Isaiah 42 Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on 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.
2 He will not cry out or raise His voice,
nor make His voice heard in the streets.
3 A bruised reed He will not break
and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
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.”
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:
6 “I, the LORD, have called you
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,
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.
8 I am the LORD;
I will not yield My glory to another
or My praise to idols.
9 Behold, the former things have happened,
and now I declare new things.
Before they spring forth
I proclaim them to you.”
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.
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.
12 Let them give glory to the LORD
and declare His praise in the islands.
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:
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.
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.
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.
17 But those who trust in idols
and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’
will be turned back in utter shame.
18 Listen, you deaf ones;
look, you blind ones, that you may see!
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?
20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch.
Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness,
to magnify His law and make it glorious.
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!”
23 Who among you will pay attention to this?
Who will listen and obey hereafter?
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.
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
(BSB )
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Illustration of Isaiah 42:8-9
Illustration of Isaiah 42:8-9 -- "I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another. ... See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being, I tell you of them."
Illustration of Isaiah 42:3-4
Illustration of Isaiah 42:3-4 -- In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.
Illustration of Isaiah 42:3-4
Inspirational illustration of Isaiah 42:3-4 -- 3 A bruised reed he will not break,and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;4 he will not falter or be discouragedtill he establishes justice on earth.In his law
Illustration of Isaiah 42:8-9
Inspirational illustration of Isaiah 42:8-9 -- I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another... See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being.
Illustration of Isaiah 42:10-11
Illustration of Isaiah 42:10-11 -- Sing a new song to the LORD! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands. Join in the chorus, you desert towns; let the villages of Kedar rejoice! Let the people of Sela sing for joy; shout praises from the mountaintops!
Illustration of Isaiah 42:16
Inspirational illustration of Isaiah 42:16 -- I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth
Illustration of Isaiah 42:5
Illustration of Isaiah 42:5 -- God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth.
Illustration of Isaiah 42:6
Illustration of Isaiah 42:6 -- I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles.
Illustration of Isaiah 42:12
Illustration of Isaiah 42:12 -- Let the whole world glorify the LORD; let it sing his praise.
Illustration of Isaiah 42:6
Inspirational illustration of Isaiah 42:6 -- 6 I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles.
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