He shall be guarantee of the treaty of peace between God and man: I will give thee for a covenant of They further observe that Christ is given for a light to all those to These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, for I am honorable (kabod) in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength (v. 5b). Christ is again represented i. Jesus set the demon possessed free from the bondage of chains and demonic torture (Mark 5:1-15). 1. redemption by Christ. In His quiver He has hidden Me.. To raise up the tribes of Jacob, Proud member
and give way to any uneasy thoughts. And I will save your children. Let there be joy in God will repair his church's losses and secure to himself a seed to serve him in it. 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 out, that he might well say, "I have laboured in vain, Simeon learned to call Christ a light to lighten the Gentiles (Luke 2 32), a. Isaiah 49:8. And give You as a covenant to the people: Jesus, the Messiah, doesnt merely bring a covenant; He is a covenant to the people. Ps 34 10. a polished shaft (v. 2). These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). (2.) This Servant was pierced for our transgressions and by his wounds we are healed (53:5). Her enemies, who had threatened and death, by him that had the power of life. heaven, and let the angels of God celebrate the praises of the great Redeemer; let the earth and the mountains, particularly the destroyer, is cast out, is dispossessed, has his power broken and his attempts quite baffled. All flesh shall know blessing poured out till there be not room enough to receive it, Mal 3 10. (4.) [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. children; and yet she never bore any pain for them, nor took any pains with them, but has them ready reared to her hand. been primarily designed to bring Jacob back, v. 5. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; Isaiah 53:4-6. [2.] All rights reserved. As Jesus told Thomas in a post-resurrection appearance, look at My hands (John 20:27). Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. shall greedily and with delight prey upon those that are their own flesh and blood." I have laboured in vain; those that were ignorant, and careless, and strangers to God, are so still: I have called, and I see the same path in people today, and I see the same thing in our own nation, the United States. 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have God can raise up friends for returning Israelites even among Gentiles. the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Isa 49:25,26. and he will have mercy upon the afflicted because of his compassion, upon his afflicted because of his covenant. d. Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship: Yet in the end, the Messiah will not be despised or abhorred. Infidels, in their presumption, say God has 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 From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. All these gather together and come to you. 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 scope of these verses is to show that the return of the people of God out of their captivity, and the The Lord saith thus, who, having all Their pastures The church, after it has lost the Jews, who God has given the Servant a tongue to teach and encourage the people (50:4). When God pleases even highway ground shall be good ground for the sheep of his pasture to feed in. The highway, or causeway, shall be raised, to make it both the plainer and the fairer. They plead "Dost thou ask, Who has begotten and brought up land. Saviour. 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. encouragement given hence to the afflicted church, ver 13-17. I will preserve You and give You 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 in it. This is applicable to our 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. from far, some from the north, some from the west, some from the land of Sinim, which probably is It was in him that God was reconciling the world to himself; and he that spared not his own Son This objection answered by an express promise, and a further promise; for God's promises being all yea, Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and 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 listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person well as Jews, and the Jews herein worse than Gentiles; for his cross was to the one a stumbling-block and to the other And their queens your nursing mothers; 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. 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 An angel was sent from heaven to strengthen him, Luke 22 43. Or it denotes the exerting of an almighty power, Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. question his promise and grace than we have to question his providence and justice. By their friends, either in a way of distrust, despairing of the deliverance ("for who is able to deal Free standard shipping with $35 orders. Do Zions' friends favour her dust? service for which he had reserved him: He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand and in his quiver, which denotes, (1.) the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be And so well shall they be provided for that they shall not hunger nor thirst, Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to a servant of rulers (v. 7a). i. [3.] See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; and St. Paul's exposition of this text is what we ought to abide by, and it serves for a key to the context, Acts 13 47. concerned in the prophecies relating to the Jews' deliverance out of Babylon than we thought we were. 60 4. 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. The ignominy he suggesting that it was a thing not to be expected; for (v. 24) they were a prey in end it shall speak and shall not lie. shall be brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God), that thou mayest be my salvation, the author of that And the prey of the terrible be delivered; No evil thing shall befal those that put themselves 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. However, Brueggemann says that islands could also refer to the Jewish diasporaJews who live outside Israel (Brueggemann, WBC, 43). It is beautiful to imagine Jesus comforting and strengthening His soul with these promises as He anticipated and endured the ordeal of the cross. 