1 ¶ Behold my servant, my chosen one, whom I uphold; and in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he will bring righteousness to the Gentiles.

2 He will not shout, or raise his voice, or cause his voice to be heard in the street.

3 He will not break a bruised reed, or put out a smoldering wick: he will bring forth justice with truth.

4 He will not fail or be discouraged, until he has established justice in the earth: and the isles will wait for his law.

5 ¶ The LORD God, who created the heavens, and stretched them out; he who shaped the earth, and all that grows out of it; he who gives breath to its people, and life to those walking on it; says:

6 I the LORD have called you for my righteous purpose, and have taken hold of your hand, and will keep you, and have given you as a covenant for the people, as a light to the Gentiles;

7 To give sight to the blind, to bring the prisoners out of the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the dungeon.

8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and I will not give my glory to anyone else, or my praise to graven images.

9 Notice, that my earlier predictions have come to pass, for now I am announcing new things: and telling you about them before they happen.

10 Sing a new song to the LORD, and shout his praise to the uttermost parts of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it; you isles, and all who live by the sea.

11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, let the villages where the people of Kedar live: and the inhabitants of Petra sing, let them shout from the tops of the mountains.

12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

13 ¶ The LORD will go out like a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, shout aloud; he will prevail against his enemies.

14 I have remained silent for a long time; I have been still, and restrained myself: now I will cry out like a woman in travail; I will gasp and pant.

15 I will lay waste to the mountains and hills, and dry up all their plants; I will make the rivers like pools, and I will dry them up.

16 And I will lead the blind in a way that they did not know; I will lead them in paths that they were not aware of: I will make the darkness before them light, and the crooked places straight. This is what I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

17 Those who trust in graven images, and say to their molten images, You are our gods, will be turned back, they will be greatly ashamed,.

18 ¶ Listen, you deaf ones; and open your eyes, you blind, that you may see.

19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, like the messenger that I sent? who is as blind as he who is perfect, and as blind as the LORD’S servant?

20 You see many things, but do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not hear.

21 Because the LORD desires what is right; he delights to make his law great, and wonderful.

22 Yet these people are robbed and plundered; they are all trapped in holes, and hidden in prisons: they have become a prey, with no one to deliver them; they have been plundered, and no one said, Give it back.

23 Who among you will listen to this? who will listen and obey in the future?

24 Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderer? Was it not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, nor were they obedient to his law.

25 Therefore he poured on them his fury, and the violence of war: and it wrapped them in flames, but they did not understand; and it burned them, yet they did not take it to heart.