the Lord God in Isaiah 42 is not a single-person God, desperately hugging himself and refusing to share as he whines: “I will not give my glory to another.” In Isaiah 42, the Lord is speaking of his servant, his chosen one, the one he anoints with his Spirit (Is 42:1). That is, the Father is speaking of his anointed Son, the one who will not break a bruised reed or snuff out a smoldering wick
