and He shall announce judgment to the Gentiles, lie shall not strive nor cry; neither shall any man hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall fie not quench, till fie send forth judgment unto victory. And in His name shall the Gentiles trust. The LXX. thus render Is. xlii. 1—4, — 'laxuf3 o rtai'g Mou, avnXq-^ofiai avrov- 'iffpcc^X 6 IxXsjcrog Mou, To aurbv jj "\>v%fl Mou, zdu'/.a rb Tvsvpu, Mou if avrbv, Kpiaiv ro/g
sgoiasr ou xpd^srai, ovBs avrjsu, ovdi axouffdrjtftrai t^u q <puvq ov' xaAa/Aov ffuvriOXaff/Asvov ou ffuvrpi^ti, xai Xivov xa-wi^ofjtitvov ou
aXXa tig aXrjfaiav stolen Kpiffw, x.r.A.1 Jacob is My servant ; I will defend him. Israel is my chosen ; My soul has accepted him : I have given my Spirit upon him ; he shall Lear forth judg ment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up \1iis voice'} ; nor shall his voice be heard ivithout. A bruised reed shall he not crush, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; but he shall bear forth judgment unto truth. — o •ra/g pov, my servant = the Hebrew "•"Dy,2 in Is. xlii. 1. And the LXX. frequently express that He brew word3 by cra/i,* e.g. where Moses, or even the Messiah, is spoken of. Cf. Acts iii. 13, 26, iv. 27, 30. For it is not again repeated in the New Testament concerning the Messiah, either because neither the Greek <ra?s, or any other word, corresponds sufficiently to that Hebrew word, which the apostles also used in the beginning, or else because neither of them is suitable to our Lord's state of glorification. The words, servant and beloved,
' In E. V. it stands thus — " Behold my servant, whom I uphold ; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth : I have put my Spirit upon him ; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall bring forth judgment unto truth."— .(I. B.)
2 Sc. is* servant, with the pronominal suffix % my. — (I. B.)
s i3J>, i.e. a servant : the minister or ambassador sent by God for accom plishing some service : also a familiar servant chosen and beloved of God on account of his piety and approved fidelity ; also a term especially applied to the Messiah. See GESENIUS, etc. — (I. B.)
4 'Kot.lc. According to Schleusner, (1) a child in age ; (2) a child in relation to its parents ; (3) one pre-eminently beloved ; (4) a servant ; (5) the minister of a king, etc. According to Liddel and Scott, (1) a child in rela tion to its parents ; (2) a child in age ; (3) a servant. The passages, how ever, in these writers are too long for insertion, and cannot be adequately abridged.— (I. B.)