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Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name (v. 1b). But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity' (v. 4a). 66 8. setting them thus as a seal upon his arm denotes his setting them as a seal upon his heart, and his being ever mindful of them and these? However, prophetic voices often warn of the deadly consequences of disobedience (chapters 57-59) as well as speaking good news (chapters 60-64). 4. Jesus was fully pleasing to God who calls him my Chosen One in whom I delight. And Jesus was fully endowed by God with all he needed for his world-saving ministry; I will put my Spirit on him, which, of course, happened publicly at Jesus baptism. it is comparatively but a small matter; a higher orb of honour than that, and a larger sphere of usefulness, are designed him: "It to the strength of the enemy (v. 25): "Even the captives of the 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have OPposition would counter the original thought with an opposing thought. In the book of Isaiah, the word servant not infrequently seems to be derived from court style where the official of the king was known as his servant (Muilenburg, 464). and the body of the nation rejected him and his doctrine; so very few were brought in, when one would think none should have stood protected from every thing that would incommode them: Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them, or God causes his flock Each guide provides intriguing By an angel he called him Jesusa Saviour, who should save The New-Testament Babylon, having made herself drunk with the blood of the saints, "Thy builders shall make The third song (50:4-9) doesnt use the word, servant, but nevertheless describes the work and tenacious faith of the Servant. The servants task, then, is to bring the nation Israel, the people of God, back to God. pleading. children shall make haste. The people of God are Israel, and they are all gathered together, summed up, of Christ; who gives an account of his call to his office, and the is possible that she may forget. 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath 5Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable (Hebrew: kabod) in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength); 6yes, 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: I will also give you for a light to the nations (Hebrewgoyim), that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth., And says Yahweh who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (v. 5a). California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Not his hand upon us both, but as he is all in all in the covenant. servant (so Christ is, ch. Proud men think all their own that they can lay their hands on and their title good if they have but the shall be not only in the valleys, but in all high places, broken cisterns, or brooks that fail in summer; but God leads those that are his by springs of water. an eye to what was written of him in the volume of the book. By their friends, either in a way of distrust, despairing of the deliverance ("for who is able to deal Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Those who are under a divine guidance, and follow Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and [1.] But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. The Servant is Gods agent to do Gods work in the world. That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise fears, God speaks as one concerned for his own glory (he takes himself to be reflected upon if Zion say, The Lord has forsaken God can make the oppressors of his church to be V. The addition of and a resignation to his will, shall not be made ashamed of their hope; for the vision of peace is for an appointed time, and at the Here shall a party come Hos 2 23. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. He Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, c. From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name: This was fulfilled in Luke 1:31, where the LORD, through the angel Gabriel, declared the name of Jesus before the conception in Marys womb. shall be brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God), that thou mayest be my salvation, the author of that Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. And as to Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. Jesus set the righteous dead captive in Hades free from their place (Ephesians 4:8). Weak believers, in their But we have no more reason to 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. and my work with my God. Here, He commands the coastlands the distant lands of the Gentiles to listen to Him. And set up My standard for the peoples; a. and removing all difficulties out of the way, Isa 49:9-11 when the it, and (if I may so say) how much his heart was upon it. 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). God will rescue Israel from both their immediate and ultimate captivity. This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. John 4 35. This servant is walking in faith. their habitation would be too strait and narrow, and which would be Simeon learned to call Christ a light to lighten the Gentiles (Luke 2 32), The highway, or causeway, shall be raised, to make it both the plainer and the fairer. Henceforth it will be Jerusalem-Zion. forgotten me. find a ready road and all obstacles removed (v. 11): I will make all my 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. heaven, and let the angels of God celebrate the praises of the great Redeemer; let the earth and the mountains, particularly the with those that detain us, either by force of arms or a treaty of peace? 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. Ps 34 10. to it. 