# Isaiah 42 📖 [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Isaiah Overview]] | [[Isaiah 41]] | [[Isaiah 43]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Lord Commissions His Special Servant [[#Verse 01.]] “Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations. [[#Verse 02.]] He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets. [[#Verse 03.]] A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees. [[#Verse 04.]] He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.” [[#Verse 05.]] This is what the true God, the Lord, says— the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it: [[#Verse 06.]] “I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations, [[#Verse 07.]] to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons. ### The Lord Intervenes [[#Verse 08.]] “I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols. [[#Verse 09.]] Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.” [[#Verse 10.]] Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there. [[#Verse 11.]] Let the wilderness and its cities shout out, the towns where the nomads of Kedar live. Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops. [[#Verse 12.]] Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. [[#Verse 13.]] The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power. [[#Verse 14.]] “I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp. [[#Verse 15.]] I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water. [[#Verse 16.]] I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them. [[#Verse 17.]] Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’ ### The Lord Reasons with His People [[#Verse 18.]]“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones! [[#Verse 19.]] My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind. [[#Verse 20.]] You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.” [[#Verse 21.]] The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it. [[#Verse 22.]] But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, “Bring that back!” [[#Verse 23.]] Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future? [[#Verse 24.]] Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law. [[#Verse 25.]] So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes