Isaiah 42:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:16-20 : 16 But he sternly warned them not to make him known. 17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: 18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
  • Luke 17:20 : 20 The Coming of the Kingdom Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered,“The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed,
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
  • Matt 11:29 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
  • 2 Tim 2:24 : 24 And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

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  • Matt 12:17-20
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    17This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

    18“Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

    19He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

    20He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

  • Isa 42:3-4
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    3A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

    4He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”

  • Isa 42:1
    77%

    1The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

  • Isa 52:13-15
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    13The Lord Will Vindicate His Servant“Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted–

    14(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man; his form was so marred he no longer looked human–

    15so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.

  • Isa 53:7
    73%

    7He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

  • Isa 11:3-4
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    3He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

    4He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

  • Acts 8:32-33
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    32Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this:“He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

    33In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth.”

  • Isa 53:2-3
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    2He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

    3He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

  • Isa 42:19-20
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    19My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.

    20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

  • Isa 30:19
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    19For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you.

  • Isa 53:9-11
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    9They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.

    10Though the LORD desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the LORD’s purpose will be accomplished through him.

    11Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

  • Isa 65:14
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    14Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

  • Mic 3:4
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    4Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the LORD for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

  • Isa 46:7
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    7They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

  • Isa 62:1
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    1The Lord Takes Delight in Zion“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

  • Isa 50:5
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    5The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.

  • Ps 22:24
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    24For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

  • Job 18:17
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    17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

  • Job 39:7
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    7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

  • Isa 2:4
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    4He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

  • Lam 3:28
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    28י(Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the LORD is disciplining him.

  • Ps 22:2
    67%

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • 1 Pet 2:23
    67%

    23When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

  • Isa 3:7
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    7At that time the brother will shout,‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

  • Ps 38:14
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    14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

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    14“I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp.

  • Isa 65:19
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    19Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.

  • Job 30:24
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    24The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

  • Zech 7:13
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    13“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had said.

  • Job 34:28
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    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Luke 18:39
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    39And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more,“Son of David, have mercy on me!”

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    13It is me– I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    16“But as for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not raise a cry of prayer for them! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.

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    7Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.