Isaiah 42 New American Standard Bible

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<t><p class="indent1">My chosen<MH972> one <i>in whom</i> My soul<MH5315> delights<MH7521>. <t><p class="indent1">I have put<MH5414> My Spirit<MH7307> upon Him; <t><p class="indent1">He will bring<MH3318> forth<MH3318> justice<MH4941> to the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>nations<MH1471>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“He will not cry<MH6817> out<MH6817> nor<MH3808> raise<MH5375> <i>His voice,</i> <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH3808> make<MH8085> His voice<MH6963> heard<MH8085> in the street<MH2351>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“A bent<MH7533> reed<MH7070> He will not break<MH7665> <i>off</i> <t><p class="indent1">And a dimly<MH3544> burning<MH3544> wick<MH6594> He will not extinguish<MH3518>; <t><p class="indent1">He will faithfully<MH571> bring<MH3318> forth<MH3318> justice<MH4941>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“He will not be disheartened<MH3543a> or crushed<MH7533> <t><p class="indent1">Until<MH5704> He has established<MH7760> justice<MH4941> on the earth<MH776>; <t><p class="indent1">And the coastlands<MH339> will wait<MH3176> expectantly<MH3176> for His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>law<MH8451>.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This<MH3541> is<MH3541> what<MH3541> God<MH410> the LORD<MH3068> says<MH559>, <t><p class="indent1">Who created<MH1254a> the heavens<MH8064> and stretched<MH5186> them out<MH5186>, <t><p class="indent1">Who spread<MH7554> out<MH7554> the earth<MH776> and its <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>offspring<MH6631>, <t><p class="indent1">Who gives<MH5414> breath<MH5397> to the people<MH5971a> on it <t><p class="indent1">And spirit<MH7307> to those who walk<MH1980> in it: <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“I am the LORD<MH3068>, I have called<MH7121> You in righteousness<MH6664>, <t><p class="indent1">I will also hold<MH2388> You by the hand<MH3027> and watch<MH5341> over You, <t><p class="indent1">And I will appoint<MH5414> You as a covenant<MH1285> to the people<MH5971a>, <t><p class="indent1">As a light<MH216> to the nations<MH1471>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>To open<MH6491b> blind<MH5787> eyes<MH5869>, <t><p class="indent1">To bring<MH3318> out<MH3318> prisoners<MH616> from the dungeon<MH4525> <t><p class="indent1">And those who dwell<MH3427> in darkness<MH2822> from the prison<MH1004, 3608>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“I am the LORD<MH3068>, that is My name<MH8034>; <t><p class="indent1">I will not give<MH5414> My glory<MH3519b> to another<MH312>, <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH3808> My praise<MH8416> to idols<MH6456>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Behold<MH2009>, the former<MH7223> things<MH7223> have come<MH935> to pass<MH935>, <t><p class="indent1">Now I declare<MH5046> new<MH2319> things<MH2319>; <t><p class="indent1">Before<MH2962> they sprout<MH6779> I proclaim<MH8085> <i>them</i> to you.” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Sing<MH7891> to the LORD<MH3068> a new<MH2319> song<MH7892a>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Sing</i> His praise<MH8416> from the end<MH7097a> of the earth<MH776>! <t><p class="indent1">You who go<MH3381> down<MH3381> to the sea<MH3220>, and all<MH4393> that is in<MH4393> it; <t><p class="indent1">You islands<MH339>, and those who live<MH3427> on them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Let the wilderness<MH4057b> and its cities<MH5892b> raise<MH5375> <i>their voices,</i> <t><p class="indent1">The settlements<MH2691b> which Kedar<MH6938> inhabits<MH3427>. <t><p class="indent1">Let the inhabitants<MH3427> of Sela<MH5554> sing<MH7442> aloud<MH7442>, <t><p class="indent1">Let them shout<MH6681> for<MH6681> joy<MH6681> from the tops<MH7218> of the mountains<MH2022>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Let them give<MH7760> glory<MH3519b> to the LORD<MH3068> <t><p class="indent1">And declare<MH5046> His praise<MH8416> in the coastlands<MH339>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD<MH3068> will go<MH3318> out<MH3318> like a warrior<MH1368>, <t><p class="indent1">He will stir<MH5782> <i>His</i> zeal<MH7068> like a man<MH376> of war<MH4421>. <t><p class="indent1">He will shout<MH7321>, indeed<MH637>, He will raise<MH6873> a<MH6873> war<MH6873> cry<MH6873>. <t><p class="indent1">He will prevail<MH1396> against<MH5921> His enemies<MH340>. <p class="hdg">The Blindness of the People</p><poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“I have kept<MH2814> silent<MH2814> for a long<MH5769> time<MH5769>, <t><p class="indent1">I have kept<MH2814> still<MH2790b> and restrained<MH662> Myself. <t><p class="indent1"><i>Now</i> like a woman in<MH3205> labor<MH3205> I will groan<MH6463>, <t><p