Isaiah 42:5-6

The Lord's Chosen Servant

⁵ Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens _m and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
_n who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
⁶ "I am the Lord; _o I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you _p as a covenant for the people,
_q a light for the nations,

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 44:24
   Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who formed you from the womb: "I am the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself.
   Isaiah 45:12
   I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 17:25
   Nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 41:9
   You whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off".
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 49:6
   He says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
   Isaiah 49:8
   Thus says the Lord : "In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 2:32
   A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.