5 Thus says the God, Yahweh,
Who acreated the heavens and bstretched them out,
Who spread out the cearth and its offspring,
Who dgives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk in it,
6 “I am Yahweh, I have acalled You in righteousness;
I will also btake hold of You by the hand and cguard You,
And I will give You as a dcovenant to the people,
As a elight to the nations,
7 To aopen blind eyes,
To bbring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who inhabit darkness from the prison.
8 aI am Yahweh, that is bMy name;
I will not give My cglory to another,
Nor My praise to graven images.
9 Behold, the aformer things have come to pass;
Now I declare bnew things;
Before they spring forth I cause you to hear them.”