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Is the LORD pictured as a warrior in 42:13?

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The verse says what he is like: "The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies" (42:13). The next verse gives another picture, in a voice that says I: "Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant" (42:14). Then that voice says, "I will destroy mountains and hills" (42:15), and "I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know" (42:16). The chapter doesn't name the enemies of 42:13, and these notes name none and apply the verse to no nation, people or conflict today.

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Isaiah 42: Behold, my servant

Matthew gives Isaiah 42:1-4 of Jesus, who withdrew, healed the crowds and told them not to make him known (Matthew 12:15-17). The servant won't break a bruised reed (42:3), and in Hebrew 42:4's "He will not fail nor be discouraged" has the bruised reed's verb and the verb Strong's gives behind the dim wick. And justice comes three times in four verses.

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