Isaiah 42

1 look! servant/slave my to grasp in/on/with him chosen my to accept soul my to give: put spirit my upon him justice to/for nation to come out: send

Look! Here is my servant, the one I support; my chosen one who pleases me. I have placed my Spirit on him, and he will show the nations what is right.

2 not to cry and not to lift: loud and not to hear: hear in/on/with outside voice his

He won't shout or cry out; he won't raise his voice in the street.

3 branch: stem to crush not to break and flax faint not to quench her to/for truth: faithful to come out: send justice

He won't break a damaged reed; he won't snuff out a smoldering wick. He will faithfully make sure everyone is treated fairly.

4 not to grow dim and not to crush till to set: make in/on/with land: country/planet justice and to/for instruction his coastland to wait: hope

He won't give up or become discouraged until he has made sure that justice is upheld throughout the world. Even lands overseas will look forward to his teachings.

5 thus to say [the] God LORD to create [the] heaven and to stretch them to beat [the] land: country/planet and offspring her to give: give breath to/for people upon her and spirit to/for to go: walk in/on/with her

This is what God the Lord says, the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, who made the earth and everything in it, who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live there:

6 I LORD to call: call to you in/on/with righteousness and to strengthen: hold in/on/with hand your and to watch you and to give: give you to/for covenant people to/for light nation

“I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate what's right, and I will hold your hand. I will take care of you, and give you as a sign of my agreement with the people and as a light to the nations.

7 to/for to open eye blind to/for to come out: send from locksmith prisoner from house: home prison to dwell darkness

You will make the blind see, set free those who are locked up, and lead those who sit in darkness out from prison.

8 I LORD he/she/it name my and glory my to/for another not to give: give and praise my to/for idol

I am the Lord—that is my name! I do not give my honor to anyone else; I do not give my praise to idols.

9 [the] first: previous behold to come (in): come and new I to tell in/on/with before to spring to hear: proclaim [obj] you

Notice that what I foretold has come true, as will the new things I'm saying to you now. I tell you what will happen before it does.”

10 to sing to/for LORD song new praise his from end [the] land: country/planet to go down [the] sea and fullness his coastland and to dwell their

Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing praise from everywhere on earth, you who sail on the sea and everything in it, you islands and everyone who lives in them.

11 to lift: loud wilderness and city his village to dwell Kedar to sing to dwell Sela from head: top mountain: mount to cry aloud

Let the people in the desert and its towns shout; let the people of the villages of Kedar cry out loud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.

12 to set: put to/for LORD glory and praise his in/on/with coastland to tell

Let them glorify the Lord and praise him in the islands.

13 LORD like/as mighty man to come out: come like/as man battle to rouse jealousy to shout also to cry upon enemy his to prevail

Like a mighty warrior the Lord will march out, like a seasoned soldier he goes out with courage. He gives his war-cry, shouting as he battles and defeats his enemies.

14 be silent from forever: antiquity be quiet to refrain like/as to beget to groan to pant and to long for unitedness

“I didn't say anything for a long time, I kept quiet and restrained myself. But now like a woman giving birth, I will moan and gasp and pant.

15 to destroy mountain: mount and hill and all vegetation their to wither and to set: make river to/for coastland and pool to wither

I will dry up the mountains and the hills, and make all their greenery wither. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

16 and to go: take blind in/on/with way: direction not to know in/on/with path not to know to tread them to set: make darkness to/for face: before their to/for light and crooked place to/for plain these [the] word: thing to make: do them and not to leave: forsake them

I will lead the blind along a road they don't know; I will guide them along paths they don't know. I will turn darkness into light before them, and smooth out the rough places. This is what I'm going to do for them; I won't let them down.

17 to turn back be ashamed shame [the] to trust in/on/with idol [the] to say to/for liquid you(m. p.) God our

But those who trust in idols and say to images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be rejected in humiliation and shame.

18 [the] deaf to hear: hear and [the] blind to look to/for to see: see

Listen, you deaf people! Look and see, you blind people!

19 who? blind that if: except if: except servant/slave my and deaf like/as messenger my to send: depart who? blind like/as to ally and blind like/as servant/slave LORD

Who is blind like my servant? Who is deaf like my messenger that I send? Who is as blind as the people of the agreement? Who is as blind as the servant of the Lord?

20 (to see: see *QK) many and not to keep: look at to open ear and not to hear: hear

You've looked at many things but have not really seen; you've heard but never really listened.”

21 LORD to delight in because righteousness his to magnify instruction and be glorious

Because the Lord does what is right he wanted to show how important and wonderful his instructions were.

22 and he/she/it people to plunder and to plunder to ensnare in/on/with cavern all their and in/on/with house: home prison to hide to be to/for plunder and nothing to rescue plunder and nothing to say to return: rescue

But this people ended up robbed and raided, all of them trapped in holes or hidden in prisons. They have been stolen like loot, with no one to save them from being someone's prize, no one to say “Give them back!”

23 who? in/on/with you to listen this to listen and to hear: hear to/for back

Who of you is going to listen to this, or pay attention later on?

24 who? to give: give (to/for plunder *QK) Jacob and Israel to/for to plunder not LORD this to sin to/for him and not be willing in/on/with way: conduct his to go: walk and not to hear: obey in/on/with instruction his

Who let Jacob be taken as loot; who let Israel be taken by robbers? Wasn't it the Lord who we sinned against? The people weren't willing to follow his ways, and they refused to obey his law.

25 and to pour: pour upon him rage face: anger his and strength battle and to kindle him from around and not to know and to burn: burn in/on/with him and not to set: consider upon heart

So he poured out his furious anger on them, and the violence of war. Even though they were surrounded by flames, but they still didn't understand. The fire burned them up, but they still did not take the situation seriously.