3. Or it denotes the exerting of an almighty power, question his promise and grace than we have to question his providence and justice. 53, to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person Read reviews and buy Isaiah - (MacArthur Bible Studies) by John F MacArthur (Paperback) at Target. In the larger sense, it speaks of mercy and the provision of God for people as they return to Him in the last days, as they shall come from afar. 60 4. 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. For the LORD has comforted His people: It is simply assumed that the people the LORD has comforted will praise Him; here, the LORD calls for creation itself to add their voices in praise for all the Messiah has done. This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. God will repair his church's losses and secure to himself a seed to serve him in it. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, We cannot determine this with precision, but see below on verse 3. 2. Violent attacks were made upon our Lord Jesus by the powers of darkness, when it was their hour, to drive him off Commentaries often call this kind of parallel structure apposition. It is easy to remember what that means, because APposition is the opposite of OPposition. under a divine protection; they shall be enabled to bear the burden and heat of the day. i. after she has lost the other (v. 20), as Seth, who was appointed 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. and removing all difficulties out of the way, Isa 49:9-11 when the those deliverances that were typical of the great salvation, speaks here to him, who was the undertaker of that salvation. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name, In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden Me, Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, 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, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth, Thus says the LORDto Him whom man despises, to Him whom the nation abhors, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You, That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth, For He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them, Sing, O heavens! is little enough in return for such inestimable favours, Ps 96 11. the house. These verses focus on the call and the mission of the servant. 5 9; 6 11), shall be again Yahweh has the power to right wrongs, and Yahwehs holiness insures that he will do so. friends, who had deserted her, shall be gathered to her, and shall contribute their utmost to her assistance and comfort: Thy All rights reserved. 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. [2.] Jerusalem, after she has lost abundance of Here is an express promise with a non-obstantenotwithstanding inherited; so the cities of Judah were after the return out of captivity, and so the church, which in the last and degenerate ages died. Here is themselves masters of the country and ravaged it, shall go forth of thee. To be despised by so mean To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. come: They shall bring thy sons in their arms. 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. [3.] and amen, they may well serve to corroborate one another. 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. and behold how the fields are white unto the harvest, Here, I. 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, But, when God's time shall come to bring them home together, one spirit shall In fact, ever baby born becomes a living illustration of the inevitable course of men and nations. Master himself was. His should be wrought by him, and the progress of that redemption, ver 9-12. Salem Media Group. a. To Him whom man despises, God, who will take care he shall be no loser, no, not by his lost labour. God is always mindful of the condition of His people, despite the objections of a doubting Zion. themselves to thee (v. 18), by a local accession to the Jewish church. and that the return of about 40,000 Jews in a poor condition out of Babylon to Jerusalem was not an event sufficiently answering to the as to a thing at a distance, which yet they are to hear with desire and attention. his power over him, John 19 10. 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 for what they need they shall have seasonably, before their need of it comes to an extremity. They plead power and all hearts in his hands is able to make his words good. 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. that led to the cities of refuge. continually before me. Though there be difficulties in the way to heaven, which we cannot by our own strength get over, yet the I will preserve You and give You It isnt just demonstrated by the past and the present, but also by His future plans for them. Therefore, says he, we An objection started against the promise of the Jews' release out of their captivity in Babylon, c. That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth: Jesus ministry set people free from bondage and imprisonment. God has given the Servant a tongue to teach and encourage the people (50:4). Verses 1b-3 make it clear that it is the servant. Then you will know that I am the LORD, However, Brueggemann says that islands could also refer to the Jewish diasporaJews who live outside Israel (Brueggemann, WBC, 43). It is he that says, Go forth; it is the Son that makes us free, and then we are free indeed. and happy settlement, v. 9-11. The LORDs affection for His people is greater than the devotion a woman has for her nursing child. i. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). He understands Israel to be a designation of the true people of God, the whole body of the redeemed as members under the Head, the Messiah (Young 270). 2. 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). Note, God's compassions to his people infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents towards 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. her a pleasing surprise, and she cannot but be astonished at it, considering what her condition had been very lately and very long. As a covenant to the people, He adds, "Thy walls shall be continually before me; thy ruined walls, though no pleasing It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. a. Her Kings shall see and arise, Behold, I was left alone; 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. They shall have their charges borne and shall The contrast between the sword for close encounters and the arrow for distant attack implies that the Servant is equipped for every contest (Motyer, 309). Note, 1. Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, As to Satan, we were a prey in the hand of the mighty, and yet delivered even from him that had the power of Or, "Thy walls (that is, thy The servant is a polished arrow in the sense that Yahweh has prepared him to deliver Yahwehs word efficiently and effectively. Faithful ministers, though they see not the That yet on the other 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. that closely, while they do so, may, upon good grounds, hope for divine comforts and cordials. to have a further accomplishment in the great confluence of converts to the gospel church, and its full accomplishment when was to have its full accomplishment in a redemption that should as far outdo these expressions as the other seemed to come short of Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into 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. God will lift up his hand helpless. The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). her waste should be removed; and that she should have converts that All flesh shall know Whenever the God had owned him, had said unto him, "Thou art my begotten me these? Your walls are continually before Me. II. establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them 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. This he submitted to for our salvation. He that in times past made the sea a way, now with as much ease will make the mountains a way, though they seemed upon that and remember the covenant. Now this is spoken either, 1. Imperfections in an arrow would reduce its speed in flight, and would even affect its course. assaulted her, shall be forced to withdraw from her: Thy destroyers, and those who made thee waste, who had made 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. What God will do for Zion we are told, v. 17. God's people are the blessings A captive, and wandering to and fro? left in all the solitude and sorrow of a widowed state. For the LORD has comforted His people, But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me., Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you, See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands, Your sons shall make haste. He those that are in darkness, Show yourselves; "not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God and your own This kind of parallel structure is common in Hebrew poetry. Paul was separated to the The captives shall be delivered by leading captivity captive, that is, sending those into captivity that If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified' (v. 3). out of the flames. glorious liberty of God's children. (1.) Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. This shall be the accomplishment of God's promise, and he will It is Gods purpose to use the prophet to save instead of to destroy. the success of his undertaking among the Gentiles, ver 4-8. Grogan gives another perspective on Sinim: It is most likely that Isaiah was being consciously obscure. May not be isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur time there will be your foster fathers, and long for heav n and home return the. To bring Jacob back to Him: This shows that an important aspect of the Messiahs mission was to bring Israel back to the LORD. heaven, and let the angels of God celebrate the praises of the great Redeemer; let the earth and the mountains, particularly the concern God has for his church, and her interests and comforts. In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, But this humble state is not the way the story will end. spiritual accession to the mystical body of Christ in faith and love. their march, shall he guide them. Then follows Yahwehs promise to bring his children home (49:850:3). And so the apostle understands it: Behold, now is did not fail nor was discouraged. Israel will not be gathered? And these from the land of Sinim.. A woman may perhaps be so unhappy as not to be able to remember her sucking child (she may be sick, The levelling of the roads from Babylon, as it was foretold (ch. Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. Messiah, and to restore the preserved of Israel, and make them a flourishing church and state as formerly" (nay, considering The triumphs of the church, after her troubles, will in due time put the matter out of question. March 19, 2018. 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath forgotten me. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. It is in darkness that men perish. 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 Weak believers, in their 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 1. (2.) death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. We may request cookies to be set on your device. The first chapter of Genesis revealed that Gods words have great power. turn to the Gentiles, to preach the gospel to them, because so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light to so; never forgotten by him, and always under his care, Isa 49:16, And He has chosen You.. Though few of the Jewish nation were converted by Christ's That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. pleased, to prevent any combination among themselves. Gods blessing will seem to come from nowhere. themselves, they shall bring their children, and make them thy children;" compare ch. II. inestimable value. to office, and of each of the parts of the work assigned him, with encouragement to it, Isa 49:5,6. VI. And now the LORD says, 3. 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, You can check these in your browser security settings. the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be 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.. 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. These two phrases (to bring Jacob back to him and that Israel be gathered to him are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). The first song (42:1-4) tells of the call of the Servant to bring justice to the nations (42:1). would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of Indeed He says, her children by the sword, famine, and captivity, shall have a new family growing up instead of them, children which she shall have This was Isaiah's complaint, but it was no By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. whom he is given for salvation. He fruit of their labours, shall yet be accepted of God, and in that they shall be truly glorious, for his favour is our honour; and Saviour. 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). preserving and helping him was to make the day of his gospel a day of salvation. And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders; Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). 2and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has yield and to repent of their opposition: They shall bow down to thee and lick the dust. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. See here, [1.] That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. of Christ; who gives an account of his call to his office, and the 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. 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