Isaiah 42:13
in Isaiah 42The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
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ASV
Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
KJV
The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
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This verse in Isaiah 42
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 13) The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a warrior he shall stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry out: he shall strengthen himself against his enemies. LXX: The Lord God of hosts will go forth and crush the battle, he will stir up zeal, and he will cry out against his enemies with strength.
This site's exposition
The LORD goes forth like a mighty one
on Isaiah 42:13-15
The gentle servant gives way to a warrior, The LORD goes forth like a mighty one. The LORD describes His long restraint, I have kept silent from ages past. The devastation turns the creation language of verse 5 to judgment, I will lay waste the mountains and hills.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Also in Isaiah: The Lord of hosts will go out and fight against the nations, and stir up zeal, and cry out against his enemies with strength (Isaiah 42:13). Therefore, God will come out of his place when he is compelled to break his peace, meekness, and clemency for the sake of correcting sinners. Although he is naturally sweet, he becomes bitter due to our fault, that is, he becomes bitter not for himself, but for those who are suffering, for whom bitter torments are. He who speaks elsewhere through the prophet: I am God, and I do not change (Malachi III, 6). And it is said to him: But you are the same, and you remain (Psalm CI, 28). And in the letter of James: With whom there is no change (James I, 17): now he goes out and fights as in the day of battle, when he submerged Pharaoh in the Red Sea, and fought for the people of Israel (Exodus XIV).
It is [Christ] who has destroyed the power of death; it is he who has crushed the way of sin; it is he who has made the tyranny of the devil to cease; it is he who has put an end to the error of …
The Medieval Church1 voice
823. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man. Here he foretells the coming fall of the wicked through the coming of Christ; and concerning this, he sets out four things. First, power: the Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, to fight …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The going forth of the gospel is thus represented, Rev. vi. Christ, in it, went forth conquering and to conquer. The ministry of the apostles is called their warfare; and they were the soldiers of Jesus Christ.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Lord shall go forth - This and the following verses give the reasons why they should praise Yahweh. He would go forth in his might to overcome and subdue his foes, and to deliver his people. In his conquests, and in the establishment of his kingdom, all people would have occasion to rejoice and be glad. As a mighty man - As a hero, as a warrior. Yahweh is often in the Scriptures represented as a hero, or a man of war: Yahweh is a man of war: Yahweh is his name. - Exo 15:
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What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
I was silent from time immemorial Already for a long time I have been silent about the destruction of My Temple, and always..
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כַּגִּבּ֣וֹר | kagibor | like <the> warrior | H1368 → | 158 times |
| יֵצֵ֔א | yetze' | he will go forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| כְּאִ֥ישׁ | keish | like a man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִלְחָמ֖וֹת | milchamot | war<s> | H4421 → | 320 times |
| יָעִ֣יר | yair | he will stir up | H5782 → | 80 times |
| קִנְאָ֑ה | kinah | zeal | H7068 → | 43 times |
| יָרִ֙יעַ֙ | yaria' | he will raise a war-cry | H7321 → | 44 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | also | H637 → | 134 times |
| יַצְרִ֔יחַ | yatzriach | he will raise a battle-shout | H6873 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֹיְבָ֖יו | ʾoyevav | enemies his | H341 → | 282 times |
| יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ ס | yitgabar | he will prevail | H1396 → |
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כַּגִּבּ֣וֹרlike <the> warrior
kagiborH1368 →158 times
יֵצֵ֔אhe will go forth
yetze'H3318 →1067 times
כְּאִ֥ישׁlike a man of
keishH376 →1663 times
מִלְחָמ֖וֹתwar<s>
milchamotH4421 →320 times
יָעִ֣ירhe will stir up
yairH5782 →80 times
קִנְאָ֑הzeal
kinahH7068 →43 times
יָרִ֙יעַ֙he will raise a war-cry
yaria'H7321 →44 times
אַף־also
ʾaf-H637 →134 times
יַצְרִ֔יחַhe will raise a battle-shout
yatzriachH6873 →
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אֹיְבָ֖יוenemies his
ʾoyevavH341 →282 times
יִתְגַּבָּֽר׃ סhe will prevail
yitgabarH1396 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
it leads to
- Joel 3:16
The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Jeremiah 25:30
So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly…
- Amos 9:3
Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite…
- Joel 3:16
Through
Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger.…
it leads to
- Joel 3:2
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among…
- Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He…
- Psalms 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
- Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- Joel 3:2
Through
Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:23
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 44:23
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 12:42.13 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.