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to open the blind eyes,
    to bring the prisoner out from the dungeon,
        those who sit in darkness from the house of imprisonment.

I am Yahweh; that is my name,

and I do not give my glory to another,
    nor[a] my praise to the idols.
Look! the former things have come,
    and I declare new things.
        I announce[b] them to you before they sprout up.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:8 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 42:9 Literally “cause to hear”

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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