Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I will uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him, that he may bring forth justice to the nations.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2He shall not cry, nor call out aloud, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Cross References
Psalms 89:4(89:5) Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” Selah.
Isaiah 2:4And he will judge among the nations, and decide for many people; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and they shall not learn any more war.
Isaiah 32:16Then shall justice dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 43:10Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: in order that ye may know and believe me, and understand, that I am he; before me there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord Eternal hath given me a tongue for teaching, that I should know how to strengthen the weary with the word: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to listen like those who are well taught.
Isaiah 52:13Behold, my servant shall be prosperous, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be placed very high.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:1
The prophet seems here to launch out yet further into the prophecy of the Messiah and his kingdom under the type of Cyrus; and, having the great work of man's salvation by him yet more in view, he almost forgets the occasion that led him into it and drops the return out of Babylon; for indeed the prospect of this would be a greater comfort and support to the believing pious Jews, in their captivity, than the hope of that. And (as Mr. Gataker well observes) in this and similar prophecies of Christ, that are couched… Read the whole commentary →