And you go today and the declaration of so many Jews is, "Where was God during the Holocaust? "I will also give thee." II. (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, 2 Hope on the Horizon Throughout Isaiah there are intense messages of hope amid all the tribulations and failures. And give You as a covenant to the people: Jesus, the Messiah, doesnt merely bring a covenant; He is a covenant to the people. And bind them on you as a bride does. The Lord hides the servant "in the shadow of his hand" and "in his quiver" (verse 2). #2 "I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;". But God said. They accused God of forsaking them. Now those men in Libya, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, they could care less what havoc they've wrecked upon the world. Thus says the LORD: But he still loves them and has the power to save them. The Father is the Lord, the Redeemer, and Holy One of Israel, as sending the Son to be the Redeemer. But thus says the LORD: And the purpose is not to torment you, or because He hates you. After you have lost the others, Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? Who has begotten these for me, Its use here is possibly because of the similarity in sound to the word 'destruction'(dad). The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, And lick up the dust of your feet. The Lord's highway, of course, is the one that leads to life. (13-27) The Source Of True Deliverance (28-35) Historical Interlude (36-39) For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. God will protect them along the journey and help them as they rebuild their ruined country (8-10). And my Lord has forgotten me.. "Commentary on Isaiah 49:13". He has no physical hands, but this is poetic imagery that means he keeps us in his . For your waste and desolate places, b. So he speaks about them coming into the land and being prospered and the land being too small for them and their desire to extend and expand their borders.Now the regathering and the rebuilding of the nation Israel has been a very remarkable thing in our days. There is a loving, wise purpose for every mountain, and God wants to make each of My mountains a road. For the LORD has comforted His people, But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me., Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you, See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands, Your sons shall make haste. So does her God. We hanged our harps on the willows in the midst thereof. Verse Isaiah 49:13. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me ( Isaiah 49:1-2 ); You go back to Psalms 22:1-31 , that glorious prophetic Messianic psalm of David, and we read there in Psalms 22:1-31 verse Isaiah 49:8 , or no, verse Isaiah 49:9 : "But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God ( Isaiah 49:4 ). And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. People born in exile will flock to the rebuilt Jerusalem. And I will save your children. 2 The message that he gave me to speak. God has forsaken us." Can a woman forget her nursing child, He's brought them back in the land. And, of course, here God said, "Can a mother forsake her or forget her nursing child? ii. What God will do for Zion we are told, Isaiah 49:17; Isaiah 49:17. [2.] That's where it all comes from.Now the byproducts of the oil, the fertilizers and the chemical fertilizers that help grow the crops have become so expensive that your food bill has gone up tremendously. To raise up the tribes of Jacob, 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. For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. YHWH is described in terms of a nursing mother. well, they may forget, but I will not forget thee ( Isaiah 49:15 ). This shows that ethnic Israel has an enduring place in Gods plan, and that plan will be fulfilled when all Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26). Chapters 49 to 51 contain especially strong messages of encouragement and hope. That is in Christ, he was a man who was governed by God. God Foretells Destruction / Isaiah 47.10 - 15. The Messiah declares His mission. And their queens your nursing mothers; Kings shall be your foster fathers, God has forsaken us." for the Lord hath comforted his people; with the discoveries of his love and grace; by his gracious presence among them; by the coming of Christ unto them in a spiritual way; by sending his Spirit, and renewing the face of things, and reviving his work in the midst of them; by the pure and powerful preaching of the Gospel, and comfortable administration of Gospel ordinances; and by large additions of converts made unto them: and will have mercy upon his afflicted, or "poor", or "meek" and "humble" ones, as the words l may be rendered: the Lord's people is a poor and afflicted people, poor in a temporal and spiritual sense; the church and interest of Christ is in a poor and low condition: the Lord's people are afflicted outwardly and inwardly, and so become meek, and are kept humble; these the Lord, in the latter day, will raise from a low and distressed condition to a more exalted and comfortable one; which will be an instance of his mercy and compassion, and be matter of joy unto them. 5. . This probably has reference to the hidden years of Jesus, when He lived in obscurity, as a polished shaft waiting in the quiver of the LORD. And in the day of salvation I have helped You; 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. What is a plumb line in the Bible? Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 Commentary; Isaiah 58 Commentary. Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, The Servant is God's agent to do God's work in the world. Some apply his engraving his church on the palms of his hands to 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 died. Princes also shall worship, How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times. This text has usually been made to serve as proof of the legitimacy of the church state (or state church); however, the prophet does not have the Church in mind here, but future Israel. (Bultema), ii. (1-2) The call and the preparation of the Messiah. That's pretty smart. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. The final verse (13) is a call to all creation to praise the Lord for the deliverance reported in vv. Zion, in distress, said, The Lord has forsaken me, and looks after me no more; my Lord has forgotten me, and will look after me no more. Surely these shall come from afar; The first song (42:1-4) tells of the call of the Servant to "bring justice to the nations" (42:1). Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Isaiah 52:7-10 Commentary; Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 Commentary; Isaiah 55 Commentary. Then I said, I have labored in vain, The servant was to be a light to the nations, making it possible for non-Jews who had been in darkness because of being without the knowledge of God and his promises to be forgiven of their sins and to cease being in a state of alienation from him. But God responds that He has a glorious plan for His Servant. Gives you the idea of the size of Israel. (Alan Redpath) A. It is beautiful to imagine Jesus comforting and strengthening His soul with these promises as He anticipated and endured the ordeal of the cross. A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have compassion for a child, which, being both harmless and helpless, is a proper object of compassion. But they will not. Partners In a New Creation / Lesson #4 God Offers Deliverance / Isaiah 51:1-8. Even unmapped places are known to God, and even from them he will gather his pilgrims., Sing, O heavens! But now, the LORD speaks against the nations, beginning with . You can check these in your browser security settings. For your waste and desolate placeswill even now be too small for the inhabitants: As the LORD brings the sons of Zion back to Israel, they will fill the land in a glorious way. In His quiver He has hidden Me.. Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? As a covenant to the people, When we see the nail-scarred hands of Jesus, we see how He has inscribed us on the palms of His hands. Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. As they rejected Him, as they despised Him, His coming to them was in vain. The response to Gods saving work will be universal joy (cf. The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. And He has chosen You.. 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. Nothing in all creation can withstand his power (2-3). Why are both Jesus and Satan referred to as the morning star? Weak believers, in their despondency, are ready to say, "God has forsaken his church and forgotten the sorrows of his people." Before I was born, the Lord chose me. The whole world will know it, and of course, God tells us in that day that He destroys the invading Russian army with her allies shall the whole world know that I am God. And take heed, you peoples from afar! Chapter 49Now in chapter 49, we have a fabulous prophecy of Jesus Christ in the first seven verses as God speaks of the Redeemer that He is sending. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. God's grace is too huge to be limited to one area or region. So any nation or any people that opposes the Jews is not just contending with a race of people. Isaiah concluded by calling on the whole created universe to rejoice because the Lord had comforted His people (cf. For the LORD has comforted His people: It is simply assumed that the people the LORD has comforted will praise Him; here, the LORD calls for creation itself to add their voices in praise for all the Messiah has done. So long as they are oppressed by fear or anxiety, or grief, they scarcely accept of any consolation; and therefore they need to be confirmed in various ways. The best commentaries on Isaiah ranked by scholars and reviewers: (1) Oswalt, John N. in NICOT, (2) Webb, Barry G. in BST, (3) Motyer, J. Alec . This passage shows that even though He ministered in difficult and discouraging circumstances, He never gave in to discouragement, but always put His trust in the LORD. 1. Half a century ago the blackest spot upon the map of the world, but if you ask the watchman, "what of the night" that brooded on these islands, he answers from the watch-towers of Omniscience that it is gone! Isaiah 51:1-11 Reassurance of Israel's Future. In Isaiah 49 the Messiah speaks towards the end of His ministry of salvation going also to the Gentiles: Listen, O coast lands, to Me, and take heed, you . Price of gasoline will go down, price of raw materials will go down. There are wonderful industrial, agricultural and cultural developments in Israel, in fulfilment of prophecy - Isaiah 35:1-10; Jeremiah 30:18-22; 31:7-14; Zechariah 14:9-11; Hosea 3:4-5. Now God here speaks of the judgment He's going to bring on their oppressors. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. The reason for rejoicing is that the Lord comforts and has compassion (cf. In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, i. The LORDs love and faithfulness for Zion are also shown by His promise for their future. i. