Tuesday January 4, 2011

Isaiah 42 5-9

In his law the islands will put their hope.”
 ⁵ This is what God the LORD says—
he who created the heavens and stretched them out,
   who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it,
who gives breath to its people,
   and life to those who walk on it:
⁶ “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness;
   I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you
   to be a covenant for the people
   and a light for the Gentiles,
⁷ to open eyes that are blind,
   to free captives from prison
   and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
 ⁸ “I am the LORD; that is my name!
   I will not give my glory to another
   or my praise to idols.
⁹ See, the former things have taken place,
   and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
   I announce them to you.”