Isaiah 42
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Yahweh’s Chosen Servant
1“Behold, My Servant, whom I #42:1 Or hold fastuphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul is well-pleased.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the #42:1 Or Gentilesnations.
2“He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
3“A crushed reed He will not break
And a faintly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will bring forth justice in truth.
4“He will not be faint or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His #42:4 Or instructionlaw.”
5Thus says the God, Yahweh,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its #42:5 Or vegetationoffspring,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,
6“I am Yahweh, I have called You in righteousness;
I will also take hold of You by the hand and guard You,
And I will give You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations,
7To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who inhabit darkness from the prison.
8“I am Yahweh, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another,
Nor My praise to #42:8 Or idolsgraven images.
9“Behold, the former things have come to pass;
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I cause you to hear them.”
10¶Sing to Yahweh a new song,
Sing His praise from the end of the earth!
You who go down to the sea, as well as its fullness.
You coastlands, and those who inhabit them.
11Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The villages where Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.
12Let them give glory to Yahweh
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
13Yahweh will go forth like a warrior;
He will awaken His zeal like a man of war.
He will make a loud shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies.
Israel’s Blindness and Deafness
14¶“I have kept silent for a long time;
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan;
I will both gasp and pant.
15“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the pools of waters.
16“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not forsake them.”
17They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,
Who trust in graven images,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”
18¶Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
19Who is blind but My servant,
Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is #42:19 Or the devoted oneat peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of Yahweh?
20You have seen many things, but you do not keep them;
Your ears are open, but none hears.
21Yahweh was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
That He make the law great and majestic.
22But this is a people plundered and pillaged as spoil;
All of them are trapped in #42:22 Or holescaves,
Or are hidden away in prisons;
They have become a plunder with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Have them return!”
23¶Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will give heed and hear hereafter?
24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?
25So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not know it;
And it burned him, but he did not set it upon his heart.
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Isaiah 42
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1 #
Mt 12.18-21. Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him,
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2He will not cry or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3a bruised reed he will not break,
and a dimly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4He will not fail#42.4 Or burn dimly or be discouraged#42.4 Or bruised
till he has established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands wait for his law.
5 #
Acts 17.24-25. Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread forth the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 #
Is 49.6; Lk 2.32; Acts 13.47; 26.23. “I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness,
I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
I have given you as a covenant to the people,
a light to the nations,
7 #
Acts 26.18. to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
8I am the Lord, that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to graven images.
9Behold, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
10Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth!
Let the sea roar#42.10 Cn Compare Ps 96.11; 98.7: Heb Those who go down to the sea and all that fills it,
the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that Kedar inhabits;
let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare his praise in the coastlands.
13The Lord goes forth like a mighty man,
like a man of war he stirs up his fury;
he cries out, he shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.
14For a long time I have held my peace,
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out like a woman in travail,
I will gasp and pant.
15I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their herbage;
I will turn the rivers into islands,
and dry up the pools.
16And I will lead the blind
in a way that they know not,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not forsake them.
17They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in graven images,
who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”
18Hear, you deaf;
and look, you blind, that you may see!
19Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20He sees#42.20 Heb you see many things, but does not observe them;
his ears are open, but he does not hear.
21The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
to magnify his law and make it glorious.
22But this is a people robbed and plundered,
they are all of them trapped in holes
and hidden in prisons;
they have become a prey with none to rescue,
a spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
23Who among you will give ear to this,
will attend and listen for the time to come?
24Who gave up Jacob to the spoiler,
and Israel to the robbers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
in whose ways they would not walk,
and whose law they would not obey?
25So he poured upon him the heat of his anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire round about, but he did not understand;
it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
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