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Isaiah 42:6

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“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness.
I will hold your hand.
I will keep you,
and make you a covenant for the people,
as a light for the nations,

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Isaiah 42:6 in other translations

I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isaiah 42:6 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 42:6 in context

  1. 4He will not fail nor be discouraged,
    until he has set justice in the earth,
    and the islands wait for his law.”
  2. 5God Yahweh,
    he who created the heavens and stretched them out,
    he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it,
    he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:
  3. 6“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness.
    I will hold your hand.
    I will keep you,
    and make you a covenant for the people,
    as a light for the nations,
  4. 7to open the blind eyes,
    to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
    and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
  5. 8“I am Yahweh.
    That is my name.
    I will not give my glory to another,
    nor my praise to engraved images.