A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
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Gill's Exposition
A bruised reed shall not break,.... The tenderness of Christ to weak and ignorant persons is here and in the next clause expressed; by whom young converts or weak believers seem to be designed; who…
Barnes' Notes
A bruised reed - The word ‘reed’ means the cane or calamus which grows up in marshy or wet places (Isa 36:6; see the note at Isa 43:24). The word, therefore, literally denotes that which is fragile,…
We are sure that these verses are to be understood of Christ, for the evangelist tells us expressly that in him this prophecy was fulfilled, Mat 12:17-21. Behold with an eye of faith, behold and…
Cambridge Bible
His gentleness towards the downtrodden expiring good in men.
the smoking flax R.V. marg. the dimly burning wick. The metaphor (like the preceding) involves a litotes: the meaning is that instead of…
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