Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 42

84 catchwords926 parallels

← Isaiah | ← Ch 41 | Ch 43 →

Isaiah 42 . 1 , The office of Christ , graced with meekness and constancy; Isaiah 42 . 5 , God’s promise unto him; Isaiah 42 . 10 , An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel; Isaiah 42 . 13 , God will manifest himself , and check idolatry; Isaiah 42 . 18 , He reproves the people of incredulity.

Isaiah 42:1

“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.

Isaiah 42:1 · BSB

my servant6 parallels

whom I4 parallels

mine elect5 parallels

my soul7 parallels

I have9 parallels

he shall11 parallels

Reciprocal63 parallels

Isaiah 42:2

He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.

Isaiah 42:2 · BSB

the whole verse6 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Isaiah 42:3

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

Isaiah 42:3 · BSB

bruised24 parallels

he shall8 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

smoking or , dimly burning

quench Heb. quench it

Isaiah 42:4

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

Isaiah 42:4 · BSB

shall not8 parallels

and the isles18 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

discouraged Heb. broken

Isaiah 42:5

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:

Isaiah 42:5 · BSB

he that created16 parallels

he that spread6 parallels

he that giveth8 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 42:6

"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,

Isaiah 42:6 · BSB

called16 parallels

and will hold2 parallels

and give11 parallels

a light9 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Isaiah 42:7 · BSB

open12 parallels

to bring13 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

Isaiah 42:8

I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.

Isaiah 42:8 · BSB

that is4 parallels

my glory4 parallels

Reciprocal19 parallels

Isaiah 42:9

Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Isaiah 42:9 · BSB

the former6 parallels

new things11 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Isaiah 42:10

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.

Isaiah 42:10 · BSB

Sing13 parallels

ye that go3 parallels

the isles5 parallels

Reciprocal29 parallels

all that is therein Heb. the fulness thereof

Isaiah 42:11

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.

Isaiah 42:11 · BSB

Let the wilderness8 parallels

Kedar3 parallels

let the inhabitants4 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Isaiah 42:12

Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.

Isaiah 42:12 · BSB

the whole verse12 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Isaiah 42:13

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:

Isaiah 42:13 · BSB

as a mighty7 parallels

jealousy3 parallels

shall cry4 parallels

prevail1 parallel

or , behave himself mightily

Reciprocal19 parallels

Isaiah 42:14

“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.

Isaiah 42:14 · BSB

long time13 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

devour Heb. swallow , or sup up

Isaiah 42:15

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.

Isaiah 42:15 · BSB

the whole verse20 parallels

Isaiah 2 . 12-16

Reciprocal5 parallels

Isaiah 42:16

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.

Isaiah 42:16 · BSB

I will bring18 parallels

lead3 parallels

crooked5 parallels

and not9 parallels

Reciprocal27 parallels

straight Heb. into straightness

Isaiah 42:17

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

Isaiah 42:17 · BSB

be greatly8 parallels

say to3 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Isaiah 42:18

Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

Isaiah 42:18 · BSB

ye deaf8 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 42:19

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?

Isaiah 42:19 · BSB

Who is blind22 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 42:20

Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

Isaiah 42:20 · BSB

Seeing10 parallels

opening6 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Isaiah 42:21

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Isaiah 42:21 · BSB

well16 parallels

he will15 parallels

it4 parallels

Heb. or , him

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 42:22

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!”

Isaiah 42:22 · BSB

a people12 parallels

are hid5 parallels

a spoil3 parallels

Heb. a treading

Reciprocal9 parallels

they are all of them snared or , in snaring all the young men of them

Isaiah 42:23

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

Isaiah 42:23 · BSB

will give16 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

time to come Heb. after-time

Isaiah 42:24

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.

Isaiah 42:24 · BSB

the whole verse26 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 42:25

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.

Isaiah 42:25 · BSB

he hath poured11 parallels

and it hath1 parallel

he knew5 parallels

yet he laid2 parallels

Reciprocal21 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web18 threads
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
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