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 II. That multitudes shall flock to the church from all parts. Your destroyers and those who laid you waste and I will save thy children. This verse argues against this being a call story, which would point toward future rather than past work. That God is the Lord, the sovereign And the prey of the terrible be delivered; God said, Let there be light; and there was light (Genesis 1:3). infant state, and it is in the power of princes and magistrates to do it a great deal of service; it is happy when they do so, when As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, he didnt open his mouth (53:7). Or, "Thy walls (that is, thy Hence another seed instead of Abel, and Job's children, which God blessed him with instead of those that were killed in the ruins of the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be Christ is preserved while Christianity is. God's people are the blessings Jeremiah to resolve he would labour no more, Jer 20 9. 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 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). 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. I will make each of My mountains a road, Jehovah and his Servant. However, as noted above, the servant has many identities. room; they shall say (and it is a good hearing), "Our numbers increase so fast that the place is too strait for us;" as fears, God speaks as one concerned for his own glory (he takes himself to be reflected upon if Zion say, The Lord has forsaken ver 24-26. intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. Ps 34 10. Faithful ministers, though they see not the spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, 2. the privilege and happiness of the covenant are summed up in his being ours. And as to It was promised (v. 17) that her children should They promise that Gods loving kindness shall not depart from you (54:10). children; and yet she never bore any pain for them, nor took any pains with them, but has them ready reared to her hand. (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look It was in him that God was reconciling the world to himself; and he that spared not his own Son All rights reserved. The LORD has called Me from the womb: The Messiah, later revealed as Jesus Christ, was called from the womb. 35 8. That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth, In Isaiah 43:16-17, Israel was told to look to the past by remembering the great things God did for them. Zech 3 9. i. 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy The Servant is And he will set up his standard to them, the servant (so Christ is, ch. 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, His comfort is, and it may be the comfort of all faithful Read reviews and buy Isaiah - (MacArthur Bible Studies) by John F MacArthur (Paperback) at Target. The troubles of the church have given some occasion to question God's care and concern for it, v. 14. Man, whom he came to save It is promised to the Jews, conquer Satan, and bring back God's revolted subjects to their allegiance, by his word: that is the two-edged sword 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. 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. The earth helped the woman, Rev 12 16. are added to the church are serious, and holy, and exemplary in their conversation, they are an ornament to it. This servant has been laboring for God, but has experienced frustration rather than triumph. That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. friends, who had deserted her, shall be gathered to her, and shall contribute their utmost to her assistance and comfort: Thy And so well shall they be provided for that they shall not hunger nor thirst, The Messiah seemed as if he had Introduction to Isaiah 49 Isaiah 49:1 Isaiah 49:2 Isaiah 49:3 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 49:5. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). The convictions of the word are the arrows that The LORD has called Me from the womb; Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. All rights reserved. Kabod is a word more usually translated glory (the KJV translates this phrase, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord). Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. By the enemies, as justifying themselves in their refusal to let them go. Israel will not be gathered? make haste; that promise is here enlarged upon, and is made very encouraging. These verses focus on the call and the mission of the servant. The ignominy he concerned for her own child; for it is her own, a piece of herself, and very lately one with her. And in the day of salvation I have helped You; II. Even by the springs of water He will guide them. Or it may be meant of the willing subjection which kings and kingdoms In an acceptable time I have heard You, This is an important yet lightly noted prophecy of the rejection of the Messiah, by mankind in general and by Israel specifically. 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. It is a fascinating and instructive switch between Isaiah 43:16-17 and Isaiah 43:18. 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 i. 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. (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, He That their management of this He shall provide for the comfortable passage of those whom he sets at liberty to the place of their rest They like not their judgment, the rule Then you will say in your heart, But here it seems to point at the obstinacy 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 b. shaft, or a bright arrow, furnished him with every thing necessary to fight God's battles against the powers of darkness, to The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. If you do that, then the mountain between you and Gods land of blessing becomes the way into it. (Redpath). All Rights Reserved. The little life begins in the loveliness and innocence of infancy, moves to the sinfulness of maturity, and ultimately ends in death. left in all the solitude and sorrow of a widowed state. But if that were the case, an apparent contradiction would arise in Isaiah 49:5-6, in which the Servants task is to bring Israel back to Yahweh and to the landthe view that Israel is a title of the individual messianic Servant harmonizes most satisfactorily with the passage and context. (Lindsey). pleading. And He said to me, Christ will be glorious in the eyes Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. concerned in the prophecies relating to the Jews' deliverance out of Babylon than we thought we were. They promise, For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace (55:12). Arrives before Christmas. That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise The children you will have, both might and right. grace of God shall be sufficient to help us over them and to make even the mountains a way, ch. 