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to open blind eyes
    and to bring out those who are bound[a] from their cells,
        and[b] those sitting in darkness from prison.
I, the Lord, am the one,
    and I won’t give my name and[c] glory to another,
        nor my praise to idols.
See, the former things have taken place,
    and I’m announcing the[d] new things—
before they spring into being

I’m telling you about them.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 4QIsah MT read out prisoners
  2. Isaiah 42:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsah MT lack and
  3. Isaiah 42:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsah MT LXX read I am the Lord; that is my name. I won’t give my
  4. Isaiah 42:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab 4QIsah MT LXX lack the

to open eyes that are blind,(A)
    to free(B) captives from prison(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(D)

“I am the Lord;(E) that is my name!(F)
    I will not yield my glory to another(G)
    or my praise to idols.(H)
See, the former things(I) have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce(J) them to you.”

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