Holy Scripture
Isaiah 42:3
A church father on this verse
“The prophets, therefore, did not openly behold the actual face of God, but [they saw] the dispensations and the mysteries through which man should afterwards see God. As was also said to Elias: "Thou shalt go forth tomorrow, and stand in the presence of the Lord; and, behold, a wind great and strong, which shall rend…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth.
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In context
1Jacob is my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2He shall not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor shall his voice be heard without.
— Isaiah 42:3 —
4He shall shine out, and shall not be discouraged, until he have set judgment on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
5Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it: