en_tn_condensed/mat/12/18.md

# Connecting Statement:

Here Matthew quotes the prophet Isaiah to show that Jesus' ministry fulfilled scripture.

# See

"Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"

# my ... I

All occurrences of these words refer to God. Isaiah is quoting what God said to him.

# my beloved one, in whom my soul is well pleased

"he is my beloved one, and I am very pleased with him"

# in whom my soul is well pleased

Here "soul" refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "with whom I am very pleased" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles

The means that God's servant will tell the Gentiles that there will be justice. It can be stated clearly that God is the one who will bring about justice, and the abstract noun "justice" can be expressed as "what is right." Alternate translation: "he will announce to the nations that God will do for them what is right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])