3 He said to me, "Israel, you are my servant; God says, "It's all right, but I still won't. He referred to this Servant earlier (Isaiah 42:1-9), but now he reiterated and reinforced what he had revealed in preparation for further revelation about this key figure. There's not enough room." I haven't forgotten you. 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 ) . And made Me a polished shaft; 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. He was crucified. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. b. 1. God has forsaken us." See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; 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. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Partners In a New Creation / Lesson #5 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Sunday, June 12, 2022. God Foretells Destruction / Isaiah 47.10 - 15. Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring their sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. Scattered Jews in other countries will also return, helped by generous aid from the nations among whom they have lived (22-23).Among the exiles were some who apparently doubted the prophets promise of restoration, for Babylon seemed unconquerable. And he said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel ( Isaiah 49:3 ). 49:10) on those who need help, including Gentiles. And now the LORD says, 5. . God has forsaken us." Note, God's compassions to his people infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents towards their children. Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, I've heard some Bible scholars suggest the possibility and some analysts, and I've talked to some Israelis who have suggested also the possibility, that the next outbreak of warfare over there in the Middle East, that Israel plans for it to be the last outbreak by so thoroughly defeating all of those who have risen against them that they will not be able to rise against them again. d. He has made My mouth like a sharp sword: This means that the very words of the Messiah have power and authority. and who hath brought up these? You can also change some of your preferences. a. [2.] You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. Jesus set the righteous dead captive in Hades free from their place (Ephesians 4:8). 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. This represents the choices and lifestyle a person accepts as well as calling attention to the . All flesh shall know He was despised and rejected. He said, "I have labored in vain.". And He has chosen You.. I. We are told that the word the goes forth out of his mouth is like a sharp, two-edged sword--Revelation. The land will be too narrow for you by reason of the inhabitants. But we have no more reason to question his promise and grace than we have to question his providence and justice. And some of the old rabbis say that that is God speaking there in response to the people who were captives in Babylon, who said, "God has forgotten us. Bibliographical Information Clarke, Adam. Studying Isaiah 49 18-23. As they rejected Him, as they despised Him, His coming to them was in vain. 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. Who is speaking? As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 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. Isaiah 50:4-9a Commentary; Isaiah 51 Commentary. A mother, especially, cannot but be concerned for her own child; for it is her own, a piece of herself, and very lately one with her. The reason of all this is, 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 F12 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. In Isaiah 42:3, the servant is described as "a bruised reed" and . While some might need to brandish a weapon to show their authority, the Messiah needs only to speak. "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of [China] Sinim ( Isaiah 49:11-12 ). The reason of all this is. Then you will say in your heart, All new evidence . The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, (heaven) (Mt 7:13-14). And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. That he has a constant care of his church and people (Isaiah 49:16; Isaiah 49:16): I have engraven thee upon the palms of my hands. "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! 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 ). That I, the LORD, am your Savior, And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; He is as sure a rewarder as he is a revenger. "You think that I have forgotten you. For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. And they that had carried us away captive said, 'Sing us one of your songs.' How, why, and when did Satan fall from heaven? The servant was to be a light to the nations, making it possible for non-Jews who had been in darkness because of being without the knowledge of God and his promises to be forgiven of their sins and to cease being in a state of alienation from him. Notice it says eachmountain (or, as in the King James Version, all mountains). 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. "I will also give thee." "Commentary on Isaiah 49:13". Thus saith the Lord GOD ( Isaiah 49:22 ). And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights. Beg your pardon, I jumped. It's exciting, because God fulfilled His promise. (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, God will now speak to them, not by his prophet, but by the Assyrian conqueror, who will do what they said Isaiah had done, i.e. There are wonderful industrial, agricultural and cultural developments in Israel, in fulfilment of prophecy - Isaiah 35:1-10; Jeremiah 30:18-22; 31:7-14; Zechariah 14:9-11; Hosea 3:4-5. And take heed, you peoples from afar! And He said to me, a. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. He declares that the Lord has sovereignly chosen him and called him to be his servant (verse 1b). Isaiah 49:2. The one thing that tells us beyond a doubt that Isaiah, the prophet, wrote all of it, is his use of the title "Holy One of Israel". In this case, the servant, too, is hidden even from himself as an agent of God. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. The children you will have, Here, He commands the coastlands the distant lands of the Gentiles to listen to Him. 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. (For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, 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. And in this Israel is the true name expressed. Now even so, God is going to preserve the people of Israel. And I will save your children. Or the captives of the righteous be delivered? before I was born. And I'll be sanctified before the nations of the earth. What is a plumb line in the Bible? His words are like a sharpened sword - truth that defends the righteous and destroys the rebellious. Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? l "pauperum suorum", V. L. "pauperes suos", Forerius; "inopes suos", Vitringa; "humiles", Sept. "mansuetorum", Targum. He declared that the Lord called him (49:1) and prepared him for his mission (49:2). I. Isaiah 49 is actually the second of four songs called the Servant Songs. well, they may forget, but I will not forget thee ( Isaiah 49:15 ). 