Thematic Bible




Isaiah 42:1 (show verse)

Lo! my Servant, I will uphold him, My chosen, well-pleased is my soul, - I have put my spirit upon him, Justice - to the nations, will he bring forth:

Isaiah 42:2 (show verse)

He will not cry out nor will he speak loud, - Nor cause to be heard, in the street, his voice:

Isaiah 42:3 (show verse)

Cane that is crushed, will he not break, And wick that is fading, will he not quench, - Faithfully, will he bring forth justice:

Isaiah 42:4 (show verse)

He will not fade, nor will he be crushed, Until he establish, in the earth, justice, And for his instruction, Coastlands, wait.

Isaiah 42:5 (show verse)

Thus, saith GOD himself - Yahweh, - Creator of the heavens that stretched them forth, Out-spreader of earth, and the products thereof, - Giver of breath to the people thereon, And of spirit to them who walk therein,

Isaiah 42:6 (show verse)

I - Yahweh, have called thee in righteousness, And will firmly grasp thy hand, - And will keep thee And give thee - As the covenant of a people, As the light of nations:

Isaiah 42:7 (show verse)

To open eyes that are blind, - To bring forth Out of the dungeon the captive Out of the prison, the dwellers in darkness.

Isaiah 42:8 (show verse)

I, am Yahweh, that, is my Name, And, my glory, to another, will I not give, Nor my praise to images.

Isaiah 42:9 (show verse)

Things told in advance, lo! they have come to pass, - And new things, am I telling, Ere yet they spring forth, I let, you, hear them.

Isaiah 42:10 (show verse)

Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, His praise, from the end of the earth, - Ye that go down to the sea, and the fulness thereof, The Coastlands and ye who dwell therein.

Isaiah 42:11 (show verse)

Let the wilderness shout, and the cities thereof, The villages wherein dwelleth Kedar, - Let the inhabitants of the crag, raise shouts of triumph, From the top of the mountains, let them cry aloud:

Isaiah 42:12 (show verse)

Let them render unto Yahweh, glory, - And, his praise, in the Coastlands let them tell.

Isaiah 42:13 (show verse)

Yahweh, as a hero, goeth forth, As a man of war, he stirreth up jealousy, - He giveth a cry, yea he raiseth a war-cry, Over his foes, he showeth his strength.

Isaiah 42:14 (show verse)

I have held my peace from age-past times, I kept still, I restrained myself, - As a travailing woman, I pant, I breathe hard and gasp, all at once!

Isaiah 42:15 (show verse)

I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And all their vegetation, will I wither, - And I will make rivers to be shores, And lakes, will I dry up:

Isaiah 42:16 (show verse)

Thus will I lead the blind, by a way they know not, In paths they know not, will I guide them, - I will make the place that was dark before them to be, light. And crooked ways, to be, straight, These things, have I done unto them, And have not forsaken them.

Isaiah 42:17 (show verse)

They have drawn back They turn very pale Who have been trusting in a graven image, - Who have been saying to a molten image, Ye, are our gods!

Isaiah 42:18 (show verse)

Ye deaf hear! And ye blind look around that ye may see, Who is blind if not my Servant? Or deaf, like, my messenger whom I send?

Isaiah 42:19 (show verse)

Who is, blind, like an intimate friend? Or blind like the Servant of Yahweh?

Isaiah 42:20 (show verse)

Seeing many things, yet thou heedest not, Opening the ears yet he heareth not,

Isaiah 42:21 (show verse)

Yahweh, is well-pleased for his own righteousness sake, He magnifieth instruction and maketh it majestic.

Isaiah 42:22 (show verse)

But, that, is a people preyed upon and plundered, Snared in holes. Jail of them, And, in houses of restraint, concealed, - They have become a prey, and there is none to deliver, - A booty, and there is none to say - Restore!

Isaiah 42:23 (show verse)

Who among you, will give ear to this, - Let him hearken and hear, for an aftertime?

Isaiah 42:24 (show verse)

Who gave, as a booty, Jacob. And, Israel, to them who were ready to take prey? Was it not Yahweh I? He against whom we have sinned, And they were not willing, in his ways, to walk, Neither hearkened they to his instruction?

Isaiah 42:25 (show verse)

So he hath poured out, upon him, the glow of his anger, and the strength of battle; And it hath set him aflame round about, yet he knoweth it not, And it hath kindled upon him yet he layeth it not to heart.