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Isaiah 42:1
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Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,
in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth
judgment to the Gentiles. |
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| Isaiah 42:2 |
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He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his
voice to be heard in the street. |
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| Isaiah 42:3 |
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking
flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. |
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| Isaiah 42:4 |
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he
have set judgment 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 the LORD, he that created the
heavens, and stretched them out; 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
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| Isaiah 42:6 |
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I the LORD have called thee in righteousness,
and will hold thine 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 prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. |
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| Isaiah 42:8 |
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I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory
will I not give to another, neither my praise to 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 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. |
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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 the
rock 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 the LORD, and declare
his praise in the islands. |
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| Isaiah 42:13 |
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The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he
shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail
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 like a travailing woman; I will destroy
and devour at once. |
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| Isaiah 42:15 |
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I will make waste mountains and hills, and
dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I 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
knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness
light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them,
and not forsake them. |
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| Isaiah 42:17 |
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They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly
ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the 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 sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's
servant? |
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| Isaiah 42:20 |
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Seeing many things, but thou observest not;
opening the ears, but he heareth not. |
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| Isaiah 42:21 |
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The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness'
sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. |
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| Isaiah 42:22 |
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But this is a people robbed and spoiled; 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 among you will give ear to this? who 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 the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not
walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. |
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| Isaiah 42:25 |
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Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of
his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath 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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