 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Nature in the Bible - 1824 - 474 pages
...with which the Messiah should manage his administration, Isaiah, xlii. 3, happily illustrates it by a proverb. " The bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench." He shall not break even a bruised reed, which snaps asunder immediately when pressed with any considerable... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - Bible - 1833 - 394 pages
...with which the Messiah should manage his administration, Isaiah (xlii. 5.) happily illustrates it by a proverb. " The bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench." He shall not break even a bruised reed, which snaps asunder immediately when pressed with any considerable... | |
 | William Carpenter - Nature in the Bible - 1833 - 420 pages
...which the Messiah should manage his administration, Isaiah (ch. xlii. 3) happily illustrates it by a proverb: 'The bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench.' He shall not break even a bruised reed, which snaps asunder immediately when pressed with any considerable... | |
 | Edward Robinson - English language - 1833 - 384 pages
...Messiah, makes use of a proverbial expression, which is also quoted by Matthew and applied to Jesus. " The. bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench." Isa. 42:3. Matt. 12 : 20. Here flax is used for the wick of a lamp or taper, which was usually made... | |
 | William Carpenter - Nature in the Bible - 1833 - 420 pages
...which the Messiah should manage his administration, Isaiah (ch. xlii. 3) happily illustrates it by a proverb: 'The bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shnll not quench.' Ho shall not break even a bruised reed, which snaps asunder immediately when pressed... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick Frey - 1837 - 440 pages
...40 : 11. He is one that can have compassion upon the ignorant, and them that are out of the way. " A bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench." Isa. 42 : 2, 3. Well might he be styled the " Prince of Peace." Isa. 9:6. When his disciples asked... | |
 | Christian life - 1837 - 428 pages
...to the Gentiles ; he shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets ; a bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench ; he shall bring forth judgment to truth ; he shall not fail, nor be discouraged, till he have set... | |
 | Sisters of Mercy (LIMERICK) - 1852 - 378 pages
...the gentiles. He shall not cry, nor have respect to persons, neither shall His voice be heard abroad. The bruised reed He shall not break, and the smoking flax He shall not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth, He shall not be sad nor troublesome." (Isaias xlii. 1.)... | |
 | 1855 - 802 pages
...lambs with his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. The bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench. To every soul bowed down under a sense of sin, he says, with touching sympathy and earnest entreaty,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1844 - 458 pages
...that declares him to be " meek and lowly of heart," and that " he shall not strive nor cry ;" that " the bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench ;" but in the actual records of his life we find the truth of this description confirmed. Once and... | |
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The bruised reed He shall not break, and the smoking flax He shall not quench, until He shall bring forth judgment to victory. 