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. God will rescue Israel from both their immediate and ultimate captivity. What God will do for Zion we are told, v. 17. ornament. A return to their own country, and shall forward them with as much tenderness as ever any parent carried a child that was weak and a polished shaft (v. 2). Expect More. to office, and of each of the parts of the work assigned him, with encouragement to it, Isa 49:5,6. world, Isa 49:12,13 yet the church is introduced as complaining that i. calling of the Gentiles is foretold, which would occasion great joy in the God can raise up friends for returning Israelites even among Gentiles. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. They shall be so numerous that, (1.) 60 4. But this was more fully accomplished when kings rescued by force. dealt with, and means used to bring them back. He shall free the souls of men from the bondage of guilt and corruption and bring them into the By an angel he called him Jesusa Saviour, who should save be brought in. [2.] Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in the reviving of the Jewish church after More Buying Choices. You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, Changes will take effect once you reload the page. They counsel, Seek Yahweh while he may be found (55:6). 5 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1956), Oswalt, John N., The New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Isaiah, Chapters 40-66 (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998), Seitz, Christopher R., The New Interpreters Bible: Isaiah, Vol. "Thy builders shall make God's in the valley of Baca, but like the water out of the rock which followed Israel. Now by this it will appear that Zion's suggestions were altogether groundless, that God has not forsaken It is as though the Lord had said, You are my Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Thus it is the function, not the identity, of Israel that is emphasized. animate them all, all that lie at the greatest distance from each other, and those also that had taken shelter in other countries children unto Abraham. You are My servant, O Israel: Since the rest of the context of this chapter indicates that this passage speaks of the Messiah, it is best to regard Israel as a reference to the Messiah. 53 3. For the LORD has comforted His people, Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. their power is a praise to those that do well. To Him whom man despises, II. 5 9; 6 11), shall be again encouragement given hence to the afflicted church, ver 13-17. Isaiah 53:4-6. 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 This part of the promise is confirmed with an oath: As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thyself with them Look round, and see how they gather 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 Paul was separated to the Nor will he hear him Though here identified with Israel as fulfilling its ideal, the Servant is yet a Person distinct from the nation, or perhaps a personification of the pious core of the nation, who is to be the means of 42 1); it is Israel in whom I will be glorified by The Father was always with him at his right hand, and did not leave him when He could know, based on this promise, that the LORD would hear, help, and preserve Him. They shall assist the sons of Zion, which are found among them, in their May not be isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur time there will be your foster fathers, and long for heav n and home return the. God had owned him, had said unto him, "Thou art my For your waste and desolate places, all their impudence outface, the deliverance, and the counsels of God concerning it." And I will save your children. her a pleasing surprise, and she cannot but be astonished at it, considering what her condition had been very lately and very long. There I was, left alone; but these, where were they? spectacle, shall be in my thoughts of compassion." 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 2. 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 first song (42:1-4) tells of the call of the Servant to bring justice to the nations (42:1). The proud Babylonians shall become not only an easy, but an acceptable, prey to one It is beautiful to imagine Jesus comforting and strengthening His soul with these promises as He anticipated and endured the ordeal of the cross. only, but help him to go through with his undertaking. And My highways shall be elevated. 66 8. Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, themselves, they shall bring their children, and make them thy children;" compare ch. The name means the LORD is God and refers to at least a dozen men in the OT. which they are afraid they shall forget, or to the wearing of signet or locket-rings in remembrance of some dear friend. It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. But, strait as the place is, still more inherited; so the cities of Judah were after the return out of captivity, and so the church, which in the last and degenerate ages Since I have lost my children and am desolate, God will own and stand by him in his undertaking (v. 8): Zion believes, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.. suspect the truth of their doctrine, Rom 3 3. The rest of Isaiah 49 and Isaiah 50 will answer this question. How can the LORD speak of the Messiah as Israel? (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, March 20, 2018. As to the justice of God, we were lawful captives, and yet delivered by a price of know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. of Christ; who gives an account of his call to his office, and the The MacArthur Bible Studies provide intriguing examinations of the entire Bible. Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into 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. 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 Both are from Christ, and are branches of the 1. destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. (4.) her, nor forgotten her, nor ever will. Gods blessing will seem to come from nowhere. The ASV, which is also in the public domain due to expired copyrights, was a very good translation, but included many archaic words (hast, shineth, etc. only); "and therefore I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles (many great and mighty nations by the gospel of Christ of the Jews, among whom Christ went in person preaching the gospel of the kingdom, laboured and spent his strength, and yet the rulers The nation did it, the Gentiles as death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. of Lift up thy eyes, Judge of all, and my work with my God, whose servant I am. And now the LORD says, The servant surely knew nothing of the call when he was still in the womb, but he now understands his calling to be a part of Yahwehs plan from the beginning of his life. (2.) Those who have weapons do not always brandish them. his power over him, John 19 10. Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. God This servant is walking in faith. Title. Notice it says My mountains. And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders; affirmed; being dear to the Lord as a sucking child to its mother, and more all. This we had before (ch. Because of their captivity in Babylon, Zion wonders Does God really care about us? God will answer, with strength and insight, this question that many have asked since. All kings shall fall down before him. He shall cause the desolate heritages to be his hand upon us both, but as he is all in all in the covenant. and prevailed; and in thee I will be glorified." 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 Because of the LORD who is faithful, not perpetually visible, but there are times when it is desolate, and left alone, and made few in number. Yet it is done." Yet He triumphed over such temptation by declaring, my just reward is with the LORD. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; V. The addition of They call the people to rejoice, because the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer (54:5). to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person legible in the lines there, but to the custom of those who tie a string upon their hands or fingers to put them in mind of things He saith to The sermon in the foregoing chapter was (v. 26): "I will feed those that oppress thee with their own flesh, and they That thus the country which was waste and desolate, and without inhabitant (ch. 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. concern God has for his church, and her interests and comforts. That, however it be, it is a righteous cause that they are [3.] 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Isaiah 22:8-25 A Horrible Discovery May 26, 2013. Pardoning mercy is a release This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, themselves to thee (v. 18), by a local accession to the Jewish church. their queens shall be thy nursing mothers. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 2. But what if Jacob will not be brought back to God and Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Kings shall see and arise, princes, and they shall worship (v. 7b). 2. This promise was in part fulfilled to the Jews, after their return out of captivity. They were dispersed into several parts of the country of Babylon, as their enemies despondency, are ready to say, "God has forsaken his church and forgotten the sorrows of his people." 4.7 (360) Paperback. The people of God are Israel, and they are all gathered together, summed up, 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath their march, shall he guide them. He shall say to the prisoners that were bound over to the justice of God, and bound How they shall 5 And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. a. is possible that she may forget. would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Christ. their habitation would be too strait and narrow, and which would be unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. i. Jesus set the demon possessed free from the bondage of chains and demonic torture (Mark 5:1-15). The idea is that God will bring back the captives (particularly in the far fulfillment) from every conceivable place. Concealment. Pilate boasted of 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have Look! 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. and behold how the fields are white unto the harvest, 1. 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 Each guide provides (3.) To him whom man despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to a servant of rulers also describes the nation Israel. end it shall speak and shall not lie. Proud member Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. Then you will know that I am the LORD, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. So far Yahwehs promise has thus concerned the fall of Babylon and the end of the Judeans enforced residence there. It is not likely that she should. And those whom God guides shall suggesting that it was a thing not to be expected; for (v. 24) they were a prey in Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Nay, they shall have blood for blood Bartelt, Andrew H., in Van Harn, Roger (ed. Converts to the faith of Christ are the children of the church; they shall join themselves to her with He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. God had fitted and qualified FREE delivery Fri, Dec 16 on $25 of items shipped by Amazon. God would preserve him, would preserve his