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Isaiah 42
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations

42Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.H5650H8551H972H5315H7521H5414H7307H3318H4941H1471 2He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;H6817H5375H6963H8085H2351 3a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.H7533H7070H7665H3544H6594H3518H3318H4941H571 4He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.H3543H7533H7760H4941H776H339H3176H8451 5Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:H559H410H3068H1254H8064H5186H7554H776H6631H5414H5397H5971H7307H1980 6I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations,H3068H7121H6664H2388H3027H5341H5414H1285H5971H216H1471 7to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.H6491H5787H5869H3318H616H4525H3427H2822H3608H1004 8I am the LORD, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols.H3068H8034H3519H5414H312H8416H6456 9See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.H7223H935H2319H5046H6779H8085

A Hymn of Praise

10Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.H7891H3068H2319H7892H8416H7097H776H3381H3220H4393H339H3427 11Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the tops of the mountains.H4057H5892H5375H2691H6938H3427H3427H5553H7442H6681H7218H2022 12Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands.H7760H3519H3068H5046H8416H339 13The LORD goes forth like a soldier, like a warrior he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.H3068H3318H1368H5782H7068H376H4421H7321H6873H1396H341 14For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor, I will gasp and pant.H5769H2814H2790H662H6463H3205H5395H8074H7602H3162 15I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools.H2717H2022H1389H3001H6212H7760H5104H339H3001H98 16I will lead the blind by a road they do not know, by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.H3212H5787H1870H3045H1869H5410H3045H7760H4285H216H6440H4625H4334H1697H6213H5800 17They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame—those who trust in carved images, who say to cast images, "You are our gods."H5472H268H1322H954H982H6459H559H4541H430 18Listen, you that are deaf; and you that are blind, look up and see!H8085H2795H5027H5787H7200 19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger whom I send? Who is blind like my dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the LORD?H5787H5650H2795H4397H7971H5787H7999H5787H3068H5650 20He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.H7200H7200H7227H8104H6491H241H8085

Israel’s Disobedience

21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness, to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.H3068H2654H6664H1431H8451H142 22But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them are trapped in holes and hidden in prisons; they have become a prey with no one to rescue, a spoil with no one to say, "Restore!"H5971H962H8154H6351H2352H970H2244H3608H1004H957H5337H4933H559H7725 23Who among you will give heed to this, who will attend and listen for the time to come?H238H7181H8085H268 24Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they would not walk, and whose law they would not obey?H5414H3290H4933H4882H3478H962H3068H2098H2398H14H1980H1870H8085H8451 25So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the fury of war; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.H8210H2534H639H5807H4421H3857H5439H3045H1197H7760H3820


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