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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

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- Chapter 42 -

(Matthew 12:15–21)
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Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in him I take delight. I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring justice to the nations.
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He will not cry out nor shout, nor make his voice heard in the streets.
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A crushed reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench: He will faithfully execute justice.
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He will not grow faint nor be discouraged until he has established justice on the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.
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This is what God Yahweh says-the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces, the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it:
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“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness and will hold your hand. I will keep you and set you as a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles,
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to open the eyes of the blind, to release the prisoners from the dungeon, and from the house of confinement those who sit in darkness.
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I am Yahweh, that is my name; and my glory I will not share with another nor my praise with carved idols.
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See, the previous things came to pass, now I am about to declare new events. Before they begin to occur I will tell you about them.”

A New Song of Praise

(Psalm 98:1–9; Psalm 149:1–9)
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Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the coastlands, and those who live there.
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Let the desert and the cities cry out, the villages where Kedar lives, shout for joy! Let the inhabitants of Sela sing; let them shout from the mountaintops.
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Let them give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands.
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Yahweh will go out as a warrior; as a man of war he will stir up his zeal. He will shout, yes, he will roar his battle cries; he will show his enemies his power.
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I have kept quiet for a long time; I have been still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.
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I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; and I will turn the rivers into islands and will dry up the marshes.
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I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know I will lead them. I will turn the darkness into light before them, and make the crooked places straight. These things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
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They will be turned back, they will be completely put to shame, those who trust in carved figures, who say to cast metal figures, “You are our gods.”

Israel Is Deaf and Blind

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Listen, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
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Who is blind but my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send? Who is as blind as my covenant partner, or blind as Yahweh’s servant?
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You see many things, but do not comprehend; ears are open, but no one hears.
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It pleased Yahweh to praise his justice and to make his law glorious.
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But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all trapped in pits, held captive in prisons; they have become a plunder with no one to rescue them, and no one says, “Bring them back!”
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Who among you will listen to this? Who will listen and hear in the future?
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Who gave Jacob over to the robber, and Israel to the looters? Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways they refused to walk, and whose law they refused to obey?
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Therefore, he poured out his fierce anger against them, with the devastation of war. It blazed around them, yet they did not realize it; it burned them, but they did not take it to heart.
(Matthew 12:15–21)
1
Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
2
He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
3
He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
4
He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
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God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
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I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
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to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
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I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
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Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

A New Song of Praise

(Psalm 98:1–9; Psalm 149:1–9)
10
Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
11
Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
12
Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
13
The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.
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“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
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I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
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I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
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“Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.

Israel Is Deaf and Blind

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Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
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Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as the LORD’s servant?
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You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.
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It pleased the LORD, for his righteousnesssake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.
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But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers, and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’
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Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
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Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
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Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know. It burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”