Isaiah 42:21
Isaiah 42:18-25 The Message (MSG)
Pay attention! Are you deaf? Open your eyes! Are you blind? You’re my servant, and you’re not looking! You’re my messenger, and you’re not listening! The very people I depended upon, servants of GOD, blind as a bat—willfully blind! You’ve seen a lot, but looked at nothing. You’ve heard everything, but listened to nothing. GOD intended, out of the goodness of his heart, to be lavish in his revelation. But this is a people battered and cowed, shut up in attics and closets, Victims licking their wounds, feeling ignored, abandoned. But is anyone out there listening? Is anyone paying attention to what’s coming? Who do you think turned Jacob over to the thugs, let loose the robbers on Israel? Wasn’t it GOD himself, this God against whom we’ve sinned— not doing what he commanded, not listening to what he said? Isn’t it God’s anger that’s behind all this, God’s punishing power? Their whole world collapsed but they still didn’t get it; their life is in ruins but they don’t take it to heart.
Isaiah 42:21 King James Version (KJV)
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
Isaiah 42:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The LORD was pleased for His righteousness’ sake To make the law great and glorious.
Isaiah 42:21 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD made his teachings wonderful, because he is good.
Isaiah 42:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Isaiah 42:21 New International Version (NIV)
It pleased the LORD for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.
Isaiah 42:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
The LORD is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable.
Isaiah 42:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
The LORD was pleased for His righteousness’ sake To make the law great and prove to be glorious.
Isaiah 42:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
Because he is righteous, the LORD has exalted his glorious law.