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1 “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

2 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

3 He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.

4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”

5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

6 “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;

7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

8 “I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.

9 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”

10 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!

12 Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.

13 Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.

14 “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.

15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

17 “Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods’ will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.

18 “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?

20 You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.

21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become captives, and no one delivers; and a plunder, and no one says, ‘Restore them!’

23 Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

24 Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.

25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn’t know; and it burned him, but he didn’t take it to heart.”

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Hebrew interlinear — Isaiah 42:1–25 (287 words)
1
  1. הֵ֤ןhēnhen: lo!; (as expressing surprise) ifH2005
  2. עַבְדִּי֙ʿabdiy`ebed: a servantH5650
  3. אֶתְמָךְʾetmoktamak: to sustain; (by implication) to obtain, keep fastH8551
  4. בּ֔וֹbô
  5. בְּחִירִ֖יbĕḥîrîbachiyr: selectH972
  6. רָצְתָ֣הroṣtâratsah: to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debtH7521
  7. נַפְשִׁ֑יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  8. נָתַ֤תִּיnātattînathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  9. רוּחִי֙rûḥiyruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
  10. עָלָ֔יוʿālāyw`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  11. מִשְׁפָּ֖טmišpāṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
  12. לַגּוֹיִ֥םlaggôyimgowy: a foreign nation; (hence) a GentileH1471
  13. יוֹצִֽיא׃yôṣîʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
2
  1. לֹ֥אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. יִצְעַ֖קyiṣʿaqtsa`aq: to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)H6817
  3. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. יִשָּׂ֑אyiśśāʾnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  5. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. יַשְׁמִ֥יעַyašmîaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  7. בַּח֖וּץbaḥûṣchuwts: (properly) separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoorsH2351
  8. קוֹלֽוֹ׃qôlôqowl: a voice or soundH6963
3
  1. קָנֶ֤הqāneqaneh: a reed (as erect)H7070
  2. רָצוּץ֙rāṣûṣratsats: to crack in pieces, literally or figurativelyH7533
  3. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. יִשְׁבּ֔וֹרyišbôrshabar: to burst (literally or figuratively)H7665
  5. וּפִשְׁתָּ֥הûpištâpishtah: flax; (by implication) a wickH6594
  6. כֵהָ֖הkēhâkeheh: feeble, obscureH3544
  7. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יְכַבֶּ֑נָּהyĕkabbennâkabah: to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)H3518
  9. לֶאֱמֶ֖תleʾĕmetemeth: stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessH571
  10. יוֹצִ֥יאyôṣîʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
  11. מִשְׁפָּֽט׃mišpāṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
4
  1. לֹ֤אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. יִכְהֶה֙yikhehkahah: to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dullH3543
  3. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. יָר֔וּץyārûṣratsats: to crack in pieces, literally or figurativelyH7533
  5. עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
  6. יָשִׂ֥יםyāśîmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  7. בָּאָ֖רֶץbāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  8. מִשְׁפָּ֑טmišpāṭmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
  9. וּלְתוֹרָת֖וֹûlĕtôrātôtowrah: a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451
  10. אִיִּ֥יםʾiyyîmiy: (properly) a habitable spot (as desirable)H339
  11. יְיַחֵֽלוּ׃yĕyaḥēlûyachal: to wait; (by implication) to be patient, hopeH3176
5
  1. כֹּֽהkōkoh: (properly) like this; (by implication, of manner) thus (or so)H3541
