The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 42

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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 ⚑

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

21 The LORD is well pleased for his righte sness’ 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 ⚑

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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain