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BEHOLD MY SERVANT, WHOM I UPHOLD

Passage: Isaiah 42:1~25

Key verse: 1

The Servant of the Lord

42 “Here is my servant,^(A) whom I uphold,
    my chosen one^(B) in whom I delight;^(C)
I will put my Spirit^(D) on him,
    and he will bring justice^(E) to the nations.^(F)
²He will not shout or cry out,^(G)
    or raise his voice in the streets.
³A bruised reed^(H) he will not break,^(I)
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.^(J)
In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;^(K)
⁴    he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice^(L) on earth.
    In his teaching^(M) the islands^(N) will put their hope.”^(O)

⁵This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,^(P) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth^(Q) with all that springs from it,^(R)
    who gives breath^(S) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:
⁶“I, the Lord, have called^(T) you in righteousness;^(U)
    I will take hold of your hand.^(V)
I will keep^(W) you and will make you
    to be a covenant^(X) for the people
    and a light^(Y) for the Gentiles,^(Z)
⁷to open eyes that are blind,^(AA)
    to free^(AB) captives from prison^(AC)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.^(AD)

⁸“I am the Lord;^(AE) that is my name!^(AF)
    I will not yield my glory to another^(AG)
    or my praise to idols.^(AH)
⁹See, the former things^(AI) have taken place,
    and new things I declare;
before they spring into being
    I announce^(AJ) them to you.”

Song of Praise to the Lord

¹⁰Sing^(AK) to the Lord a new song,^(AL)
    his praise^(AM) from the ends of the earth,^(AN)
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,^(AO)
    you islands,^(AP) and all who live in them.
¹¹Let the wilderness^(AQ) and its towns raise their voices;
    let the settlements where Kedar^(AR) lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela^(AS) sing for joy;
    let them shout from the mountaintops.^(AT)
¹²Let them give glory^(AU) to the Lord
    and proclaim his praise^(AV) in the islands.^(AW)
¹³The Lord will march out like a champion,^(AX)
    like a warrior^(AY) he will stir up his zeal;^(AZ)
with a shout^(BA) he will raise the battle cry
    and will triumph over his enemies.^(BB)

¹⁴“For a long time I have kept silent,^(BC)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(BD)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(BE)
¹⁵I will lay waste^(BF) the mountains^(BG) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up^(BH) the pools.
¹⁶I will lead^(BI) the blind^(BJ) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light^(BK) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.^(BL)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake^(BM) them.
¹⁷But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’^(BN)
    will be turned back in utter shame.^(BO)

Israel Blind and Deaf

¹⁸“Hear, you deaf;^(BP)
    look, you blind, and see!
¹⁹Who is blind^(BQ) but my servant,^(BR)
    and deaf like the messenger^(BS) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant^(BT) with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?
²⁰You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
    your ears are open, but you do not listen.”^(BU)
²¹It pleased the Lord
    for the sake^(BV) of his righteousness
    to make his law^(BW) great and glorious.
²²But this is a people plundered^(BX) and looted,
    all of them trapped in pits^(BY)
    or hidden away in prisons.^(BZ)
They have become plunder,
    with no one to rescue them;^(CA)
they have been made loot,
    with no one to say, “Send them back.”

²³Which of you will listen to this
    or pay close attention^(CB) in time to come?
²⁴Who handed Jacob over to become loot,
    and Israel to the plunderers?^(CC)
Was it not the Lord,^(CD)
    against whom we have sinned?
For they would not follow^(CE) his ways;
    they did not obey his law.^(CF)
²⁵So he poured out on them his burning anger,^(CG)
    the violence of war.
It enveloped them in flames,^(CH) yet they did not understand;^(CI)
    it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.^(CJ)

