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Isaiah 42

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Isaiah 42 . 1

1 “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.IPMatthew 12:18-21 · Luke 3:22 · John 1:32-34CIsaiah 42:1-4TOSKIsaiah 42:1TTCyrus (Gentile Deliverer) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger) · Israel (Corporate New-Adam) · Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 2

2 He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.IPMatthew 12:18-21CIsaiah 42:1-4TOSKIsaiah 42:2ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 3

3 A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.IPMatthew 12:18-21CIsaiah 42:1-4TOSKIsaiah 42:3ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 4

4 He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”IPMatthew 12:18-21CIsaiah 42:1-4TOSKIsaiah 42:4ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 5

5 This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:IPZechariah 12:1 · Genesis 1:1TOSKIsaiah 42:5ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 6

6 "I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,IPActs 26:22TOSKIsaiah 42:6TTGentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations)ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 7

7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.IPActs 26:18TOSKIsaiah 42:7TTMessianic Healing Signs (Blind, Lame, Deaf, and Mute Restored)ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 8

8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.IPJohn 17:1-2TOSKIsaiah 42:8ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 9

9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”TOSKIsaiah 42:9ATNBehold My Servant

Isaiah 42 . 10

10 Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.TOSKIsaiah 42:10

Isaiah 42 . 11

11 Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.TOSKIsaiah 42:11

Isaiah 42 . 12

12 Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.TOSKIsaiah 42:12

Isaiah 42 . 13

13 The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:TOSKIsaiah 42:13

Isaiah 42 . 14

14 “I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.TOSKIsaiah 42:14

Isaiah 42 . 15

15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.TOSKIsaiah 42:15

Isaiah 42 . 16

16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.TOSKIsaiah 42:16

Isaiah 42 . 17

17 But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods!' will be turned back in utter shame.TOSKIsaiah 42:17

Isaiah 42 . 18

18 Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:18

Isaiah 42 . 19

19 Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:19

Isaiah 42 . 20

20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:20

Isaiah 42 . 21

21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:21

Isaiah 42 . 22

22 But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:22

Isaiah 42 . 23

23 Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:23

Isaiah 42 . 24

24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:24

Isaiah 42 . 25

25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.CIsaiah 42:18-25TOSKIsaiah 42:25

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Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations Matthew 12:18-21 → Isaiah 42:1-4

Allusions Luke 3:22 → Isaiah 42:1, John 1:32-34 → Isaiah 42:1, John 17:1-2 → Isaiah 42:8, Acts 26:18 → Isaiah 42:7, Acts 26:22 → Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:5 → Genesis 1:1, Zechariah 12:1 → Isaiah 42:5

Trajectories

Cyrus (Gentile Deliverer), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger), Israel (Corporate New-Adam), Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement), Messianic Healing Signs (Blind, Lame, Deaf, and Mute Restored)

Anchor Text Networks

Networked Isaiah 42.1-9 - Behold My Servant

Chiasms

Shaped Isaiah 42:1–4, Isaiah 42:18–25