Isaiah 42:3
“A bruised reed shall he not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall hee not quench: he shall bring forth iudgment vnto trueth.”
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Isaiah 42:3 Context
1Behold my seruant whome I vphold, mine elect in whom my soule delighteth: I haue put my Spirit vpon him, he shall bring forth iudgement to the Gentiles. 2Hee shall not crie, nor lift vp, nor cause his voyce to bee heard in the streete. 3A bruised reed shall he not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall hee not quench: he shall bring forth iudgment vnto trueth. 4He shall not faile nor be discouraged, till he haue set iudgement in the earth: and the yles shall waite for his lawe. 5¶ Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heauens, and stretched them out, he that spread foorth the earth and that which commeth out of it, he that giueth breath vnto the people vpon it, and spirit to them that walke therein:
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
- King James Version
"A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
- New American Standard Version (1995)