Isaiah 42
The LORD's Servant |
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Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine
elect, in whom my soul delighteth; Mt. 3.17 ; 17.5 · Mk. 1.11 · Lk. 3.22 ; 9.35 I
have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the
Gentiles.
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause
his voice to be heard in the street.
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and
the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment
unto truth.
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for
his law. Mt. 12.18-21
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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, Acts 17.24, 25 and
spirit to them that walk therein:
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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; Is. 49.6 · Lk. 2.32 · Acts 13.47 ; 26.23
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to open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out
of the prison house.
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I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not
give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
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Behold, the former things are come to
pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell
you of them.
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Praise for the LORD's Mighty Deliverance |
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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.
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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.
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Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Israel's Failure to
Profit from Discipline |
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Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that
ye may see.
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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?
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Seeing many things, but thou observest
not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
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The LORD is well
pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and
make it honorable.
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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.
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Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
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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.
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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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