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 42:10-12
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!
42:11 Let the desert and its cities shout out,
the towns where the nomads of Kedar live!
Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully;
let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.
42:12 Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; 7
let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. 8
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.”
7 tn Heb “Let them ascribe to the Lord glory.”
8 tn Heb “and his praise in the coastlands [or “islands”] let them declare.”
