What does Isaiah 42:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smokinga flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth."
A BRUISED REED - The word ‘reed’ means the cane or calamus which grows up in marshy or wet places (Isaiah 36:6; see the note at Isaiah 43:24). The word, therefore, literally denotes that which is frag...
CHAPTER 42 The True Servant of Jehovah 1. _The Servant of Jehovah and His mission (Isaiah 42:1)_ 2. _His future work among the nations (Isaiah 42:5)_ 3. _The future song of redemption glory (Isaiah 4...
THE MISSION OF YAHWEH'S SERVANT (the first of the four so-called Servant Songs; see Introd.). Yahweh bids the nations consider His Servant Israel, whom He sustains and loves. He has equipped him like...
THE SMOKING FLAX: i.e. the wick (made of flax) that is burning dim. FLAX. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the wick made of it. NOT QUENCH: i.e. not put it out, but trim it and mak...
Israel as the Lord's Servant. The features of the portrait are these: (1) It starts from the thought of ch. Isaiah 41:8 ff., the _election_by which Israel is constituted the Servant of Jehovah; but th...
DISCOURSE: 1008 THE CHURCH A ROYAL DIADEM Isaiah 42:3. _Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God._ IT was promised to our blessed Lord, t...
HE SHALL NOT CRY, &C.— This beautiful passage sets forth not only the method of this great teacher's instruction, but also the kind and quality of that instruction. Indeed, there is so close an affini...
3. COVENANT, CHAPTER 42 a. SEE MY SERVANT TEXT: Isaiah 42:1-9 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice...
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. A BRUISED REED SHALL HE NOT BREAK. "It pleased the Lord to bruise Him" (; ; );...
42:3 to (f-21) Or 'for the truth.'...
THE IDEAL SERVANT 1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant of Jehovah. 10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah. 18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considered as Je...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 42 The *Old Testament calls several people ‘the *Lord’s servant’. Moses is...
A BRUISED REED SHALL HE NOT BREAK... — Physical, moral, spiritual weakness are all brought under the same similitude. In another context the image has met us in Isaiah 36:6. The simple negative “he sh...
קָנֶ֤ה רָצוּץ֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁבֹּ֔ור וּ פִשְׁתָּ֥ה כֵהָ֖ה לֹ֣א יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה לֶ אֱמֶ֖ת יֹוצִ֥יא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃...
CHAPTER XVIII THE SERVICE OF GOD AND MAN Isaiah 42:1 WE now understand whom to regard as the Servant of the Lord. The Service of God was a commission to witness and prophesy for God upon earth, mad...
THE WORK OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Isaiah 42:1-13 We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew 12:18-20. The unobtrusiveness of His life and work was clearly demonstrated in ever...
The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1), His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1), His method is d...
A (f) bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking (g) flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to (h) truth. (f) He will not hurt the weak and feeble, but support and comfort them...
Had we any doubt whether the Prophet were speaking of himself, as God's servant, or of some other man, the Evangelist would decide the inquiry; for in the account he gives of the Person and ministry o...
3._A bruised reed he shall not break. _After having declared in general that Christ will be unlike earthly princes, he next mentions his mildness in this respect, that he will support the weak and fee...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
A BRUISED REED SHALL NOT BREAK,.... The tenderness of Christ to weak and ignorant persons is here and in the next clause expressed; by whom young converts or weak believers seem to be designed; who ar...
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Ver. 3. _A bruised reed shall he not break,_] _i.e., _ A contrite heart, Psa 51:...
Isa. 42:3. "A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment unto truth." The thing most directly intended in this verse seems to be the perse...
_He shall not cry_ In a way of contention or ostentation. He shall neither erect nor govern his kingdom with violence or outward pomp and state, like worldly princes, but with meekness and humility. _...
THE TRUE SERVANT OF THE LORD...
SMOKING: Or, dimly burning QUENCH: _ Heb._ quench it...
1-4 This prophecy was fulfilled in Christ, Matthew 12:17. Let our souls rely on him, and rejoice in him; then, for his sake, the Father will be well-pleased with us. The Holy Spirit not only came, bu...
A BRUISED REED SHALL HE NOT BREAK; he will not break it to pieces, but rather will strengthen and bind it up. It is a common figure, whereby more is understood than was expressed, and one contrary is...
Isaiah 42:3 bruised H7533 (H8803) reed H7070 break H7665 (H8799) smoking H3544 flax H6594 quench H3518 (H8762) forth H3318 (H8686) justice H4941 truth H571 bruised - Isaiah 35:3-4, Isaiah 40:11,...
THE SERVANT OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 42:1). Isaiah 42:1 “Behold my servant whom I uphold, My chosen one in whom my soul delights, I have put my Spirit upon him, He will bring forth judgment to the Genti...
Isaiah 42:3 _(Matthew 12:20)_ I. The first reference of this passage is to Christ's cause _in the world._Thus interpreted, the passage is full of inspiration to each Christian philanthropist. Christ...
Isaiah 42:1. _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._ Verily this prophecy is concerni...
CONTENTS: Christ, servant of Jehovah. Chastening of Israel and the final restoration. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all who have contradicted and blasphemed the Gospel of...
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant._ In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17. All other applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took...
_Behold My Servant_ WHO IS THE “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as disting...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:1 This is the first of four Servant Songs, fulfilled in Jesus Christ (see also Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 50:4; Isaiah 52:13). Isaiah sprinkles references to “the servant of the Lord...
THE FATHER’S ELECT SERVANT (_Missionary Sermon._) Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:4. _Behold My Servant, &c._ These words belong to one of the most impressive portions of the prophetic Scriptures, and unques...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 42:1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM. There are comparatively few who deny that, in this place at any rate, the "Servant of the Lord" is...
Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the servant of God. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine el...
Ezekiel 34:16; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 2:18; Isaiah 11:3; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 35:3; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 50:10;...
Break — Christ will not deal rigorously with those that come to him, but he will use all gentleness, cherishing the smallest beginnings of grace, comforting and healing wounded consciences. Quench — T...