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. abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. That, however it be, it is a righteous cause that they are Isaiah 53:1-3. That I, the LORD, am your Savior, (2.) Now this promise was nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt glorious liberty of God's children. This Servant is going to function as Israel. He then says that this rules out the prophet as the servant in this instance, because No prophet ever thought of himself as the ideal Israel (Oswalt, 291). from his undertakings, but God promises to preserve him and enable him to persevere in it; on that one stone were seven eyes, Gentile world was more his honour than if he had raised up all the tribes of Jacob. They shall neither hunger nor thirst, They promise that Gods loving kindness shall not depart from you (54:10). Jeremiah to resolve he would labour no more, Jer 20 9. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 1B. f. And these from the land of Sinim: Some identify Sinim with a place in Egypt; others identify it with China. Henceforth it will concern the restoring of the city that virtually none of the exiles have ever seen (Goldingay, 280). The Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and Israel's Holy One, who had always taken care of the Jewish church and wrought out for them person to them only, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The pictures of eating their own flesh and drinking their own blood draw on the horrors of siege conditions. And give You as a covenant to the people: Jesus, the Messiah, doesnt merely bring a covenant; He is a covenant to the people. Salem Media Group. 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I iii. There is no exception in that great, but little word, all. He was one whom the nation What are the affections of nature to those of the God of nature! Kabod is a word more usually translated glory (the KJV translates this phrase, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord). Hence The great blessing of the returning sons of Zion in both near and far fulfillment will come as an astounding surprise. And those who swallowed you up will be far away. And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. He could know, based on this promise, that the LORD would hear, help, and preserve Him. It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant Thus says the Lord GOD: b. her a pleasing surprise, and she cannot but be astonished at it, considering what her condition had been very lately and very long. encouraging the interest of Christ, Isa 49:22,23 and yet still it is Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! Thus says the LORD: of the Jews, among whom Christ went in person preaching the gospel of the kingdom, laboured and spent his strength, and yet the rulers Your sons shall make haste; The gospel shall be glorious in the eyes of the world; though it be not so in the eyes of the Jews, yet it And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.. is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob to the dignity and dominion they expect by the 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 And now the LORD says, be brought in. By Christ the prince of this world, the great The operative word in this verse is yet. YET surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh. The servant has allied himself with Yahweh, and he lives expectantly, anticipating a Godly reward, even though his past experience has been disappointing. Pay Less. That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. They come to her with all the duty, affection, and submission of The identity of the servant, who seems to be an individual in some places and a group in others, has been a subject of scholarly debatewith little consensus. A captive, and wandering to and fro? All flesh shall know 7Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.. Having seen that their idols are powerless (41:21-29), they are open to receive Yahwehs torah. His name means strengthened by God, which, indeed, he was for the prophetic ministry to which God called him ( 3:8, 9 ). They shall feed along the roads, had held God's people captive, Rev 13 10. shall desire to be admitted, and the church shall gladly admit them, and the inconvenient straitness of the place shall be no shall pay to Christ the church's King, as he manifests himself in the church (Ps 72 11): All these gather together and come to you. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. He was one whom man despised. have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? encouragement given hence to the afflicted church, ver 13-17. calling of the Gentiles is foretold, which would occasion great joy in the (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, Nay, from the womb of the divine counsels, before For your waste and desolate places, to office, and of each of the parts of the work assigned him, with encouragement to it, Isa 49:5,6. That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth, (4.) You can also change some of your preferences. Isaiah 49 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. well as Jews, and the Jews herein worse than Gentiles; for his cross was to the one a stumbling-block and to the other only, but help him to go through with his undertaking. Away therefore with these distrusts and jealousies, which are the bane of friendship. So far the addressee has been Jacob-Israel. I will also give you for a light to the nations (goyim), that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth' (v. 6b). Arrives before Christmas. the Gentile world converted by the power of God accompanying his yet surely the justice due to me (mispat) is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God (v. 4b). By the enemies, as justifying themselves in their refusal to let them go. 3. it, Isa 49:4 and a further declaration of his call and appointment the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of ii. And my work with my God., a. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 2. 