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Isaiah 42:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images. "

Isaiah 42:8

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6 “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,

7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

8 “I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.

9 Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

10 Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

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Leviticus 19:12

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"“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD."

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Esther 13:14

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"“Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once I will cause them to know my hand and my might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD.”"

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Deuteronomy 32:3

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"For I will proclaim the LORD’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!"

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Isaiah 48:11

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"For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another."

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Isaiah 44:6

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"This is what the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God."

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Isaiah 42:1

"“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations."

Isaiah 42:2

"He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street."

Isaiah 42:3

"He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice."

Isaiah 42:4

"He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”"

Isaiah 42:5

"God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it, says:"

Isaiah 42:6

"“I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,"

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