Discovery BoxIsaiah 42:4 
Context42:4 He will not grow dim or be crushed 1
before establishing justice on the earth;
the coastlands 2 will wait in anticipation for his decrees.” 3
Isaiah 42:10
Context42:10 Sing to the Lord a brand new song!
Praise him 4 from the horizon of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, 5
you coastlands 6 and those who live there!
1 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.
2 tn Or “islands” (NIV); NLT “distant lands beyond the sea.”
3 tn Or “his law” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV) or “his instruction” (NLT).
4 tn Heb “his praise.” The phrase stands parallel to “new song” in the previous line.
5 tn Heb “and its fullness”; NASB, NIV “and all that is in it.”
6 tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “distant coastlands.”
