Thus says God, the Lord,
    who created the heavens (A)and stretched them out,
    who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
(B)who gives breath to the people on it
    and spirit to those who walk in it:
“I am the Lord; (C)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
    I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (D)as a covenant for the people,
    (E)a light for the nations,
    (F)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    (G)from the prison those who sit in darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse

This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth(B) with all that springs from it,(C)
    who gives breath(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:
“I, the Lord, have called(E) you in righteousness;(F)
    I will take hold of your hand.(G)
I will keep(H) you and will make you
    to be a covenant(I) for the people
    and a light(J) for the Gentiles,(K)
to open eyes that are blind,(L)
    to free(M) captives from prison(N)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(O)

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