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Isaiah Chapter 42

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Isaiah

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In this chapter God declares His unique identity as the only true God who brings forth the wind and gives life and death, emphasizing His sovereign power. He also promises to be a light and refuge for the oppressed, calling them to trust in His protection.

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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.
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Isaiah 43:10Isaiah 49:3Isaiah 49:4Isaiah 49:5Isaiah 49:6Isaiah 52:13Isaiah 53:11Matthew 12:18Matthew 12:19Matthew 12:20Philippians 2:7Isaiah 49:7

(2) He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
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Zechariah 9:9Matthew 11:29Matthew 12:16Matthew 12:17Matthew 12:18Matthew 12:19Matthew 12:20Luke 17:20II Timothy 2:24I Peter 2:23

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Jeremiah 11:14Jeremiah 22:20Lamentations 2:19

(3) A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
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Isaiah 35:3Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 40:11Isaiah 40:29Isaiah 40:30Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 50:4Isaiah 50:10Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 57:16Isaiah 57:17Isaiah 57:18

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Matthew 12:20Zechariah 8:16Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23Ezekiel 40:5Ezekiel 40:7

(4) He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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Isaiah 9:7Isaiah 49:5Isaiah 49:6Isaiah 49:7Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 49:9Isaiah 49:10Isaiah 52:13Isaiah 52:14Isaiah 52:15Isaiah 53:2Isaiah 53:3

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Isaiah 30:18

(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:
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Isaiah 40:12Isaiah 40:22Isaiah 40:28Isaiah 44:24Isaiah 45:12Isaiah 45:18Isaiah 48:13Psalms 102:25Psalms 102:26Psalms 104:2Psalms 104:3Psalms 104:4

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Revelation 10:6Jeremiah 6:16Genesis 1:27Genesis 2:4Isaiah 45:12Isaiah 45:18

(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;
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Isaiah 32:1Isaiah 43:1Isaiah 45:13Isaiah 49:1Isaiah 49:2Isaiah 49:3Psalms 45:6Psalms 45:7Jeremiah 23:5Jeremiah 23:6Jeremiah 33:15Jeremiah 33:16

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Isaiah 30:26Romans 9:30Isaiah 49:6Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36

(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.
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Isaiah 42:16Isaiah 29:18Isaiah 35:5Psalms 146:8Matthew 11:5Luke 24:45John 9:39Acts 26:18II Corinthians 4:6Ephesians 1:17Ephesians 1:18Revelation 3:18

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Acts 16:27Genesis 39:20Genesis 39:22Jeremiah 37:15Jeremiah 37:21Matthew 15:14

(8) I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
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Exodus 3:13Exodus 3:14Exodus 3:15Exodus 4:5Psalms 83:18John 8:58Isaiah 48:11Exodus 20:3Exodus 20:4Exodus 20:5Exodus 34:14John 5:23

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1Deuteronomy 7:5II Chronicles 34:4

(9) Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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Genesis 15:12Genesis 15:13Genesis 15:14Genesis 15:15Genesis 15:16Joshua 21:45Joshua 23:14Joshua 23:15I Kings 8:15I Kings 8:16I Kings 8:17I Kings 8:18

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Ezekiel 16:55

(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.
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Isaiah 24:14Isaiah 24:15Isaiah 24:16Isaiah 44:23Isaiah 49:13Isaiah 65:14Psalms 33:3Psalms 40:3Psalms 96:1Psalms 96:2Psalms 96:3Psalms 98:1

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Psalms 149:1Psalms 47:6II Chronicles 20:23

(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.
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Isaiah 32:16Isaiah 35:1Isaiah 35:6Isaiah 40:3Isaiah 41:18Isaiah 41:19Isaiah 43:19Psalms 72:8Psalms 72:9Psalms 72:10Isaiah 60:7Genesis 25:23

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II Chronicles 25:12Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Nehemiah 11:25Psalms 47:6

(12) Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
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Isaiah 24:15Isaiah 24:16Isaiah 66:18Isaiah 66:19Psalms 22:27Psalms 96:3Psalms 96:4Psalms 96:5Psalms 96:6Psalms 96:7Psalms 96:8Psalms 96:9

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Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

(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.
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Isaiah 59:16Isaiah 59:17Isaiah 59:18Isaiah 59:19Isaiah 63:1Isaiah 63:2Isaiah 63:3Isaiah 63:4Exodus 15:1Exodus 15:2Exodus 15:3Psalms 78:65

