6 “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations, 7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house. 8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
Isaiah 42:6–8
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