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Chapter 42
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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. |
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice
to be heard in the street. |
3
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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. |
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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, 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; |
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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. |
9
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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. |
10
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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. |
11
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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. |
12
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Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his
praise in the islands. |
13
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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. |
14
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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.
God
Compared to a Travailing Woman - |
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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. |
18
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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? |
20
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Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening
the ears, but he heareth not. |
21
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The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake;
he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. |
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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. |
