Isaiah 42 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God's Promise concerning His Servant

Isa 42:1“Behold, My Servant, whom I [fn]uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the [fn]nations.

Isa 42:2

Isa 42:2“He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.

Isa 42:3

Isa 42:3“A bruised reed He will not break
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.

Isa 42:4

Isa 42:4“He will not be disheartened or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His [fn]law.”

Isa 42:5

Isa 42:5Thus says God the LORD,
Who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its [fn]offspring,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,

Isa 42:6

Isa 42:6“I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness,
I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations,

Isa 42:7

Isa 42:7To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Isa 42:8

Isa 42:8“I am the LORD, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another,
Nor My praise to [fn]graven images.

Isa 42:9

Isa 42:9“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Isa 42:10

Isa 42:10Sing to the LORD a new song,
Sing His praise from the end of the earth!
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it.
You islands, and those who dwell on them.

Isa 42:11

Isa 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The settlements where Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

Isa 42:12

Isa 42:12Let them give glory to the LORD
And declare His praise in the coastlands.

Isa 42:13

Isa 42:13The LORD will go forth like a warrior,
He will arouse His zeal like a man of war.
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies.

The Blindness of the People

Isa 42:14

Isa 42:14“I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.

Isa 42:15

Isa 42:15“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.

Isa 42:16

Isa 42:16“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will not leave them undone.”

Isa 42:17

Isa 42:17They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,
Who trust in [fn]idols,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”

Isa 42:18

Isa 42:18Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.

Isa 42:19

Isa 42:19Who is blind but My servant,
Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is [fn]at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the LORD?

Isa 42:20

Isa 42:20You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;
Your ears are open, but none hears.

Isa 42:21

Isa 42:21The LORD was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and glorious.

Isa 42:22

Isa 42:22But this is a people plundered and despoiled;
All of them are trapped in [fn]caves,
Or are hidden away in prisons;
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Give them back!”

Isa 42:23

Isa 42:23Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will give heed and listen hereafter?

Isa 42:24

Isa 42:24Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?

Isa 42:25

Isa 42:25So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not recognize it;
And it burned him, but he [fn]paid no attention.

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NASB95 Footnotes

Or, hold fast

Or, Gentiles

Or, instruction

Or, vegetation

Or, idols

Or, graven images

Or, the devoted one

(42:22)

Or, holes

(42:25)

Literally: did not lay it to heart

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Isaiah 42 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God's Promise concerning His Servant

The Blindness of the People

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