---
title: Joseph Smith Translation (1867 edition)
description: Isaiah from the Joseph Smith Translation (JST), 1867 edition.
authors:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - translation
published: "1867"
publisher: RLDS Publication Board
publisher_place: Plano, Illinois
publisher_note: "The title page reads: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Joseph Smith, I. L. Rogers, E. Robinson, Publishing Committee; 1867."
edition: First edition (Plano, 1867)
language: en
type: book
chapter: 42
verse_count: 25
reference: "Joseph Smith Jr., *Joseph Smith Translation*, first edition (Plano, IL: RLDS Publication Board, 1867), Isaiah, chap. 42, https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  identifier: holyscripturestr00smituoft
  scan: University of Toronto / Trinity College Library copy, Internet Archive
  transcription: "OCR text of the 1867 scans (Toronto copy and a second copy, holyscriptures00smit), reconciled word by word; Romans was also checked against the page images. Method, per-chapter validation log and known limits: docs/jst-1867-import.md."
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1867 US publication
  source: https://archive.org/details/holyscripturestr00smituoft
  publication_year: 1867
---

# Isaiah 42

*The, office, of Christ God's promise unto him Praise to God for his gospel.*

**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 God the Lord, 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 the Lord 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 the Lord; 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 the Lord 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 the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
**13** The Lord 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 3 will dry up the pools.
**16** And I will bring the blind by away 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** For I will send my servant unto you who are blind; yea, a messenger to open the eyes of the blind, and unstop the ears of the deaf;
**20** And they shall be made perfect notwithstanding their blindness, if they will hearken unto the messenger, the Lord's servant.
**21** Thou art a people, seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears to hear, but thou hearest not.
**22** The Lord is not well pleased with such a people, but for his righteousness' sake he will magnify the law and make it honourable.
**23** Thou art a people robbed and spoiled; thine enemies, all of them, have snared thee in holes, and they have hid thee in prison houses; they have taken thee for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
**24** Who among them will give ear unto thee, or hearken and hear thee for the time to come? and who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robber? did not the Lord, he against whom they have sinned?
**25** For they would not walk in hit-ways, neither were they obedient unto his law; therefore he hath poured upon them the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle; and they have set, them on fire round about, yet they knew not, and it burned them, yet they laid it not to heart.