World English Bible
Isaiah 42:21
“It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 42
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Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?
20
You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
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It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
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But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil, and no one says, 'Restore them!
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Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
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Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.
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