Isaiah 42:22

In contrast to God’s purpose for Israel (cf. Exodus 19:5-6), the nation was in a position, because of her own sin and God’s discipline of her, from which she could not deliver herself, much less lead the Gentiles into the light (cf. Isaiah 45:14-25; Deuteronomy 28:49-53). Each description of Israel in this verse contrasts with what she should have been in the will of God.