“I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,[a](A)
and I will hold You by Your hand.(B)
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people(C)
and a light to the nations,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:6 Or you by [My] righteousness; lit you in righteousness

Pay attention to Me, My people,
and listen to Me, My nation;
for instruction will come from Me,
and My justice for a light to the nations.(A)
I will bring it about quickly.

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32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles[a](A)
and glory to Your people Israel.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:32 Or the nations

47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends[a] of the earth.(A)[b]

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  1. Acts 13:47 Lit the end
  2. Acts 13:47 Is 49:6

23 that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”(A)

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