## Targum Jonathan on Isaiah Chapter 42

###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:1
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:1)

הָא עַבְדִי מְשִׁיחָא אֶקְרְבִינֵהּ בְּחִירִי דְאִתְרְעֵי בֵּיהּ מֵימְרִי אֶתֵּן רוּחָא דְקוּדְשִׁי עֲלוֹהִי דִינִין לְעַמְמִין יְגַלֵי:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Behold, my servant, the Messiah, whom I bring, my chosen in whom one delights: as for my Word, I will put my Holy Spirit upon him; he shall reveal my judgment unto the nations.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:2
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:2)

לָא יִצְוַח וְלָא יַכְלֵי וְלָא יְרִים לְבָרָא קָלֵהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
He shall not cry aloud, nor raise a clamour, and he shall not lift up his voice in the street.”


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:3
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:3)

עִנְוְתָנַיָא דְאִינוּן דָמָן לְקַנְיָא רְעִיעַ לָא יִתַּבְּרוּן וַחֲשִׁיכַיָא דִכְבוּצִין עַמִי לָא יִטְפוּן לְקוּשְׁטָא יַפֵיק דִינָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
The meek who are like a bruised reed He shall not break,; and the poor who are as a glimmering wick with him, he will not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:4
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:4)

לָא יַלְהֵי וְלָא יִלְאֵי עַד דְיַתְקֵן בְּאַרְעָא דֵינָא וּלְאוֹרַיְתֵהּ נַגְוָן יְכַתְּרוּן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
He shall not faint nor be weary, till he have established judgment in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:5
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:5)

כִּדְנַן אֲמַר יְיָ אֱלָהּ עַלְמָא יְיָ דִי בְרָא שְׁמַיָא וּתְלָנוּן שַׁכְלִיל אַרְעָא וְדַיְרָהָא יָהֵיב נִשְׁמְתָא לְעַמָא דִי עֲלָהּ וְרוּחַ לְדִמְהַלְכִין בָּהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Thus saith the God of eternity, who hath created the heavens and suspended them, who hath founded the earth, and hath given breath to its inhabitants, even to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:6
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:6)

אֲנָא יְיָ רַבִּיתָךְ בִּקְשׁוֹט וְאַתְקְפֵית בִּידָךְ וְאַתְקְנִינָךְ וְאֶתְּנִינָךְ לִקְיַם עַם לְנֵיהוֹר עַמְמִין:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I, the Lord, I will make thee to grow in truth, and will hold thine hand, and I will direct thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:7
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:7)

לְפַתָּחָא עֵינֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל דְאִינוּן כְּסָמָן מִן אוֹרַיְתָא לְאַפָקָא נַלְוַתְהוֹן מִבֵּינֵי עַמְמַיָא דְאִינוּן דָמָן לַאֲסִירִין וּלְמִפְרַקְהוֹן מִשִׁעְבּוּד מַלְכְּוָתָא דְאִינוּן עֲנִינִין כַּאֲסִירֵי קְבָל:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
To open the eyes of the house of Israel, who are blind to the law, to bring back their captivity from among the nations, where they are like prisoners, and to redeem them from the servitude of the kingdoms being shut up as those that are bound in darkness.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:8
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:8)

אֲנָא יְיָ הוּא שְׁמִי וִיקָרִי דְאִתְגְלֵיתִי עֲלֵיכוֹן לְעַם אוֹחֲרָן לָא אֶתֵּן וְתוּשְׁבַּחְתִּי לְפַלְחֵי צַלְמַיָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory in which I am revealed to you I will not give to another people; nor my praise to the worshippers of images.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:9
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:9)

קַדְמָיָתָא הָא אֲתָאָה וְחַדְתָּן אֲנָא מְחַוֵי עַד לָא אַתְיַן אֶבְסַר יַתְכוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: I apprize you of them before they come to pass.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:10
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:10)

שַׁבָּחוּ קֳדָם יְיָ תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא חַדְתָּא אֱמָרוּ תּוּשְׁבַּחְתֵּהּ מִסְיָפֵי אַרְעָא נַחֲתֵי יַמָא וּמְלָאָהּ נַגְוָן וְיָתְבֵיהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Sing unto the Lord a new song, proclaim His praise from the ends of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and its fulness; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:11
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:11)

יְשַׁבַּח מַדְבְּרָא וְקִרְוִין דְיַתְבִין בֵּיהּ פְּצִיחִין יָתְבִין מִדְבַּר עַרְבָאִי יְשַׁבְּחוּן מֵיתַיָא כַּד יִפְקוּן מִבָּתֵּי עַלְמֵיהוֹן מְרֵישֵׁי טוּרַיָא יְרִימוּן קָלְהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Let the wilderness praise Him, and the cities that are in it, the villages which inhabit the wilderness of the Arabians; let the dead praise Him, when they go forth from their long abodes; from the tops of the mountains let them lift up their voice.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:12
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:12)

יְשַׁווּן קֳדָם יְיָ יְקָרָא וְתוּשְׁבַּחְתֵּהּ בְּנַגְוָן יְחַווּן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Let them ascribe glory unto the Lord, and declare His praise in the islands.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:13
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:13)

יְיָ לְמֶעְבַּד גְבוּרָן אִתְגְלֵי לְמֶעְבַּד גְבוּרָא מִתְגְלֵי בִּרְגַז בְּמִלוּל אַף בְּזִיעַ עַל בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבוֹהִי מִתְגְלֵי בִּגְבוּרְתֵּהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
The Lord shall be seen to do mighty things: He shall reveal Himself in anger to do a mighty work by the word of His wrath; He shall reveal Himself to His enemies by His might in an earthquake.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:14
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:14)

