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CHAPTER 42
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 L
ORD
, 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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
: 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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
, and declare his praise in the islands.
13
The L
ORD
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 L
ORD
’S servant?
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Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears,
but he heareth not.
21
The L
ORD
is well pleased for his righteousness’ 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 L
ORD
, 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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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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