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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch41" data-usfm="ISA.41">
            <div class="label">41</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Helper of Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Be silent before me, you islands!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">Let the nations renew their strength!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">Let them come forward and speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">let us meet together at the place of judgment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who has stirred up one from the east,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">calling him in righteousness to his service</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">east, / whom victory meets at every step</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">He hands nations over to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">and subdues kings before him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">He turns them to dust with his sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">to windblown chaff with his bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He pursues them and moves on unscathed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="content">by a path his feet have not traveled before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has done this and carried it through,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">calling forth the generations from the beginning?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;with the first of them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">and with the last&#8212;I am he.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The islands have seen it and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">the ends of the earth tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">They approach and come forward;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">they help each other</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="content">and say to their companions, &#8220;Be strong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The metalworker encourages the goldsmith,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">and the one who smooths with the hammer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">spurs on the one who strikes the anvil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">One says of the welding, &#8220;It is good.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">The other nails down the idol so it will not topple.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;But you, Israel, my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">Jacob, whom I have chosen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">you descendants of Abraham my friend,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I took you from the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">from its farthest corners I called you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">I said, &#8216;You are my servant&#8217;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">I have chosen you and have not rejected you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So do not fear, for I am with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">do not be dismayed, for I am your God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">I will strengthen you and help you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;All who rage against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">will surely be ashamed and disgraced;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">those who oppose you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">will be as nothing and perish.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Though you search for your enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">you will not find them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">Those who wage war against you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">will be as nothing at all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">who takes hold of your right hand</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">and says to you, Do not fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">I will help you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">little Israel, do not fear,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">for I myself will help you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">new and sharp, with many teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">You will thresh the mountains and crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">and reduce the hills to chaff.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">and a gale will blow them away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">But you will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">and glory in the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;The poor and needy search for water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">but there is none;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">their tongues are parched with thirst.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">But I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will answer them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.41.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I will make rivers flow on barren heights,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">and springs within the valleys.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">I will turn the desert into pools of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">and the parched ground into springs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.41.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I will put in the desert</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">I will set junipers in the wasteland,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">the fir and the cypress together,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.41.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">so that people may see and know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">may consider and understand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">that the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">that the Holy One of Israel has created it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.41.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Present your case,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Set forth your arguments,&#8221; says Jacob&#8217;s King.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us, you idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">what is going to happen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">Tell us what the former things were,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">so that we may consider them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">and know their final outcome.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">Or declare to us the things to come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.41.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">tell us what the future holds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">so we may know that you are gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">Do something, whether good or bad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.41.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But you are less than nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">and your works are utterly worthless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">whoever chooses you is detestable.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">one from the rising sun who calls on my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">He treads on rulers as if they were mortar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">as if he were a potter treading the clay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.41.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">or beforehand, so we could say, &#8216;He was right&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">No one told of this,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">no one foretold it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">no one heard any words from you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ISA.41.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I was the first to tell Zion, &#8216;Look, here they are!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="content">I gave to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ISA.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I look but there is no one&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">no one among the gods to give counsel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">no one to give answer when I ask them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ISA.41.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">See, they are all false!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="content">Their deeds amount to nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ISA.41.29"><span class="content">their images are but wind and confusion.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkISA">
        <div class="chapter ch42" data-usfm="ISA.42">
            <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is my servant, whom I uphold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">my chosen one in whom I delight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">I will put my Spirit on him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">and he will bring justice to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He will not shout or cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="content">or raise his voice in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A bruised reed he will not break,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he will not falter or be discouraged</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">till he establishes justice on earth.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">In his teaching the islands will put their hope.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">This is what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">who gives breath to its people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">and life to those who walk on it:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have called you in righteousness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">I will take hold of your hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">I will keep you and will make you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">to be a covenant for the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">and a light for the Gentiles,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">to open eyes that are blind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">to free captives from prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.42.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; that is my name!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">I will not yield my glory to another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">or my praise to idols.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.42.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the former things have taken place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">and new things I declare;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">before they spring into being</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">I announce them to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Song of Praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> a new song,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">his praise from the ends of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">you islands, and all who live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.42.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">Let the people of Sela sing for joy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">let them shout from the mountaintops.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.42.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let them give glory to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="content">and proclaim his praise in the islands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.42.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will march out like a champion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">with a shout he will raise the battle cry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">and will triumph over his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.42.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;For a long time I have kept silent,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">I have been quiet and held myself back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">But now, like a woman in childbirth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">I cry out, I gasp and pant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.42.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will lay waste the mountains and hills</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">and dry up all their vegetation;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">I will turn rivers into islands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">and dry up the pools.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.42.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">I will turn the darkness into light before them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">and make the rough places smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">These are the things I will do;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">I will not forsake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.42.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But those who trust in idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">who say to images, &#8216;You are our gods,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">will be turned back in utter shame.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Blind and Deaf</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.42.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear, you deaf;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="content">look, you blind, and see!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.42.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Who is blind but my servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">and deaf like the messenger I send?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">Who is blind like the one in covenant with me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">blind like the servant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.42.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="content">your ears are open, but you do not listen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.42.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It pleased the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">for the sake of his righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">to make his law great and glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.42.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But this is a people plundered and looted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">all of them trapped in pits</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">or hidden away in prisons.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">They have become plunder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">with no one to rescue them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">they have been made loot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">with no one to say, &#8220;Send them back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.42.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Which of you will listen to this</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="content">or pay close attention in time to come?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.42.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Who handed Jacob over to become loot,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">and Israel to the plunderers?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">Was it not the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">against whom we have sinned?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">For they would not follow his ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">they did not obey his law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.42.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So he poured out on them his burning anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">the violence of war.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">It enveloped them in flames, yet they did not understand;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ISA.42.25"><span class="content">it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.</span></span></div>
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