  2. אָמַ֞רʾāmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  3. הָאֵ֣ל׀hāʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  4. יְהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  5. בּוֹרֵ֤אbôrēʾbara': (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)H1254
  6. הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙haššāmayimshamayim: the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the...H8064
  7. וְנ֣וֹטֵיהֶ֔םwĕnôṭêhemnatah: to stretch or spread out; (by implication) to bend away (including moral deflection)H5186
  8. רֹקַ֥עrōqaʿraqa`: to pound the earth (as a sign of passion)H7554
  9. הָאָ֖רֶץhāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  10. וְצֶאֱצָאֶ֑יהָwĕṣeʾĕṣāʾêhātse'etsa': issue, i.e. produce, childrenH6631
  11. נֹתֵ֤ןnōtēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  12. נְשָׁמָה֙nĕšāmāhnshamah: a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animalH5397
  13. לָעָ֣םlāʿām`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  14. עָלֶ֔יהָʿālêhā`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  15. וְר֖וּחַwĕrûaḥruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
  16. לַהֹלְכִ֥יםlahōlĕkîmhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
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  1. אֲנִ֧יʾănîaniy: IH589
  2. יְהוָ֛הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. קְרָאתִ֥יךָֽqĕrāʾtîkāqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  4. בְצֶ֖דֶקbĕṣedeqtsedeq: the right (natural, moral or legal); (abstractly) equityH6664
  5. וְאַחְזֵ֣קwĕʾaḥzēqchazaq: to fasten uponH2388
  6. בְּיָדֶ֑ךָbĕyādekāyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  7. וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗wĕʾeṣṣorkānatsar: to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)H5341
  8. וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֛wĕʾettenkānathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  9. לִבְרִ֥יתlibrîtbriyth: a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)H1285
  10. עָ֖םʿām`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  11. לְא֥וֹרlĕʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  12. גּוֹיִֽם׃gôyimgowy: a foreign nation; (hence) a GentileH1471
7
  1. לִפְקֹ֖חַlipqōaḥpaqach: to open (the senses, especially the eyes)H6491
  2. עֵינַ֣יִםʿênayim`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  3. עִוְר֑וֹתʿiwrôt`ivver: blind (literally or figuratively)H5787
  4. לְהוֹצִ֤יאlĕhôṣîʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
  5. מִמַּסְגֵּר֙mimmasgērmacger: a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prisonH4525
  6. אַסִּ֔ירʾassîracciyr: prisonerH616
  7. מִבֵּ֥יתmibbêtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  8. כֶּ֖לֶאkeleʾkele': a prisonH3608
  9. יֹ֥שְׁבֵיyōšĕbêyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  10. חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ḥōšekchoshek: the dark; hence (literally) darknessH2822
8
  1. אֲנִ֥יʾănîaniy: IH589
  2. יְהוָ֖הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. ה֣וּאhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  4. שְׁמִ֑יšĕmîshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
  5. וּכְבוֹדִי֙ûkĕbôdiykabowd: (properly) weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519
  6. לְאַחֵ֣רlĕʾaḥēracher: (properly) hinder; (generally) next, other, etcH312
  7. לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. אֶתֵּ֔ןʾettēnnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  9. וּתְהִלָּתִ֖יûtĕhillātîthillah: laudation; (specifically, concretely) a hymnH8416
  10. לַפְּסִילִֽים׃lappĕsîlîmpciyl: an idolH6456
9
  1. הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹתhāriʾšōnôtri'shown: first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)H7223
  2. הִנֵּהhinnēhinneh: lo!H2009
  3. בָ֑אוּbāʾûbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  4. וַֽחֲדָשׁוֹת֙waḥădāšôtchadash: newH2319
  5. אֲנִ֣יʾănîaniy: IH589
  6. מַגִּ֔ידmaggîdnagad: (properly) to front, i.e. stand boldly out oppositeH5046
  7. בְּטֶ֥רֶםbĕṭeremterem: (properly) non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or beforeH2962
  8. תִּצְמַ֖חְנָהtiṣmaḥnâtsamach: to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)H6779
  9. אַשְׁמִ֥יעʾašmîʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  10. אֶתְכֶֽם׃ʾetkemeth: (properly) self; (generally) used to point out the object of a verb (or preposition) more definitelyH853
10
  1. שִׁ֤ירוּšîrûshiyr: to singH7891
  2. לַֽיהוָה֙layhwāhYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. שִׁ֣ירšîrshiyr: a song; abstractly, singingH7892
  4. חָדָ֔שׁḥādāšchadash: newH2319
  5. תְּהִלָּת֖וֹtĕhillātôthillah: laudation; (specifically, concretely) a hymnH8416
