Isaiah 42:2

Isaiah 42:2

The Servant of the Lord

1 “Behold! ^aMy¹ Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul ^bdelights!
^cI have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

2 He will not cry out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His voice to be heard in the street.

3 A bruised reed He will not break,
And¹ smoking flax He will not quench;
He will bring forth justice for truth.

4 He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
^aAnd the coastlands shall wait for His law.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Matthew (Matthew 12:19) marks the kind of "cry" as that of altercation by quoting it, "He shall not strive" (Isaiah 53:7).

street—the Septuagint translates "outside." An image from an altercation in a house, loud enough to be heard in the street outside: appropriate of Him who "withdrew Himself" from the public fame created by His miracles to privacy (Matthew 12:15; Isaiah 34:5, there, shows another and sterner aspect of His character, which is also implied in the term "judgment").

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