{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "Isaiah",
 "chapter": 42,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street."
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth."
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "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:"
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "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;"
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them."
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 11,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 12,
   "t": "Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands."
  },
  {
   "v": 13,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 14,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 15,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 16,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 17,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 18,
   "t": "Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see."
  },
  {
   "v": 19,
   "t": "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?"
  },
  {
   "v": 20,
   "t": "Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not."
  },
  {
   "v": 21,
   "t": "The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable."
  },
  {
   "v": 22,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 23,
   "t": "Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?"
  },
  {
   "v": 24,
   "t": "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."
  },
  {
   "v": 25,
   "t": "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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