  6. מִקְצֵ֣הmiqṣēqatseh: an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms)H7097
  7. הָאָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  8. יוֹרְדֵ֤יyôrĕdêyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
  9. הַיָּם֙hayyāmyam: a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of waterH3220
  10. וּמְלֹא֔וֹûmĕlōʾômlo': fullness (literally or figuratively)H4393
  11. אִיִּ֖יםʾiyyîmiy: (properly) a habitable spot (as desirable)H339
  12. וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶֽם׃wĕyōšĕbêhemyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
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  1. יִשְׂא֤וּyiśʾûnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  2. מִדְבָּר֙midbārmidbar: a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven)H4057
  3. וְעָרָ֔יוwĕʿārāyw`iyr: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5892
  4. חֲצֵרִ֖יםḥăṣērîmchatser: a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)H2691
  5. תֵּשֵׁ֣בtēšēbyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  6. קֵדָ֑רqēdārQedar: dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of IshmaelH6938
  7. יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙yārōnnûranan: (properly) to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)H7442
  8. יֹ֣שְׁבֵיyōšĕbêyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  9. סֶ֔לַעselaʿcela`: a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)H5553
  10. מֵרֹ֥אשׁmērōšro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  11. הָרִ֖יםhārîmhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
  12. יִצְוָֽחוּ׃yiṣwāḥûtsavach: to screech (exultingly)H6681
12
  1. יָשִׂ֥ימוּyāśîmûsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  2. לַֽיהוָ֖הlayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. כָּב֑וֹדkābôdkabowd: (properly) weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519
  4. וּתְהִלָּת֖וֹûtĕhillātôthillah: laudation; (specifically, concretely) a hymnH8416
  5. בָּאִיִּ֥יםbāʾiyyîmiy: (properly) a habitable spot (as desirable)H339
  6. יַגִּֽידוּ׃yaggîdûnagad: (properly) to front, i.e. stand boldly out oppositeH5046
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  1. יְהוָה֙yĕhwāhYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. כַּגִּבּ֣וֹרkaggibbôrgibbowr: powerful; (by implication) a warrior, tyrantH1368
  3. יֵצֵ֔אyēṣēʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
  4. כְּאִ֥ישׁkĕʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  5. מִלְחָמ֖וֹתmilḥāmôtmilchamah: a battle (i.e. the engagement); (generally) war (i.e. warfare)H4421
  6. יָעִ֣ירyāʿîr`uwr: to wake (literally or figuratively)H5782
  7. קִנְאָ֑הqinʾâqin'ah: jealousy or envyH7068
  8. יָרִ֙יעַ֙yārîʿaruwa`: to mar (especially by breaking); (figuratively) to split the ears (with sound)H7321
  9. אַףʾapaph: meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction)H637
  10. יַצְרִ֔יחַyaṣrîaḥtsarach: to be clear (in tone, i.e. shrill), i.e. to whoopH6873
  11. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  12. אֹיְבָ֖יוʾôybāywoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
  13. יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃yitgabbārgabar: to be strong; (by implication) to prevail, act insolentlyH1396
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  1. הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙heḥĕšêtiychashah: to hush or keep quietH2814
  2. מֵֽעוֹלָ֔םmēʿôlām`owlam: (properly) concealed, i.e. the vanishing pointH5769
  3. אַחֲרִ֖ישׁʾaḥărîšcharash: to scratch; (by implication) to engrave, ploughH2790
  4. אֶתְאַפָּ֑קʾetʾappāqaphaq: to contain; (reflexively) to abstainH662
  5. כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣הkayyôlēdâyalad: to bear young; (causatively) to begetH3205
  6. אֶפְעֶ֔הʾepʿepa`ah: to screamH6463
  7. אֶשֹּׁ֥םʾeššōmnasham: (properly) to blow away, i.e. destroyH5395
  8. וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ףwĕʾešʾapsha'aph: to inhale eagerly; (figuratively) to coverH7602
  9. יָֽחַד׃yāḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
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  1. אַחֲרִ֤יבʾaḥărîbcharab: to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killH2717
  2. הָרִים֙hārîmhar: a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)H2022
  3. וּגְבָע֔וֹתûgĕbāʿôtgib`ah: a hillockH1389
  4. וְכָלwĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. עֶשְׂבָּ֖םʿeśbām`eseb: grass (or any tender shoot)H6212
  6. אוֹבִ֑ישׁʾôbîšyabesh: to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)H3001
  7. וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יwĕśamtîsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  8. נְהָרוֹת֙nĕhārôtnahar: a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.)H5104
