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‘I am the Lord. I have called you
for a righteous purpose,[a](A)
and I will hold you by your hand.(B)
I will watch over you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people(C)
and a light to the nations,(D)

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  1. 42:6 Or you by my righteousness; lit you in righteousness

Pay attention to me, my people,
and listen to me, my nation;
for instruction will come from me,
and my justice for a light to the nations.(A)
I will bring it about quickly.

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32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles[a](A)
and glory to your people Israel.(B)

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  1. 2:32 Or the nations

47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends of the earth.[a](A)

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  1. 13:47 Is 49:6

23 that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.’(A)

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