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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:3

The tenderness of God. "A bruised reed shall he not break." Then he is very unlike us. We are often over-indignant with wrong done to ourselves. We find that there is an imperious temper in humanity, and that even parents sometimes "break" the spirit of their children. How many are discouraged and disheartened in life through a want of sympathy, through the coldness and hauteur of others! I. THERE ARE BRUISINGS OF SIN . Christ will heal these. He never drives to despair. He... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

He shall not fail nor be discouraged ; literally, he will not burn dimly nor be bruised. He will himself show no signs of that weakness which he will compassionate in others. As a "Light" ( Luke 2:32 ; John 1:4-9 ), he will burn brightly and strongly; as a Reed, or Rod, he will be firm and unbroken. Till he have set judgment in the earth ; i.e. till he has succeeded in establishing true religion upon the earth (compare the last clause of Isaiah 42:1 ). The isles; or, the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

Christ's sure conquest. "He shall net fail nor be discouraged." We study this text in relation to our Saviour. We may be, and often are, discouraged; but the Son, he in whom, says Jehovah ( Isaiah 42:1 ), "my soul delighteth," he never is. He must reign. All the infinite forces of love and righteousness are on his side. In God's world error can never be supreme over truth. "The pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand." I. THE SAVIOUR AND DIVINE CERTAINTY . He is... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

The Christian's conquest. "He shall not fail nor be discouraged" We study this next in relation to ourselves, The words suggest difficulties that task strength and patience, He, our blessed Lord, has a work, not only of Divine impulse, but Divine patience. The second verse describes the quiet work of Christ; the third describes the solicitous heart of Christ; the fourth describes the spirit which sustains him. I. THIS PROPHECY SUGGESTS A DIFFICULT PATH OF PROGRESS . Why say... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

Divine persistency. "He shall not fail nor be discouraged." "He shall not burn dimly nor be crushed." The figure prominent in the mind of the prophet is not the actual Israel, the ideal Israel, Cyrus, or Judas Maccabaeus, but the Messiah who , in the deepest view of him, is the manifested God. And "though be meets with hard service and much opposition, and foresees how ungrateful the world will be, yet he goes on with his part of the work, till he is able to say, 'It is finished!' and he... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:5

Thus saith God the Lord ; literally, thus saith the ( One ) God , Jehovah. The entire utterance, Isaiah 42:1-4 , is the utterance of God; but, as that fact is gathered by inference, not asserted, the prophet suddenly stops, and makes a new beginning. It must be made perfectly clear that the announcement of the "Servant of the Lord" and his mission are from the Almighty; and so we have the solemn announcement of the present verse. He that created the heavens , etc. (comp. Isaiah... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:5-8

God and man: refusal, retribution, restoration. I. THE DIVINE COMMAND . God demands the glory which is his due ( Isaiah 42:8 ). His claim is based on: 1 . What he is in himself. "I am the Lord (Jehovah); that is my Name." As the Eternal One, who only hath immortality, the Underived and Everlasting One, who in the very fullest, deepest, and highest sense is God over all, he rightly demands our reverence, our homage, our worship. 2 . What he has done for our race. He... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:5-9

Mission of Jehovah's Servant. "A new revelation defines the mission of the Servant with greater precision. The plan of the mission requires an exhibition of the Divine wisdom and power on as large a scale as in creation and preservation (cf. Zechariah 12:1 )" (Cheyne). I. THE RELATION OF GOD To THE WORLD . He is the God—the only God (cf. Psalms 85:9 ). He can admit no rival; he stands in a unique relation to the world—is alone to be worshipped. He is the Creator: his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:6

I the Lord have called thee in righteousness . The "Servant of Jehovah" is addressed. God has "called" him; i.e. appointed him to his mediatorial office " in righteousness ," in accordance with the righteous purpose which he has entertained towards his fallen creatures from the beginning of the world. And will give thee for a Covenant of the people (comp. Isaiah 49:8 ). The covenant between God and his people being in Christ, it is quite consistent with Hebrew usage to transfer the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:7

To open the blind eyes . The Messiah was to cure both physical and. spiritual blindness (see Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 32:3 ; Isaiah 35:5 , etc.). Here it is spiritual blindness that is specially intended, as appears both by the symbolic language of the two conjoined clauses, and by the comment of Isaiah 42:16-19 . To bring out the prisoners from the prison ; rather, to bring out prisoners. To deliver from the bondage of sin such as are its slaves, and shut up in its prison-houses.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:5-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:7

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