Isaiah 42:21
19 Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
23 Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- KJV
- The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
- WEB
- It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.
- ASV
- It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness` sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
- DARBY
- Jehovah had delight [in him] for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.
- BLB
- YHWH delights on account of His righteousness, to magnify the law and make it glorious.
- ÅB
- Det er Herrens vilje å gjøre loven stor og herlig for sin rettferdighets skyld.
- OTB
- Herren var fornøyd, for sin rettferdighets skyld, å gjøre sin lov stor og herlig.
- B1930
- Det er Herrens vilje å gjøre loven stor og herlig for sin rettferdighets skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Read in contextRomans 3:31
Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
Read in contextRomans 7:12
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Read in contextMatthew 5:17–20
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:4
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
Read in contextPsalms 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Read in contextIsaiah 46:12–13
Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
Read in contextIsaiah 1:24–27
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
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