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Isaiah 42
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold,
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout,
He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
He won’t break a bruised reed.
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not fail nor be discouraged,
He will not grow weak or discouraged (note: Or bruised) before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope (note: Or In His teaching the coastlands will put their hope; LXX In His name the nations will put their hope; cited in Matthew 12:18–21).”
God the LORD,
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness.
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
to open the blind eyes,
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
“I am the LORD.
I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
Behold, the former things have happened
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Sing to the LORD a new song,
Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands (note: Or coastlands; also in verse 12), and all who dwell in them.
Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,
Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
Let them give glory to the LORD,
Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
The LORD will go out like a mighty man.
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
“I have been silent a long time.
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
I will destroy mountains and hills,
I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land (note: Or coastlands or islands) and drain the marshes.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
“Those who trust in engraved images,
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
Who is blind, but my servant?
Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
You see many things, but don’t observe.
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
But this is a robbed and plundered people.
But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
Who is there amongst you who will give ear to this?
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
Who gave Jacob as plunder,
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.