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Reader: “Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.”
Response: “He is my chosen one, who pleases me.”
Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-9
>“Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.
>He is my chosen one, who pleases me.
>I have put my Spirit upon him.
>He will bring justice to the nations.
>He will not shout
>or raise his voice in public.
>He will not crush the weakest reed
>or put out a flickering candle.
>He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.
>He will not falter or lose heart
>until justice prevails throughout the earth.
>Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.”
>God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out.
>He created the earth and everything in it.
>He gives breath to everyone,
>life to everyone who walks the earth.
>And it is he who says,
>“I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
>I will take you by the hand and guard you,
>and I will give you to my people, Israel,
>as a symbol of my covenant with them.
>And you will be a light to guide the nations.
>You will open the eyes of the blind.
>You will free the captives from prison,
>releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
>“I am the LORD; that is my name!
>I will not give my glory to anyone else,
>nor share my praise with carved idols.
>Everything I prophesied has come true,
>and now I will prophesy again.
>I will tell you the future before it happens.”
Reader: “The word of the Lord.”
Response: “Thanks be to God.”
Response: “He is my chosen one, who pleases me.”
Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-9
>“Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.
>He is my chosen one, who pleases me.
>I have put my Spirit upon him.
>He will bring justice to the nations.
>He will not shout
>or raise his voice in public.
>He will not crush the weakest reed
>or put out a flickering candle.
>He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.
>He will not falter or lose heart
>until justice prevails throughout the earth.
>Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.”
>God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out.
>He created the earth and everything in it.
>He gives breath to everyone,
>life to everyone who walks the earth.
>And it is he who says,
>“I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
>I will take you by the hand and guard you,
>and I will give you to my people, Israel,
>as a symbol of my covenant with them.
>And you will be a light to guide the nations.
>You will open the eyes of the blind.
>You will free the captives from prison,
>releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
>“I am the LORD; that is my name!
>I will not give my glory to anyone else,
>nor share my praise with carved idols.
>Everything I prophesied has come true,
>and now I will prophesy again.
>I will tell you the future before it happens.”
Reader: “The word of the Lord.”
Response: “Thanks be to God.”
