Isaiah 42:1
Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one — My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2He doth not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard, in the street.
Cross References
Psalms 89:4'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.
Isaiah 2:4And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more — war.
Isaiah 32:16And dwelt in the wilderness hath judgment, And righteousness in the fruitful field remaineth.
Isaiah 43:10Ye [are] My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I [am] He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.
Isaiah 52:13Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been 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 →