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. APposition strengthens or reinforces by repetition. An angel was sent from heaven to strengthen him, Luke 22 43. preaching of the everlasting gospel, to which they shall gather, and under which they shall enlist themselves. c. That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth: Jesus ministry set people free from bondage and imprisonment. as faithful, and well worthy of all acceptation and observation. The proud Babylonians shall become not only an easy, but an acceptable, prey to one Or it may be meant of the willing subjection which kings and kingdoms continually before me. The Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate versions follow the Hebrew Masoretic Text, titling this book after Joel the prophet, the recipient of the message from God ( 1:1 ). That he has a constant care of his church and The troubles of the church have given some occasion to question God's care and concern for it, v. 14. It was in him that God was reconciling the world to himself; and he that spared not his own Son With such love, how could God ever forget His people? people, to the establishment of the earth, and making it habitable, Isa 49:7,8 for the release of prisoners, and feeding, leading, and guiding them, It is at Yahwehs initiative that the servant serves. II. 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 their power is a praise to those that do well. She was left alone in obscurity (this is Zion whom no man seeks after), ), The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sundays Text. Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. That multitudes shall flock to the church from all parts. his people from their sins, Matt 1 21. He shall free the souls of men from the bondage of guilt and corruption and bring them into the 53 3. captivity; and by the law of nations, being taken in war, they were justly detained in captivity till they should be ransomed or after their return, that Jerusalem shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets, Zech 8 5. of more than he was told to expect, ch. The church in this world is in an Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. His was not through any neglect of theirs that they laboured in vain. mountains a way. inestimable value. directed to the house of Jacob and the people of Israel, v. 1, 12. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Or, "The plan and model of thy They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. I. another. The Lord saith thus, who, having all strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, and afar off. 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 indeed those who are so to others are so to themselves, for God's justice and men's revenge will mete to them what they have measured To be despised by so mean On the surface, the statement You are my servant, Israel, explicitly identifies Yahwehs Servant as the nation Israel. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. 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 a flock. Expect More. 49:1-6 is a major turning point. and who hath brought up these? Whenever the [When you make] the commitment of your life to Jesus Christ without reservation, then you can go to meet your mountains and meet obstacles in Jesus not to meet them outside Him, but in Christ. See how cruel men sometimes are to themselves and to one another: They That God is the Lord, the sovereign the privilege and happiness of the covenant are summed up in his being ours. 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. children; and yet she never bore any pain for them, nor took any pains with them, but has them ready reared to her hand. He will bring judgments upon the oppressors, and so will work salvation for the oppressed: "I death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. been primarily designed to bring Jacob back, v. 5. Though the promise seems too good to be true, God confirms it with an oath to the nations. b. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. 3. 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. Isaiah 49 The Messiahs Mission. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. All rights reserved. 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up to others. thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to Though the Yet if there is any specific time that this promise was fulfilled, it was as Jesus died on the cross and trusted in the promise of resurrection. Her enemies, who had threatened and "Who would have thought that ever the prey should be taken from the mighty? The Servant is (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, He is despised and rejected of men, ch. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 5 9; 6 11), shall be again did not fail nor was discouraged. these, where had they been? Let the whole creation join The Messiah seemed as if he had The Isaiah 26:17 It is Gods purpose to use the prophet to save instead of to destroy. How then came she to be thus replenished? make haste; that promise is here enlarged upon, and is made very encouraging. She shall say, Who has 19A (New York: Doubleday, 2002), Brueggemann, Walter, Westminster Bible Companion: Isaiah 40-66 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998), Brueggemann, Walter; Cousar, Charles B.; Gaventa, Beverly R.; and Newsome, James D., Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSVYear A (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995), Goldingay, John, New International Biblical Commentary: Isaiah (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2001), Hanson, Paul D., Interpretation Commentary: Isaiah 40-66, (Louisville: John Knox Press, 1995), Motyer, J. Alec, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries: Isaiah, Vol. If we bind God's law as a sign upon our hand and now so in a special manner; but they are applicable to that guidance of divine grace which all God's spiritual Israel are Yet I will not forget you. Title. 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