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Text -- Isaiah 42:1-12 (NET)
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The Lord Commissions His Special Servant
42:1 “Here is my servant whom I support , my chosen one in whom I take pleasure . I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations .
42:2 He will not cry out or shout ; he will not publicize himself in the streets .
42:3 A crushed reed he will not break , a dim wick he will not extinguish ; he will faithfully make just decrees .
42:4 He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth ; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees .”
42:5 This is what the true God , the Lord , says – the one who created the sky and stretched it out , the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
42:6 “I , the Lord , officially commission you; I take hold of your hand . I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people , and a light to the nations ,
42:7 to open blind eyes , to release prisoners from dungeons , those who live in darkness from prisons .
The Lord Intervenes
42:8 I am the Lord ! That is my name ! I will not share my glory with anyone else , or the praise due me with idols .
42:9 Look , my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass ; now I announce new events . Before they begin to occur , I reveal them to you.”
42:10 Sing to the Lord a brand new song ! Praise him from the horizon of the earth , you who go down to the sea , and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!
42:11 Let the desert and its cities shout out , the towns where the nomads of Kedar live ! Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully ; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops .
42:12 Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; let them praise his deeds in the coastlands .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Gentiles |
Church |
Isaiah, The Book of |
Isaiah |
SERVANT OF JEHOVAH; SERVANT OF THE LORD; SERVANT OF YAHWEH |
GOD, 2 |
Covenant |
Jesus, The Christ |
Quotations and Allusions |
Meekness |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Kedar |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
Prophecy |
God |
Blindness |
Reed |
Island |
Praise |
HOLY SPIRIT, 2 |
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NET Notes: Isa 42:1 Like the ideal king portrayed in Isa 11:1-9, the servant is energized by the divine spirit and establishes justice on the earth.
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NET Notes: Isa 42:5 Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).
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NET Notes: Isa 42:6 Or “the Gentiles” (so KJV, ASV, NIV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on ...
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NET Notes: Isa 42:7 This does not refer to hardened, dangerous criminals, who would have been executed for their crimes in ancient Near Eastern society. This verse refers...
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NET Notes: Isa 42:9 Heb “before they sprout up, I cause you to hear.” The pronoun “you” is plural, referring to the people of Israel. In this vers...
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