Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 42:4

4. He shall not fail, nor be discouraged , till he have set judgment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his Law .

Though he be thus meek, and gentle, yet he is also couragious, and resolute against all the great, and many difficulties and conflicts, to which he will be exposed, and will not give over till he have finished his work: Or, as others render the words, He shall not be darkned (This glorious light shall not be eclipsed or obscured: Or, He shall shine forth brightly and gloriously, as the Seventy render this word) nor broken, by all the attempts and vigorous indeavours of his enemies who design it.

Till he hath published and established his law or doctrine (as this Iudgment is expounded in the next clause) among the nations of the Earth. And this word, till respects onely the time past, but not the time come, as if he would then fail, or be discouraged, when once he had set Iudgment in the Earth; which is contrary to reason, and to other evident Scriptures. And so this word is used, Gen. 28. 15, Psal. 71. 18. Mat. 1. 25.

The Countries remote from Iudea to which Gods Law was now confined, as this word is oft used.

Shall gladly receive his Doctrine and commands from time to time.

Marginal references: Heb. broken.