  9. לָֽאִיִּ֔יםlāʾiyyîmiy: (properly) a habitable spot (as desirable)H339
  10. וַאֲגַמִּ֖יםwaʾăgammîmagam: a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps)H98
  11. אוֹבִֽישׁ׃ʾôbîšyabesh: to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)H3001
16
  1. וְהוֹלַכְתִּ֣יwĕhôlaktîhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  2. עִוְרִ֗יםʿiwrîm`ivver: blind (literally or figuratively)H5787
  3. בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙bĕderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  4. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  5. יָדָ֔עוּyādāʿûyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  6. בִּנְתִיב֥וֹתbintîbôtnathiyb: a (beaten) trackH5410
  7. לֹֽאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יָדְע֖וּyodʿûyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  9. אַדְרִיכֵ֑םʾadrîkēmdarak: to tread; (by implication) to walkH1869
  10. אָשִׂים֩ʾāśîmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  11. מַחְשָׁ֨ךְmaḥšākmachshak: darkness; (concretely) a dark placeH4285
  12. לִפְנֵיהֶ֜םlipnêhempaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  13. לָא֗וֹרlāʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  14. וּמַֽעֲקַשִּׁים֙ûmaʿăqaššîmma`aqash: a crook (in a road)H4625
  15. לְמִישׁ֔וֹרlĕmîšôrmiyshowr: a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a properly, name of certain districts)H4334
  16. אֵ֚לֶּהʾēlleel-leh: these or thoseH428
  17. הַדְּבָרִ֔יםhaddĕbārîmdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  18. עֲשִׂיתִ֖םʿăśîtim`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  19. וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  20. עֲזַבְתִּֽים׃ʿăzabtîm`azab: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etcH5800
17
  1. נָסֹ֤גוּnāsōgûcuwg: (properly) to flinch; (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)H5472
  2. אָחוֹר֙ʾāḥôrachowr: the hinder part; (hence, adverbly) behind, backwardH268
  3. יֵבֹ֣שׁוּyēbōšûbuwsh: (properly) to pale; (by implication) to be ashamedH954
  4. בֹ֔שֶׁתbōšetbosheth: shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause)H1322
  5. הַבֹּטְחִ֖יםhabbōṭĕḥîmbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
  6. בַּפָּ֑סֶלbappāselpecel: an idolH6459
  7. הָאֹמְרִ֥יםhāʾōmĕrîmamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  8. לְמַסֵּכָ֖הlĕmassēkâmaccekah: (properly) a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image)H4541
  9. אַתֶּ֥םʾattemattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  10. אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ʾĕlōhênûelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
18
  1. הַחֵרְשִׁ֖יםhaḥērĕšîmcheresh: deaf (whether literally or spir.)H2795
  2. שְׁמָ֑עוּšĕmāʿûshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  3. וְהַעִוְרִ֖יםwĕhaʿiwrîm`ivver: blind (literally or figuratively)H5787
  4. הַבִּ֥יטוּhabbîṭûnabat: to scan, i.e. look intently at; (by implication) to regard with pleasure, favor or careH5027
  5. לִרְאֽוֹת׃lirʾôtra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
19
  1. מִ֤יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  2. עִוֵּר֙ʿiwwēr`ivver: blind (literally or figuratively)H5787
  3. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  4. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  5. עַבְדִּ֔יʿabdî`ebed: a servantH5650
  6. וְחֵרֵ֖שׁwĕḥērēšcheresh: deaf (whether literally or spir.)H2795
  7. כְּמַלְאָכִ֣יkĕmalʾākîmal'ak: a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)H4397
  8. אֶשְׁלָ֑חʾešlāḥshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
  9. מִ֤יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  10. עִוֵּר֙ʿiwwēr`ivver: blind (literally or figuratively)H5787
  11. כִּמְשֻׁלָּ֔םkimšullāmshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  12. וְעִוֵּ֖רwĕʿiwwēr`ivver: blind (literally or figuratively)H5787
  13. כְּעֶ֥בֶדkĕʿebed`ebed: a servantH5650
  14. יְהוָֽה׃yĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
20
  1. רָא֥יֹתrāʾyōtra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  2. רַבּ֖וֹתrabbôtrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
  3. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. תִשְׁמֹ֑רtišmōrshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  5. פָּק֥וֹחַpāqôaḥpaqach: to open (the senses, especially the eyes)H6491
  6. אָזְנַ֖יִםʾoznayimozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
  7. וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יִשְׁמָֽע׃yišmāʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
