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Chapter
42
- 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.
- 42:2
- He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be
heard in the street.
- 42:3
- A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall
he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 42:12
- Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise
in the islands.
- 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.
- 42:14
- 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; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up
the pools.
- 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.
- 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.
- 42:18
- Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
- 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?
- 42:20
- Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears,
but he heareth not.
- 42:21
- The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he
will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
- 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.
- 42:23
- Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and
hear for the time to come?
- 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.
- 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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