Isaiah 42:1–9
The Mission of Yahweh’s Servant
42 Look! here is my servant; I hold him,
my chosen one, in whom my soul delights.
I have ⌊put⌋a my spirit on him;
he will bring justice forth to the nations.
2 He will not cry out and lift up
and make his voice heard in the street.
3 He will not break a broken reed,
and he will not extinguish a dim wick.
He will bring justice forth inb faithfulness.
and he will not be broken
until he has established justice in the earth.
And the coastlands wait for his teaching.
who created the heavens
and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and its offspring,
who gives breath to the people upon it
and spirit to those who walk in it.
6 “I am Yahweh; I have called you in righteousness,
and I have grasped your hand and watched over you;
and I have given you as a covenant of the people,
as a light of the nations,
to bring the prisoner out from the dungeon,
those who sit in darkness from the house of imprisonment.
8 I am Yahweh; that is my name,
and I do not give my glory to another,
norc my praise to the idols.
9 Look! the former things have come,
and I declare new things.
I ⌊announce⌋d them to you before they sprout up.”