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Isaiah 42:1
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Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen,
in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth
justice to the Gentiles. |
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Isaiah 42:2 |
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He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor
cause it to be heard in the street. |
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Isaiah 42:3 |
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A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly
burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth. |
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Isaiah 42:4 |
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He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law. |
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Isaiah 42:5 |
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Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the
heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad 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: |
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Isaiah 42:6 |
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I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the
people, for a light of the Gentiles; |
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Isaiah 42:7 |
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to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners
from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house. |
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Isaiah 42:8 |
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I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images. |
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Isaiah 42:9 |
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Behold, the former things are come to pass,
and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. |
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Isaiah 42:10 |
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Sing unto Jehovah 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. |
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Isaiah 42:11 |
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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift
up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela
sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. |
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Isaiah 42:12 |
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Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare
his praise in the islands. |
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Isaiah 42:13 |
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Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will
stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he
will do mightily against his enemies. |
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Isaiah 42:14 |
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been
still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will
gasp and pant together. |
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Isaiah 42:15 |
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I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry
up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
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Isaiah 42:16 |
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And I will bring the blind by a way that they
know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light
before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not
forsake them. |
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Isaiah 42:17 |
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They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly
put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are
our gods. |
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Isaiah 42:18 |
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Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may
see. |
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Isaiah 42:19 |
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Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my
messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace with me, and blind
as Jehovah's servant? |
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Isaiah 42:20 |
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Thou seest many things, but thou observest not;
his ears are open, but he heareth not. |
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Isaiah 42:21 |
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It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake,
to magnify the law, and make it honorable. |
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Isaiah 42:22 |
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But this is a people robbed and plundered; they
are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses: they are for
a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. |
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Isaiah 42:23 |
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Who is there among you that will give ear to
this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come? |
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Isaiah 42:24 |
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Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the
robbers? did not Jehovah? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they
would not walk, neither were they obedient unto his law. |
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Isaiah 42:25 |
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Therefore he poured upon him the fierceness
of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about,
yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. |
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