Isaiah 42:3

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A bruised reed - The word ‘reed’ means the cane or calamus which grows up in marshy or wet places ( Isaiah 36:6 ; see the note at Isaiah 43:24 )...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

A (f) bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking (g) flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to (h) truth. (f) He will not hur...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Mission of Yahweh's Servant (the first of the four so-called Servant Songs; see Introd.). Yahweh bids the nations consider His Servant Israel,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the smoking flax: i.e. the wick (made of flax) that is burning dim. flax. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the wick made of it...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. A bruised reed he shall not break. After having declared in general that Christ will be unlike earthly princes, he next mentions his mild...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1008 THE CHURCH A ROYAL DIADEM Isaiah 42:3 . Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the h...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall not cry, &c.— This beautiful passage sets forth not only the method of this great teacher's instruction, but also the kind and quality...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. A bruised reed shall h...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ideal Servant 1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant of Jehovah. 10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah. 18-25....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Smoking flax] RM 'dimly-burning wick.' Unto truth] RV 'in truth.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break... — Physical, moral, spiritual weakness are all brought under the same similitude. In another context the image...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII THE SERVICE OF GOD AND MAN Isaiah 42:1-7 WE now understand whom to regard as the Servant of the Lord. The Service of God was a c...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its im...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Work of the Lord's Servant Isaiah 42:1-13 We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew 12:18-20 . The unobtrusiven...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1 ), His mis...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Had we any doubt whether the Prophet were speaking of himself, as God's servant, or of some other man, the Evangelist would decide the inquiry; for i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A bruised reed shall not break ,.... The tenderness of Christ to weak and ignorant persons is here and in the next clause expressed; by whom young c...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Ver. 3. A bruised reed shal...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He shall not cry In a way of contention or ostentation. He shall neither erect nor govern his kingdom with violence or outward pomp and state, like...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Messiah's Approach. B. C. 708. 1 B...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break; he will not break it to pieces, but rather will strengthen and bind it up. It is a common figure, whereby more i...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Servant of Yahweh ( Isaiah 42:1-4 ). Isaiah 42:1 “Behold my servant whom I uphold, My chosen one in whom my soul delights, I have put my...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FATHER’S ELECT SERVANT ( Missionary Sermon. ) Isaiah 42:1 ; Isaiah 42:4 . Behold My Servant, &c. These words belong to one of the most...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 42:1-11 . Behold My servant, &c. It is difficult for us who have history, with all its definiteness, to reali...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:3 ( Matthew 12:20 ) I. The first reference of this passage is to Christ's cause in the world. Thus interpreted, the passage is full...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:3-4 I. Consider, first, the representation of the servant of the Lord as the restorer of the bruise that it may not be broken. "He shall...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgmen...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for it is full of evangelical truth. Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant, whom I upho...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant. In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17-20 . All other appli...
The Biblical Illustrator

Behold My Servant Who is the “servant of Jehovah”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, tha...
The Biblical Illustrator

He shall not cry Jesus Christ not a controversialist He is not a debater; He does not belong to the society of men who walk up and down in the...
The Biblical Illustrator

A bruised reed shall He not break The bruised reed The reed, or “calamus,” is a plant with hollow stem, which grew principally by the side of l...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 42:1-23 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM . There ar...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The True Servant of the Lord
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A bruised reed, the fragile stem of a plant which has been bent to the point of breaking off, shall He not break, and the smoking flax, a wick whic...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 34:16 ; Hebrews 2:17 ; Hebrews 2:18 ; Isaiah 11:3 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Isaiah 35:3 ; Isaiah 35:4 ; Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 40:29-31 ; Isai...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Break — Christ will not deal rigorously with those that come to him, but he will use all gentleness, cherishing the smallest beginnings of grace, c...

³ A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smokinga flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 42:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 42:3