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. Mt 12:18 |
2 |
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor
cause his voice to be heard in the street. Mt 12:19 |
3 | A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax
shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Mt 12:20 |
4 | He shall not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his
law. |
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: |
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;
Luke 2:32
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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. |
8 | I am the LORD:
that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to
graven images. |
9 | Behold,
the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they
spring forth I tell you of them. |
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. |
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. |
12
| Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the
islands. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
18 |
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. |
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? |
20 |
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth
not. |
21 | The LORD is well
pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it
honourable. |
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. |
23 | Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear
for the time to come? |
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. |
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. |