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Isa. 42:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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or, dimly burning.

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quench it.

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Isa. 35:3‑4• ³Strengthen the weak hands and confirm the tottering knees.
⁴Say to them that are of a timid heart, Be strong, fear not; behold your God: vengeance cometh, the recompense of God! He will come himself, and save you. (Isa. 35:3‑4)

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Isa. 40:11,29‑31• ¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.
²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
³⁰Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
³¹but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:11,29‑31)

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Isa. 50:4,10• ⁴The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
¹⁰Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light,--let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God. (Isa. 50:4,10)

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Isa. 57:15‑18• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
¹⁸I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn. (Isa. 57:15‑18)

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Isa. 61:1‑3• ¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
²to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
³to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. (Isa. 61:1‑3)

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Isa. 66:2• ²Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word. (Isa. 66:2)

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Psa. 103:13‑14• ¹³As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
¹⁴For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. (Psa. 103:13‑14)

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Psa. 147:3• ³He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. (Psa. 147:3)

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Jer. 30:12‑17• ¹²For thus saith Jehovah: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is grievous.
¹³There is none to plead thy cause, to bind up thy wound; thou hast no healing medicines.
¹⁴All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not. For I have smitten thee with the stroke of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity: thy sins are manifold.
¹⁵Why criest thou because of thy bruise? thy sorrow is incurable; for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins are manifold, I have done these things unto thee.
¹⁶Therefore all that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be for a spoil; and all they that prey upon thee will I give to be a prey.
¹⁷For I will apply a bandage unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; for they have called thee an outcast: This is Zion that no man seeketh after. (Jer. 30:12‑17)

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Jer. 31:18‑20,25• ¹⁸I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.
²⁰Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
²⁵For I have satiated the weary soul, and every languishing soul have I replenished. (Jer. 31:18‑20,25)

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Ezek. 34:16• ¹⁶I will seek the lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up the broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment. (Ezek. 34:16)

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Matt. 11:28• ²⁸Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest. (Matt. 11:28)

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Matt. 18:11‑14• ¹¹For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.
¹²What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?
¹³And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.
¹⁴So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish. (Matt. 18:11‑14)

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Luke 22:31‑32• ³¹And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat;
³²but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren. (Luke 22:31‑32)

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John 20:19‑21,27• ¹⁹When therefore it was evening on that day, which was the first day of the week, and the doors shut where the disciples were, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace be to you.
²⁰And having said this, he shewed to them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, having seen the Lord.
²¹Jesus said therefore again to them, Peace be to you: as the Father sent me forth, I also send you.
²⁷Then he says to Thomas, Bring thy finger here and see my hands; and bring thy hand and put it into my side; and be not unbelieving, but believing. (John 20:19‑21,27)

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Heb. 2:17‑18• ¹⁷Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;
¹⁸for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted. (Heb. 2:17‑18)

smoking.

or, dimly burning.

quench.

Heb. quench it.

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Isa. 11:3‑4• ³And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears;
⁴but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. (Isa. 11:3‑4)

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Psa. 72:2‑4• ²He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.
³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
⁴He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor. (Psa. 72:2‑4)

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Psa. 96:13• ¹³Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness. (Psa. 96:13)

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Psa. 98:9• ⁹Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. (Psa. 98:9)

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Mic. 7:9• ⁹I will bear the indignation of Jehovah--for I have sinned against him--until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness. (Mic. 7:9)

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John 5:30• ³⁰I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me. (John 5:30)

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Rev. 19:11• ¹¹And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness. (Rev. 19:11)

• The Pharisees were indeed as unreliable and worthless as a bruised reed, and as objectionable as smoking flax, yet He neither broke nor quenched them. He was not an agitator, inflaming the multitude. The powers that were against Him were calculated to make any servant of God be discouraged and fail, yet He carried on His service to the end. (“Isaiah 42” by F.B. Hole)

• {v.3-4} He brought forth judgment according to truth by His sacrificial death and resurrection, though we must wait for the second coming to see the public establishment of judgment in the earth, so that the most distant isle shall wait for His law. (“Isaiah 42” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for the truth."