5  Thus says God, the Lord,

^hwho created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk in it:

6  “I am the Lord; I have called you¹ in righteousness;

I will take you by the hand and keep you;

ⁱI will give you as a covenant for the people,

a ^jlight for the nations,

7  ^kto open the eyes that are blind,

^lto bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

from the prison those who sit in darkness.

8  I am the Lord; ^mthat is my name;

ⁿmy glory I give to no other,

nor my praise to carved idols.

9  Behold, the former things have come to pass,

and ^onew things I now declare;

before they spring forth

I tell you of them.”