42:5 This is what the true God, ¹  the Lord, says –

the one who created the sky and stretched it out,

the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, ² 

the one who gives breath to the people on it,

and life to those who live on it: ³ 

42:6 “I, the Lord, officially commission you; ⁴ 

I take hold of your hand.

I protect you ⁵  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ⁶ 

and a light ⁷  to the nations, ⁸