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Chapter 42 |
| 1 | Behold my
servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my
spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. |
| 2 | He
shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the
street. |
| 3 |
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall
he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. |
| 4 | He shall
not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the
isles shall wait for his law. |
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5 | Thus saith God the LORD, he that
created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth,
and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it,
and spirit to them that walk therein: |
| 6 | I the LORD have called thee in
righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for
a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; |
| 7 | To open the
blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house. |
| 8 | I am the LORD: that is my name:
and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven
images. |
| 9 |
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do
I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. |
| 10 | Sing unto
the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down
to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants
thereof. |
| 11
| Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their
voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock
sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. |
| 12 | Let them
give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. |
| 13 |
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man
of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
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| 14 | I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained
myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at
once. |
| 15 |
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their
herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
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| 16 | And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them
in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and
crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake
them. |
| 17 |
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that
trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
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| 18 | Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. |
| 19 | Who is
blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he
that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? |
| 20 | Seeing many
things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
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| 21 | The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify
the law, and make it honourable. |
| 22 | But this is a people robbed
and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison
houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith,
Restore. |
| 23
| Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and
hear for the time to come? |
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24 | Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel
to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they
would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. |
| 25 |
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of
battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned
him, yet he laid it not to heart. |