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Cross references

Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 20:3; S Mt 20:28
Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 14:1; Lk 9:35; 23:35; 1Pe 2:4, 6
Isaiah 42:1 : Mt 3:17
Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 11:2; S 44:3; Mt 3:16-17; S Jn 3:34
Isaiah 42:1 : S Isa 9:7
Isaiah 42:1 : S Ge 49:10
Isaiah 42:2 : Pr 8:1-4
Isaiah 42:3 : S Isa 36:6
Isaiah 42:3 : S Job 30:24
Isaiah 42:3 : S Job 13:25
Isaiah 42:3 : Ps 72:2; 96:13
Isaiah 42:4 : S Isa 2:4
Isaiah 42:4 : ver 21; Ex 34:29; Isa 51:4
Isaiah 42:4 : S Isa 11:11
Isaiah 42:4 : S Ge 49:10; Mt 12:18-21*
Isaiah 42:5 : S Ge 1:6; Ps 102:25; Isa 48:13
Isaiah 42:5 : S Ge 1:1
Isaiah 42:5 : Ps 24:2; Ac 17:24
Isaiah 42:5 : S Ge 2:7; Ac 17:25
Isaiah 42:6 : Ex 31:2; S Jdg 4:10; Isa 41:9-10; 43:1
Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 45:24; Jer 23:6; Da 9:7
Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 41:13; 45:1
Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 26:3; 27:3
Isaiah 42:6 : Isa 49:8; 54:10; 59:21; 61:8; Jer 31:31; 32:40; Mal 3:1; S Lk 22:20
Isaiah 42:6 : S Isa 9:2
Isaiah 42:6 : S Isa 26:18; S Lk 2:32
Isaiah 42:7 : S Ps 146:8; S Isa 32:3; Mt 11:5
Isaiah 42:7 : Isa 49:9; 51:14; 52:2; Zec 2:7
Isaiah 42:7 : S Ps 66:11; S Isa 24:22; 48:20; Zec 9:11; S Lk 4:19; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14-15
Isaiah 42:7 : S Ps 107:10, 14; Ac 26:18
Isaiah 42:8 : Ps 81:10; Isa 43:3, 11, 15; 46:9; 49:23
Isaiah 42:8 : S Ex 3:15; S 6:3
Isaiah 42:8 : Isa 48:11
Isaiah 42:8 : S Ex 8:10; S 20:4
Isaiah 42:9 : S Isa 41:22
Isaiah 42:9 : S Isa 40:21; Eze 2:4
Isaiah 42:10 : S Ex 15:1
Isaiah 42:10 : S Ps 96:1
Isaiah 42:10 : 1Ki 10:9; Isa 60:6
Isaiah 42:10 : S Dt 30:4; S Ps 48:10; 65:5; Isa 49:6
Isaiah 42:10 : S 1Ch 16:32; Ps 96:11
Isaiah 42:10 : S Isa 11:11
Isaiah 42:11 : S Isa 32:16
Isaiah 42:11 : S Ge 25:13; Isa 60:7
Isaiah 42:11 : S Jdg 1:36
Isaiah 42:11 : Isa 52:7; Na 1:15
Isaiah 42:12 : S 1Ch 16:24; S Isa 24:15
Isaiah 42:12 : S Ps 26:7; S 66:2; 1Pe 2:9
Isaiah 42:12 : S Isa 11:11
Isaiah 42:13 : S Isa 9:6
Isaiah 42:13 : S Ex 14:14
Isaiah 42:13 : S Isa 26:11
Isaiah 42:13 : S Jos 6:5; Jer 25:30; Hos 11:10; Joel 3:16; Am 1:2; 3:4, 8
Isaiah 42:13 : Isa 66:14
Isaiah 42:14 : S Est 4:14; S Ps 50:21
Isaiah 42:14 : S Ge 43:31; Lk 18:7; 2Pe 3:9
Isaiah 42:14 : Jer 4:31
Isaiah 42:15 : Eze 38:20
Isaiah 42:15 : S Ps 107:33
Isaiah 42:15 : S Isa 11:15; 50:2; Na 1:4-6
Isaiah 42:16 : S Isa 29:24; 40:11; 57:18; 58:11; Jer 31:8-9; Lk 1:78-79
Isaiah 42:16 : S Isa 32:3
Isaiah 42:16 : S Ps 18:28; Isa 58:8, 10; S Ac 26:18
Isaiah 42:16 : S Isa 26:7; Lk 3:5
Isaiah 42:16 : S Dt 4:31; Heb 13:5
Isaiah 42:17 : S Ex 32:4
Isaiah 42:17 : S Ps 97:7; S Isa 1:29
Isaiah 42:18 : S Isa 35:5
Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 43:8; Eze 12:2
Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 41:8-9
Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 44:26; Hag 1:13
Isaiah 42:19 : Isa 26:3
Isaiah 42:20 : Isa 6:9-10; 43:8; Jer 5:21; 6:10
Isaiah 42:21 : Isa 43:25
Isaiah 42:21 : S ver 4; 2Co 3:7
Isaiah 42:22 : S Jdg 6:4; S 2Ki 24:13
Isaiah 42:22 : S Isa 24:18
Isaiah 42:22 : S Ps 66:11; S Isa 24:22
Isaiah 42:22 : S Isa 5:29
Isaiah 42:23 : Dt 32:29; Ps 81:13; Isa 47:7; 48:18; 57:11
Isaiah 42:24 : S 2Ki 17:6; Isa 43:28; 47:6
Isaiah 42:24 : Isa 10:5-6
Isaiah 42:24 : S Isa 30:15
Isaiah 42:24 : S Jos 1:7; S Ps 119:136; Isa 5:24; Jer 44:10
Isaiah 42:25 : S 2Ki 22:13; S Job 40:11; S Isa 51:17; S Eze 7:19
Isaiah 42:25 : 2Ki 25:9; Isa 66:15; Jer 4:4; 21:12; La 2:3; Na 1:6
Isaiah 42:25 : S Isa 1:3
Isaiah 42:25 : Isa 29:13; 47:7; 57:1, 11; Hos 7:9

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Isaiah calls Israel to behold God’s servant, the coming Messiah, whom God upholds and in whom he delights. The Messiah will gently minister to people who are like bruised reeds and smoldering wicks, faithfully and successfully carrying out his mission to the end by the power of the Spirit. Jesus came to restore God’s right order on earth by accomplishing his redemptive purpose for the world through his life and ministry. God is the Creator and the Giver of life; he made Jesus a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles. Whoever believes in him is set free from the prison of sin. Their spiritual eyes are opened to see the kingdom of God in him. Indeed, Jesus is the only hope of all nations and true justice will prevail in his hand.

Isaiah calls all the nations to give praises to the LORD, for God will do new things for his people in the future. God will go out like a warrior, triumph over his enemies, and lead his people out from captivity as he declared. But those who trust in helpless idols will be put to shame. God’s covenant people became blind, deaf, plundered, and looted. God wants them to listen to him and realize that they were in exile because they didn’t follow God’s ways and didn’t obey his law.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for Jesus’ beautiful life and ministry. Help me to behold Him, not my situation, and follow his example to help and encourage the weak and lead them to put their hope in Jesus.

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