Isaiah 42 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Isaiah 42 ►

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1“Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

1"Here is my servant, whom I support, my chosen one, in whom I delight. I've placed my Spirit upon him; and he'll deliver his justice throughout the world.

2He will not cry out, nor raise His voice, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.

2He won't shout, or raise his voice, or make it heard in the street.

3A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.

3A crushed reed he will not break, and a fading candle he won't snuff out. He'll bring forth justice for the truth.

4He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His law.”

4And he won't grow faint or be crushed until he establishes justice on the mainland, and the coastlands take ownership of his Law."

5Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:

5This is what God says— the God who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its produce, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

6“I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,

6 "I've called you in righteousness. I'll take hold of your hand. I'll preserve you and appoint you as a covenant to the people, as a light for the nations,

7To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.

7to open blind eyes and to bring out those who are bound from their cells, and those sitting in darkness from prison.

8I am the LORD, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.

8I, the LORD, am the one, and I won't give my name and glory to another, nor my praise to idols.

9Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

9See, the former things have taken place, and I'm announcing the new things— before they spring into being I'm telling you about them."

10Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!

10Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the ends of the earth, you who sail down the sea and by everything in it, you coastlands and their inhabitants.

11Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

11Let the desert cry out, its towns and the villages where Kedar lives; and let those who live in Sela sing for joy. Let them shout aloud from the mountaintops.

12Let them give glory to the LORD, And declare His praise in the coastlands.

12Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

13The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies.

13The LORD marches out like a warrior; he stirs up his rage like a man of war; he makes his anger heard; he shouts aloud; he declares his mastery over his enemies:

14“I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.

14"I have certainly stayed silent for a long time; I've kept still and held myself back. Now, like a woman giving birth, I'll cry out. All of a sudden I'll gasp and pant.

15I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools.

15I'll devastate the mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I'll turn rivers into islands, and dry up the ponds.

16I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.

16I'll help the blind walk, even on a road they do not know; I'll guide them in directions they do not know. I'll turn the dark places into light in front of them, and the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I won't abandon them.

17They shall be turned back, They shall be greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded images, ‘You are our gods.’

17Those who trust in carved idols will turn back and be completely disappointed, along with those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'"

18“Hear, you deaf; And look, you blind, that you may see.

18"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see!

19Who is blind but My servant, Or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, And blind as the LORD’s servant?

19Who is blind except my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to me, or blind like the LORD's servant?

20Seeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”

20You've seen many things, but you pay no attention. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

21The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable.

21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of his vindication, that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious.

22But this is a people robbed and plundered; All of them are snared in holes, And they are hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”

22But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become prey, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, 'Send them back!'

23Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

23"Who among you will listen, and pay attention, and listen for the time to come?"

24Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the LORD, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law.

24"Who handed Jacob over to looters, and Israel to robbers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? After all, they weren't willing to walk in his ways, and they wouldn't obey his instruction,

25Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart.

25so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."

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