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Job 35:9Jeremiah 46:12Ezekiel 32:27Joel 3:9

(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.
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Job 32:18Job 32:20Psalms 50:2Psalms 83:1Psalms 83:2Ecclesiastes 8:11Ecclesiastes 8:12Jeremiah 15:6Jeremiah 44:22Luke 18:7II Peter 3:9II Peter 3:10

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Genesis 19:13Habakkuk 1:2

(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.
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Isaiah 2:12Isaiah 2:13Isaiah 2:14Isaiah 2:15Isaiah 2:16Isaiah 11:15Isaiah 11:16Isaiah 44:27Isaiah 49:11Isaiah 50:2Psalms 18:7Psalms 107:33

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Isaiah 44:27Exodus 4:9Joshua 3:17Jeremiah 51:36Ezekiel 30:12Ezekiel 6:3

(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.
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Isaiah 29:18Isaiah 29:24Isaiah 30:21Isaiah 32:3Isaiah 35:5Isaiah 35:8Isaiah 48:17Isaiah 54:13Isaiah 60:1Isaiah 60:2Isaiah 60:19Isaiah 60:20

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Matthew 15:14Job 10:22Isaiah 5:20Matthew 6:23John 12:35Isaiah 30:26

(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.
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Isaiah 1:29Isaiah 44:11Isaiah 45:16Isaiah 45:17Psalms 97:7Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 2:27Habakkuk 2:18Habakkuk 2:19Habakkuk 2:20Isaiah 44:17Exodus 32:4

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II Chronicles 34:4Isaiah 30:22Judges 10:6I Samuel 6:5I Kings 14:9Deuteronomy 7:5

(18) Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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Isaiah 29:18Isaiah 43:8Exodus 4:11Proverbs 20:12Mark 7:34Mark 7:35Mark 7:36Mark 7:37Luke 7:22Revelation 3:17Revelation 3:18

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Isaiah 42:19Matthew 15:14

(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?
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Isaiah 6:9Isaiah 29:9Isaiah 29:10Isaiah 29:11Isaiah 29:12Isaiah 29:13Isaiah 29:14Isaiah 56:10Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 5:21Ezekiel 12:2Matthew 13:14

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Matthew 15:14II Samuel 5:8Matthew 12:22Luke 6:39Exodus 4:11Leviticus 19:14

(20) Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
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Isaiah 1:3Isaiah 48:6Isaiah 48:7Isaiah 48:8Numbers 14:22Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 29:2Deuteronomy 29:3Deuteronomy 29:4Nehemiah 9:10Nehemiah 9:11Nehemiah 9:12

(21) The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
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Isaiah 1:24Isaiah 1:25Isaiah 1:26Isaiah 1:27Isaiah 46:12Isaiah 46:13Psalms 71:16Psalms 71:19Psalms 85:9Psalms 85:10Psalms 85:11Psalms 85:12

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II Kings 4:26Psalms 143:11Isaiah 62:1Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(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.
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Isaiah 1:7Isaiah 18:2Isaiah 36:1Isaiah 52:4Isaiah 52:5Isaiah 56:9Jeremiah 50:17Jeremiah 51:34Jeremiah 51:35Jeremiah 52:4Jeremiah 52:5Jeremiah 52:6

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Judges 5:30Jeremiah 30:16Isaiah 33:1Ezekiel 39:10Exodus 10:6Jeremiah 19:13

(23) Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
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Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 1:19Isaiah 1:20Isaiah 48:18Leviticus 26:40Leviticus 26:41Leviticus 26:42Deuteronomy 4:29Deuteronomy 4:30Deuteronomy 4:31Deuteronomy 32:29Proverbs 1:22

(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.
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Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:6Isaiah 45:7Isaiah 47:6Isaiah 50:1Isaiah 50:2Isaiah 59:1Isaiah 59:2Isaiah 63:10Deuteronomy 28:49Deuteronomy 32:30Judges 2:14

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I Kings 3:14Jeremiah 6:16Zechariah 3:7

(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.
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Leviticus 26:15Leviticus 26:16Leviticus 26:17Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:19Leviticus 26:20Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:22Leviticus 26:23Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:25Leviticus 26:26

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Jeremiah 42:18Isaiah 63:6Genesis 41:48Isaiah 51:13I Kings 6:5Lamentations 2:3

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