--- title: "Isaiah 42:5-23 KJV - \"Thus saith God the LORD, he that creat...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comet\" — Read Isaiah 42:5-23 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/isaiah/42/5-23" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/42)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/42)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/42) Audio ## Isaiah 42:5-23 in Context (Verses 2–25 KJV) [2 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/2) He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. [3 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/3) A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.** [4 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/4) He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.* [5 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/5) ¶ 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 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/6) 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 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/7) To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, *and* them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. [8 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/8) I *am* the LORD: that *is* my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. [9 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/9) Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. [10 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/10) Sing unto the LORD a new song, *and* his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.* [11 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/11) Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up *their voice*, the villages *that* Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. [12 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/12) Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. [13 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/13) The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.* [14 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/14) I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, *and* refrained myself: *now* will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.* [15 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/15) I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. [16 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/16) And I will bring the blind by a way *that* they knew not; I will lead them in paths *that* they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.* [17 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/17) ¶ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye *are* our gods. [18 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/18) Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. [19 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/19) Who *is* blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger *that* I sent? who *is* blind as *he that is* perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant? [20 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/20) Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. [21 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/21) The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make *it* honourable.* [22 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/22) But this *is* a people robbed and spoiled; *they are* all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.** [23 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/23) Who among you will give ear to this? *who* will hearken and hear for the time to come?* [24 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/24) Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. [25 ](/kjv/isaiah/42/25) Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid *it* not to heart. 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