| Chapter 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. | ||
| 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 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 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. | ||