2 GLT He will not cry out and he will not lift up{ his voice}, and he will not make his voice heard outside. BSB BSB: He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.
3 GLT A crushed reed he will not break, and a feeble wick he will not quench. He will faithfully bring forth justice; BSB BSB: A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 GLT he will not grow faint and not be broken, until he has established justice on the earth, and the coastlands wait for 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 GLT Thus says God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who forged the earth and all its produce, who gives breath to the people on it and air to those who live 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 GLT to open the eyes of the blind, to release the prisoners from the dungeon, from the house of confinement, dwellers of darkness. 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 GLT Behold, the previous{ things} came to pass; and I shall declare new{ things}. Before they sprout I shall announce them.” BSB BSB: Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
10 GLT Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise from the end of the earth; those who descend{ into} the sea and its fullness, the coastlands and their dwellers. 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 GLT Let them give glory to Yahweh and his praise in the coastlands let them declare. BSB BSB: Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
13 GLT Yahweh will go out as a warrior; as a man of war he will stir up{ his} zeal. He will shout, yes, he will raise a battle cry; over his enemies he prevails. 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 GLT “I have kept quiet from ancient times; I have been still; I have restrained myself; like a woman giving birth I shall cry out; I shall gasp and pant 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 GLT I shall destroy mountains and hills and all their vegetation dry up; and I shall turn the rivers into islands and the marshes dry up. 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 GLT And I shall bring the blind by a way they do not know; in paths they do not know I shall lead them. I shall turn the darkness into light before their faces, and the crooked places straighten. These things I shall do, and I shall not abandon 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 GLT They will be turned back, be completely ashamed, who trust in carved figures, who say to cast figures,‘You{ are} our gods.’ BSB BSB: But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
18 GLT “Deaf ones, listen, and blind ones, look, in order to see. BSB BSB: Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
19 GLT Who{ is} blind except my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send? Who{ is} blind like Meshullam, or blind like the servant of Yahweh? 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 GLT You see much but do not observe; ears{ are} open, but do not hear. BSB BSB: Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
21 GLT Yahweh is pleased on account of his righteousness, he gives praise{ to} the law and makes{ it} glorious. BSB BSB: The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
22 GLT But it{ is} a people robbed and plundered, all of them trapped in pits and in houses of prisoners held captive. They have become a plunder with no rescue, despoiled, and no one says,‘Give back!’ 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 GLT Who among you will give ear{ to} this, give heed and hear in the future? BSB BSB: Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
24 GLT Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the looters? Was{ it} not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned, and were not willing to walk in his ways, and did not obey 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 GLT And he poured out on him the heat of his nose and the violence of war, and its flames encircled, yet he did not know, and{ it} consumed him, but he did not take{ it} to heart. 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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