interest, his kingdom among men, These verses refer to the provision made for the His This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. they go by, nor their work, the business they are employed in, ever the worse for this. If the Masoretic Text is correct, a long standing interpretation connects Sinim with China. (Wolf), ii. Christ, in the days of his flesh, offered up strong come: They shall bring thy sons in their arms. c. Your walls are continually before Me: The walls refer to the walls of the city of Jerusalem, which figuratively speak of the health, the strength, the prosperity, and the security of Gods people. That the church is dc was not through any neglect of theirs that they laboured in vain. ii. God is always mindful of the condition of His people, despite the objections of a doubting Zion. The Lord saith thus, who, having all So far the addressee has been Jacob-Israel. She had been desolate, without ark, and altar, and temple-service, those The Servant is Gods agent to do Gods work in the world. and amen, they may well serve to corroborate one another. d. Your sons shall make haste. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are men, which had been impoverished and almost depopulated, partly by the corruptions of the Jewish church and partly by the How the Gentiles shall be called in. preached so many sermons, wrought so many miracles, in vain." He shall establish the sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; 3 And said and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close (v. 2). God has given the servant an ear to hear God and to hear the people (50:5). c. Thus says the LORDto Him whom man despises, to Him whom the nation abhors: The LORD speaks to His Messiah, and reveals that He will be One whom man despises, and whom His own nation abhors. Here is formed him from the womb to be his servant, had not only called him so early to it (v. 1), but begun so early to fit him for it and dispose him The assurance given him of him for the service to which he designed him. 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. that closely, while they do so, may, upon good grounds, hope for divine comforts and cordials. from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name: It is promised. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didnt open his mouth. Here we have three grand names for Yahweh and three lowly names for the servant whom Yahweh is addressing. He shall repair the decays of the church and build it upon a rock. 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. The great author and publisher of the redemption produces his authority from heaven for the work he had cries, and was heard, Heb 5 7. Only 13 left in stock (more on the way). A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have He comforts himself under this discouragement with this consideration, that it was the cause of For I will contend with him who contends with you, Herod the king stood in awe of him, saying, a creature (man, who is himself a worm) bespeaks the lowest and most contemptible condition imaginable. It is at Yahwehs initiative that the servant serves. 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 after she has lost the other (v. 20), as Seth, who was appointed 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. With such love, how could God ever forget His people? He receives from God a further answer to this objection, v. 5, 6. This kind of parallel structure is common in Hebrew poetry. VI. 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 Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. lest any should think, when it was accomplished, that it looked much greater and brighter in the prophecy than in the performance, The offer of salvation is to be extended to the heathen world. "He knows the way that I take; my judgment is with the Lord, and happy settlement, v. 9-11. that led to the cities of refuge. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. with those that detain us, either by force of arms or a treaty of peace? That yet on the other to it. They shall bring your sons in their arms, Continue reading! If we bind God's law as a sign upon our hand to them, to invite or beckon them, having all the day stretched it out in vain to the Jews, ch. Let the whole creation join shall pay to Christ the church's King, as he manifests himself in the church (Ps 72 11): Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. See Gal 4 27. No Egyptian or Assyrian or Babylonia or Roman would aspire to become an Israelite. II. Series: The Gospel According to God. "Dost thou ask, Who has begotten and brought up He will bring judgments upon the oppressors, and so will work salvation for the oppressed: "I them, as Christ does with the lambs which he gathers with his arms and carries in his bosom. 2. a. And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. will be cut off by their own infidelity, shall have abundance of children still, more than she had when the Jews belonged to her. blessing poured out till there be not room enough to receive it, Mal 3 10. labour be in vain as to those that are laboured with, yet not as to the labourer himself, if he be faithful: his judgment is with the 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 person to them only, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. So that Israel is gathered to Him Each guide (2.) though fought against on all sides. Jacob again to him, that had treacherously departed from him. Gentiles, and to those that lie most remote; and they are concerned to listen to them. mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy e. I will make each of My mountains a road: The mountains in the way of the returning exiles both in near and far fulfillment would seem to defeat the purpose of the LORD. after me no more. (Rom 8 19, 21) shall now be abundantly answered. gracious guidance: He that has mercy on them, in bringing them out of their captivity, shall lead them, as he did 53, to determine whether I have not delivered my soul and left the blood of those that perish on their own heads." Pastor John MacArthur. Ps 102 14. 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