Isaiah 42:4

42:4 He will not grow dim or be crushed

before establishing justice on the earth;

the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”


tn For rhetorical effect the terms used to describe the “crushed (רָצַץ, ratsats) reed” and “dim (כָּהָה, kahah) wick” in v. 3 are repeated here.

tn Or “islands” (NIV); NLT “distant lands beyond the sea.”

tn Or “his law” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV) or “his instruction” (NLT).