The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

 1 Behold my ^aservant, whom I uphold; mine ^belect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have ^cput my ^dspirit upon him: he shall bring forth ^ejudgment to the Gentiles.

 2 He shall not cry, nor ^alift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

 3 ^aA bruised 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: and the ^aisles shall wait for his law.

 5 ¶Thus saith God the Lord, he that ^acreated the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth ^bbreath unto the people upon it, and ^cspirit to them that ^dwalk therein:

 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a ^acovenant of the people, for a ^blight of the ^cGentiles;

 7 To ^aopen the ^bblind eyes, to bring out the ^cprisoners from the ^dprison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

 8 I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

 9 Behold, the ^aformer things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell ^byou of them.

 10 ^aSing 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.

 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.

 12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.

 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up ^ajealousy like a man of ^bwar: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and ^arefrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will ^bdestroy and devour at once.

 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.

 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 ^adarkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

 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.

 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

 19 ^aWho is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is ^bperfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?

 20 ^aSeeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it ^ahonourable.

 22 But this is a ^apeople 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, ^bRestore.

 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and ^aIsrael to the robbers? did not the Lord, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not ^bwalk in his ways, neither were they ^cobedient unto his law.

 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.