Key Verse Spotlight
Isaiah 42:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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;”
Isaiah 42:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. {discouraged: Heb. broken}
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:
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;
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, {and} them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
I {am} the LORD: that {is} my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
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