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42.1
ISAIAH
- I have put My spirit upon him,
- He shall make the right to go forth to the nations.
- 2He shall not cry, nor lift up,
- Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
- 3A bruised reed shall he not break,
- And the dimly burning wick shall he not quench;
- He shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.
- 4He shall not fail nor be crushed,
- Till he have set the right in the earth;
- And the isles shall wait for his teaching.
- 5Thus saith God the Lord,
- He that created the heavens, and stretched them forth,
- He that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out of it,
- He that giveth breath unto the people upon it,
- And spirit to them that walk therein:
- 6I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,
- And have taken hold of thy hand,
- And kept thee, and set thee for a covenant of the people,
- For a light of the nations;
- 7To open the blind eyes,
- To bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
- And them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
- 8I am the Lord, that is My name;
- And My glory will I not give to another,
- Neither My praise to graven images.
- 9Behold, the former things are come to pass,
- And new things do I declare;
- Before they spring forth I tell you of them.
- 10Sing unto 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 therein,
- The isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
- 11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,
- The villages that Kedar doth inhabit;
- Let the inhabitants of Sela exult,
- Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
- 12Let them give glory unto the Lord,
- And declare His praise in the islands.
- 13The Lord will go forth as a mighty man,
- He will stir up jealousy like a man of war;
- He will cry, yea, He will shout aloud,
- He will prove Himself mighty against His enemies.
- 14I have long time held My peace,
- I have been still, and refrained Myself;
- Now will I cry like a travailing woman,
- Gasping and panting at once.
- 15I will make waste mountains and hills,
- And dry up all their herbs;
- And I will make the rivers islands,
- And will dry up the pools.
- 16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not,
- In paths that they knew not will I lead them;
- I will make darkness light before them, and rugged places plain.
- These things will I do,
- And I will not leave them undone.
- 17They shall be turned back, greatly ashamed,
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