Isaiah 42:6

“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness and will hold your hand. 1 I will keep you and set you as a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles, 1

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

In Context

5This is what God Yahweh says— 1 the one who created the heavens and stretched them out, the one who made the earth and all that it produces, 1 the one who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who live on it: 1

7to open the eyes of the blind, to release the prisoners from the dungeon, 1 and from the house of confinement those who sit in darkness. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:3The mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you. 1

Isaiah 41:13For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, 1 saying to you, 'Do not fear; I am helping you.' 1

Isaiah 43:1But now this is what Yahweh says, he who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: 1 “Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine. 1

Isaiah 49:1Listen to me, you coastlands! Now give my your attention, you distant peoples. 1 Yahweh has called me from birth by name, when my mother brought me into the world. 1

Isaiah 49:8This is what Yahweh says, 1 “At a time I decide to show my favor I will answer you, and in a day of salvation I will help you; 1 I will protect you, and give you as a covenant for the people, 1 to rebuild the land, to reassign the desolate inheritance. 1

Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen on you. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:6-13

The Messiah's Approach. ( b. c. 708.) 5 Thus saith God the Lord , he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that… Read the whole commentary →

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