Isaiah 42:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

fail. go out (as. lamp).

be discouraged. break, or break down.

in. upon.

isles. maritime countries. The Divine interpretation. "Gentiles" (Matthew 12:18-21). See note on Isaiah 11:11.

wait. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 8:12 "stayed").

and stretched them out. they that stretched them out. Compare "us", "our" (Genesis 1:26). Compare "image" (singular).

breath. Hebrew. neshmah, App-16). See note on Isaiah 2:22.

Isaiah 42:4

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged,b till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.