The Servant’s Mission
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He will not cry out or shout
or make His voice heard in the streets.
3 or make His voice heard in the streets.
He will not break a bruised reed,
and He will not put out a smoldering wick;
He will faithfully bring justice.
4 and He will not put out a smoldering wick;
He will faithfully bring justice.
He will not grow weak or be discouraged
until He has established justice on earth.
The islands will wait for His instruction.”(G)
until He has established justice on earth.
The islands will wait for His instruction.”(G)
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The past events have indeed happened.
Now I declare new events;(R)
I announce them to you before they occur.”
Now I declare new events;(R)
I announce them to you before they occur.”
A Song of Praise
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Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare His praise in the islands.
13 and declare His praise in the islands.
The Lord advances like a warrior;
He stirs up His zeal like a soldier.(W)
He shouts, He roars aloud,
He prevails over His enemies.
He stirs up His zeal like a soldier.(W)
He shouts, He roars aloud,
He prevails over His enemies.
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I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.(Z)
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17 and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.(Z)
They will be turned back and utterly ashamed—
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods!(AE)
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods!(AE)
Israel’s Blindness and Deafness
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The Lord was pleased, because of His righteousness,
to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
22 to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
But this is a people plundered and looted,
all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder(AI)
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
23 all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder(AI)
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
Who among you will pay attention to this?
Let him listen and obey in the future.
24 Let him listen and obey in the future.
Who gave Jacob to the robber,(g)
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.
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and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 42:1: DSS read His justice
b.
Isaiah 42:5: Lit spirit
c.
Isaiah 42:6: Or you by [My] righteousness; lit you in righteousness
d.
Isaiah 42:10: Lit their
e.
Isaiah 42:19: Hb obscure
f.
Isaiah 42:20: Alt Hb tradition reads You see many things;
g.
Isaiah 42:24: Lit to loot
h.
Isaiah 42:25: Lit he did not put on heart
Cross references:
E.
Isaiah 42:1:
Numbers 11:16-17; Psalm 33:6; Psalm 139:7; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 40:7; Isaiah 59:21; Luke 4:18-21
G.
Isaiah 42:4:
Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19
K.
Isaiah 42:6:
Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 11:4-5; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 51:5-8; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 60:21; Jeremiah 23:5-6
AF.
Isaiah 42:18:
Isaiah 35:5