Isaiah:42

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* "Behold , my servant , whom I uphold ; my chosen , in whom my soul delights -- I have put my Spirit on him . He will bring justice to the nations . * He will not shout , nor raise his voice , nor cause it to be heard in the street . * He won 't break a bruised reed . He won 't quench a dimly burning wick . He will faithfully bring justice . * He will not fail nor be discouraged , until he has set justice in the earth , and the islands will wait for his law ." * Thus says God Yahweh , he who created the heavens and stretched them out , he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it , he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it . * "I , Yahweh , have called you in righteousness , and will hold your hand , and will keep you , and make you a covenant for the people , as a light for the nations ; * to open the blind eyes , to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon , and those who sit in darkness out of the prison . * "I am Yahweh . That is my name . I will not give my glory to another , nor my praise to engraved images . * Behold , the former things have happened , and I declare new things . I tell you about them before they come up ." * Sing to Yahweh a new song , and his praise from the end of the earth , you who go down to the sea , and all that is therein , the islands and their inhabitants . * Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices , with the villages that Kedar inhabits . Let the inhabitants of Sela sing . Let them shout from the top of the mountains ! * Let them give glory to Yahweh , and declare his praise in the islands . * Yahweh will go out like a mighty man . He will stir up zeal like a man of war . He will raise a war cry . Yes , he will shout aloud . He will triumph over his enemies . * "I have been silent a long time . I have been quiet and restrained myself . Now I will cry out like a travailing woman . I will both gasp and pant . * I will destroy mountains and hills , and dry up all their herbs . I will make the rivers islands , and will dry up the pools . * I will bring the blind by a way that they don 't know . I will lead them in paths that they don 't know . I will make darkness light before them , and crooked places straight . I will do these things , and I will not forsake them . * "Those who trust in engraved images , who tell molten images , 'You are our gods ' will be turned back . They will be utterly disappointed . * "Hear , you deaf , and look , you blind , that you may see . * Who is blind , but my servant ? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send ? Who is as blind as he who is at peace , and as blind as Yahweh 's servant ? * You see many things , but don 't observe . His ears are open , but he doesn 't listen . * It pleased Yahweh , for his righteousness ' sake , to magnify the law , and make it honorable . * But this is a robbed and plundered people . All of them are snared in holes , and they are hidden in prisons . They have become a prey , and no one delivers ; and a spoil , and no one says , 'Restore them !' * Who is there among you who will give ear to this ? Who will listen and hear for the time to come ? * Who gave Jacob as plunder , and Israel to the robbers ? Didn 't Yahweh , he against whom we have sinned ? For they would not walk in his ways , and they disobeyed his law . * Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him , and the strength of battle ; and it set him on fire all around , but he didn 't know ; and it burned him , but he didn 't take it to heart ."

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