Isaiah 42:4

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 

Ge 49:10; Ps 22:27; Ps 72:8-11; Ps 98:2,3; Isa 2:2-4; Isa 9:7; Isa 11:9-12; Isa 24:15,16; Isa 41:5; Isa 42:12; Isa 49:5-10; Isa 52:13-15; Isa 53:2-12; Isa 55:5; Isa 60:9; Isa 66:19; Mic 4:1-3; Zec 2:11; Joh 17:4,5; Ro 16:26; 1Co 9:21; Heb 12:2-4; 1Pe 2:22-24

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).