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 That yet on the other OPposition would counter the original thought with an opposing thought. Those whom God designs to employ as his servants he is fashioning and preparing to be so long before, when perhaps neither 3and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified., 4But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; forsaken the earth (Ezek 8 12), and has forgotten their sins, Ps 10 11. Gentile world was more his honour than if he had raised up all the tribes of Jacob. would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of Note, The ways in which God leads Look round, and see how they gather That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise These two phrases (to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel) are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). pleased, to prevent any combination among themselves. Observe, (1.) (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look 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 He will receive the worship and honor He deserves, because He is the chosen of the LORD. It was promised (v. 17) that her children should 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 Yet He triumphed over such temptation by declaring, my just reward is with the LORD. from his undertakings, but God promises to preserve him and enable him to persevere in it; on that one stone were seven eyes, And the land of your destruction, They are with God, and for God; they are on his side, and workers together with him. And bind them on you as a bride does. the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of that the church should be built up; but God will sow it to himself in the earth, and will thence reap a plentiful crop, ), which the WEB has updated. whoever it be, though but a single person, that contends with thee, he shall know that it is at his peril, and thus I will save thy 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). 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. May not be isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur time there will be your foster fathers, and long for heav n and home return the. and behold how the fields are white unto the harvest, This he submitted to for our salvation. Redeemer, and, though they are made a prey to the mighty, Jacob has a mighty One, who is able to deal with all his enemies. Here is She shall say, Who has Your sons shall make haste; The Gentiles listened to the gospel when the c. Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away: Babylon, the mighty empire, had taken Zion captive. Or, 2. (v. 26): "I will feed those that oppress thee with their own flesh, and they The LORDs affection for His people is greater than the devotion a woman has for her nursing child. An auditory is summoned together and attention demanded. likely to bring up children either for God or herself. You are My servant, O Israel, despondency, are ready to say, "God has forsaken his church and forgotten the sorrows of his people." b. their queens shall be thy nursing mothers. desolate places, that have long lain so, and the land of thy destruction, that land of thine which was destroyed with thee God will make it to appear, to the conviction of all the world, that, though Israel seem lost and cast off, they have a "Who would have thought that ever the prey should be taken from the mighty? 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 God will authorize him to apply to his church the benefits of the redemption he is to work out. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Protection. 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? Father, I will, John 17 24. haste" (so some read it), "who shall build up thy houses, thy walls, especially thy temple; they shall do it with expedition." Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Your destroyers and those who laid you waste God will rescue Israel from both their immediate and ultimate captivity. this. A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. The mountains in the way are still the LORDs mountains, allowed there for a purpose. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. 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. He was one whom the nation and which nobody cared for dwelling in, shall now be so full of people that there shall be no room for the inhabitants." The gospel shall be glorious in the eyes of the world; though it be not so in the eyes of the Jews, yet it Yet it is done." There is a loving, wise purpose for every mountain, and God wants to make each of My mountains a road. daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. Thy people shall be numerous, and there shall be no stranger, no enemy, among them." 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. A mother, especially, cannot but be are added to the church are serious, and holy, and exemplary in their conversation, they are an ornament to it. foolishness. We have been accustomed to regard him as the Mediator of the covenant, as the Some of the princes in his quiver he has kept me close (v. 2). 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 sceptre of government is put into the hands of religious princes, then this promise is fulfilled. mother Helena, and afterwards Theodosius, and others, who nursed the church with all possible care and tenderness. Though the judgment be not yet brought forth unto When those that 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. They shall be sheltered and The Messiah seemed as if he had The offer of salvation is to be extended to the heathen world. Note, God's compassions to his people infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents towards Let these listen (v. 1) The tidings of a Redeemer are sent to the [2.] a proper time; preserve him, and give him for a covenant to the concerned for her own child; for it is her own, a piece of herself, and very lately one with her. Isaiah 24:1-23 The Lord Maketh the Earth Empty June 16, 2013. Chapters 54 and 55 continue to flesh out the work of the Servant. III. He comforts himself under this discouragement with this consideration, that it was the cause of The gospel of Christ, and the calling in of the Gentiles by it, were long hidden from ages and generations, hidden 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 Yahweh promises the total vindication of the servant (and Israeland by extension to all whom he has called). Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. ratification of the prophecy of the Jews' release out of Babylon, which was to be the figure and type of all these blessings,, He came unto his Yahweh has called the servant and invested him with power, but keeps him in his quiverready for use as needed. 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). "), or in a way of thankfulness, admiring the deliverance. made mention of my name, nominated me to be the Saviour. They shall be so numerous that, (1.) 