Here Is My Servant (Matthew 12:15–21)
2 CPDV He will not cry out, and he will not show favoritism to anyone; neither will his voice be heard abroad. BSB BSB: He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
3 CPDV The bruised reed he will not break, and the smoldering wick he will not extinguish. He will lead forth judgment unto truth. BSB BSB: A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 CPDV He will not be saddened or troubled, until he establishes judgment on earth. And the islands will await his law. BSB BSB: He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
5 CPDV Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it. BSB BSB: This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
7 CPDV so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration. BSB BSB: to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
9 CPDV The things that were first, behold, they have arrived. And I also announce what is new. Before these things arise, I will cause you to hear about them. BSB BSB: Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
A New Song of Praise (Psalm 98:1–9; Psalm 149:1–9)
10 CPDV Sing to the Lord a new canticle, sing his praise from the ends of the earth, you who descend into the sea and all its fullness, the islands and their inhabitants. BSB BSB: Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
12 CPDV They will give glory to the Lord, and they will announce his praise to the islands. BSB BSB: Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
13 CPDV The Lord will go forth like a strong man; like a man of battle, he will stir up zeal. He will shout and cry out. He will prevail against his enemies. BSB BSB: The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
14 CPDV I have always been quiet; I have been silent; I have been patient. I will speak like a woman giving birth. I will destroy and consume, all at once. BSB BSB: “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
15 CPDV I will desolate the mountains and the hills, and I will wither all their grass. And I will turn rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools of water. BSB BSB: I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
16 CPDV And I will lead the blind along a way which they do not know. And I will cause them to walk along paths with which they were unfamiliar. I will turn darkness into light before them, and crooked into straight. These things I have done for them. For I have not abandoned them. BSB BSB: I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
17 CPDV They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, “You are our god.” BSB BSB: But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
Israel Is Deaf and Blind 18 CPDV You who are deaf, hear! You who are blind, turn your gaze and see! BSB BSB: Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
19 CPDV Who is blind, except my servant? Who is deaf, except the one to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, except the one who has been sold? And who is blind, except the servant of the Lord? BSB BSB: Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
20 CPDV You who see many things, will you not keep them? You who have open ears, will you not listen? BSB BSB: Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
21 CPDV And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and to exalt him. BSB BSB: The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
22 CPDV But this same people has robbed and laid waste. All their youth are a snare, and they have been hidden in houses of confinement. They have become victims; there is no one who may rescue them. They have been plundered; there is no one who may say, “Restore.” BSB BSB: But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
23 CPDV Who is there among you who will hear this, who will listen closely and heed this in the future? BSB BSB: Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
24 CPDV Who has handed over Jacob into plunder, and Israel into devastation? Is it not the Lord himself, against whom we have sinned? And they were not willing to walk in his ways, and they have not listened to his law. BSB BSB: Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
25 CPDV And so, he poured out over him the indignation of his fury and a strong battle. And he burned him all around, and he did not realize it. And he set him on fire, and he did not understand it. BSB BSB: So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
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