What Does Isaiah 42:5 Mean?

properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

“Thus saith”

to say (used with great latitude)

“God”

strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“he that created”

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

“the heavens”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“and stretched them out”

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

“he that spread forth”

to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)

“the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“and that which cometh out”

issue, i.e., produce, children

“of it he that giveth”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“breath”

a puff, i.e., wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal

“unto the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon it and spirit”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“to them that walk”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)