class="indent1">I will both<MH3162> gasp<MH5395> and pant<MH7602a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“I will lay<MH2717b> waste<MH2717b> the mountains<MH2022> and hills<MH1389> <t><p class="indent1">And wither<MH3001> all<MH3605> their vegetation<MH6212a>; <t><p class="indent1">I will turn<MH7760> the rivers<MH5104> into coastlands<MH339> <t><p class="indent1">And dry<MH3001> up<MH3001> the ponds<MH98>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I will lead<MH1980> those who are blind<MH5787> by a way<MH1870> they have not known<MH3045>, <t><p class="indent1">In paths<MH5410b> they have not known<MH3045> I will guide<MH1869> them. <t><p class="indent1">I will turn<MH7760> darkness<MH4285> into light<MH216> before<MH6440> them <t><p class="indent1">And uneven<MH4625> land<MH4625> into plains<MH4334>. <t><p class="indent1">These<MH428> are the things<MH1697> I will do<MH6213a>, <t><p class="indent1">And I will not leave<MH5800a> them undone<MH5800a>.” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They will be turned<MH5472> back<MH268> <i>and</i> be utterly<MH954> put<MH954> to<MH954> shame<MH954>, <t><p class="indent1">Who trust<MH982> in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>idols<MH6459>, <t><p class="indent1">Who say<MH559> to cast<MH4541a> metal<MH4541a> images<MH4541a>, <p class="indent1stline">“You are our gods<MH430>.” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Hear<MH8085>, you who are deaf<MH2795>! <t><p class="indent1">And look<MH5027>, you who are blind<MH5787>, so that you may see<MH7200>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Who<MH4310> is blind<MH5787> but My servant<MH5650>, <t><p class="indent1">Or so deaf<MH2795> as My messenger<MH4397> whom I send<MH7971>? <t><p class="indent1">Who<MH4310> is so blind<MH5787> as one who is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>at peace<MH7999b> <i>with Me,</i> <t><p class="indent1">Or so blind<MH5787> as the servant<MH5650> of the LORD<MH3068>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You have seen<MH7200> many<MH7227a> things<MH7227a>, but you do not retain<MH8104> <i>them;</i> <t><p class="indent1"><i>Your</i> ears<MH241> are open<MH6491b>, but no<MH3808> one<MH3808> hears<MH8085>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The LORD<MH3068> was pleased<MH2654a> for His righteousness’<MH6664> sake<MH4616> <t><p class="indent1">To make<MH1431> the Law<MH8451> great<MH1431> and glorious<MH142>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But this<MH1931> is a people<MH5971a> plundered<MH962> and pillaged<MH8154>; <t><p class="indent1">All<MH3605> of them are trapped<MH6351> in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>caves<MH2352b>, <t><p class="indent1">Or are hidden<MH2244> away in prisons<MH3608>; <t><p class="indent1">They have become<MH1961> plunder<MH957>, with no<MH369> one<MH369> to save<MH5337> <i>them,</i> <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> spoils<MH4933> with no<MH369> one<MH369> to say<MH559>, “Give<MH7725> <i>them</i> back<MH7725>!” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who<MH4310> among you will listen<MH238> to this<MH2088>? <t><p class="indent1"><i>Who</i> will pay<MH7181> attention<MH7181> and listen<MH8085> in the time<MH268> to<MH268> come<MH268>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Who<MH4310> gave<MH5414> Jacob<MH3290> up<MH5414> for spoils<MH4933>, and Israel<MH3478> to plunderers<MH962>? <t><p class="indent1">Was it not the LORD<MH3068>, against whom<MH2098> we have sinned<MH2398>, <t><p class="indent1">And in whose ways<MH1870> they were<MH14> not willing<MH14> to walk<MH1980>, <t><p class="indent1">And whose Law<MH8451> they did not obey<MH8085>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/42-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So He poured<MH8210> out<MH8210> on him the heat<MH2534> of His anger<MH639> <t><p class="indent1">And the fierceness<MH5807> of battle<MH4421>; <t><p class="indent1">And it set<MH3857> him aflame<MH3857> all<MH4480, 5439> around<MH5439>, <t><p class="indent1">Yet he did not recognize<MH3045> <i>it;</i> <t><p class="indent1">And it burned<MH1197a> him, but he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>paid<MH7760> no<MH3808> attention<MH5921, 3820>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>hold fast</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>Gentiles</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>instruction</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>vegetation</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>carved images</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i>the devoted one</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>holes</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>did not lay</i> it <i>to heart</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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