1 “Behold! aMy1 Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One inwhom My soul bdelights! cI have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
2 He will not cry out, nor raise Hisvoice, Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed He will not break, And1 smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.
4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; aAnd the coastlands shall wait for His law.”
5 Thus says God the Lord, aWho created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, bWho gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it:
6 “I,a the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You band give You as a covenant to the people, As ca light to the Gentiles,
7aTo open blind eyes, To bbring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in cdarkness from the prison house.
8 I am the Lord, that is My name; And My aglory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Praise to the Lord
10aSing to the Lord a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, bYou who go down to the sea, and1 all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up theirvoice, The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord, And declare His praise in the coastlands.
13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, ayes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies.
Promise of the Lord’s Help
14 “I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in1 labor, I will pant and gasp at once.
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools.
16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, And crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, And not forsake them.
17 They shall be aturned back, They shall be greatly ashamed, Who trust in carved images, Who say to the molded images, ‘You are our gods.’
18 “Hear, you deaf; And look, you blind, that you may see.
19aWho is blind but My servant, Or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as hewhois perfect, And blind as the Lord’s servant?
20 Seeing many things, abut you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”
Israel’s Obstinate Disobedience
21 The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake; He will exalt the law and make it honorable.
22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; All of them are1 snared in holes, And they are hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”
23 Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against whom we have sinned? aFor they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law.
25 Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; aIt has set him on fire all around, bYet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to cheart.
Behold - The prophet having given one eminent instance of God's certain fore - knowledge, in the deliverance of the Jews by Cyrus, now adds another more eminent example of it, by foretelling the coming of the Messiah. This place therefore is expressly interpreted of Christ, Matthew 12:18, etc. And to him, and to him only, all the particulars following, truly and evidently belong. Whom - Whom I will enable to do and suffer all those things which belong to his office. Elect - Chosen by me to this great work. Delighteth - Both for himself and for all his people, being fully satisfied with that sacrifice, which he shall offer up to me. Bring forth - Shall publish or shew, as this word is translated, Matthew 12:18. Judgment - The law, and will, and counsel of God, concerning man's salvation. Gentiles - Not only to the Jews, but to the Heathen nations.
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