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Themes in Isaiah 42

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Themes in Isaiah 42

Isaiah 42:1 (show verse)

See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

Jesus The Prophet » Anointed with the holy ghost
Delight » God delighting in his servant
Election » The elected one
Election » Of Christ, as messiah
Election » Of grace » Of Christ, as messiah
failure » The lord not failing
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
Gentiles/heathen » The servant of the lord bringing forth judgment to the gentiles
Holy spirit » Believers in the early church baptized with » Christ baptized with
Holy spirit » Baptism of » Christ baptised with
Holy spirit » God the father anointing jesus Christ with the holy spirit
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Anointed with the holy spirit
Jesus Christ » Names of » Servant
Jesus Christ » Names of » Elect
Meekness » Of jesus
Names » Of Christ » Elect of God
Prophecies respecting Christ » The conversion of the gentiles to him
Servants » The servant of the lord
Spirit » Believers in the early church baptized with » Christ baptized with
Spirit » Upon Christ » Christ baptized with

Isaiah 42:2 (show verse)

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

Christ » Silent of Christ » Foretold
Christ » Spirit of » Quiet
Jesus The Prophet » Meek and unostentatious in his teaching
Delight » God delighting in his servant
Election » The elected one
failure » The lord not failing
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Unostentatious in his teaching
Meekness » Of jesus
Prophecies respecting Christ » His meekness and want of ostentatious
Servants » The servant of the lord
Silence » Of Christ » Foretold
Christ Silent » Foretold
Spirit of Christ » Quiet
Strife » Christ, an example of avoiding

Isaiah 42:3 (show verse)

He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.

Christ » Spirit of » Gentle
Of Christ Compassion » Manifested for the » Weak in faith
Delight » God delighting in his servant
Election » The elected one
failure » The lord not failing
Flax » Figurative » Smoking flax not quenched
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
Gentleness » Divine
God » Christ's » Gentleness of
Meekness » Of jesus
Prophecies respecting Christ » His tenderness and compassion
Reed » Figurative » Of weakness
Servants » The servant of the lord
Spirit of Christ » Gentle

Isaiah 42:4 (show verse)

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.

Christ » Spirit of » Persevering
Church » Progress of » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Church » Growth of accessions to » Growth of Christ's kingdom prophesied
Delight » God delighting in his servant
Election » The elected one
failure » The lord not failing
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
Kingdom » Growth of prophesied
Meekness » Of jesus
Servants » The servant of the lord
Spirit of Christ » Persevering
Waiting » Predicted of the gentiles
Waiting upon God » Predicted of the gentiles

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Blindness » The lord opening the eyes of the blind
Delight » God delighting in his servant
the Earth » God » Spread abroad
Election » The elected one
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
the Gifts of God » Temporal » Life
Heaven/the heavens » The lord stretching out the heavens
Heavens » Creation of
Life » The lord being the creator of all life
Servants » The servant of the lord

Isaiah 42:6 (show verse)

I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations:

Blindness » The lord opening the eyes of the blind
Bondage, spiritual » Deliverance from, promised
Christ » Reproves » Righteousness of
The Covenant » Christ, the substance of
Delight » God delighting in his servant
Election » The elected one
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
Gentiles » Christ given as a light to
Gifts from God » Spiritual » Christ, the saviour
the Gifts of God » Spiritual » Christ the chief of
Jesus Christ » Names of » Covenant of the people
Jesus Christ » Names of » Light to the gentiles
Righteousness » Of Christ
Servants » The servant of the lord
Types of Christ » Ark of the covenant

Isaiah 42:7 (show verse)

To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

Blindness » The lord opening the eyes of the blind
spiritual Blindness » Christ appointed to remove
Bondage, spiritual » Deliverance from, promised
Delight » God delighting in his servant
Election » The elected one
Freedom/liberty » Who the lord liberates
Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation
Christian Liberty » Foretold
Prisons » Illustrative of » Bondage to sin and satan
Servants » The servant of the lord
Spiritual » Liberty » Spiritual, a mark of the new dispensation

Isaiah 42:8 (show verse)

I am the Lord; that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, or my praise to pictured images.

Glory » Of God » God is jealous of
God, Glory of » God is jealous of
Praise » The praise of the lord
false Worship » Idolatry » Forbidden

Isaiah 42:9 (show verse)

See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them.

Foreknowledge » Of God
God » Pillar of » Foreknowledge of
New » Man » Things
Prescience » Foreknowledge
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in » His foreshadowing events

Isaiah 42:10 (show verse)

Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

Missionary-work by ministers » Warranted by predictions concerning the heathen, &c
New » Man » Song
new Song » A new song upon the lips

Isaiah 42:11 (show verse)

Let the waste land and its flocks be glad, the tent-circles of Kedar; let the people of the rock give a glad cry, from the top of the mountains let them make a sound of joy.

Arabians » Prophecies concerning
Kedar » A nomadic clan of the ishmaelites
Missionary-work by ministers » Warranted by predictions concerning the heathen, &c

Isaiah 42:12 (show verse)

Let them give glory to the Lord, sounding his praise in the sea-lands.

Glorifying God » Commanded
God » Praised, to be » Universal
Missionary-work by ministers » Warranted by predictions concerning the heathen, &c
Praise » Encouraged » Universal
Praise » Saints should » Declare
Worship » Cleansed praise in, encouraged » Universal

Isaiah 42:13 (show verse)

The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.

Victory/overcoming » The lord triumphing
War/weapons » The lord being a warrior

Isaiah 42:14 (show verse)

I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.

TraVeil » Incident to motherhood
Women » Sufferings of » Incident to motherhood

Isaiah 42:15 (show verse)

I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.

Herbs » Destroyed by » Drought
Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation
Mountains » God » Makes waste

Isaiah 42:16 (show verse)

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

God's Promises » Of guidance promised to the obedient » In the midst of uncertainties
divine Guidance » Promised to the obedient » In the midst of uncertainties
Way provided » Through the difficulties of life's journey

Isaiah 42:17 (show verse)

They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.

Shame » Who shall be ashamed
Trust » Those that trust in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols

Isaiah 42:18 (show verse)

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity

Isaiah 42:19 (show verse)

Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity

Isaiah 42:20 (show verse)

Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity

Isaiah 42:21 (show verse)

It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.

Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity
The law of God » Christ » Magnified
the Law of moses » Christ » Magnified and made honorable

Isaiah 42:22 (show verse)

But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

physical Bondage » In prison » General references to
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity
Prisons » General references to

Isaiah 42:23 (show verse)

Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?

Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity

Isaiah 42:24 (show verse)

Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.

Anger of God » Should lead to repentance
Disobedience to God » Shall be punished
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity
Obedience to God » Includes » Obeying his law
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to walk in the ways of God

Isaiah 42:25 (show verse)

For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame; and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it; he was burned, but did not take it to heart.

Anger of God » Should lead to repentance
Correction » Correction despised
Disobedience to God » Shall be punished
Hardness (of heart) » Condemned
Heart » Whole » Hardness of
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Reproves the jews for their spiritual blindness and infidelity