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. iii. In order, therefore, that we may partake of the compassion of God, let us learn, under the cross and amidst many annoyances, to strive after it with sighs and tears. He referred to this Servant earlier (Isaiah 42:1-9), but now he reiterated and reinforced what he had revealed in preparation for further revelation about this key figure. All of the Arab states that have been giving them such a bad time, they are planning to go full on against the Arab world. To restore the earth, They shall neither hunger nor thirst, And God's purposes are to be fulfilled there. The pictures of eating their own flesh and drinking their own blood draw on the horrors of siege conditions. How can the LORD speak of the Messiah as Israel? The Lord called me before I was born, while I was in my mother's womb he named me. But these, where were they? Accordingly, he places the subject almost before their eye, that they may be fully convinced that they shall have the most abundant cause of rejoicing; though at that time they saw nothing but grief and sorrow. Her enemies, who had threatened and assaulted her, shall be forced to withdraw from her: Thy destroyers, and those who made thee waste, who had made themselves masters of the country and ravaged it, shall go forth of thee. Thus says the LORD, As Jesus told Thomas in a post-resurrection appearance, look at My hands (John 20:27). Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Converts to the faith of Christ are the children of the church; they shall join themselves to her with great readiness and cheerfulness, and flock into the communion of saints, as doves to their windows. Because of the LORD who is faithful, W E Vine writes that Isaiah 49:9-13 "give one of the most glorious descriptions of the effects of Christ's Second Advent. Isaiah 49:14-26 God Will Remember Jerusalem. He could know, based on this promise, that the LORD would hear, help, and preserve Him. 1 Listen to me, all you in distant lands! This is a truly significant Jewish sign that proclaims the nearness of our Lord's return. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; The 5 Servant Songs of Isaiah are wonderful prophecies of the Messiah and His First Coming to mankind as a Servant. And rejoice, O earth! And they are still proclaiming that God has forsaken them. Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. v2 He made my words about God's judgement to be as sharp as a sword. And I'll be sanctified before the nations of the earth. Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. For the LORD has comforted His people, [Note: See F. Duane Lindsey, "The Commission of the Servant in Isaiah 49:1-13," Bibliotheca Sacra 139:554 (April-June 1982):129-45.]. To this he submitted for our salvation. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments. 3 He said to me, "Israel, you are my servant; Actually, as shown in Micah 5:2, Jesus was called even before He was in Marys womb, yet here He starts at the point which any man could most readily relate to. A captive, and wandering to and fro? There is nothing in life no obstacle, no loneliness, no trial, no sorrow which may not be a way into Gods richest blessing. "In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me.". See how deplorable the case of God's people may be sometimes, such that they may seem to be forsaken and forgotten of their God; and at such a time their temptations may be alarmingly violent. Chapters 13-27 : Historical Commentary on the Old Testament: forthcoming: Boda, Mark J. Isaiah: Story of God . 49:15 This is a powerful metaphor of God's covenant love (cf. He was despised and rejected. Because they do not have the economic base to afford the worldwide inflation that has ensued from the increased oil prices. Isaiah now announced more about the work of the Servant (cf. The whole inflationary cycle can be placed on the increased oil prices. Proud member iv. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. In an acceptable time I have heard You, These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; The despising nation was Israel. The glorious day of Israel's future when the kings of the earth come and pay their homage year by year. Here, He commands the coastlands the distant lands of the Gentiles to listen to Him. Notice it says My mountains. . He made me like a sharp arrow If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. a. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth Which may be understood of the heavens, and the earth by a personification, a figure usual in Scripture, to express the greatness of the benefit received, and to raise thankfulness and admiration in the hearts of God's people; see ( Psalms 90:11 Psalms 90:12 ) ( Isaiah 55:12 ) or by the heavens may be meant the angels in heaven, who, as they rejoice at the conversion of a single sinner, will much more rejoice at such numerous conversions among Jews and Gentiles, here prophesied of, ( Luke 15:10 ) and, by the "earth", the saints on earth, the excellent in it, who have a more immediate concern in, and must be affected with, the case here represented: and break forth into singing, O mountains; such as are in high office either in the state, as Christian kings and princes, ( Isaiah 49:23 ) or in the church, as prophets and apostles, ( Revelation 18:20 ) . If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy" ( Psalms 137:4-6 ). She would not have compassion, well she might. Which may be understood of the heavens, and the earth by a personification, a figure usual in Scripture, to express the greatness of the benefit received, and to raise thankfulness and admiration in the hearts of God's people; see Psalms 90:11 or by the heavens may be meant the angels in heaven, who, as they rejoice at the conversion of a single sinner, will much more rejoice at such numerous conversions among Jews and Gentiles, here prophesied of, Luke 15:10 and, by the "earth", the saints on earth, the excellent in it, who have a more immediate concern in, and must be affected with, the case here represented: and break forth into singing, O mountains; such as are in high office either in the state, as Christian kings and princes, Isaiah 49:23 or in the church, as prophets and apostles, Revelation 18:20.
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