Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, My chosen, in whom my soul delighteth, I have put my spirit upon him; He shall cause law to go forth to the nations.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2He shall not cry aloud, nor lift up his voice, Nor cause it to be heard in the street.
Cross References
Psalms 89:4Thy family I will establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations.” [[Pause.]]
Isaiah 2:4He shall be a judge of the nations, And an umpire of many kingdoms; And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks; Nation shall not lift up the sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more.
Isaiah 32:16Then shall justice dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 43:10Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, And my servant whom I have chosen, That ye may know and believe me, And understand that I am He. Before me was no god formed, And after me there shall be none.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the learned, That I might know how to strengthen with my words them that are weary; He wakeneth me every morning, He wakeneth mine ear, That I may hear in the manner of the learned.
Isaiah 52:13Behold, my servant shall prosper; He shall be lifted up, and set on high, and greatly exalted.
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 →