Isaiah 42 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

God's Promise concerning His Servant

Isa 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Isa 42:2

Isa 42:2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Isa 42:3

Isa 42:3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.

Isa 42:4

Isa 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he hath set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Isa 42:5

Isa 42:5Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and expanded them; he that spread forth the earth, and that which it produceth; he that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.

Isa 42:6

Isa 42:6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isa 42:7

Isa 42:7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

Isa 42:8

Isa 42:8I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Isa 42:9

Isa 42:9Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Isa 42:10

Isa 42:10Sing to 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 in it; the isles, and their inhabitants.

Isa 42:11

Isa 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities 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.

Isa 42:12

Isa 42:12Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the isles.

Isa 42:13

Isa 42:13The LORD will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yes, roar; he will prevail against his enemies.

The Blindness of the People

Isa 42:14

Isa 42:14I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Isa 42:15

Isa 42:15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers to be islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Isa 42:16

Isa 42:16And 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 for them, and not forsake them.

Isa 42:17

Isa 42:17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

Isa 42:18

Isa 42:18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Isa 42:19

Isa 42:19Who 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?

Isa 42:20

Isa 42:20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

Isa 42:21

Isa 42:21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable.

Isa 42:22

Isa 42:22But this is a people robbed and pillaged; 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.

Isa 42:23

Isa 42:23Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken, and hear for the time to come?

Isa 42:24

Isa 42:24Who 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 to his law.

Isa 42:25

Isa 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire around, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

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Isaiah 42 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

God's Promise concerning His Servant

The Blindness of the People

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