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Isaiah 42
Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s Chosen Servant

42 “(A)Behold, My (B)Servant, whom I [a]uphold;
My (C)chosen one in whom My (D)soul is well-pleased.
I have put My (E)Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth (F)justice to the [b]nations.
2 He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
3 A crushed reed He will not break
And a faintly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will bring forth (G)justice in truth.
4 He will not be (H)faint or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the (I)coastlands will wait expectantly for His [c]law.”

5 Thus says the God, Yahweh,

Who (J)created the heavens and (K)stretched them out,
Who spread out the (L)earth and its [d]offspring,
Who (M)gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,
6 “I am Yahweh, I have (N)called You in righteousness;
I will also (O)take hold of You by the hand and (P)guard You,
And I will give You as a (Q)covenant to the people,
As a (R)light to the nations,
7 To (S)open blind eyes,
To (T)bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who inhabit darkness from the prison.
8 (U)I am Yahweh, that is (V)My name;
I will not give My (W)glory to another,
Nor My praise to [e]graven images.
9 Behold, the (X)former things have come to pass;
Now I declare (Y)new things;
Before they spring forth I cause you to hear them.”

10 Sing to Yahweh a (Z)new song,
Sing His praise from the (AA)end of the earth!
(AB)You who go down to the sea, (AC)as well as its fullness.
You (AD)coastlands, and those who inhabit them.
11 Let the (AE)wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The villages where (AF)Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of (AG)Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the (AH)mountains.
12 Let them (AI)give glory to Yahweh
And declare His praise in the (AJ)coastlands.
13 (AK)Yahweh will go forth like a warrior;
He will awaken His (AL)zeal like a man of war.
He will make a loud shout, indeed, He will raise a war cry.
He will (AM)prevail against His enemies.

Israel’s Blindness and Deafness

14 “(AN)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.
15 I will (AO)lay waste the mountains and hills
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will (AP)make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the pools of waters.
16 I will (AQ)lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will (AR)make darkness into light before them
And (AS)rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will (AT)not forsake them.”
17 They will be turned back and be (AU)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in graven images,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”

18 (AV)Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
19 Who is blind but My (AW)servant,
Or so deaf as My (AX)messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is [f](AY)at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of Yahweh?
20 (AZ)You have seen many things, but you do not keep them;
Your ears are open, but none hears.
21 Yahweh was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
That He make the law (BA)great and majestic.
22 But this is a people plundered and pillaged as spoil;
All of them are (BB)trapped in [g]caves,
Or are (BC)hidden away in prisons;
They have become a plunder with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, “Have them return!”

23 Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will give heed and hear hereafter?
24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they (BD)were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not (BE)obey?
25 So He poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the (BF)fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not know it;
And it burned him, but he did not (BG)set it upon his heart.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:1 Or hold fast
  2. Isaiah 42:1 Or Gentiles
  3. Isaiah 42:4 Or instruction
  4. Isaiah 42:5 Or vegetation
  5. Isaiah 42:8 Or idols
  6. Isaiah 42:19 Or the devoted one
  7. Isaiah 42:22 Or holes
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Isaiah 42
Lexham English Bible

The Mission of Yahweh’s Servant

42 Look! here is my servant; I hold him,
    my chosen one, in whom my soul delights.
I have put[a] my spirit on him;
    he will bring justice forth to the nations.
2 He will not cry out and lift up
    and make his voice heard in the street.
3 He will not break a broken reed,
    and he not will extinguish a dim wick.
        He will bring justice forth in[b] faithfulness.
4 He will not grow faint,
    and he will not be broken
until he has established justice in the earth.
    And the coastlands wait for his teaching.
5 Thus says the God, Yahweh,
    who created the heavens
and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and its offspring,
who gives breath to the people upon it
    and spirit to those who walk in it.
6 “I am Yahweh; I have called you in righteousness,
    and I have grasped your hand and watched over you;
and I have given you as a covenant of the people,
    as a light of the nations,
7 to open the blind eyes,
    to bring the prisoner out from the dungeon,
        those who sit in darkness from the house of imprisonment.

8 I am Yahweh; that is my name,

and I do not give my glory to another,
    nor[c] my praise to the idols.
9 Look! the former things have come,
    and I declare new things.
        I announce[d] them to you before they sprout up.”

A Song of Praise to Yahweh

10 Sing a new song to Yahweh;
    praise him from the end of the earth,
you[e] who go down to the sea and that which fills it,
    the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice,
    the villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;
    let them shout loudly from the top[f] of the mountains.
12 Let them give[g] glory to Yahweh
    and declare his praise in the coastlands.
13 Yahweh goes forth like a mighty warrior;
    he stirs up zeal like a man of war.
He raises the war cry, indeed he raises the battle shout;
    he prevails against his foes.
14 I have been silent for a long time;
    I have kept silent;
I have restrained myself like one giving birth;
    I will moan, pant, and gasp together.
15 I will cause mountains and hills to dry up,
    and I will cause all their herbage to wither;
and I will make rivers like islands,
    and I will cause pools to dry up.
16 And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know;
    I will cause them to tread on paths they have not known.
I will make darkness in their presence[h] into light
    and rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
    and I will not forsake them.
17 They shall turn back;
    they shall be greatly ashamed,[i]
those who trust in an image,
    who say to a cast image, “You are our gods.”

Blind and Deaf Israel

18 Deaf people, listen!
    And blind people, look to see!
19 Who is blind but my servant
    or[j] deaf like my messenger whom I sent?
Who is blind like the one who is repaid
    or[k] blind like the servant of Yahweh?
20 You see many things, but[l] you do not observe.
    His ears are open, but[m] he does not hear.
21 Yahweh was willing for the sake of his righteousness;
    he showed his teaching to be great and proved it to be glorious.
22 But[n] this is a people plundered and looted; all of them are trapped in holes,
    and they are kept hidden in houses of imprisonment.
They have become like plunder, and there is no one who saves;
    like booty, and there is no one who says, “Restore!”
23 Who among you will heed this,
    will listen attentively and listen, for the time to come?[o]
24 Who gave Jacob to a plunderer[p]
    and Israel to those who plunder?

Was it not Yahweh, against whom[q] we have sinned?

And they were not willing to walk in his ways,
    and they would not obey[r] his law.
25 So[s] he poured the wrath of his anger upon him
    and the strength of war.
And it set him afire all around, but[t] he did not understand;[u]
    and it burned him, but[v] he did not take it to heart.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:1 Literally “given”
  2. Isaiah 42:3 Or “to”
  3. Isaiah 42:8 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 42:9 Literally “cause to hear”
  5. Isaiah 42:10 Or “those”
  6. Isaiah 42:11 Literally “head”
  7. Isaiah 42:12 Or “establish”
  8. Isaiah 42:16 Literally “before their face”
  9. Isaiah 42:17 Literally “ashamed with shame”
  10. Isaiah 42:19 Or “and”
  11. Isaiah 42:19 Or “and”
  12. Isaiah 42:20 Or “and”
  13. Isaiah 42:20 Or “and”
  14. Isaiah 42:22 Or “And”
  15. Isaiah 42:23 Literally “later”
  16. Isaiah 42:24 The reading tradition (Qere) has “as plunder”
  17. Isaiah 42:24 Or “this”
  18. Isaiah 42:24 Literally “hear”
  19. Isaiah 42:25 Or “and”
  20. Isaiah 42:25 Or “and”
  21. Isaiah 42:25 Or “did not know”
  22. Isaiah 42:25 Or “and”
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