19 Who is blind but my servant,(A)
or deaf like my messenger I am sending?
Who is blind like my dedicated one,[a]
or blind like the servant of the Lord?

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  1. 42:19 Hb obscure

19 Who is blind(A) but my servant,(B)
    and deaf like the messenger(C) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant(D) with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?

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10 “You are my witnesses”(A)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my servant whom I have chosen,(B)
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.(C)
No god was formed before me,
and there will be none after me.(D)

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10 “You are my witnesses,(A)” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant(B) whom I have chosen,
so that you may know(C) and believe me
    and understand that I am he.
Before me no god(D) was formed,
    nor will there be one after me.(E)

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Spiritual Blessing

44 “And now listen, Jacob my servant,
Israel whom I have chosen.(A)
This is the word of the Lord
your Maker, the one who formed you from the womb:
He will help you.
Do not fear, Jacob my servant,
Jeshurun[a] whom I have chosen.(B)

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  1. 44:2 = Upright One

Israel the Chosen

44 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant,(A)
    Israel, whom I have chosen.(B)
This is what the Lord says—
    he who made(C) you, who formed you in the womb,(D)
    and who will help(E) you:
Do not be afraid,(F) Jacob, my servant,(G)
    Jeshurun,[a](H) whom I have chosen.

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  1. Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

21 Remember these things, Jacob,
and Israel, for you are my servant;
I formed you, you are my servant;
Israel, you will never be forgotten by me.[a](A)

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  1. 44:21 DSS, LXX, Tg read Israel, do not forget me

21 “Remember(A) these things, Jacob,
    for you, Israel, are my servant.(B)
I have made you, you are my servant;(C)
    Israel, I will not forget you.(D)

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I call you by your name,
for the sake of my servant Jacob(A)
and Israel my chosen one.
I give a name to you,
though you do not know me.

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For the sake of Jacob my servant,(A)
    of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
    and bestow on you a title of honor,
    though you do not acknowledge(B) me.

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20 Leave Babylon,
flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with a shout of joy,
proclaim this,
let it go out to the end of the earth;
announce,
“The Lord has redeemed his servant(A) Jacob!”

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20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(A) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(B)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(C)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(D) his servant Jacob.”

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He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

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He said to me, “You are my servant,(A)
    Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(B)

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17 No weapon formed against you will succeed,
and you will refute any accusation[a]
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,(A)
and their vindication is from me.”(B)

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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  1. 54:17 Lit refute every tongue

17     no weapon forged against you will prevail,(A)
    and you will refute(B) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants(C) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication(D) from me,”
declares the Lord.

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25 “‘This is what the Lord God says: When I gather the house of Israel(A) from the peoples where they are scattered, I will demonstrate my holiness through them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.

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25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(B) I will be proved holy(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(D)

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25 “‘They will live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob,(A) where your ancestors lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and my servant David will be their prince forever.(B)

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25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(A) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(B) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(C)

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54 He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering his mercy

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54 He has helped his servant Israel,
    remembering to be merciful(A)

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