Isaiah 42

²He will not shout,

³He won’t break a bruised reed.

⁴He will not fail nor be discouraged,

⁵God the LORD,

⁶“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness.

⁷to open the blind eyes,

⁸“I am the LORD.

⁹Behold, the former things have happened

¹⁰Sing to the LORD a new song,

¹¹Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices,

¹²Let them give glory to the LORD,

¹³The LORD will go out like a mighty man.

¹⁴“I have been silent a long time.

¹⁵I will destroy mountains and hills,

¹⁶I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.

¹⁷“Those who trust in engraved images,

¹⁸“Hear, you deaf,

¹⁹Who is blind, but my servant?

²⁰You see many things, but don’t observe.

²¹It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law

²²But this is a robbed and plundered people.

²³Who is there among you who will give ear to this?

²⁴Who gave Jacob as plunder,

²⁵Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him,