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Isaiah 42
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| 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. |
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| 42:2
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the
street. |
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| 42:3
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not
quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. |
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| 42:4
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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| 42:5
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: |
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| 42:6
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; |
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| 42:7
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. |
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| 42:8
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,
neither my praise to graven images. |
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| 42:9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them. |
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| 42:10
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. |
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| 42:11
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. |
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| 42:12
Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. |
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| 42:13
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. |
 (42:13-15) God will "go forth as a mighty
man" who cries and roars, and "will cry like a travailing woman."
After he tires of roaring and crying he'll "destroy and devour," waste mountains and dry up herbs. What a guy.
(42:13) "The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar."
(42:14) "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."
(42:15) "I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs."
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| 42:14
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.
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| 42:15
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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| 42:16
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.
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| 42:17
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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| 42:18
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. |
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| 42:19
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? |
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| 42:20
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he
heareth not. |
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| 42:21
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the
law, and make it honourable. |
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| 42:22
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. |
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| 42:23
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the
time to come? |
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| 42:24
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. |
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| 42:25
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.
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