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 

42:7 to open blind eyes, ⁹ 

to release prisoners ¹⁰  from dungeons,

those who live in darkness from prisons.

42:8 I am the Lord! That is my name!

I will not share my glory with anyone else,

or the praise due me with idols.

42:9 Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; ¹¹ 

now I announce new events.

Before they begin to occur,

I reveal them to you.” ¹²