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\c 42
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\q1
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\v 1 Yahweh says, "I want you people to know about my servant, whom I encourage.
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\q2 I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him.
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\q1 I have given him my Spirit,
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\q2 and he will make certain that all the people groups do what is right.
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\q1
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\v 2 He will not show his power by shouting
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\q2 or by talking very loudly.
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\q1
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\v 3 He will not get rid of anyone who is weak like a smashed reed,
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\q2 and he will not end the life of anyone who is helpless, like an oil lamp about to stop burning.
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\q1 He will faithfully make sure that judges decide cases justly.
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\q2
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\v 4 He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth.
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\q1 Even people living on the islands in the oceans will confidently wait for him to teach them his laws."
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\q1
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\v 5 Yahweh our God created the sky
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\q2 and spread it out.
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\q1 He also created the earth and everything on it.
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\q2 He gives breath to all the people on the earth and causes them to live.
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\q1 And he is the one who says to his special servant,
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\q1
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\v 6 "I, Yahweh, have chosen you
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\q2 to show people that I always act righteously.
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\q1 I will grasp your hand and protect you,
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\q2 and I will present you to my Israelite people
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\q2 to be the one who will put into effect my covenant with them.
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\q1 You will be like a light to the other nations.
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\q1
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\v 7 For you will enable blind people to see,
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\q2 you will free those who are in prison
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\q2 and release those who are in dark dungeons.
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\q1
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\v 8 I am Yahweh; that is my name.
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\q2 I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve.
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\q2 And I will not allow others to praise idols, for they should praise only me.
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\v 9 Everything that I have prophesied has happened,
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\q2 and now I will tell about other things that will happen.
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\q1 I will tell you things that will happen before they happen."
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\q1
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\v 10 Sing a new song to Yahweh!
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\q2 Sing to praise him throughout the world!
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\q1 All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans,
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\q2 and all you people who live on islands far away, sing!
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\v 11 You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly!
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\q2 You people who live in the region of Kedar in the north of Arabia, you rejoice also!
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\q1 You people in the city of Sela in Edom, you also should sing joyfully;
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\q2 shout to praise him from the tops of your mountains!
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\v 12 Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh
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\q2 and sing to praise him.
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\v 13 It will be as though Yahweh will march out like a mighty soldier;
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\q2 he will show that he is very angry.
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\q1 He will shout a battle cry,
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\q2 and then he will defeat all his enemies.
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\v 14 He will say, "I have remained silent for a long time;
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\q2 I have restrained myself from doing what I need to do.
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\q1 But now, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant.
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\q1
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\v 15 I will level off the hills and mountains,
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\q2 and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up.
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\q1 I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them,
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\q2 and I will cause all the pools to become dry.
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\q1
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\v 16 My people who have been taken into exile are like blind people,
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\q2 but I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before,
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\q1 on a road that they have not seen before.
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\q2 They have felt very helpless, as though they were walking in the darkness,
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\q1 but I will take away that darkness
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\q2 and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them.
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\q1 Those are the things that I will do for them;
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\q2 I will not abandon them.
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\q1
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\v 17 But those who trust in carved idols,
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\q2 and say to images, 'You are our gods,'
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\q2 will be completely humiliated."
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\q1
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\v 18 You Israelite people who have acted toward God like deaf people, listen to what Yahweh says!
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\q2 "You who have been like blind people, look!
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\v 19 No people are as blind as my people, who should have been serving me.
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\q2 No people are as much like deaf people as the Israelites, who should have been my messengers.
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\q1 No people are as much like blind people as those whom I chose to serve me in a covenant.
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\v 20 You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them.
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\q2 You hear what I say to you, but you do not pay attention."
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\v 21 Because Yahweh is righteous,
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\q2 he has honored his glorious laws.
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\q1
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\v 22 But armies have destroyed Jerusalem and have completely plundered all the valuable things,
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\q2 and they have captured Yahweh's people
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\q2 and taken them away and put them in prison.
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\q1 They have been captured easily,
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\q2 because there was no one to protect them;
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\q1 there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home.
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\v 23 Who among you will listen carefully to these things?
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\q2 Who will pay attention from now on?
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\q1
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\v 24 Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen?
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\q2 It was Yahweh, because he is the one against whom we had sinned;
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\q1 we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to,
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\q2 and we did not obey his laws.
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\v 25 Therefore he was extremely angry with us,
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\q2 and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles.
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\q1 It was as though he had lit a fire around us,
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\q2 but we did not understand what he was trying to tell us.
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\q1 His anger with us was like a fire that would burn us up,
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\q2 but we did not pay attention.
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