Isaiah 42:1-17 WEB

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 42:15

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.Hills — My most lofty and flourishing enemies.Dry up — I will remove all impediments out of the way. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.The blind — The Gentiles.By a way — By the way of truth, which hitherto has been hidden from them, yea, I will take away all hindrances; I will direct then in the right way; I will enlighten their dark minds, and rectify their perverse wills and affections, until I... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:1

1. Behold my servant Who is meant? Not Israel, as in Isaiah 41:8, nor the prophet himself, because what is affirmed of this “servant” transcends what any Old Testament prophet was ever called to, and what any mere man was ever capable of doing. The Targum adds Messiah to the words “my servant,” as explanatory of them. And Abarbanel, the Jewish enemy of Christians, says those who interpret otherwise are “smitten with blindness.” To the conception of a transcendent Personality the word... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:2

2. He shall not cry Here is described Messiah’s work as unobtrusive and unostentatious. He seeks no publicity by crying or shouting for others to give attention to him. If he work, he works in silence; if he suffer, he suffers in silence. See Isaiah 38:7; Isaiah 58:4; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 12:16. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:3

3. A bruised reed In Isaiah 36:6, Egypt, impaired by Sargon of Assyria, was called a “broken reed.” Figuratively, the bruised and oppressed in Israel are compassionated by Messiah. Shall he not break He will not bruise it more. His nature is to deal tenderly with all; not to command, but to give help more effective than individuals or peoples can obtain from other quarters. The smoking flax The dimly burning and smoking wick, ready to go out for lack of oil, he trims and replenishes,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:4

4. He shall not fail His work, though unshowy, shall be efficiently done; shall be everywhere extended. Set judgment Established his religion. Isles Regions in and around the seas: heathendom shall tire of idols, and clamour for Messiah’s coming and religion. In these four verses are predicted attributes and doings which assuredly make out God’s “servant” (Isaiah 42:1) as more than a mere man, and more than Israel collectively. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:5-9

5-9. The words of Jehovah here are not, as in Isaiah 42:1-4, so much about as to his “servant.” God the Lord האל יהוה , Hael Jehovah. This phrase is peculiar. It means the Mighty One, the Lord. The great Creator, the Mighty One, proclaims himself also the mighty Redeemer. But why announced just here? (1) To keep still in view the infinite contrast between the only true God and the miserable nothingness of idolatry. (2) To give solidity to the hopes and faith which Israel, and the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:6

6. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness “Thee,” Messiah. Faithful to my word of promise with Abraham; faithful also to my own intrinsic righteousness. Both are involved in the covenant. Covenant… light These are terms equivalent to universal gospel blessings. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:7

7. To open the blind eyes That is, to quicken the intellect to discern moral distinctions the conscience to feel, and the will to bestir itself, in view of them. To bring out the prisoners Deliverance from the prison house of sin was another function. Messianic work is providential work, so-called; ordering, through its moral changes, physical changes. The Gospel and effects are an exemplification of these things everywhere. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:8

8. I am the Lord Rather, Jehovah, the immutable, the incommunicable Name. There is no disjointed chain of thought here. It is Jehovah’s right at every step in this dealing to guard well his sovereignty for moral impression on an idolatrous world. Messiah is no rival. He is sharer, rather, in his Father’s glory, whose will is, that all men “should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.” read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 42:15

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 42:16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:2

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:3

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:4

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:5-9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:8

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