Isaiah Chapter 42 verse 4 Holy Bible
He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
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His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.
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He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
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He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
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He doth not become weak nor bruised, Till he setteth judgment in the earth, And for his law isles wait with hope.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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 ver. 1). The isles; or, the countries (comp. Isaiah 41:1, 5). Shall wait for his Law; or, shall long for his Law. Yakhal is "to wait longingly." It is, as Delitzsch observes, "an actual fact that the cry for redemption runs through the whole human race." They are possessed by "an earnest longing, the ultimate object of which is, however unconsciously, the Servant of Jehovah, and his instruction from Zion" ('Comment. on Isaiah,' vol. 2. p. 177).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) He shall not fail nor be discouraged . . .--Both verbs in the Hebrew point back to those of the previous verse, He shall not burn dimly nor be crushed, as if to teach that in helping others to strength and light, the servants of the Lord, after the pattern of the Servant, gain light and strength for themselves.The isles shall wait for his law.--The relation of "the servant" to the far off Gentile world is still dominant in the prophet's mind. The LXX. Version, given in Matthew 12:21, "In His name shall the Gentiles hope," is a paraphrase rather than a translation. The words describe the "earnest expectation," the unconscious longing of the heathen for One who shall be a true teacher (Romans 8:22).