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  1. יְהוָ֥הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. חָפֵ֖ץḥāpēṣchaphets: (properly) to incline to; (by implication) (literally but rarely) to bendH2654
  3. לְמַ֣עַןlĕmaʿanma`an: (properly) heed, i.e. purposeH4616
  4. צִדְק֑וֹṣidqôtsedeq: the right (natural, moral or legal); (abstractly) equityH6664
  5. יַגְדִּ֥ילyagdîlgadal: (properly) to twist; to be large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)H1431
  6. תּוֹרָ֖הtôrâtowrah: a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451
  7. וְיַאְדִּֽיר׃wĕyaʾdîradar: to expand, i.e. be great; (figuratively) magnificentH142
22
  1. וְהוּא֮wĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  2. עַםʿam`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  3. בָּז֣וּזbāzûzbazaz: to plunderH962
  4. וְשָׁסוּי֒wĕšāsûyshacah: to plunderH8154
  5. הָפֵ֤חַhāpēaḥpachach: to batter out; but used only as denominative from H6341, to spread a netH6351
  6. בַּֽחוּרִים֙baḥûrîmchuwr: the crevice of a serpent; the cell of a prisonH2352
  7. כֻּלָּ֔םkullāmkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  8. וּבְבָתֵּ֥יûbĕbottêbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  9. כְלָאִ֖יםkĕlāʾîmkele': a prisonH3608
  10. הָחְבָּ֑אוּhoḥbāʾûchaba': to secreteH2244
  11. הָי֤וּhāyûhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  12. לָבַז֙lābazbaz: plunderH957
  13. וְאֵ֣יןwĕʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  14. מַצִּ֔ילmaṣṣîlnatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
  15. מְשִׁסָּ֖הmĕšissâmchiccah: plunderH4933
  16. וְאֵיןwĕʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  17. אֹמֵ֥רʾōmēramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  18. הָשַֽׁב׃hāšabshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
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  1. מִ֥יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  2. בָכֶ֖םbākem
  3. יַאֲזִ֣יןyaʾăzînazan: to broaden out the ear (with the hand); (by implication) to listenH238
  4. זֹ֑אתzōtzo'th: this (often used adverb)H2063
  5. יַקְשִׁ֥בyaqšibqashab: to prick up the ears, i.e. hearkenH7181
  6. וְיִשְׁמַ֖עwĕyišmaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  7. לְאָחֽוֹר׃lĕʾāḥôrachowr: the hinder part; (hence, adverbly) behind, backwardH268
24
  1. מִֽיmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  2. נָתַ֨ןnātannathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  3. לִמְשִׁוסָּ֧הlimšiwssâmshuwcah: spoilationH4882
  4. יַעֲקֹ֛בyaʿăqōbYa`aqob: heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290
  5. וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥לwĕyiśrāʾēlYisra'el: he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478
  6. לְבֹזְזִ֖יםlĕbōzĕzîmbazaz: to plunderH962
  7. הֲל֣וֹאhălôʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  9. ז֚וּzûzuw: this or thatH2098
  10. חָטָ֣אנוּḥāṭāʾnûchata': (properly) to miss; (hence, figuratively and generally) to sinH2398
  11. ל֔וֹlô
  12. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  13. אָב֤וּʾābûabah: to breathe after; (figuratively) to be acquiescentH14
  14. בִדְרָכָיו֙bidrākāywderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  15. הָל֔וֹךְhālôkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  16. וְלֹ֥אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  17. שָׁמְע֖וּšomʿûshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  18. בְּתוֹרָתֽוֹ׃bĕtôrātôtowrah: a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451
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  1. וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ךְwayyišpōkshaphak: to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal)H8210
  2. עָלָיו֙ʿālāyw`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  3. חֵמָ֣הḥēmâchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  4. אַפּ֔וֹʾappôaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
  5. וֶעֱז֖וּזweʿĕzûz`ezuwz: forciblenessH5807
  6. מִלְחָמָ֑הmilḥāmâmilchamah: a battle (i.e. the engagement); (generally) war (i.e. warfare)H4421
  7. וַתְּלַהֲטֵ֤הוּwattĕlahăṭēhûlahat: (properly) to lick; (by implication) to blazeH3857
  8. מִסָּבִיב֙missābîbcabiyb: (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environsH5439
  9. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  10. יָדָ֔עyādāʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  11. וַתִּבְעַרwattibʿarba`ar: to kindle; to consume (by fire or by eating)H1197
  12. בּ֖וֹbô
  13. וְלֹאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  14. יָשִׂ֥יםyāśîmsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  15. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  16. לֵֽב׃lēbleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820