יְהָבִית לְהוֹן אַרְכָּא מֵעַלְמָא דְאִם יְתוּבוּן לְאוֹרַיְתָא וְלָא תָבוּ כְּחַבְלִין עַל יְלִידְתָּא יִתְגְלֵי דִינִי עֲלֵיהוֹן יִצְדוּן וִיסוּפוּן כַּחֲדָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I have given them prolongation for a long time, if they would but return to my law; but they did not return. My judgment shall be revealed upon them, as pains on a woman in travail; they shall be destroyed, and come to an end together.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:15
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:15)

אַחֲרִיב טוּרִין וְרָמָן וְכָל עִסְבֵּיהוֹן אֲיַבֵּשׁ וַאֲשַׁוֵי נַהֲרִין לְנַגְוָן וַאֲגַמִין אֲיַבֵּשׁ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:16
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:16)

וָאֱדַבֵּר לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל דְדָמִין כְּסָמָן בְּאוֹרַח דְלָא יְדָעוּ בִּשְׁבִילִין דְלָא אֲלִיפוּ אַדַרְכִינוּן אֲשַׁוֵי קְבַל קֳדָמֵיהוֹן לִנְהוֹר וְכַפְלָא לְמֵישְׁרָא אִלֵין פִּתְגָמַיָא אַעְבְדִינוּן וְלָא אַרְחִיקִינוּן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
And I will lead the house of Israel, who are like the blind, in a way which they knew not, in paths they have not learned I will lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and the rugged place a plain. These things will I do for them, and will not forsake them.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:17
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:17)

יִסְתַּחֲרוּן לַאֲחוֹרָא יִבַּהֲתוּן בַּהֲתָא פַלְחֵי צַלְמַיָא דְאָמְרִין לִצְלַם מַתְּכָא אַתּוּן טַעֲוָתָנָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
They shall be turned back, they shall be ashamed, that worship images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:18
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:18)

רַשִׁיעַיָא דְאִינוּן כְּחֵרְשִׁין הֲלָא אוּדְנִין לְכוֹן שְׁמָעוּ וְחַיָבַיָא דְאִינוּן כְּסָמָן הֲלָא עַיְנִין לְכוֹן אִסְתַּכָּלוּ וַחֲזוֹ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Ye wicked, (who are like the deaf,) have ye no ears? hear ye! and ye sinners, (who are like the blind,) have ye no eyes?


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:19
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:19)

הֲלָא אִם יְתוּבוּן רַשִׁיעַיָא יִתְקְרוֹן עַבְדֵי וְחַיָבַיָא דִנְבִיֵי שְׁלָחִית עֲלֵיהוֹן אֶלָא רַשִׁיעַיָא עֲתִידִין לְאִשְׁתַּלָמָא פּוּרְעֲנוּת חוֹבֵיהוֹן בְּרַם אִם יְתוּבוּן יִתְקְרוֹן עַבְדַיָא דַיָי:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Is it not so? if the wicked and the sinners, to whom I have sent my prophets, will repent, they shall be called my servants; but the wicked shall be paid with vengeance for their sins; but if they will repent, they shall be called the servants of the Lord.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:20
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:20)

חֲזֵיתוּן סַגִיאָן וְלָא נְטַרְתּוּן אִתְפַּתָּחָא אוּדְנֵיכוּן וְלָא קַבֵּילְתּוּן אוּלְפַן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Ye see many things, but ye observe not; having your ears opened, but ye receive not instruction.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:21
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:21)

יְיָ רָעֵי בְּדִיל לְזַכָּאוּתֵהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְרַבֵּי לְעָבְדֵי אוֹרַיְתֵהּ וְיַתְקֵיף יַתְהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
The Lord delights in justifying Israel ; He will magnify those that obey His law, yea, He will strengthen them.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:22
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:22)

וְהוּא עַם בָּזִיז וַאֲנִיס אִתְחַפִיאוּ בַהֲתָא עוּלֵימִין כּוּלְהוֹן וּבְבָתֵּי יְסוּרִין עֲנִינִין הֲווֹ לַעֲדִי וְלֵית דִמְשֵׁיזֵיב לְבִזָא וְלֵית דַאֲמַר אֲתֵיב:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
But this is a people robbed, and spoiled, and all their young men are covered with confusion, and shut up in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and there is none who delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:23
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:23)

מַן בְּכוֹן יָצֵית דָא יְקַבֵּל וִיסַבַּר לְסוֹפָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Who is there among you that will listen to this? who will hearken, and consider for the time to come?


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:24
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:24)

מַן מְסַר לַעֲדֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לִבְזוֹזִין הֲלָא יְיָ מִן קֳדָם דְחָבוּ קֳדָמוֹהִי וְלָא אֲבוּ לְמֵיהָךְ בְּאוֹרְחָן דְתַקְנָן קֳדָמוֹהִי וְלָא קַבִּילוּ אוּלְפָן אוֹרַיְתֵהּ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Who delivered Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord? Because they have sinned against Him; and they would not walk in His righteous paths before Him, neither would they receive the instruction of His law.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:25
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 42:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/42:25)

וּשְׁפַךְ עֲלֵיהוֹן חֵימַת רוּגְזֵהּ וּתְקוֹף עָבְדֵי קְרָבֵהּ אַיְתִי עֲלֵיהוֹן וּקְטָלוּ בְהוֹן מִסְחוֹר סְחוֹר וְלָא יְדַעוּ וְשַׁלִיטוּ בְהוֹן וְלָא שַׁוִיאוּ דְחַלְתֵּהּ עַל לִבָּא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Therefore He hath poured upon them the fury of His anger, and hath brought upon them the strength of His warriors, and hath slain them round about, and they knew it not; and they ruled over them, and they did not lay His fear to heart.