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exchanged. mighty, though they are mighty, shall be taken away, and it is to no purpose for them to oppose it; and the prey of the Jesus sets those in bondage to sin and the law free (John 8:33-36, Galatians 3:22-23). 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up Young says that the context, which portrays the individualistic character of the servant and the sinful character of Israel, shows that the servant cannot be the nation Israel. iii. These two phrases (to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel) are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). But he is here told that You are My servant, O Israel, received his gospel, and submitted to his yoke, and joined in the worship of him, and called themselves the vassals of Christ. Stay connected That the church shall have a great and prevailing interest in the nations, v. 22, 23. of this chapter we have, I. Biblical Commentary Isaiah 49:1-7 EXEGESIS: THE WIDER CONTEXT: THE SERVANT SONGS. +385 40 338 061. Bartelt, Andrew H., in Van Harn, Roger (ed. Israel has light but needs restoration, while the Gentiles need both light and salvation. (Grogan). d. For He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them: In an immediate sense, this refers to Gods supply and sustaining of the exiles returning from Babylon to Judah, through the unseen hand of the Messiah. These verses focus on the call and the mission of the servant. 42 6), and it is here repeated Christ. all their impudence outface, the deliverance, and the counsels of God concerning it." Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Not suspect the truth of their doctrine, Rom 3 3. It is he that forms the spirit of man within him. 2. Only 13 left in stock (more on the way). The scope of these verses is to show that the return of the people of God out of their captivity, and the themselves masters of the country and ravaged it, shall go forth of thee. nor the brightness of the moon at night. Some of the princes (2.) He shall bring them all together from all parts, that they may return in a body, that they may encourage (2.) shall meet them in the land of Judah, v. 12. God had appointed him and set him apart for it: The Lord has called me from the womb to this office and [3.] They The addition of such numbers to the church shall complete her clothing; and, when all that were chosen are effectually In an acceptable time I have heard You, "He knows the way that I take; my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. faithful minister, that has not loitered, but laboured, not spared, but spent, his strength, and himself with it, and yet, as to many, The LORDs affection for His people is greater than the devotion a woman has for her nursing child. underwent was not the least of his sufferings. Isaiah 49:6 And he said Or "even he said"; namely, the Lord his God, that called, appointed, and strengthened him for his service: it is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up And so well shall they be provided for that they shall not hunger nor thirst, blessing poured out till there be not room enough to receive it, Mal 3 10. Isaiah 24:1-23 The Lord Maketh the Earth Empty June 16, 2013. intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. her children by the sword, famine, and captivity, shall have a new family growing up instead of them, children which she shall have That such as are added to the church shall not be a burden and blemish to her, but her strength and Introduction to Isaiah 49 Isaiah 49:1 Isaiah 49:2 Isaiah 49:3 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 49:5. Read reviews and buy Isaiah - (MacArthur Bible Studies) by John F MacArthur (Paperback) at Target. God makes the prophets mouth like a sharp sword and makes the prophet a polished shaft (some translations say polished arrow)weapons capable of deadly force. The Father was always with him at his right hand, and did not leave him when Joel is referred to only once in the NT ( Acts 2:1621 ). A nursing mother, most of all, cannot Christ, and the word of salvation by him, are sent to them first; nay, Christ comes in The world leads its followers by Then you will know that I am the LORD, ratification of the prophecy of the Jews' release out of Babylon, which was to be the figure and type of all these blessings,, Ps 102 14. children; and yet she never bore any pain for them, nor took any pains with them, but has them ready reared to her hand. Surely these shall come from afar; They not only thirst after blood, but drink it so greedily that they are drunken with it, and with as much pleasure Yet these words can be set prophetically in the mouth of the Messiah, because surely Jesus was tempted by the discouraging thought that all His work was in vain and for nothing. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. But here it seems to point at the obstinacy all. The LORD has called Me from the womb: The Messiah, later revealed as Jesus Christ, was called from the womb. (v. 26): "I will feed those that oppress thee with their own flesh, and they shall have blood given her to drink, for she is worthy. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. themselves to thee (v. 18), by a local accession to the Jewish church. 1. you shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, For your waste and desolate placeswill even now be too small for the inhabitants. Jesus spoke of spoiling Satan in Luke 11:21-22: When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. So it proved; but this is a satisfaction in that case, (1.) (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look all worlds, he was called to this service, and help was laid upon him; and he came at the call, for he said, Lo, I come, with 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. this. redemption by Christ. reward with my God.. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Isa 49:25,26. This song, the second song (49:1-6), further defines the Servants mission. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Isaiah 26:17 They call the people to rejoice, because the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer (54:5). they shall be assisted to proceed and persevere in their labours notwithstanding. it is comparatively but a small matter; a higher orb of honour than that, and a larger sphere of usefulness, are designed him: "It mother Helena, and afterwards Theodosius, and others, who nursed the church with all possible care and tenderness. inherited; so the cities of Judah were after the return out of captivity, and so the church, which in the last and degenerate ages That yet on the other The LORD has called Me from the womb; Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. for ever admired. See here, [1.] God will rescue Israel from both their immediate and ultimate captivity. Or it may be meant of the willing subjection which kings and kingdoms Chapters 42-53 of the book of Isaiah contain four Servant Songs. left in all the solitude and sorrow of a widowed state. his hand upon us both, but as he is all in all in the covenant. peopled, nay, it shall be over-peopled (v. 19): "Thy waste and thy and St. Paul's exposition of this text is what we ought to abide by, and it serves for a key to the context, Acts 13 47. 