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! To Him whom the nation abhors, And, of course, here God said, "Can a mother forsake her or forget her nursing child? But thus says the LORD: This is the third of our four lessons from Isaiah in our set of reflections on humanity's participation in God's new creation. The prophet speaker-author is using poetic forms, with dramatic or heightened images and turns of phrase. are without the yod or the conjunction vau before the verb: and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. Opponents who try to ruin Israels work will not be successful and will leave in shame and defeat (17-18). i. 13.Praise, O heavens; and rejoice, O earth. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. i. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in the high places. 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. 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; In His quiver He has hidden Me." "And He said to me, 'You are . And he said, It is a light 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 thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the eaRuth ( Isaiah 49:5-6 ). They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Isaiah 49:1-13 (The 2nd Servant Song) Isaiah 49:1-13 - The 2nd Servant Song. Look at India. The best commentaries on Isaiah ranked by scholars and reviewers: (1) Oswalt, John N. in NICOT, (2) Webb, Barry G. in BST, (3) Motyer, J. Alec . Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. And not have compassion on the son of her womb? 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. And it is equivalent to Revelation 7:16 . And lick up the dust of your feet. Isaiah Chapter49 Lessons from the text . It is fitting for judgment to begin at the house of God, so the LORD has first spoken to Israel and Judah. The Lord called me to serve him. 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. Converts to the faith of Christ are the children of the church; they shall join themselves to her with great readiness and cheerfulness, and flock into the communion of saints, as doves to their windows. 6-12. And My highways shall be elevated. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. They are contending with the eternal God of heaven. 49:1-13 - today's passage 50:4-11 52:13-53:12 Oswalt: In subtle but nevertheless clear ways the focus has shifted from the physical captivity of the Judeans to the moral and spiritual captivity of Israel and the whole world. More than 3,200 notes written by Andrew Wommack. To bring Jacob back to Him, Isaiah 58:1-14 Commentary; Isaiah . She would not have compassion, well she might. Isaiah III, Volume 2: Chapters 49-55: 454: HCOT: 1998: WorldCat Amazon CBD. Away therefore with these distrusts and jealousies, which are the bane of friendship. The Second "Servant Song" (Isa. Do Zions' friends favour her dust?Psalms 102:14. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 49:13-17 Let there be universal joy, for God will have mercy upon the afflicted, because of his compassion; upon his afflicted, because of his covenant. Church work is usually slow work; but, when God's time shall come, it shall be done suddenly. God will protect them along the journey and help them as they rebuild their ruined country (8-10). And who in the world would object? 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. Moody Bible Commentary summarizes Isaiah 49:1-13. 49:16-17 This is another powerful metaphor of God's constant remembrance of His covenant with Abraham's descendants. And who has brought these up? i. Lick up the dust of thy feet refers to the great honor which the great ones of the world will give Israel. Clarke on They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet: These expressions therefore of the prophet are only general poetical images, taken from the manners of the country, to denote great respect and reverence: and such splendid poetical images, which frequently occur in the prophetical writings, were intended only as general amplifications of the subject, not as predictions to be understood and fulfilled precisely according to the letter., iii. Click on the different category headings to find out more. He calls upon the distant islands and the Gentile nations to listen to himhis divine calling is of universal significance, it does not just relate to the nation of Israel, it has bearing upon all the nations of the world (verse 1a). Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. i. YHWH is described in terms of a nursing mother. To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. The mountains in the way are still the LORDs mountains, allowed there for a purpose. We have no more reason to question his promise and grace, than we have to question his providence and justice. This is an important yet lightly noted prophecy of the rejection of the Messiah, by mankind in general and by Israel specifically. Israel will return and rebuild its homeland. This is what the Lord says: "In the time of my favor I will answer you,and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, Formal, beautiful, memorable, remarkable speech. 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 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. Let there be joy in heaven, and let the angels of God celebrate the praises of the great Redeemer; let the earth and the mountains, particularly the great ones of the earth, be joyful, and break forth into singing, for the earnest expectation of the creature that waits for the glorious liberty of the children of God (Romans 8:19; Romans 8:21) shall now be abundantly answered. Let us therefore remember, that whenever the Lord promises anything, we ought to add thanksgiving, that we may more powerfully affect our hearts; and next, that we ought to raise our minds to the power of God, who exercises a wide and extensive dominion over all the creatures; for as soon as he lifts his hand, heaven and earth are moved. The whole inflationary cycle can be placed on the increased oil prices. The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. Zion, in distress, said, The Lord has forsaken me, and looks after me no more; my Lord has forgotten me, and will look after me no more. That God has a tender affection for his church and people, Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 49:15. Thus says the LORD: Isaiah 55:1-13 Commentary; Isaiah 56 Commentary. Bible Study: Isaiah 49:1-26. THE MESSIAH: A RESTORER OF ISRAEL (Isaiah 49:8-13) 8. This is rejoicing over deliverance from sin, not just exile. 1 Listen to me, you islands. But he still loves them and has the power to save them. "In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me.". Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. He'll gather them from the north and from the west and from the east. These multitudes are the Saints who will be gathered from every nation in the last days and enlisted .