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Isaiah Chapter 42

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ISAIAH

Isaiah 42

1Behold my servant, whom I uphold, My chosen, in whom my soul delighteth, I have put my spirit upon him; He shall cause law to go forth to the nations.
Matthew 12:18, Matthew 12:21, Matthew 12:18, Matthew 12:21, Luke 3:22
2He shall not cry aloud, nor lift up his voice, Nor cause it to be heard in the street.
Matthew 12:16, Matthew 12:20, Matthew 12:16, Matthew 12:20, 2 Timothy 2:24
3The bruised reed shall he not break, And the glimmering flax shall he not quench; He shall send forth law according to truth.
Ezekiel 34:16, Ezekiel 34:16, Jeremiah 31:25, Jeremiah 31:25, Isaiah 40:11
4He shall not fail, nor become weary, Until he shall have established justice in the earth. And distant nations shall wait for his law.
Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:12, Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:12, Genesis 49:10
5Thus saith God Jehovah, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth, and that which springeth forth from it, Who gave breath to the people upon it, And spirit to them that walk thereon:
Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 45:12, Isaiah 45:12, Zechariah 12:1
6I, Jehovah, have called thee for salvation; I will hold thee by the hand; I will defend thee, and make thee a covenant to the people, A light to the nations;
Luke 2:32, Luke 2:32, Acts 13:47, Acts 13:47, Isaiah 49:8
7To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 49:9
8I am Jehovah, that is my name; And my glory will I not give to another, Nor my praise to graven images.
Isaiah 48:11, Isaiah 48:11, Isaiah 43:11, Isaiah 43:11, Exodus 34:14
9The former things, behold! they are come to pass, And new things do I now declare; Before they spring forth, I make them known to you.
Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 46:9, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:9
10Sing to Jehovah a new song; His praise to the ends of the earth; Ye that go down upon the sea, and all that fill it; Ye distant coasts, and ye that dwell therein!
Psalms 33:3, Psalms 33:3, Isaiah 42:4, Psalms 40:3, Isaiah 42:4
11Let the desert cry aloud, and the cities thereof; The villages, that Kedar inhabiteth; Let the inhabitants of the rock sing; Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
Isaiah 32:16, Isaiah 32:16, Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 41:18
12Let them give glory to Jehovah, And proclaim his praise in distant lands!
Romans 15:9, Romans 15:11, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 117:2, Romans 15:9
13Jehovah shall march forth like a hero; Like a mighty warrior shall he rouse his indignation, He shall cry aloud; he shall shout the war-cry, And show himself mighty against his enemies.
Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 59:19, Psalms 78:65, Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 59:19
14"I have long held my peace; I have been still and refrained myself; But now will I cry like a woman in travail; I will destroy and swallow up at once.
2 Peter 3:9, 2 Peter 3:10, 2 Peter 3:9, 2 Peter 3:10, Psalms 83:1
15I will lay waste mountains and hills, And dry up all their herbs. I will make the river solid land, And dry up the pools of water.
Isaiah 50:2, Isaiah 50:2, Nahum 1:4, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:4
16Then will I lead the blind in a way which they know not, And in unknown paths will I guide them; I will make darkness light before them, And crooked paths straight; These things will I do for them, and not forsake them."
Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 30:21, Luke 3:5, Luke 3:5, Isaiah 35:8
17Then shall they be turned back, and be put to shame, Who trust in graven images; Who say to molten images, "Ye are our gods!"
Psalms 97:7, Psalms 97:7, Isaiah 1:29, Isaiah 44:11, Isaiah 1:29
18Hear, O ye deaf! And look, ye blind, and see!
Isaiah 43:8, Isaiah 43:8, Isaiah 35:5, Proverbs 20:12, Mark 7:34
19Who is blind, if not my servant? And who so deaf as my messenger, whom I send? Who so blind as the friend of God, So blind as the servant of Jehovah?
2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Jeremiah 5:21, Ezekiel 12:2, Jeremiah 5:21
20Thou seest many things, but regardest them not; Thou hast thine ears open, but hearest not!
Nehemiah 9:10, Nehemiah 9:17, Romans 2:21, Acts 28:22, Acts 28:27
21It pleased Jehovah for his goodness’ sake To give him a law, great and glorious;
Romans 3:31, Romans 3:31, Psalms 71:19, Romans 7:12, Matthew 3:15
22And yet it is a robbed and plundered people; They are all of them bound in prisons, And hid in dungeons; They have become a spoil, and none delivereth; A prey, and none saith, "Restore!"
Psalms 102:20, Psalms 102:20, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 50:17, Isaiah 51:23
23Who is there among you that will give ear to this, That will listen and attend for the time to come?
Acts 3:22, Acts 3:23, Isaiah 48:18, Acts 3:22, Acts 3:23
24Who gave Jacob to be a spoil, And Israel to plunderers? Was it not Jehovah, against whom we sinned, In whose ways we would not walk, And whose laws we would not obey?
Deuteronomy 28:49, Nehemiah 9:26, Nehemiah 9:27, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6
25Therefore hath he poured out upon Israel the fury of his wrath, and the violence of war; It kindled a flame around about him, yet he did not regard it; It set him on fire, yet he laid it not to heart.
Hosea 7:9, Isaiah 57:11, Hosea 7:9, Isaiah 57:11, Ezekiel 7:8

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