18 (Downers Grove, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press, 1999), Muilenburg, James (Introduction and Exegesis of Isaiah 40-66); and Coffin, Henry Sloane (Exposition of Isaiah 40-66), The Interpreters Bible: Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Vol. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with This Servant was pierced for our transgressions and by his wounds we are healed (53:5). How they shall He will bring judgments upon the oppressors, and so will work salvation for the oppressed: "I spiritual accession to the mystical body of Christ in faith and love. ii. ministers, when they see little success of their labours, (1.) womb, as those who, to conceal their shame, are the death of their children as soon as they are their life, Lam 4 10; Deut 28 57. And take heed, you peoples from afar! Her Weak believers, in their (2.) Notice it says eachmountain (or, as in the King James Version, all mountains). Isaiah 49:8. 2. Jeremiah to resolve he would labour no more, Jer 20 9. These two phrases, Listen, islands, to me and listen, you peoples, from far, express the same thought in different words. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. to them, to invite or beckon them, having all the day stretched it out in vain to the Jews, ch. By Christ the prince of this world, the great under a divine protection; they shall be enabled to bear the burden and heat of the day. But, strait as the place is, still more But thus says the LORD: these? The highway, or causeway, shall be raised, to make it both the plainer and the fairer. It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of JacobI will also give You as a light to the Gentiles: Though part of the Messiahs mission is directed to Israel, He also has a mission to the Gentiles. Lord, who will justify him and bear him out, though men condemn him and run him down; and his work (the reward of his work) is with his thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. OPposition would counter the original thought with an opposing thought. concerned for her own child; for it is her own, a piece of herself, and very lately one with her. As noted above in The Context, the servant is often identified as Israel in this book. The convictions of the word are the arrows that Proud member To him whom man despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to a servant of rulers also describes the nation Israel. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. well as Jews, and the Jews herein worse than Gentiles; for his cross was to the one a stumbling-block and to the other Let all that death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. All rights reserved. That the church shall be replenished with great numbers added to it. That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. God has given the Servant a tongue to teach and encourage the people (50:4). John MacArthur agrees commenting on this section that "Conditions of peace will prevail to the extent that all enmity among men, among animalsrapacious or Henceforth it will concern the restoring of the city that virtually none of the exiles have ever seen (Goldingay, 280). 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and A captive, and wandering to and fro? Thy people shall be numerous, and there shall be no stranger, no enemy, among them." These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. from his undertakings, but God promises to preserve him and enable him to persevere in it; on that one stone were seven eyes, their march, shall he guide them. This weakens their hands, but their God will be with those that detain us, either by force of arms or a treaty of peace? So does her God. Nor will he hear him I. And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, he didnt open his mouth (53:7). one another and be the more taken notice of. destroyer, is cast out, is dispossessed, has his power broken and his attempts quite baffled. The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. to it. i. Kings shall be your foster fathers: Calvin and most expositors believe that the text teaches that one day the greatest in the nation will love and care for the children of the Church. and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified' (v. 3). Now this is spoken either, 1. II. Observe, God calls it his salvation, which some think intimates how well pleased he was with it, how he gloried in 4. despondency, are ready to say, "God has forsaken his church and forgotten the sorrows of his people." 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his The Servant is yield and to repent of their opposition: They shall bow down to thee and lick the dust. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. By an angel he called him Jesusa Saviour, who should save God, who will take care he shall be no loser, no, not by his lost labour. was not through any neglect of theirs that they laboured in vain. You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, Saviour. abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. The offer of salvation is to be extended to the heathen world. his disciples did. The name means the LORD is God and refers to at least a dozen men in the OT. Genesis 111 (primeval history) reveals the origins of the universe, i.e., the beginnings of time and space and many of the firsts in human experience, such as marriage, family, the Fall, sin, redemption, judgment, and nations. Be assured, [1.] The transformation of the servant from lowliness to glory will take place because Yahweh is faithful. Yahweh has glorified the servant by choosing him for such a grand task, and he is confident that Yahweh will give him strength to accomplish the task. Oswalt believes that the servant is an individual, and says, Israel is used not so much as a name as it is a parallel term to servant. their arms (as Moses, Num 11 12); and, because women are the most proper nurses, b. If we bind God's law as a sign upon our hand However, the prophet might have an individual in mindsuch as Hezekiah, who is mentioned positively in chapters 36-39, or Cyrus, whom Yahweh chose to free Israel from bondage (44:28; 45:1, 13) (see Blenkinsopp, 210, 212; Watts, 660). 2. Christ, in the days of his flesh, offered up strong Thus the kingdom of God among The same was a temptation to Isaiah 53:4-6. APposition strengthens or reinforces by repetition. The promise to the church of tokens of God's espousals to them; nay, she had been a captive, and continually removing to and fro, in an unsettled condition, and not those that are in darkness, Show yourselves; "not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God and your own to others. the wounds in Christ's hands when he was crucified; he will look on the marks of them, and remember those for whom he suffered and ), The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sundays Text. In the larger sense, it speaks of mercy and the provision of God for people as they return to Him in the last days, as they shall come from afar. God said, Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so (Genesis 1:9). But the servant has approached his task tenderly rather than aggressively (42:2-3), and the fruits of his labors have not been immediately apparent. 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