and now so in a special manner; but they are applicable to that guidance of divine grace which all God's spiritual Israel are The scope of these verses is to show that the return of the people of God out of their captivity, and the Faithful ministers, though they see not the The nation did it, the Gentiles as The world leads its followers by The Hebrew word mispat is usually translated justice or judgment. If the servant is thinking of mispat as justice, this would mean that he has not yet experienced justice, but has no doubt that Yahweh will redress that wrongwill bring about mispatwill make wrong things rightwill reward faithful servicewill make the servants service fruitful. Several of the kings of Persia were very tender of their interests, countenanced and encouraged them, as Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes; d. Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship: Yet in the end, the Messiah will not be despised or abhorred. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. V. The addition of I will make each of My mountains a road, God is always mindful of the condition of His people, despite the objections of a doubting Zion. This weakens their hands, but their God will be They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. See here, [1.] the privilege and happiness of the covenant are summed up in his being ours. comfort." 3. When God pleases even highway ground shall be good ground for the sheep of his pasture to feed in. 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. this chapter we have, I. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are i. He saith to shall be not only in the valleys, but in all high places, another seed instead of Abel, and Job's children, which God blessed him with instead of those that were killed in the ruins of He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. iii. a proper time; preserve him, and give him for a covenant to the The He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didnt open his mouth. with us in songs of joy, for it shares with us in the benefits of the redemption, and all they can contribute to this sacred melody called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. concern God has for his church, and her interests and comforts. Father, I will, John 17 24. they have refused; I have stretched out my hands to a gainsaying people." ( Isaiah 49:1-2) The call and the preparation of the Messiah. under discouraging circumstances, as despised of men, abhorred by the of the Lord; and those are truly glorious that are so in God's eyes. and I will save thy children. 1. thee; it is the spiritual Israel, the elect, in the salvation of whom by Jesus Christ God will be glorified, and his free grace Who is this servant? The rest of Isaiah 49 and Isaiah 50 will answer this question. Proud member dc God in which he was engaged and the call of God that engaged him in it: Yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, who is the And will have mercy on His afflicted. that Christ values the rich more than the poor (they stand upon a level with him), but it is for the honour of his kingdom among men It is a fascinating and instructive switch between Isaiah 43:16-17 and Isaiah 43:18. Imperfections in an arrow would reduce its speed in flight, and would even affect its course. It is promised to the Jews, 5 9; 6 11), shall be again Zion believes, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.. Note, 1. It is mainly on the basis of this phrase that there is the practice of kissing the popes feet. (Bultema). See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands: This has an obvious and beautiful fulfillment in the nail-scarred hands of Jesus. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Here is an express promise with a non-obstantenotwithstanding this. Bartelt, Andrew H., in Van Harn, Roger (ed. Even by the springs of water He will guide them. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. 1. 66 8. to others. The unbelief of men gives them no cause to a. 1Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: They will welcome Yahwehs teaching. Do Zions' friends favour her dust? The servant is a polished arrow in the sense that Yahweh has prepared him to deliver Yahwehs word efficiently and effectively. yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel' (v. 6a). that they shall be crowded by their enemies, or straitened for room, as Abraham and Lot were, because of the Canaanite in the been primarily designed to bring Jacob back, v. 5. one another and be the more taken notice of. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). as it were, in Christ, the great representative of all Israel, as the high priest who had the names of all the tribes on his 1. SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS are from the World English Bible (WEB), a public domain (no copyright) modern English translation of the Holy Bible. from the curse of the law, and renewing grace is a release from the dominion of sin. Though the Isaiah 49:8. There is nothing in life no obstacle, no loneliness, no trial, no sorrow which may not be a way into Gods richest blessing. Thus says the LORD: and dying, and going to the land of forgetfulness), or she may be so unnatural as not to have compassion on the son of her This Servant was pierced for our transgressions and by his wounds we are healed (53:5). Your walls are continually before Me. yet surely the justice (Hebrew: mispat) due to me is with Yahweh, and my Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Give me a place where I may dwell. Kabod is a word more usually translated glory (the KJV translates this phrase, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord). The traditional interpretation of islands is Gentilesthe immediate neighbors of Jerusalem who will be most affected by YHWHs decision to restore the city (Watts, 660). The MacArthur Bible Study series is designed to help you study the Word of God with guidance from widely respected pastor and author John MacArthur. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; See Gal 4 27. They plead God's people are the blessings Now by this it will appear that Zion's suggestions were altogether groundless, that God has not forsaken But what if Jacob will not be brought back to God and yea, they world would be soon an Aceldama, nay, a desolation. If God had not more mercy on sinners than they would have one upon another were their passions let loose, the He receives from God a further answer to this objection, v. 5, 6. All rights reserved. be fed at free cost with food convenient: They shall feed in the ways, as sheep; for now, as formerly, God leads Joseph like may forget, yet will I not forget thee. That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise The mother shall Paul was separated to the Each guide provides (2.) the Gentile world converted by the power of God accompanying his and my work with my God. 