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God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.
    He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
    life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,
“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
    I will take you by the hand and guard you,
and I will give you to my people, Israel,
    as a symbol of my covenant with them.
And you will be a light to guide the nations.
    You will open the eyes of the blind.
You will free the captives from prison,
    releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.

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Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:
“I am the Lord; (C)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
    I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (D)as a covenant for the people,
    (E)a light for the nations,
    (F)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    (G)from the prison those who sit in darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse