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Isaiah 42
New International Version

### The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,(A) whom I uphold,
my chosen one(B) in whom I delight;(C)
I will put my Spirit(D) on him,
and he will bring justice(E) to the nations.(F)
2 He will not shout or cry out,(G)
or raise his voice in the streets.
3 A bruised reed(H) he will not break,(I)
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.(J)
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;(K)
4 he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice(L) on earth.
In his teaching(M) the islands(N) will put their hope.”(O)

5 This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(P) who stretches them out,
who spreads out the earth(Q) with all that springs from it,(R)
who gives breath(S) to its people,
and life to those who walk on it:
6 “I, the Lord, have called(T) you in righteousness;(U)
I will take hold of your hand.(V)
I will keep(W) you and will make you
to be a covenant(X) for the people
and a light(Y) for the Gentiles,(Z)
7 to open eyes that are blind,(AA)
to free(AB) captives from prison(AC)
and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(AD)

8 “I am the Lord;(AE) that is my name!(AF)
I will not yield my glory to another(AG)
or my praise to idols.(AH)
9 See, the former things(AI) have taken place,
and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
I announce(AJ) them to you.”

### Song of Praise to the Lord

10 Sing(AK) to the Lord a new song,(AL)
his praise(AM) from the ends of the earth,(AN)
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,(AO)
you islands,(AP) and all who live in them.
11 Let the wilderness(AQ) and its towns raise their voices;
let the settlements where Kedar(AR) lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela(AS) sing for joy;
let them shout from the mountaintops.(AT)
12 Let them give glory(AU) to the Lord
and proclaim his praise(AV) in the islands.(AW)
13 The Lord will march out like a champion,(AX)
like a warrior(AY) he will stir up his zeal;(AZ)
with a shout(BA) he will raise the battle cry
and will triumph over his enemies.(BB)

14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(BC)
I have been quiet and held myself back.(BD)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.(BE)
15 I will lay waste(BF) the mountains(BG) and hills
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up(BH) the pools.
16 I will lead(BI) the blind(BJ) by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(BK) before them
and make the rough places smooth.(BL)
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake(BM) them.
17 But those who trust in idols,
who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(BN)
will be turned back in utter shame.(BO)

### Israel Blind and Deaf

18 “Hear, you deaf;(BP)
look, you blind, and see!
19 Who is blind(BQ) but my servant,(BR)
and deaf like the messenger(BS) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant(BT) with me,
blind like the servant of the Lord?
20 You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
your ears are open, but you do not listen.”(BU)
21 It pleased the Lord
for the sake(BV) of his righteousness
to make his law(BW) great and glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered(BX) and looted,
all of them trapped in pits(BY)
or hidden away in prisons.(BZ)
They have become plunder,
with no one to rescue them;(CA)
they have been made loot,
with no one to say, “Send them back.”

23 Which of you will listen to this
or pay close attention(CB) in time to come?
24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot,
and Israel to the plunderers?(CC)
Was it not the Lord,(CD)
against whom we have sinned?
For they would not follow(CE) his ways;
they did not obey his law.(CF)
25 So he poured out on them his burning anger,(CG)
the violence of war.
It enveloped them in flames,(CH) yet they did not understand;(CI)
it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.(CJ)