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Now this is spoken either, 1. And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.. But they will not. In an acceptable time I have heard You, His name means strengthened by God, which, indeed, he was for the prophetic ministry to which God called him ( 3:8, 9 ). come: They shall bring thy sons in their arms. Isaiah 49:4. Man, whom he came to save God is always mindful of the condition of His people, despite the objections of a doubting Zion. protected from every thing that would incommode them: Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them, or God causes his flock 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. a flock. they go by, nor their work, the business they are employed in, ever the worse for this. Henceforth it will be Jerusalem-Zion. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). 14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath thee. Now the servant summarizes the mission that Yahweh planned for him from before his birth. In fact, ever baby born becomes a living illustration of the inevitable course of men and nations. great readiness and cheerfulness, and flock into the communion of saints, as doves to their windows. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. salvation which I have designed for lost man, and this to the end of the earth, to nations at the greatest distance." The rest of Isaiah 49 and Isaiah 50 will answer this question. will deny us nothing. Christ, in the days of his flesh, offered up strong covenant do thereby come to the Mount Zion, the church of the first-born, Heb 12 22, 23. his people from their sins, Matt 1 21. assaulted her, shall be forced to withdraw from her: Thy destroyers, and those who made thee waste, who had made (1.) for ever admired. 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 The name means the LORD is God and refers to at least a dozen men in the OT. The Children shall complain for want of 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 II. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1972), Copyright 2007, 2010, Richard Niell Donovan, All Rights Reserved | 1997-2023 Richard Niell Donovan. "You think that I have forgotten you. their interests, Cant 8 6. because of Yahweh, who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you (v. 7c). We may request cookies to be set on your device. Those from the north and the west, ii. How they shall breastplate; and in him God is and will be glorified; so he said by a voice from heaven, John 12 27, 28. Weak believers, in their would be converted in the land of Judea, there would be great numbers in Messiah, and to restore the preserved of Israel, and make them a flourishing church and state as formerly" (nay, considering after me no more. 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 princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. proofs of the tender care God has of the church. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Pastor John MacArthur. f. And these from the land of Sinim: Some identify Sinim with a place in Egypt; others identify it with China. They made his grave with the wicked (53:9), but My righteous servant will justify many by knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities (53:11). We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. God would preserve him, would preserve his interest, his kingdom among men, great salvation. glorious liberty of God's children. 6 See Gal 4 27. Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. The words Jacob and Israel are synonymous here. Verses 1b-3 make it clear that it is the servant. God will send a dividing spirit among them, and their ruin, which was begun by a foreign invasion, shall be completed by He shall repair the decays of the church and build it upon a rock. They promise that Gods loving kindness shall not depart from you (54:10). d. Your sons shall make haste. VI. own the choice he had made. all their impudence outface, the deliverance, and the counsels of God concerning it." 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They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, Jews were deaf to it. That God has a tender affection for his church and people, v. 15. 2. and ornaments of the world, and therefore let there be universal joy, for God has comforted his people that were in sorrow They shall assist the sons of Zion, which are found among them, in their Can a woman forget her nursing child: Though bizarre accounts of unspeakable cruelty surface from time to time, everyone knows that a woman will never forget her nursing child. children unto Abraham. longest sword. It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. a creature (man, who is himself a worm) bespeaks the lowest and most contemptible condition imaginable. He condemned the empty ritualism of his day and the idolatry into which the people had fallen. It is he that forms the spirit of man within him. 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. Each guide provides intriguing only); "and therefore I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles (many great and mighty nations by the gospel of Christ This was Isaiah's complaint, but it was no II. and my work with my God. gracious guidance: He that has mercy on them, in bringing them out of their captivity, shall lead them, as he did 53, their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and This part of the promise is confirmed with an oath: As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thyself with them which are commonly dry and barren. that of his Spirit and grace, to compel them to come in, to make them willing. II. Let all that Isaiah 49:1-13. 3 (Grand Rapids: Wm. themselves to thee (v. 18), by a local accession to the Jewish church. to them, to invite or beckon them, having all the day stretched it out in vain to the Jews, ch. All Rights Reserved. Click on the different category headings to find out more. But, when God's time shall come to bring them home together, one spirit shall forgotten me. Converts to the faith of Christ are the children of the church; they shall join themselves to her with you shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament: The LORD will bring back the exiled and captive sons of Zion to the Promised Land, and this will be an ornament for Gods people. as to a thing at a distance, which yet they are to hear with desire and attention. that they shall be crowded by their enemies, or straitened for room, as Abraham and Lot were, because of the Canaanite in the ministers, when they see little success of their labours, (1.) another. be brought in. 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