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Isaiah 42
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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God's Promise concerning His Servant

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Isa 42:1 - “Behold,^H2005 My Servant,^H5650 whom I [fn]uphold;^H8551
My chosen^H972 one in whom My soul^H5315 delights.^H7521
I have put^H5414 My Spirit^H7307 upon Him;
He will bring^H3318 forth^H3318 justice^H4941 to the [fn]nations.^H1471

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Isa 42:2 - “He will not cry^H6817 out or raise^H5375 His voice,
Nor^H3808 make^H8085 His voice^H6963 heard^H8085 in the street.^H2351

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Isa 42:3 - “A bruised^H7533 reed^H7070 He will not break^H7665
And a dimly^H3544 burning wick^H6594 He will not extinguish;^H3518
He will faithfully^H571 bring^H3318 forth^H3318 justice.^H4941

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Isa 42:4 - “He will not be disheartened^H3543 or crushed^H7533
Until^H5704 He has established^H7760 justice^H4941 in the earth;^H776
And the coastlands^H339 will wait^H3176 expectantly^H3176 for His [fn]law.”^H8451

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Isa 42:5 - Thus^H3541 says^H559 God^H410 the LORD,^H3068
Who created^H1254 the heavens^H8064 and stretched^H5186 them out,
Who spread^H7554 out the earth^H776 and its [fn]offspring,^H6631
Who gives^H5414 breath^H5397 to the people^H5971 on it
And spirit^H7307 to those who walk^H1980 in it,

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Isa 42:6 - “I am the LORD,^H3068 I have called^H7121 You in righteousness,^H6664
I will also hold^H2388 You by the hand^H3027 and watch^H5341 over You,
And I will appoint^H5414 You as a covenant^H1285 to the people,^H5971
As a light^H216 to the nations,^H1471

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Isa 42:7 - To open^H6491 blind^H5787 eyes,^H5869
To bring^H3318 out prisoners^H616 from the dungeon^H4525
And those who dwell^H3427 in darkness^H2822 from the prison.^H1004^H3608

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Isa 42:8 - “I am the LORD,^H3068 that is My name;^H8034
I will not give^H5414 My glory^H3519 to another,^H312
Nor^H3808 My praise^H8416 to [fn]graven^H6456 images.^H6456

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Isa 42:9 - “Behold,^H2009 the former^H7223 things^H7223 have come^H935 to pass,^H935
Now I declare^H5046 new^H2319 things;^H2319
Before^H2962 they spring^H6779 forth^H6779 I proclaim^H8085 them to you.”

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Isa 42:10 - Sing^H7891 to the LORD^H3068 a new^H2319 song,^H7892
Sing His praise^H8416 from the end^H7097 of the earth!^H776
You who go^H3381 down^H3381 to the sea,^H3220 and all^H4393 that is in it.
You islands,^H339 and those who dwell^H3427 on them.

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Isa 42:11 - Let the wilderness^H4057 and its cities^H5892 lift^H5375 up their voices,
The settlements^H2691 where Kedar^H6938 inhabits.^H3427
Let the inhabitants^H3427 of Sela^H5553 sing^H7442 aloud,^H7442
Let them shout^H6681 for joy^H6681 from the tops^H7218 of the mountains.^H2022

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Isa 42:12 - Let them give^H7760 glory^H3519 to the LORD^H3068
And declare^H5046 His praise^H8416 in the coastlands.^H339

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Isa 42:13 - The LORD^H3068 will go^H3318 forth^H3318 like a warrior,^H1368
He will arouse^H5782 His zeal^H7068 like a man^H376 of war.^H4421
He will utter^H7321 a shout,^H7321 yes,^H637 He will raise^H6873 a war^H6873 cry.^H6873
He will prevail^H1396 against^H5921 His enemies.^H340

The Blindness of the People

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Isa 42:14 - “I have kept^H2814 silent^H2814 for a long^H5769 time,^H5769
I have kept^H2814 still^H2790 and restrained^H662 Myself.
Now like a woman in labor^H3205 I will groan,^H6463
I will both^H3162 gasp^H5395 and pant.^H7602

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Isa 42:15 - “I will lay^H2717 waste^H2717 the mountains^H2022 and hills^H1389
And wither^H3001 all^H3605 their vegetation;^H6212
I will make^H7760 the rivers^H5104 into coastlands^H339
And dry^H3001 up the ponds.^H98

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Isa 42:16 - “I will lead^H1980 the blind^H5787 by a way^H1870 they do not know,^H3045
In paths^H5410 they do not know^H3045 I will guide^H1869 them.
I will make^H7760 darkness^H4285 into light^H216 before^H6440 them
And rugged^H4625 places^H4625 into plains.^H4334
These^H428 are the things^H1697 I will do,^H6213
And I will not leave^H5800 them undone.”^H5800

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Isa 42:17 - They will be turned^H5472 back^H268 and be utterly^H954 put^H954 to shame,^H954
Who trust^H982 in [fn]idols,^H6459
Who say^H559 to molten^H4541 images,^H4541
“You are our gods.”^H430

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Isa 42:18 - Hear,^H8085 you deaf!^H2795
And look,^H5027 you blind,^H5787 that you may see.^H7200

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Isa 42:19 - Who^H4310 is blind^H5787 but My servant,^H5650
Or so deaf^H2795 as My messenger^H4397 whom I send?^H7971
Who^H4310 is so blind^H5787 as he that is [fn]at peace^H7999 with Me,
Or so blind^H5787 as the servant^H5650 of the LORD?^H3068

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Isa 42:20 - You have seen^H7200 many^H7227 things,^H7227 but you do not observe^H8104 them;
Your ears^H241 are open,^H6491 but none^H3808 hears.^H8085

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Isa 42:21 - The LORD^H3068 was pleased^H2654 for His righteousness’^H6664 sake^H4616
To make^H1431 the law^H8451 great^H1431 and glorious.^H142

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Isa 42:22 - But this^H1931 is a people^H5971 plundered^H962 and despoiled;^H8154
All^H3605 of them are trapped^H6351 in [fn]caves,^H2352
Or are hidden^H2244 away in prisons;^H3608
They have become^H1961 a prey^H957 with none^H369 to deliver^H5337 them,
And a spoil,^H4933 with none^H369 to say,^H559 “Give^H7725 them back!”^H7725

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Isa 42:23 - Who^H4310 among you will give^H238 ear^H238 to this?^H2088
Who will give^H7181 heed^H7181 and listen^H8085 hereafter?^H268

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Isa 42:24 - Who^H4310 gave^H5414 Jacob^H3290 up for spoil,^H4933 and Israel^H3478 to plunderers?^H962
Was it not the LORD,^H3068 against whom^H2098 we have sinned,^H2398
And in whose ways^H1870 they were not willing^H14 to walk,^H1980
And whose law^H8451 they did not obey?^H8085

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Isa 42:25 - So He poured^H8210 out on him the heat^H2534 of His anger^H639
And the fierceness^H5807 of battle;^H4421
And it set^H3857 him aflame^H3857 all^H4480^H5439 around,^H5439
Yet he did not recognize^H3045 it;
And it burned^H1197 him, but he [fn]paid^H7760 no^H3808 attention.^H5921^H3820

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Or, hold fast

Or, Gentiles

Or, instruction

Or, vegetation

Or, idols

Or, graven images

Or, the devoted one

(42:22)

Or, holes

(42:25)

Literally: did not lay it to heart

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Isaiah 42
NASB95
– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)