Isaiah 42:4 (WEB)
He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice on the earth, and the islands wait for his law.”
Catechism · 1
“The Messiah's characteristics are revealed above all in the "Servant songs."” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Isa 42:1-9; cf. Mt 12:18-21; Jn 1:32-34; then cf. Isa 49:1-6; cf. Mt 3:17; Lk 2:32; finally cf. Isa 50:4-10 and Isa 52:13-53:12.
Fathers and councils · 9
Origen
“…on God through Him, and that in conformity with the prediction of Isaiah, that in His name the Gentiles had hoped: “In Thy name shall the Gentiles hope.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlii. 4. (Sept.).
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Justin Martyr
“And in His name shall the Gentiles trust.’” — editor's note: Isa. xlii. 1–4.
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John Chrysostom
“And in His name shall the Gentiles trust.”” — editor's note: Matt. xii. 17–21; see Isa. xlii. 1–4. [ R.V., “hope” for “trust.”]
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Tertullian
“But when the same prophet represents to us even nations sometimes estimated as “the small dust of the balance,” and as “less than nothing, and vanity,” and sometimes as about to hope and “trust in the name” and arm of the Lord, are we at all misled respecting the Gentile nations by the diversity of statement?” — editor's note: Isa. xlii. 4, Sept; quoted from the LXX. by Christ in Matt. xii. 21, and by St. Paul in Rom. xv. 12.
Read the whole comment“…gospel of peace, that bring good tidings of good”—even proclaiming the gospel to the Gentiles, because He also says, “In His name shall the Gentiles trust;” that is, in the name of Christ, to whom He says, “I have given thee as a light of the Gentiles.”” — editor's note: We have here an instance of the high authority of the Septuagint version. It comes from the Seventy: Καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνοματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν (Isa. xlii. 4.)…
Read the whole comment“For He is to be “the light of the Gentiles,” and “in His name shall the Gentiles trust.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlii. 4, 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“He shall shine and shall not be broken, until He sets judgment in the earth: and the nations shall hope in His name.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlii. 1–4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“He shall shine forth, and shall not be shaken, until He set judgment in the earth, and in His name shall the nations trust.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlii. 2–4.
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Cross-references · 19
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Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 135.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.53.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.53.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 135.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 135.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 135.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 135.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 123.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 123.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 59.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 59.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 59.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 123.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 135.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 123.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 123.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 123.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 59.
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'In his name the Gentiles will hope', the Septuagint reading.