Isaiah 42  Legacy Standard Bible

42 “^(A)Behold, My ^(B)Servant, whom I ^[a]uphold;
My ^(C)chosen one in whom My ^(D)soul is well-pleased.
I have put My ^(E)Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth ^(F)justice to the ^[b]nations.
² He will not cry out or raise His voice,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
³ A crushed reed He will not break
And a faintly burning wick He will not extinguish;
He will bring forth ^(G)justice in truth.
⁴ He will not be ^(H)faint or crushed
Until He has established justice in the earth;
And the ^(I)coastlands will wait expectantly for His ^[c]law.”

Who ^(J)created the heavens and ^(K)stretched them out,
Who spread out the ^(L)earth and its ^[d]offspring,
Who ^(M)gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,
⁶ “I am Yahweh, I have ^(N)called You in righteousness;
I will also ^(O)take hold of You by the hand and ^(P)guard You,
And I will give You as a ^(Q)covenant to the people,
As a ^(R)light to the nations,
⁷ To ^(S)open blind eyes,
To ^(T)bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who inhabit darkness from the prison.
^8 (U)I am Yahweh, that is ^(V)My name;
I will not give My ^(W)glory to another,
Nor My praise to ^[e]graven images.
⁹ Behold, the ^(X)former things have come to pass;
Now I declare ^(Y)new things;
Before they spring forth I cause you to hear them.”

¹⁴ “^(AN)I have kept silent for a long time;
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan;
I will both gasp and pant.
¹⁵ I will ^(AO)lay waste the mountains and hills
And dry up all their vegetation;
I will ^(AP)make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the pools of waters.
¹⁶ I will ^(AQ)lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them.
I will ^(AR)make darkness into light before them
And ^(AS)rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will ^(AT)not forsake them.”
¹⁷ They will be turned back and be ^(AU)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in graven images,
Who say to molten images,
“You are our gods.”