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93 lines
3.4 KiB
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# Chapter 42
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1 “This is my servant; I strengthen him,
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this is my chosen one; I delight in him.
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I have put my Spirit on him;
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he will bring justice to the nations.
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2 He will not cry out or shout
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or make his voice heard in the streets.
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3 He will not break a bruised reed,
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and he will not put out a smoldering wick;
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he will faithfully bring justice.
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4 He will not grow weak or be discouraged
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until he has established justice on earth.
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The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.”
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5 This is what God, the Lord, says—
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who created the heavens and stretched them out,
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who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
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who gives breath to the people on it
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and spirit to those who walk on it—
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6 “I am the Lord. I have called you
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for a righteous purpose,
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and I will hold you by your hand.
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I will watch over you, and I will appoint you
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to be a covenant for the people
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and a light to the nations,
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7 in order to open blind eyes,
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to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,
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and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
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8 I am the Lord. That is my name,
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and I will not give my glory to another
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or my praise to idols.
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9 The past events have indeed happened.
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Now I declare new events;
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I announce them to you before they occur.”
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10 Sing a new song to the Lord;
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sing his praise from the ends of the earth,
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you who go down to the sea with all that fills it,
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you coasts and islands with your inhabitants.
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11 Let the desert and its cities shout,
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the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.
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Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;
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let them cry out from the mountaintops.
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12 Let them give glory to the Lord
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and declare his praise in the coasts and islands.
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13 The Lord advances like a warrior;
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he stirs up his zeal like a soldier.
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He shouts, he roars aloud,
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he prevails over his enemies.
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14 “I have kept silent from ages past;
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I have been quiet and restrained myself.
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But now, I will groan like a woman in labor,
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gasping breathlessly.
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15 I will lay waste mountains and hills
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and dry up all their vegetation.
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I will turn rivers into islands
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and dry up marshes.
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16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;
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I will guide them on paths they have not known.
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I will turn darkness to light in front of them
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and rough places into level ground.
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This is what I will do for them,
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and I will not abandon them.
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17 They will be turned back and utterly ashamed—
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those who trust in an idol
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and say to a cast image,
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‘You are our gods!’
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18 “Listen, you deaf!
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Look, you blind, so that you may see.
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19 Who is blind but my servant,
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or deaf like my messenger I am sending?
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Who is blind like my dedicated one,
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or blind like the servant of the Lord?
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20 Though seeing many things, you pay no attention.
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Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”
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21 Because of his righteousness, the Lord was pleased
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to magnify his instruction and make it glorious.
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22 But this is a people plundered and looted,
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all of them trapped in holes
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or imprisoned in dungeons.
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They have become plunder
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with no one to rescue them
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and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
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23 Who among you will hear this?
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Let him listen and obey in the future.
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24 Who gave Jacob to the robber,
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and Israel to the plunderers?
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Was it not the Lord?
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Have we not sinned against him?
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They were not willing to walk in his ways,
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and they would not listen to his instruction.
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25 So he poured out his furious anger
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and the power of war on Jacob.
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It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
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it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart. |