Isaiah 42
42
XLII
1Behold my servant, whom I will uphold;
My chosen, in whom my soul delighteth:
I have put my Spirit upon him;
He shall publish judgment to the nations.
2He shall not cry, nor raise a clamour,
Nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets.
3A bruised reed shall he not break,
And the smoking flax shall he not quench:
According unto truth shall he publish judgment.
4He shall not despond, neither shall he be faint;
Until he hath firmly seated judgment in the earth:
And the isles shall earnestly wait for his law.
5Thus saith the God, Jehovah,
Who hath created the heavens, and stretched them out;
Who hath spread abroad the earth, and the produce thereof;
Who giveth breath to the people upon it,
And spirit to them that tread thereon:
6I Jehovah have called thee in righteousness,
And I will take hold of thy hand, and will preserve thee;
And I will give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations;
7To open the blind eyes,
To bring the captive out of confinement;
And them that sit in darkness, out of the prison house.
8I am Jehovah, that is my name;
And my glory will I not give to another,
Nor my praise to graven images.
9The former predictions, behold! they are come to pass;
And new events I now declare:
Before they spring forth, I make them known unto you.
10Sing unto Jehovah a new song,
His praise from the ends of the earth;
Ye that go down upon the sea, and the fulness thereof;
The isles, and their inhabitants.
11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,
The villages that Kedar doth inhabit:
Let them sing, who inhabit the rocks;
Let them shout aloud from the top of the mountains.
12Let them ascribe glory to Jehovah,
And declare his praise in the islands.
13 Jehovah shall march forth like a hero;
Like a mighty warrior shall he stir up his zeal:
He shall cry aloud; yea, he shall shout amain;
He shall prove himself mighty against his enemies.
14I have long time holden my peace,
I have been still and refrained myself;
But now will I cry out like a woman in travail;
I will stifle my breath and pour it forth at once.
15I will make waste mountains and hills,
And all their herbage will I dry up;
And I will change rivers into islands,
And the pools will I dry up.
16And I will lead the blind by a way that they knew not;
Through paths that they have not known will I conduct them:
I will turn darkness into light before them;
And rugged places into smooth ground.
These things will I do for them, and will not forsake them.
17They are turned backward, they are utterly confounded,
Who trust in graven images,
Who say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
18Hear, ye deaf!
And, ye blind! look attentively, that ye may see.
19Who is blind, if not my servant?
Or deaf as my messenger whom I sent?
Who is blind like him that is perfect,
And blind like the servant of Jehovah?
20Thou hast seen many things, but thou observest not;
Having the ears open, but did not hear.
21 Jehovah is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake;
He shall magnify the law, and render it glorious.
22But this is a people spoiled and plundered;
All their chosen youths are taken in the toils,
And in prison houses are they hid:
They are become a spoil, and none delivereth;
A plunder, and no one saith, Restore.
23Who is there among you that will give ear to this?
That will attend, and hearken, for the future?
24Who hath given Jacob for a spoil,
And Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not Jehovah? He against whom we have sinned?
For they would not walk in his ways,
Neither were they obedient unto his law.
25Therefore he hath poured upon them the heat of his anger, and the vehemence of war:
And it kindled a flame round about him, yet he regarded it not;
And it set him on fire, yet he laid it not to heart.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 42
42
The Servant’s Mission
1“This # Mt 12:18-21 is My Servant; # Is 49:3-7; 50:10 I strengthen Him,
this is My Chosen One; # Is 41:8-9; Lk 9:35; 23:35; 1Pt 2:4,6 I delight in Him. # Mt 3:17; 17:5; Mk 1:11; Lk 3:22; 2Pt 1:17
I have put My Spirit on Him; # Nm 11:16-17; 1Sm 16:13; Ps 33:6; 139:7; Is 11:2; 40:7; 59:21; Lk 4:18-21
He will bring justice # DSS read His justice to the nations. # Is 2:4; 51:4-5
2He will not cry out or shout
or make His voice heard in the streets.
3He will not break a bruised reed,
and He will not put out a smoldering wick;
He will faithfully bring justice.
4He will not grow weak or be discouraged
until He has established justice on earth.
The islands will wait for His instruction.” # Is 11:11; 24:15; 42:10,12; 49:1; 51:5; 60:9; 66:19
5This is what God, Yahweh, says —
who created the heavens and stretched them out, # Ps 104:2; Is 40:22
who spread out the earth and what comes from it, # Ps 136:6; Is 34:1
who gives breath to the people on it
and life # Lit spirit to those who walk on it # Jb 12:10; 33:4; Is 57:16; Dn 5:23; Ac 17:25 —
6“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose, # Or you by My righteousness ; lit you in righteousness # Is 5:7,16; 9:7; 11:4-5; 32:1; 41:2; 45:8,13; 51:5-8; 56:1; 60:21; Jr 23:5-6
and I will hold You by Your hand. # Is 41:10,13
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people # Is 49:8
and a light to the nations, # Is 49:6
7in order to open blind eyes, # Ac 26:17-18
to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, # Is 35:5; 49:9; 61:1; Heb 2:14-15
and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
8I am Yahweh, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another # Ex 20:3-5; Is 48:11
or My praise to idols.
9The past events have indeed happened.
Now I declare new events; # Is 43:19; 48:3,6; Rv 21:4
I announce them to you before they occur.”
A Song of Praise
10Sing a new song to the Lord; # Ps 33:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9
sing His praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, # Ps 96:11; 98:7
you islands with your # Lit their inhabitants.
11Let the desert and its cities shout,
the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. # Is 21:16; 60:7
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; # Is 16:1
let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare His praise in the islands.
13The Lord advances like a warrior;
He stirs up His zeal like a soldier. # Is 9:7; 26:11; 37:32; 59:17
He shouts, He roars aloud,
He prevails over His enemies.
14“I have kept silent from ages past;
I have been quiet and restrained Myself. # Ps 50:21; Is 57:11; 62:1; 64:12; 65:6
But now, I will groan like a woman in labor, # Is 13:8
gasping breathlessly.
15I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes. # Is 44:27; 50:2; Nah 1:4-6
16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; # Is 29:18; 30:21; 32:3; Jr 31:8-9; Lk 1:78-79
I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them # Eph 5:8
and rough places into level ground. # Is 40:4; Lk 3:5
This is what I will do for them,
and I will not forsake them. # Jos 1:5; Ps 94:14; Is 41:17; Heb 13:5
17They will be turned back and utterly ashamed —
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods! # Ps 97:7; Is 1:29; 44:9,11; 45:16
Israel’s Blindness and Deafness
18“Listen, you deaf!
Look, you blind, so that you may see. # Is 35:5
19Who is blind but My servant, # Is 41:8-9; 43:10; 44:1-2,21; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3; 54:17; Ezk 28:25; 37:25; Lk 1:54
or deaf like My messenger I am sending?
Who is blind like My dedicated one, # Hb obscure
or blind like the servant of the Lord?
20Though seeing many things, # Alt Hb tradition reads You see many things; you do not obey.
Though his ears are open, he does not listen.” # Rm 2:21-23
21The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,
to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
22But this is a people plundered and looted,
all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder # Dt 1:39; Jr 2:14; Ezk 34:8; 36:4
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back! ”
23Who among you will pay attention to this?
Let him listen and obey in the future.
24Who gave Jacob to the robber, # Lit to loot
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.
25So He poured out on Jacob His furious anger
and the power of war.
It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
it burned him, but he paid no attention. # Lit he did not put on heart # Is 29:13; 47:7; 57:1; Jr 12:11; Hs 7:9
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