1: 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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2: He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard
in the street. |
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3:
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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4: 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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5: 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 them that walk therein: |
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6: 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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7: 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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8: 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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9: 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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10: 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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11: 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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12: Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in
the islands. |
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13: 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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14: 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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15: 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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16: 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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17: 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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18: Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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19: 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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20: Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears,
but he heareth not. |
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21: The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will
magnify the law, and make it honourable. |
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22: 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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23: Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and
hear for the time to come? |
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24: 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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25: 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. |