isaiah 49:13 commentary

And take heed, you peoples from afar! And He has chosen You.. 3 He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, and . b. Grogan gives another perspective on Sinim: It is most likely that Isaiah was being consciously obscure. That's where it all comes from.Now the byproducts of the oil, the fertilizers and the chemical fertilizers that help grow the crops have become so expensive that your food bill has gone up tremendously. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? When we see the nail-scarred hands of Jesus, we see how He has inscribed us on the palms of His hands. This is the third of our four lessons from Isaiah in our set of reflections on humanity's participation in God's new creation. Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-13 Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed The Kingdom Of Heaven Part 2 - Israel - A Nation Chosen By God Series Contributed by Stephen Smith on Sep 22, 2019 based on 3 ratings | 4,644 views A message explaining the reason why God chose Israel for himself and outlining the purpose he had (and still has) for this special nation. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. I. It's two hours wide and six hours long driving in a car. This represents the choices and lifestyle a person accepts as well as calling attention to the . It is common in Isaiah thus to interpose a song of praise on the announcement of any great and glorious truth, and to call on the heavens and the earth to rejoice together (see the notes at Isaiah 12:1-6; Isaiah 42:10-11; Isaiah 44:23). He will crush the Babylonians in a judgment suited to the cruel oppression that they inflicted on their helpless victims (25-26).Other Jews blamed God for their troubles, as if he had cast them off like a husband who divorces his wife or a father who sells his children to pay off his debts. Isaiah 58:1-14 Commentary; Isaiah . [2.] To this he submitted for our salvation. Will even now be too small for the inhabitants; For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. Proud member And who in the world would object? And He said to me, Studying Isaiah 49 18-23. Who is speaking? Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Give me a place where I may dwell. 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. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Isaiah 51:12-23 . Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Depicts the Servant's call to go to Israel (Isa 49:1-4) . And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; And will have mercy on His afflicted. I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God ( Isaiah 49:4 ). He is a pledge for all the blessings of the covenant; in him God was reconciling the world to himself. Free Online Commentary. 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. Half a century ago the blackest spot upon the map of the world, but if you ask the watchman, "what of the night" that brooded on these islands, he answers from the watch-towers of Omniscience that it is gone! So does her God. "Thy builders shall make haste" (so some read it), "who shall build up thy houses, thy walls, especially thy temple; they shall do it with expedition." ( Isaiah 49:16-21 ). God's people are the blessings and ornaments of the world, and therefore let there be universal joy, for God has comforted his people that were in sorrow and he will have mercy upon the afflicted because of his compassion, upon his afflicted because of his covenant. They are dwelling there. Can a woman forget her sucking child?" For He who has mercy on them will lead them, God now shows that for him this is impossible (14-16). Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, The LORDs love and faithfulness for Zion are also shown by His promise for their future. Break forth into singing, O mountains - "Ye mountains, burst forth into song"] Three ancient MSS. And I will save your children. The rest of Isaiah 49 and Isaiah 50 will answer this question. And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. And yet they are going to say, "The Lord has forsaken me." 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. I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, c. Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away: Babylon, the mighty empire, had taken Zion captive. There I was, left alone; but these, where were they? Your sons shall make haste; for the Lord hath comforted his people; with the discoveries of his love and grace; by his gracious presence among them; by the coming of Christ unto them in a spiritual way; by sending his Spirit, and renewing the face of things, and reviving his work in the midst of them; by the pure and powerful preaching of the Gospel, and comfortable administration of Gospel ordinances; and by large additions of converts made unto them: and will have mercy upon his afflicted, or "poor", or "meek" and "humble" ones, as the words (l) may be rendered: the Lord's people is a poor and afflicted people, poor in a temporal and spiritual sense; the church and interest of Christ is in a poor and low condition: the Lord's people are afflicted outwardly and inwardly, and so become meek, and are kept humble; these the Lord, in the latter day, will raise from a low and distressed condition to a more exalted and comfortable one; which will be an instance of his mercy and compassion, and be matter of joy unto them. And I'll be sanctified before the nations of the earth. e. In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden Me: The Messiah prophetically proclaims that He is like a carefully made and polished arrow in the service of the LORD, ready to be used at the right time. d. Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship: Yet in the end, the Messiah will not be despised or abhorred. Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth Which may be understood of the heavens, and the earth by a personification, a figure usual in Scripture, to express the greatness of the benefit received, and to raise thankfulness and admiration in the hearts of God's people; see ( Psalms 90:11 Psalms 90:12 ) ( Isaiah 55:12 ) or by the heavens may be meant the angels in heaven, who, as they rejoice at the conversion of a single sinner, will much more rejoice at such numerous conversions among Jews and Gentiles, here prophesied of, ( Luke 15:10 ) and, by the "earth", the saints on earth, the excellent in it, who have a more immediate concern in, and must be affected with, the case here represented: and break forth into singing, O mountains; such as are in high office either in the state, as Christian kings and princes, ( Isaiah 49:23 ) or in the church, as prophets and apostles, ( Revelation 18:20 ) . The despising nation was Israel. 49:14-16. Then I said, I have labored in vain, Biblical Commentary Isaiah 49:1-7 EXEGESIS: THE WIDER CONTEXT: THE SERVANT SONGS Chapters 42-53 of the book of Isaiah contain four Servant Songs. 49:1-13) God's Servant, the Messiah, is the speaker in verses 1-5. And so Jesus, who was rejected by the Jews, has become a light unto the Gentiles, and the gospel of Jesus Christ has come unto us who were once alienated from God and far off from the promises. It is not Isaiah, because prophets never begin "Listen to me". He hid me under the shadow of his hand. a. 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. So the work of Christ among the Gentiles, the kings worshipping and so forth as the gospel of Jesus Christ has permeated many kingdoms of the Gentiles. 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. Study the Bible on the go with Andrew's free online Bible commentary. But they will not. To Him whom the nation abhors, And it is equivalent to Revelation 7:16 . Then I said, I have labored in vain ( Isaiah 49:3-4 ), "For He came to His own, His own received Him not" ( John 1:11 ). Verse Isaiah 49:13. GOD'S SERVANT-KING WILL SUCCEED IN HIS MISSION OF BLESSING ISRAEL AND BRINGING LIGHT TO A LOST WORLD Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? You are My servant, O Israel, To Him whom man despises, Let the whole creation join with us in songs of joy, for it shares with us in the benefits of the redemption, and all they can contribute to this sacred melody is little enough in return for such inestimable favours, Psalms 96:11. 49:13. And that is the equivalent here to, "Thou hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hast thou made mention of my name. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. That God has a tender affection for his church and people, Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 49:15. The promises exceed anything that took place in the return from captivity under Cyrus. THE MESSIAH: A RESTORER OF ISRAEL (Isaiah 49:8-13) 8. They shall bring your sons in their arms, The idea in this verse is, that it was an occasion on which the heavens and the earth would have cause to exult together. The troubles of the church have given some occasion to question God's care and concern for it, Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 49:14. For your waste and desolate places, And rejoice, O earth! 10 They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. Isaiah 50:1-11 God's Servant Must Suffer. And these from the land of Sinim.. But how shall we sing the Lord's songs in a strange land?" Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. Her friends, who had deserted her, shall be gathered to her, and shall contribute their utmost to her assistance and comfort: Thy children shall make haste. And that it was actually God who declared, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning. He has no physical hands, but this is poetic imagery that means he keeps us in his . But, Secondly, It is possible that she may forget. 49:15 This is a powerful metaphor of God's covenant love (cf. With his own hand he protected me. And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.. You might find case where you say, "Well, there's a mother forgot." Break forth into singing, O mountains - "Ye mountains, burst forth into song"] Three ancient MSS. To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. Now by this it will appear that Zion's suggestions were altogether groundless, that God has not forsaken her, nor forgotten her, nor ever will. Your destroyers and those who laid you waste (1.) God the Father is a spirit. "You think that I have forgotten you. See how deplorable the case of God's people may be sometimes, such that they may seem to be forsaken and forgotten of their God; and at such a time their temptations may be alarmingly violent. I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver. And God's purposes are to be fulfilled there. 49:10) on those who need help, including Gentiles. That I, the LORD, am your Savior, To bring Jacob back to Him, 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 mercy upon his afflicted. b. Gods blessing will seem to come from nowhere. How, why, and when did Satan fall from heaven? Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, And if you look at it, it is a very small area. [1.] It is fitting for judgment to begin at the house of God, so the LORD has first spoken to Israel and Judah. Can a nursing mother forget her nursing child? The Lord has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. And they are still proclaiming that God has forsaken them. Nevertheless, that Servant knew he was called by God. Then you will know that I am the LORD, Copyright Statement These files are public domain. To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; i. 8 The judgments upon Israel for their pride . There I was, left alone; They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in the high places. Before my mother gave birth, he used my name to speak to me. Commentary on 16 New Testament books, from Matthew to 2 Timothy. This is rejoicing over deliverance from sin, not just exile. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away. What will the Messiah do for the Gentiles? Kings shall be your foster fathers, The LORDs affection for His people is greater than the devotion a woman has for her nursing child. i. Or, "The plan and model of thy walls, that are to be rebuilt, is before me, and they shall certainly be built according to it." Sinim is probably Aswan, near the southern border of Egypt. The scope of these verses is to show that the return of the people of God out of their captivity, and the 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 proofs of the tender care God has of the church. Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? For instance, in the lectionary text for today, Isaiah 42:1-9, we for the first time encounter the image of the (suffering) servant of God that serves as a wonderful example of the meaning-making nature of the prophetic task (see also Isaiah 49:1-13; 50:4-11; 52:13-53:12). We see his calling, his mission, his faithfulness, and His protection. II. His charge to us every day is to look at him and "see.". 2. So it's a wise plan, and who's going to object?So God speaks here that they're going to say, "Hey, we need to expand our borders. In order, therefore, that we may partake of the compassion of God, let us learn, under the cross and amidst many annoyances, to strive after it with sighs and tears. After you have lost the others, 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). Partners In a New Creation / Lesson #5 You can check these in your browser security settings. Even when Jerusalem is in ruins, God's people envision the new day of restoration! I. Hebrew OT - Transliteration - Holy Name KJV Yeshaiyah / Isaiah 9. note on 42:1-4). They are contending with the eternal God of heaven. He is protected by the Lord (49:2). Israel will return and rebuild its homeland. (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, Partners In a New Creation / Lesson #4 God Offers Deliverance / Isaiah 51:1-8. The Servant is God's agent to do God's work in the world. How can the LORD speak of the Messiah as Israel? Isaiah 42:5-9). For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. This promise of salvation (49:8-12) leads into a rapturous eruption of praise and joy: "Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! To the Servant of rulers: d. He has made My mouth like a sharp sword: This means that the very words of the Messiah have power and authority. The prophet speaker-author is using poetic forms, with dramatic or heightened images and turns of phrase. Will say again in your ears, 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. This week, we're looking more closely at "daughter Zion's" restoration to motherhood. They ignored God when he spoke to them through his servants the prophets. In short, men either remain in suspense, or tremble, or utterly fall and even faint. * [ 49:3 ] Israel : the servant is identified with the people of Israel as their ideal representative; however, vv. the Isaiah scroll that we have met the expression 'the day of YHWH' (verse 6), the idea runs through Isaiah chapter two (see 2:12). It is mainly on the basis of this phrase that there is the practice of kissing the popes feet. (Bultema). 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. So he speaks about them coming into the land and being prospered and the land being too small for them and their desire to extend and expand their borders.Now the regathering and the rebuilding of the nation Israel has been a very remarkable thing in our days. Jer 1:5 ). Isaiah 49 is actually the second of four songs called the Servant Songs. The servant stands disbelieving in the face of God's call, blinded by self-condemnation to God's purposes. Because of the LORD who is faithful, to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, 9 to say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Be free!' "They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill. 3 And he said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified." Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. The reality is that those who oppose the Lord and his people experience the self destructiveness of sin a recurring feature of the wars of the Lord. (Motyer), (c) 2021 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com.

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