Isaiah 41:21–42:12

21  †Produce your cause, saith the Lord;

Bring forth your vstrong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

22  wLet them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen:

Let them shew xthe former things, what they be,

That we may †consider them, and know the latter end of them;

Or declare us things for to come.

23  yShew the things that are to come yyhereafter,

zThat we may know that ye are gods:

Yea, ado good, or do evil,

That we may bbe dismayed, and behold it together.

24  Behold, cye are ||of nothing, and your work ||of nought:

An abomination is he that chooseth you.

25  dI have raised up one efrom the north, and he shall come:

dFrom the rising of the sun fshall he call upon my name:

And he shall come upon princes as upon morter,

And as the potter treadeth clay.

26  gWho hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?

And beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous?

Yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth,

Yea, there is none that heareth your words.

27  hThe first ishall say to Zion, Behold, behold them:

And I will give to Jerusalem ione that bringeth good tidings.

28  kFor I beheld, and there was no man;

Even among them, and there was no counseller,

That, when I asked of them, could †answer a word.

29  lBehold, they are all vanity; their works are mnothing:

Their molten images are wind and confusion.

42 aBehold bcmy servant, whom I uphold;

cMine elect, in whom dmy soul delighteth;

eI 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 fbruised 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:

gAnd the isles shall wait for his law.

5  Thus saith God the Lord,

He that created the heavens, and histretched them out;

hkHe that spread forth the earth, and lthat which cometh out of it;

imHe that giveth breath unto the people upon it,

And nspirit to them that walk therein:

6  I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,

And owill hold thine hand, and will keep thee,

And pgive thee for a covenant of the people, qfor a light of the Gentiles;

7  rTo open the blind eyes,

To sbring out the prisoners from the prison,

And tthem that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

8  I am the Lord: that is my name:

uAnd my glory will I not give to vanother,

Neither my praise to graven images.

9  Behold, wthe former things are come to pass,

And xnew things do I declare:

Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

10  ySing unto the Lord a new song,

And his praise from the end of the earth,

zYe that go down to the sea, and †all that is therein;

aThe isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

11  bLet the wilderness and the cities thereof clift up their voice,

The villages that dKedar doth inhabit:

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing,

Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

12  Let them egive glory unto the Lord,

And eedeclare his praise in athe islands.