Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reede shall hee not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall he not quench: he shall bring foorth iudgement in trueth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2He shall not crie, nor lift vp, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streete.
Cross References
Psalms 72:2Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.
Psalms 96:13Before the Lord: for he commeth, for he cometh to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the world with righteousnes, and the people in his trueth.
Psalms 103:13As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that feare him.
Isaiah 2:4And he shall iudge among the nations, and rebuke many people: they shall breake their swords also into mattocks, and their speares into siethes: nation shall not lift vp a sworde against nation, neither shall they learne to fight any more.
Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees.
Isaiah 40:29But he giueth strength vnto him that fainteth, and vnto him that hath no strength, he encreaseth power.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:2-5
The Messiah's Approach. ( b. c. 708.) 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. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. We are… Read the whole commentary →