Listen to this
Kathan Kawraw being read
by the chaciyd with some Hebrew pronunciation
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul
delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the
Gentiles.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the
street.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench:
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth:
and the isles shall wait for his law.
5 ¶ Thus saith YAHUAH YAHUAH, 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:
6 I YAHUAH 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;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, [and] them
that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
8 I [am] YAHUAH: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to
another, neither my praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare:
before they spring forth I tell you of them.
10 Sing unto YAHUAH a new song, [and] his praise from the end of the
earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the
inhabitants thereof.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages
[that] Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout
from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto YAHUAH, and declare his praise in the
islands.
13 YAHUAH shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy
like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his
enemies.
14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained myself:
[now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will
make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way [that] they knew not; I will lead them in
paths [that] they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and
crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in
graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.
18 ¶ Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I sent? who
[is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as YAHUAH'S servant?
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth
not.
21 YAHUAH is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law,
and make [it] honourable.
22 But this [is] a people robbed and spoiled; [they are] all of them snared in
holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none
delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
23 Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time
to come?
24 Who gave Yacob for a spoil, and YisraYAH to the robbers? did not YAHUAH,
he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither
were they obedient unto his law.
25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of
battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned
him, yet he laid [it] not to heart.