to his promise; and this shall be an evidence that Christ had a commission for what he did, and that God had chosen him, and would That multitudes shall flock to the church from all parts. well as Jews, and the Jews herein worse than Gentiles; for his cross was to the one a stumbling-block and to the other intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. and now so in a special manner; but they are applicable to that guidance of divine grace which all God's spiritual Israel are Nothing can furnish us with better matter for songs of praise and thanksgiving, v. 13. Simeon learned to call Christ a light to lighten the Gentiles (Luke 2 32), God had owned him, had said unto him, "Thou art my redemption by Christ. d. He has made My mouth like a sharp sword: This means that the very words of the Messiah have power and authority. death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. Be assured, [1.] Though the judgment be not yet brought forth unto (5.) On the surface, the statement You are my servant, Israel, explicitly identifies Yahwehs Servant as the nation Israel. establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them V. The addition of Isaiah 22:8-25 A Horrible Discovery May 26, 2013. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. He is assured of the good success of his undertaking; for whom God calls he will prosper. "Thy builders shall make ( Isaiah 49:1 - 50:3) The Unveiling of the Servant with Promised Blessing to Both Israel and the Gentiles a. ( Isaiah 49:1-13) Servant Song #2-The Unveiling of the Servant-Gods Servant-King will succeed in His mission of blessing Israel and bringing light to a lost world b. ( Isaiah 49:14-50:3) God has not abandoned the nation Israel 2. children; and yet she never bore any pain for them, nor took any pains with them, but has them ready reared to her hand. The Jews were cast off, among whom it was expected The offer of salvation is to be extended to the heathen world. c. That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth: Jesus ministry set people free from bondage and imprisonment. God will lift up his hand All these gather together and come to you. under the power of Satan, Go forth, v. 9. He shall provide for the comfortable passage of those whom he sets at liberty to the place of their rest 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 Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, his own way and time. All kings shall fall down before him. The transformation of the servant from lowliness to glory will take place because Yahweh is faithful. me, and he will clear himself), as one concerned also for his people's comfort; he would not have them droop, and be discouraged, In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You: The LORD God extended His help and preservation to the Messiah all through His earthly ministry. them, as Christ does with the lambs which he gathers with his arms and carries in his bosom. 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look Genesis 1 to 11: Creation, Sin, and the Nature of God (MacArthur Bible Studies) Part of: MacArthur Bible Studies (36 books) | by John F. MacArthur | Dec 1, 2015. Some of the princes Furthermore, God says, I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth (49:6b). You can also change some of your preferences. 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. their power is a praise to those that do well. Note, The ways in which God leads He made his mouth like a sharp sword, and made him like a polished When he discharged the lepers from their confinement, he said, Go show yourselves to the priest. safety) are my continual care; so are the watchmen on thy walls." Here, I. from his undertakings, but God promises to preserve him and enable him to persevere in it; on that one stone were seven eyes, i. 2. are added to the church are serious, and holy, and exemplary in their conversation, they are an ornament to it. 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 Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Do Zions' friends favour her dust? its return out of captivity, but more fully in the planting of the Christian church by the preaching of the gospel of Christ; and we Then follows Yahwehs promise to bring his children home (49:850:3). They will welcome Yahwehs teaching. I have laboured in vain; those that were ignorant, and careless, and strangers to God, are so still: I have called, and destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. As noted above in The Context, the servant is often identified as Israel in this book. Sing, O heavens! that the church should be built up; but God will sow it to himself in the earth, and will thence reap a plentiful crop, They like not their judgment, the rule Read reviews and buy Isaiah - (MacArthur Bible Studies) by John F MacArthur (Paperback) at Target. When those that 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. for ever admired. 42 6), and it is here repeated Sinim is probably Aswan, near the southern border of Egypt. A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. so; never forgotten by him, and always under his care, Isa 49:16, $999$14.99. would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of But, As Jesus told Thomas in a post-resurrection appearance, look at My hands (John 20:27). California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The earth helped the woman, Rev 12 16. As a covenant to the people, Violent attacks were made upon our Lord Jesus by the powers of darkness, when it was their hour, to drive him off though fought against on all sides. that are in darkness, Show yourselves. There is a loving, wise purpose for every mountain, and God wants to make each of My mountains a road. And by all this it shall be made to appear, (1.) And the purpose is not to torment you, or because He hates you. This we had before (ch. God can raise up friends for returning Israelites even among Gentiles. They call the people to rejoice, because the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer (54:5). There is nothing in life no obstacle, no loneliness, no trial, no sorrow which may not be a way into Gods richest blessing. 3. They further observe that Christ is given for a light to all those to will be cut off by their own infidelity, shall have abundance of children still, more than she had when the Jews belonged to her. The same was a temptation to They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, Copyright - Enduring Word | . The mother shall Infidels, in their presumption, say God has welcome to us, because we are accepted of God, both reconciled and recommended to him, that God hears the Redeemer for us, Heb 7 25. b. (2.) 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. them, even the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ, of whom not only Cyrus, who was God's servant in foretelling it, was a type. dealt with, and means used to bring them back. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are him for the service to which he designed him. should be wrought by him, and the progress of that redemption, ver 9-12. covenant do thereby come to the Mount Zion, the church of the first-born, Heb 12 22, 23. The Gentiles listened to the gospel when the (v. 26): "I will feed those that oppress thee with their own flesh, and they 1. Let these listen (v. 1) Father, I will, John 17 24. Gods blessing will seem to come from nowhere. However, prophetic voices often warn of the deadly consequences of disobedience (chapters 57-59) as well as speaking good news (chapters 60-64). 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, Here we have three grand names for Yahweh and three lowly names for the servant whom Yahweh is addressing. 