42:1 Jacob is my servant, I will help him:
Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon
him; he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.
42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up [his voice], nor shall his voice be heard
without.
42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not
quench; but he shall bring forth judgement to truth.
42:4 He shall shine out, and shall not be discouraged, until he have set
judgement on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
42:5 Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who
settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on
it, and spirit to them that tread on it:
42:6 I the Lord God have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine
hand, and will strengthen thee: and I have given thee for the covenant of a
race, for a light of the Gentiles:
42:7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in
darkness out of bonds and the prison-house.
42:8 I am the Lord God: that is my name: I will not give my glory to
another, nor my praises to graven images.
42:9 Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and [so will] the new
things which I tell you: yea, before I tell [them] they are made known to
you.
42:10 Sing a new hymn to the Lord: ye [who are] his dominion, glorify his
name from the end of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and sail upon
it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.
42:11 Rejoice, thou wilderness, and the villages thereof, the hamlets, and
the dwellers in Kedar: the inhabitants of the rock shall rejoice, they shall
shout from the top of the mountains.
42:12 They shall give glory to God, [and] shall proclaim his praises in the
islands.
42:13 The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir
up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.
42:14 I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear: I have
endured like a travailing [woman]: I will [now] amaze and wither at once.
42:15 I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their
grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.
42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will
cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness
into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I
do, and will not forsake them.
42:17 But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven
[images], who say to the molten [images], Ye are our gods.
42:18 Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.
42:19 And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over
them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.
42:20 Ye have often seen, and have not taken heed; [your] ears have been
opened, and ye have not heard.
42:21 The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might
magnify [his] praise.
42:22 And I beheld, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for [there
is] a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where
they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that
delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore.
42:23 Who [is there] among you that will give ear to these things? hearken
ye to the things which are coming to pass.
42:24 For what did he give to Jacob up to spoil, an Israel to them that
plundered him? Did not God [do it] against whom they sinned? [and] they
would not walk in his ways, nor hearken to his law.
42:25 So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those
that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew
[it], neither did they lay [it] to heart. |
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.
42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the
street.
42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not
quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
42:4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the
earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
42:5 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:
42:6 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;
42:7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to
another, neither my praise to graven images.
42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
42:10 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.
42:11 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.
42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the
islands.
42:13 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.
42:14 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.
42:15 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.
42:16 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.
42:17 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.
42:18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
42:19 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?
42:20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he
heareth not.
42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify
the law, and make it honourable.
42:22 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.
42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the
time to come?
42:24 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.
42:25 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. |