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Strong's words in Isaiah 42 (6)
Strong's H3068 — יְהוָ֗ה (yĕhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 9 times in Isaiah 42.
Strong's H5787 — עִוְר֑וֹת (ʿiwrôt)
`ivver (iv-vare') adj. 1. blind (literally or figuratively) [intensive from H5786] KJV: blind (men, people). Root(s): H5786. Appears 6 times in Isaiah 42.
Strong's H8085 — יַשְׁמִ֥יעַ (yašmîaʿ)
shama` (shaw-mah') v. 1. to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc 2. causatively, to tell, etc.) [a primitive root] KJV: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.. Appears 6 times in Isaiah 42.
Strong's H5414 — נָתַ֤תִּי (nātattî)
nathan (naw-than') v. 1. to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) [a primitive root] KJV: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.. Appears 5 times in Isaiah 42.
Strong's H7760 — יָשִׂ֥ים (yāśîm)
suwm (soom) (or siym {seem}) v. 1. to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) [a primitive root] KJV: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.. Appears 5 times in Isaiah 42.
Strong's H3318 — יוֹצִֽיא׃ (yôṣîʾ)
yatsa' (yaw-tsaw') v. 1. to go out 2. (causatively) to bring out {in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim} [a primitive root] KJV: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.. Appears 4 times in Isaiah 42.

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“For it is written how the Father, about to redeem us from darkness, commanded Him to prepare a holy people for Himself. The prophet therefore declares, "I, the Lord Thy God, have called Thee in righteousness, and will hold Thy hand, and will strengthen Thee; and I have given T...”

What the Early Church wrote about Isaiah 42 (4)

  • “I will put my Spirit upon Him, and He shall show judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear His voice in the streets.”

  • “And for this reason Isaiah said, “Thus says the Lord, who made heaven and established it, who founded the earth and the things therein, and gave breath to the people on it and the Spirit to those walking on it”; thus telling us that breath is indeed given in common to all peop...”

  • “Behold My servant whom I will help; My chosen in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.”

  • ““The opened eyes of the blind” means [Christ] provided clear knowledge of the Father through the Son.”

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