Isaiah 42:13-22
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z The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
like a man of war a he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, b he shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.
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For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out c like a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
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d I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,
and dry up the pools.
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e And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
f the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
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g They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
"You are our gods."
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Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!
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Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
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h He sees many things, but does not observe them;
i his ears are open, but he does not hear.
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The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
to magnify his law and make it glorious.
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But this is a people plundered and looted;
they are all of them trapped in holes
j and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
spoil with none to say, "Restore!"
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Cross References
Isaiah 40:10
Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
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Cross References
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
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Cross References
Psalms 78:65
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.
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Cross References
Isaiah 13:8
They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
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Cross References
Isaiah 50:2
Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.
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Cross References
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
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Cross References
Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
Isaiah 44:11
Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
Isaiah 45:16
All of them are put to shame and confounded; the makers of idols go in confusion together.
Psalms 97:7
All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!
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Cross References
Romans 2:21 - 23
You then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
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Cross References
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
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Cross References
Isaiah 14:17
Who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?
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