Isaiah 42
42
The Lord’s Chosen Servant
1 # Cited Matt. 12:18-20 Behold #ch. 41:8; 43:10; 52:13; 53:11; [ver. 19; Ezek. 34:24; Zech. 3:8; Acts 3:26; 4:27; Phil. 2:7] my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, #Matt. 3:17 in whom my soul delights;
# ch. 11:2; 61:1 I have put my Spirit upon him;
# [ch. 2:4] he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 # [ch. 57:15] a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
#
Ps. 9:8
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4He will not grow faint or be discouraged#42:4 Or bruised
till he has established justice in the earth;
and #ch. 60:9; Gen. 10:5; [ch. 2:3; Matt. 12:21]the coastlands wait for his law.
5Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens #ch. 44:24; 45:12 and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
#
Acts 17:25
who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6“I am the Lord; #ch. 41:9 I have called you#42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you #ch. 49:6, 8 as a covenant for the people,
#
Luke 2:32
a light for the nations,
7 # ch. 35:5; 49:9; 61:1; Heb. 2:14, 15 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
#
Luke 1:79
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
8I am the Lord; that is my name;
# ch. 48:11 my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.
9Behold, the former things have come to pass,
# [ch. 43:19] and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
Sing to the Lord a New Song
10 # See Ps. 33:3 Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth,
#
Ps. 107:23 you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
# [See ver. 4 above] the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that #See ch. 21:16 Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of #ch. 16:1Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12Let them give glory to the Lord,
and declare his praise in #[See ver. 4 above]the coastlands.
13 # ch. 40:10 The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
like a man of war #[ch. 9:7; 59:17] he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, #Ps. 78:65he shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.
14For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out #See ch. 13:8like a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
15 # ch. 50:2 I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,#42:15 Or into coastlands
and dry up the pools.
16 # ch. 35:5, 8 And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
# ch. 40:4 the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 # ch. 1:29; 44:11; 45:16; Ps. 97:7 They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”
Israel’s Failure to Hear and See
18Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!
19Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,#42:19 Or as the one at peace with me
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 # See Rom. 2:21-23 He sees many things, but does not observe them;
# [Jer. 6:10] his ears are open, but he does not hear.
21The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake,
to magnify his law and make it glorious.
22But this is a people plundered and looted;
they are all of them trapped in holes
# ch. 14:17 and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
spoil with none to say, “Restore!”
23Who among you will give ear to this,
will attend and listen for the time to come?
24Who gave up Jacob to the looter,
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
in whose ways they would not walk,
and whose law they would not obey?
25So he poured on him the heat of his anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, #[ch. 47:11; Hos. 7:9] but he did not understand;
it burned him up, #ch. 57:1, 11but he did not take it to heart.
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Isaiah 42
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God’s Promise concerning His Servant
1“Behold, My #This is the first of the famous prophecies concerning the Servant of the Lord, the Messiah (Is 42:1-7; 49:1-9a; 50:4-9; 52:13-53:12).Servant, whom I #Or hold fast.uphold;
My Chosen One in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.
2He will not call out or shout aloud,
Nor make His voice heard in the street.
3A broken reed He will not break [off]
And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish [He will not harm those who are weak and suffering];
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
4He will not be disheartened or crushed [in spirit];
[He will persevere] until He has established justice on the earth;
And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law.”
5This is what God the Lord says,
He who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its produce,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk on it,
6“I am the Lord, I have called You (the Messiah) in righteousness [for a righteous purpose],
I will also take You by the hand and keep watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people [Israel],
As a light to the nations (Gentiles),
7To open the eyes of the blind,
To bring out prisoners from the dungeon
And those who sit in darkness from the prison.
8I am the Lord, that is My Name;
My glory I will not give to another,
Nor My praise to carved idols.
9Indeed, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
10Sing to the Lord a new song,
Sing His praise from the end of the earth!
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
You islands and coastlands, and those who inhabit them [sing His praise]!
11Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The villages where Kedar lives.
Let the inhabitants of #Gr Petra (rock). Sela was probably the Edomite capital at this time. Carved into great walls of rose-colored rock it was later controlled by the Nabateans.Sela shout for joy,
Let them shout joyfully from the tops of the mountains.
12Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the islands and coastlands.
13The Lord will go forth like a warrior,
He will stir up His zeal like a man of war;
He will shout out, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail [mightily] against His enemies.
The Blindness of the People
14“I [the Lord] have been silent for a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will moan like a woman in labor,
I will both gasp and pant.
15I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
16I will lead the blind by a way they do not know;
I will guide them in paths that they do not know.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These things I will do [for them],
And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
17Those who trust in carved idols will be turned back,
And utterly put to shame,
Who say to cast images,
“You are our gods.”
18Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
19Who is blind but My servant [Israel],
Or deaf like My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship],
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
20You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;
Your ears are open, but no one hears.
21The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake
To make the law great and prove to be glorious.
22But this is a people despoiled and plundered;
All of them are trapped in holes,
Or are hidden away in prisons.
They have become a prey with no one to rescue them,
And a spoil, with no one to say, “Give them back!”
23Who among you will listen to this?
Who will listen and pay attention in the time to come?
24Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned,
And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk,
And whose law and teaching they did not obey?
25Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And engulfed him in fire,
Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach];
It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
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