovah, bring down Your mighty ones.

Come now and let us reason together, says Jehovah: Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come to His place!

I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.

There the upright could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Oh, that I had one to hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, that the man complaining had written an indictment!

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind it on me like a crown;

Would you indeed annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

Adorn yourself with majesty and grandeur, and clothe yourself with glory and honor.

Hear now what Jehovah says: Rise up, contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I made you weary? Testify against Me.