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1 Be­hold my ser­vant, whom I up­hold; mine elect, in whom my soul de­lighteth; I have put my spir­it upon him: he shall bring forth judg­ment to the Gen­tiles. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smok­ing flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judg­ment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be dis­cour­aged, till he have set judg­ment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. 5 Thus saith God the LORD, he that cre­at­ed the heav­ens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the peo­ple upon it, and spir­it to them that walk there­in: 6 I the LORD have called thee in righ­teous­ness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the peo­ple, for a light of the Gen­tiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the pris­on­ers from the prison, and them that sit in dark­ness out of the prison house. 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glo­ry will I not give to an­oth­er, nei­ther my praise to graven im­ages. 9 Be­hold, the for­mer things are come to pass, and new things do I de­clare: be­fore they spring forth I tell you of them. 10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is there­in; the isles, and the in­hab­i­tants there­of. 11 Let the wilder­ness and the cities there­of lift up their voice, the vil­lages that Kedar doth in­hab­it: let the in­hab­i­tants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the moun­tains. 12 Let them give glo­ry unto the LORD, and de­clare his praise in the is­lands. 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jeal­ousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall pre­vail against his en­e­mies. 14 I have long time hold­en my peace; I have been still, and re­frained my­self: now will I cry like a tra­vail­ing wom­an; I will de­stroy and de­vour at once. 15 I will make waste moun­tains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers is­lands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make dark­ness light be­fore them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not for­sake them. 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be great­ly ashamed, that trust in graven im­ages, that say to the molten im­ages, Ye are our gods. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my ser­vant? or deaf, as my mes­sen­ger that I sent? who is blind as he that is per­fect, and blind as the LORD'S ser­vant? 20 See­ing many things, but thou ob­ser­vest not; open­ing the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righ­teous­ness' sake; he will mag­ni­fy the law, and make it hon­ourable. 22 But this is a peo­ple robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison hous­es: they are for a prey, and none de­liv­ereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Re­store. 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hear­ken and hear for the time to come? 24 Who gave Ja­cob for a spoil, and Is­rael to the rob­bers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, nei­ther were they obe­di­ent unto his law. 25 There­fore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of bat­tle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.