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 20:3; S Mt 20:28
2. Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 14:1; Lk 9:35; 23:35; 1Pe 2:4, 6
3. Isaiah 42:1 : Mt 3:17
4. Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 11:2; S 44:3; Mt 3:16-17; S Jn 3:34
5. Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 9:7
6. Isaiah 42:1 : S Ge 49:10
7. Isaiah 42:2 : Pr 8:1-4
8. Isaiah 42:3 : S Isa 36:6
9. Isaiah 42:3 : S Job 30:24
10. Isaiah 42:3 : S Job 13:25
11. Isaiah 42:3 : Ps 72:2; 96:13
12. Isaiah 42:4 : S Isa 2:4
13. Isaiah 42:4 : ver 21; Ex 34:29; Isa 51:4
14. Isaiah 42:4 : S Isa 11:11
15. Isaiah 42:4 : S Ge 49:10; Mt 12:18-21*
16. Isaiah 42:5 : S Ge 1:6; Ps 102:25; Isa 48:13
17. Isaiah 42:5 : S Ge 1:1
18. Isaiah 42:5 : Ps 24:2; Ac 17:24
19. Isaiah 42:5 : S Ge 2:7; Ac 17:25
20. Isaiah 42:6 : Ex 31:2; S Jdg 4:10; Isa 41:9-10; 43:1
21. Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 45:24; Jer 23:6; Da 9:7
22. Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 41:13; 45:1
23. Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 26:3; 27:3
24. Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 49:8; 54:10; 59:21; 61:8; Jer 31:31; 32:40; Mal 3:1; S Lk 22:20
25. Isaiah 42:6 : S Isa 9:2
26. Isaiah 42:6 : S Isa 26:18; S Lk 2:32
27. Isaiah 42:7 : S Ps 146:8; S Isa 32:3; Mt 11:5
28. Isaiah 42:7 : Isa 49:9; 51:14; 52:2; Zec 2:7
29. Isaiah 42:7 : S Ps 66:11; S Isa 24:22; 48:20; Zec 9:11; S Lk 4:19; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14-15
30. Isaiah 42:7 : S Ps 107:10, 14; Ac 26:18
31. Isaiah 42:8 : Ps 81:10; Isa 43:3, 11, 15; 46:9; 49:23
32. Isaiah 42:8 : S Ex 3:15; S 6:3
33. Isaiah 42:8 : Isa 48:11
34. Isaiah 42:8 : S Ex 8:10; S 20:4
35. Isaiah 42:9 : S Isa 41:22
36. Isaiah 42:9 : S Isa 40:21; Eze 2:4
37. Isaiah 42:10 : S Ex 15:1
38. Isaiah 42:10 : S Ps 96:1
39. Isaiah 42:10 : 1Ki 10:9; Isa 60:6
40. Isaiah 42:10 : S Dt 30:4; S Ps 48:10; 65:5; Isa 49:6
41. Isaiah 42:10 : S 1Ch 16:32; Ps 96:11
42. Isaiah 42:10 : S Isa 11:11
43. Isaiah 42:11 : S Isa 32:16
44. Isaiah 42:11 : S Ge 25:13; Isa 60:7
45. Isaiah 42:11 : S Jdg 1:36
46. Isaiah 42:11 : Isa 52:7; Na 1:15
47. Isaiah 42:12 : S 1Ch 16:24; S Isa 24:15
48. Isaiah 42:12 : S Ps 26:7; S 66:2; 1Pe 2:9
49. Isaiah 42:12 : S Isa 11:11
50. Isaiah 42:13 : S Isa 9:6
51. Isaiah 42:13 : S Ex 14:14
52. Isaiah 42:13 : S Isa 26:11
53. Isaiah 42:13 : S Jos 6:5; Jer 25:30; Hos 11:10; Joel 3:16; Am 1:2; 3:4, 8
54. Isaiah 42:13 : Isa 66:14
55. Isaiah 42:14 : S Est 4:14; S Ps 50:21
56. Isaiah 42:14 : S Ge 43:31; Lk 18:7; 2Pe 3:9
57. Isaiah 42:14 : Jer 4:31
58. Isaiah 42:15 : Eze 38:20
59. Isaiah 42:15 : S Ps 107:33
60. Isaiah 42:15 : S Isa 11:15; 50:2; Na 1:4-6
61. Isaiah 42:16 : S Isa 29:24; 40:11; 57:18; 58:11; Jer 31:8-9; Lk 1:78-79
62. Isaiah 42:16 : S Isa 32:3
63. Isaiah 42:16 : S Ps 18:28; Isa 58:8, 10; S Ac 26:18
64. Isaiah 42:16 : S Isa 26:7; Lk 3:5
65. Isaiah 42:16 : S Dt 4:31; Heb 13:5
66. Isaiah 42:17 : S Ex 32:4
67. Isaiah 42:17 : S Ps 97:7; S Isa 1:29
68. Isaiah 42:18 : S Isa 35:5
69. Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 43:8; Eze 12:2
70. Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 41:8-9
71. Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 44:26; Hag 1:13
72. Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 26:3
73. Isaiah 42:20 : Isa 6:9-10; 43:8; Jer 5:21; 6:10
74. Isaiah 42:21 : Isa 43:25
75. Isaiah 42:21 : S ver 4; 2Co 3:7
76. Isaiah 42:22 : S Jdg 6:4; S 2Ki 24:13
77. Isaiah 42:22 : S Isa 24:18
78. Isaiah 42:22 : S Ps 66:11; S Isa 24:22
79. Isaiah 42:22 : S Isa 5:29
80. Isaiah 42:23 : Dt 32:29; Ps 81:13; Isa 47:7; 48:18; 57:11
81. Isaiah 42:24 : S 2Ki 17:6; Isa 43:28; 47:6
82. Isaiah 42:24 : Isa 10:5-6
83. Isaiah 42:24 : S Isa 30:15
84. Isaiah 42:24 : S Jos 1:7; S Ps 119:136; Isa 5:24; Jer 44:10
85. Isaiah 42:25 : S 2Ki 22:13; S Job 40:11; S Isa 51:17; S Eze 7:19
86. Isaiah 42:25 : 2Ki 25:9; Isa 66:15; Jer 4:4; 21:12; La 2:3; Na 1:6
87. Isaiah 42:25 : S Isa 1:3
88. Isaiah 42:25 : Isa 29:13; 47:7; 57:1, 11; Hos 7:9

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