For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help you.
14 Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,
    little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
15 “See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
    new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
    and reduce the hills to chaff.
16 You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,
    and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the Lord
    and glory in the Holy One of Israel.

As we have seen, this section shows how ”little Israel” will become a mountain-moving force with the ”help” of God. He is going to make them into something they are not. So the last two lines are significant. ‘All the glory must be to the Lord.’

This reminds me of the section in 1 Corinthians 1 that we also looked at recently, in conjunction with the above passage in Isaiah. Note the final statement here also:

26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Many years ago, I became aware of this song. The lyrics speak for themselves:

While walking on this earth,
We are nothing in ourselves,
Yet God’s chosen to use us,
In His mighty hand,
For the master plan requires human instruments,
But they must not ever glorify themselves.


All the glory must be to the Lord,
Only He is worthy of our praise,
No one on earth should give glory to himself,
For all the glory must be to the Lord.