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Isaiah 42

God's Promise concerning His Servant

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aBehold, My  bServant, whom I  1uphold; My  cchosen one in whom My  dsoul delights. I have put My  eSpirit upon Him; He will bring forth  fjustice to the  2nations.

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"He will not cry out or raise His voice, Nor make His voice heard in the street.

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"A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth  ajustice.

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"He will not be  adisheartened or crushed Until He has established justice in the earth; And the  bcoastlands will wait expectantly for His  1law."

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Thus says God the LORD, Who  acreated the heavens and  bstretched them out, Who spread out the  cearth and its  1offspring, Who  dgives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it,

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"I am the LORD, I have  acalled You in righteousness, I will also  bhold You by the hand and  cwatch over You, And I will appoint You as a  dcovenant to the people, As a  elight to the nations,

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To  aopen blind eyes, To  bbring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

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aI am the LORD, that is  bMy name; I will not give My  cglory to another, Nor My praise to  1graven images.

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"Behold, the  aformer things have come to pass, Now I declare  bnew things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you."

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Sing to the LORD a  anew song, Sing His praise from the  bend of the earth!  cYou who go down to the sea, and  dall that is in it. You  eislands, and those who dwell on them.

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Let the  awilderness and its cities lift up their voices, The settlements where  bKedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of  cSela sing aloud, Let them shout for joy from the tops of the  dmountains.

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Let them  agive glory to the LORD And declare His praise in the  bcoastlands.

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 aThe LORD will go forth like a warrior, He will arouse His  bzeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will  cprevail against His enemies.

The Blindness of the People

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aI have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. Now like a woman in labor I will groan, I will both gasp and pant.

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"I will  alay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will  bmake the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds.

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"I will  alead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. I will  bmake darkness into light before them And  crugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will  dnot leave them undone."

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They will be turned back and be  autterly put to shame, Who trust in  1idols, Who say to molten images, "You are our gods."

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 aHear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.

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Who is blind but My  aservant, Or so deaf as My  bmessenger whom I send? Who is so blind as he that is  1 cat peace with Me, Or so blind as the servant of the LORD?

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 aYou have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but none hears.

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The LORD was pleased for His righteousness' sake To make the law  agreat and glorious.

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But this is a people plundered and despoiled; All of them are  atrapped in  1caves, Or are  bhidden away in prisons; They have become a prey with none to deliver them, And a spoil, with none to say, "Give them back!"

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Who among you will give ear to this? Who will give heed and listen hereafter?

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Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned, And in whose ways they  awere not willing to walk, And whose law they did not  bobey?

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So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the  afierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he  1 bpaid no attention.



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