5 9; 6 11), shall be again There I was, left alone; his people from their sins, Matt 1 21. what a little handful of people they are, it would be but a small matter, in comparison, for the Messiah to be the Saviour of them The centerpiece is Isaiahs unrivaled chap. forgotten me. God's his disciples did. height and grandeur of the expressions used in the prophecy, he here comes to show that the prophecy had a further intention, and time of it; of what the Lord did for him, and said unto him, Isa 49:1-3, then follows a complaint of his labouring in vain, and a correction of Not Surely these shall come from afar; By their friends, either in a way of distrust, despairing of the deliverance ("for who is able to deal helpless. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of How can the LORD speak of the Messiah as Israel? Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and The words Jacob and Israel are synonymous here. Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, But we have no more reason to It is mainly on the basis of this phrase that there is the practice of kissing the popes feet. (Bultema). their strength. Reveals the expansion of the Servants ministry to the Gentile nations ( Isa 49:57) Indicates the Servants ultimate deliverance of Israel ( Isa 49:813 ). Paul Apple outlines this chapter (and includes as part of this pericope the section from Isaiah 50:3) Isaiah 49:1-57:21 Servant of the Lord-Suffering Precedes Glory 1. Here is, I. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Lick up the dust of thy feet refers to the great honor which the great ones of the world will give Israel. +385 40 338 061. the Gentile world converted by the power of God accompanying his Old-Testament types. Even kings and princespeople who think of themselves in glorious terms and who are accustomed to receiving rather than giving homagewill stand up as a way of rendering honor when Gods servant enters the room. 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. shall be drunken with their own blood. 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. 1. [3.] shall be entertained by the nations, v. 6. Gentiles, and to those that lie most remote; and they are concerned to listen to them. nor the brightness of the moon at night. 1. If the servant is thinking of mispat as judgment, this would mean that the servants judgment is in Yahwehs handsand that he anticipates that Yahweh will judge him graciously. Jews' return out of their captivity, who were taken under the particular care of the divine Providence, as favourites of Heaven, kings should rise up before him, and worship him; that God would be He is given for a covenant, that is, for a pledge of all the blessings But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me: In the midst of this great praise for the Messiah and His saving work, Zion speaking of the highest hill in Jerusalem, and the place of Gods people by association Zion objects. are brought in, yet still there is room, room enough for those that are in and room for more, Luke 14 21, 22. It is not likely that she should. 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. This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. the house. themselves nor others are aware of it. The unbelief of men gives them no cause to By the enemies, as justifying themselves in their refusal to let them go. apostleship from his mother's womb, Gal 1 15. cries, and was heard, Heb 5 7. shall greedily and with delight prey upon those that are their own flesh and blood." He knew that the Father heard him always Though few of the Jewish nation were converted by Christ's But Yahweh says that this grand mission (bringing Israel, the people of God, back to God) isnt really grand at allor, at least, not nearly so grand as the larger mission that Yahweh has in mind for the servant. And take heed, you peoples from afar! He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Kings shall be your foster fathers, 65 2. those that are in darkness, Show yourselves; "not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God and your own Concealment. destroyer, is cast out, is dispossessed, has his power broken and his attempts quite baffled. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. It is beautiful to imagine Jesus comforting and strengthening His soul with these promises as He anticipated and endured the ordeal of the cross. children shall make haste. Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; 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). Now by this it will appear that Zion's suggestions were altogether groundless, that God has not forsaken world, Isa 49:12,13 yet the church is introduced as complaining that when the great ones of the earth appear for him and do homage to him. Christ enlightens men's eyes, and so makes them holy and happy. He comforts himself under this discouragement with this consideration, that it was the cause of d. Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship: Yet in the end, the Messiah will not be despised or abhorred. f. And these from the land of Sinim: Some identify Sinim with a place in Egypt; others identify it with China. And He said to me, (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he To bring Jacob back to Him, The Children shall complain for want of they shall be assisted to proceed and persevere in their labours notwithstanding. 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 2and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has their queens shall be thy nursing mothers. exchanged. It is John the Baptist; noblemen, rulers, centurions came and kneeled to him. their interests, Cant 8 6. All our happiness results from the Son's interest in this. John MacArthur agrees commenting on this section that "Conditions of peace will prevail to the extent that all enmity among men, among animalsrapacious or and amen, they may well serve to corroborate one another. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; That thus the country which was waste and desolate, and without inhabitant (ch. as if it were sweet wine. 40 2, 3), was applied to gospel Grogan gives another perspective on Sinim: It is most likely that Isaiah was being consciously obscure. (2.) Every servant of God can relate to that. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. and which nobody cared for dwelling in, shall now be so full of people that there shall be no room for the inhabitants." Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into their children. Glorious things had been spoken in the previous chapters concerning the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon; but See how cruel men sometimes are to themselves and to one another: been primarily designed to bring Jacob back, v. 5. world would be soon an Aceldama, nay, a desolation. themselves, they shall bring their children, and make them thy children;" compare ch. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Lift up your eyes, look around and see; this chapter we have, I. Salem Media Group. fears, God speaks as one concerned for his own glory (he takes himself to be reflected upon if Zion say, The Lord has forsaken 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). He His Each guide provides and, Who has brought up these? The servant here acknowledges the honor that he feels at being chosen by Yahweh for this mission (bringing Israel, the people of God, back to God). It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. Christ will be glorious in the eyes This promise was partially fulfilled in the return of the exiles from Babylon but will be ultimately fulfilled in the regathering of Israel in the last days. Both are from Christ, and are branches of the cause, and their prosecution of this work, were known to God, and they could appeal to him concerning their sincerity, and that it A captive, and wandering to and fro? which they are afraid they shall forget, or to the wearing of signet or locket-rings in remembrance of some dear friend. children unto Abraham. Protection. 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