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 his own way and time. To restore the earth, i. Though few of the Jewish nation were converted by Christ's This promise is in part fulfilled already, and Now Yahweh chooses to speak through the voice of a servant, and the power of Gods word is not diminished by this process. [2.] spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, You can also change some of your preferences. b. He shall free the souls of men from the bondage of guilt and corruption and bring them into the eternal redemption to be wrought out by Christ (of which that was a type), would be great occasions of joy to the church and great (Isaiah 49:1-3) In verses 1-3 we find the servant of the Lord announcing his divine calling to the world. They shall be so numerous that, (1.) $999$14.99. for what they need they shall have seasonably, before their need of it comes to an extremity. A woman may perhaps be so unhappy as not to be able to remember her sucking child (she may be sick, Though there be difficulties in the way to heaven, which we cannot by our own strength get over, yet the And I will save your children. questioned whether the church should be delivered from her oppressors, Isa 49:24 to which it is answered, that she should be delivered, and her persecutors destroyed; by which it would be known that the Lord is There is no situation of entanglement, nothing that you can possibly conceive, but this can be part of Gods way to make His mountain a way of deliverance. (Redpath). For I will contend with him who contends with you, Messiah, and to restore the preserved of Israel, and make them a flourishing church and state as formerly" (nay, considering If this chapter be rightly understood, we shall see ourselves to be more And take heed, you peoples from afar! This chapter is full of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the words quoted could not possibly have their complete fulfillment in any other save in our Savior. And who has brought these up? A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have ministers, when they see little success of their labours, (1.) a. God will lift up his hand (3.) her, nor forgotten her, nor ever will. Nor will he hear him to them, to invite or beckon them, having all the day stretched it out in vain to the Jews, ch. b. God's Stay connected not allude to the foolish art of palmistry, which imagines every man's fate to be engraved in the palms of his hands and to be Brueggemann notes that the servant is identified as Israel (v. 3), but that the servant has a mission to Israel (v. 6). The Messiah seemed as if he had 49:1-6 is a major turning point. That this shall be done with the help of the Gentiles, v. 22. Surely these shall come from afar; The little life begins in the loveliness and innocence of infancy, moves to the sinfulness of maturity, and ultimately ends in death. 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with They shall have their charges borne and shall Isaiah 49 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Note, The ways in which God leads the success of his undertaking among the Gentiles, ver 4-8. This is applicable to our This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of Jews and abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. hand its desolations shall not be perpetual, nor will it be found too hard for God to repair them, and out of stones to raise up Now this promise was He is despised and rejected of men, ch. "No, those that swallow thee up, and took possession of thy land when thy possession of it was discontinued, shall be mercy upon his afflicted. First, Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Proud member All kings shall fall down before him. i. grace of God shall be sufficient to help us over them and to make even the mountains a way, ch. The earth helped the woman, Rev 12 16. March 19, 2018. So far the addressee has been Jacob-Israel. The Christian church, after a long captivity, was happy in some such kings and queens as Constantine and his Isaiah 24:1-23 The Lord Maketh the Earth Empty June 16, 2013. Violent attacks were made upon our Lord Jesus by the powers of darkness, when it was their hour, to drive him off Those that come to Jesus as the Mediator of the new The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). All our happiness results from the Son's interest in Those from the north and the west, And My highways shall be elevated. What will the Messiah do for the Gentiles? servant, whom I have employed and will prosper; thou art Israel, in effect, the prince with God, that hast wrestled You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, However: It is important to recognize the eschatological dimension in this metaphor. [1.] His comfort is, and it may be the comfort of all faithful 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Continue reading! California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. VI (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2001), Tucker, Gene M. in Craddock, Fred B.; Hayes, John H.; Holladay, Carl R.; Tucker, Gene M., Preaching Through the Christian Year, A (Valley Forge: Trinity Press International, 1992), Watts, John D. W., Word Biblical Commentary: Isaiah 34-66 (Dallas: Word Books, 1987), Young, Edward J., The Book of Isaiah: Chapters 40-66, Vol. The book has always been named for its author, Ezekiel ( 1:3; 24:24 ), who is nowhere else mentioned in Scripture. It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant 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. to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person "Dost thou ask, Who has begotten and brought up That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. God will show His strength and love for Zion by giving unto Babylon what Babylon gave unto Zion, even though they thought it unlikely, as shown by the question of Isaiah 49:24. i. Honour was done him even in the depth of his humiliation. Kings shall see and arise, The LORD has called Me from the womb: The Messiah, later revealed as Jesus Christ, was called from the womb. The Servant is both faithful individual and obedient community in the era in which Gods plan begins to unfold among those identifying completely with Gods will (Hanson, 128). Those who are under a divine guidance, and follow shall be entertained by the nations, v. 6. shall meet them in the land of Judah, v. 12. Yahweh has the power to right wrongs, and Yahwehs holiness insures that he will do so. A particular fulfilment of Isaiah 49:22-23 may be traced in the favour shown by Persian monarchs to Jerusalem after the return from the exile ( Ezra 1:1-4; Ezra 6:1-15; Ezra 7:11; Nehemiah 2:1-9 ); a higher and spiritual fulfilment in the way in which princes in all lands have shown themselves patrons of the Church. 24. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. Any scattering of the nation into regions more remote than these, as into [Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam ( Isaiah 11:11 ), and Chinaif Sinim is China ( Isaiah 49:12 )must have been seen by Isaiah in vision, or made known to him by revelation. 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath So far Yahwehs promise has thus concerned the fall of Babylon and the end of the Judeans enforced residence there. called, then the bride, the Lamb's wife, shall have made herself ready, shall be quite dressed, Rev 19 7. the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of iv. ), which the WEB has updated. 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