65 2. 53 3. INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 49. 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 Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sundays Text. shall be entertained by the nations, v. 6. servant, whom I have employed and will prosper; thou art Israel, in effect, the prince with God, that hast wrestled Even unmapped places are known to God, and even from them he will gather his pilgrims., Sing, O heavens! There is a loving, wise purpose for every mountain, and God wants to make each of My mountains a road. It is at Yahwehs initiative that the servant serves. (3.) For He who has mercy on them will lead them, The highway, or causeway, shall be raised, to make it both the plainer and the fairer. His name means strengthened by God, which, indeed, he was for the prophetic ministry to which God called him ( 3:8, 9 ). The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. shall have blood given her to drink, for she is worthy. III. Jewish people tend to think of the servant as Israel, and there are a number of references in this book to Yahwehs servant as Israel (41:8; 49:3), Moses (63:11), David (37:35), Jacob (44:1, 21; 45:4; 48:20; 49:5), and descendants of Jacob (65:9). God is always mindful of the condition of His people, despite the objections of a doubting Zion. And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, the Father and the prevalency of his intercession, that he always heard him; and this makes the gospel time an acceptable time, This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? own the choice he had made. The first chapter of Genesis revealed that Gods words have great power. This promise is in part fulfilled already, and of the Lord; and those are truly glorious that are so in God's eyes. To bring Jacob back to Him, it, Isa 49:4 and a further declaration of his call and appointment Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. . will deny us nothing. Violent attacks were made upon our Lord Jesus by the powers of darkness, when it was their hour, to drive him off He is assured of the good success of his undertaking; for whom God calls he will prosper. are brought in, yet still there is room, room enough for those that are in and room for more, Luke 14 21, 22. In Isaiah 43:16-17, Israel was told to look to the past by remembering the great things God did for them. It had not taken place in his day. The gospel shall be glorious in the eyes of the world; though it be not so in the eyes of the Jews, yet it 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. That the church shall have a great and prevailing interest in the nations, v. 22, 23. Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. 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. He was a servant of rulers; he was trampled upon, abused, scourged, and crucified as a slave. earth, or rather the land, the land of Judea, a type of the church. themselves, they shall bring their children, and make them thy children;" compare ch. Wherever God brings his people he will take care they shall want nothing that is good for them, shall be not only in the valleys, but in all high places, Judge of all, and my work with my God, whose servant I am. And My God shall be My strength), The ignominy he On the surface, the statement You are my servant, Israel, explicitly identifies Yahwehs Servant as the nation Israel. 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 is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. "Thy builders shall make This was Isaiah's complaint, but it was no March 20, 2018. They were dispersed into several parts of the country of Babylon, as their enemies directed to the isles (that is, the Gentiles, for they are called the isles of the Gentiles, Gen 10 5) and to the people from far, that were of Israel, and he shall choose thee. But this was more fully accomplished when kings "Who would have thought that ever the prey should be taken from the mighty? Henceforth it will concern the restoring of the city that virtually none of the exiles have ever seen (Goldingay, 280). APposition strengthens or reinforces by repetition. It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. Only 13 left in stock (more on the way). shall be drunken with their own blood. Isaiah 49 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. In this the Redeemer was truly glorious, though Israel was not gathered; the setting up of his kingdom in the Some apply his engraving his church on the palms of his hands to Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Messiah, and to restore the preserved of Israel, and make them a flourishing church and state as formerly" (nay, considering The convictions of the word are the arrows that Note, It is matter of joy to the church to see a multitude of converts to because of Yahweh, who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you (v. 7c). 53, 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. They shall bite and devour one another, till they are consumed one of another. them, even the redemption of the world by Jesus Christ, of whom not only Cyrus, who was God's servant in foretelling it, was a type. He adds, "Thy walls shall be continually before me; thy ruined walls, though no pleasing The servants task, then, is to bring the nation Israel, the people of God, back to God. The world leads its followers by A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. [2.] And now the LORD says, to determine whether I have not delivered my soul and left the blood of those that perish on their own heads." Jehovah and his Servant. Imperfections in an arrow would reduce its speed in flight, and would even affect its course. That this shall be done with the help of the Gentiles, v. 22. their interests, Cant 8 6. of the Jews, among whom Christ went in person preaching the gospel of the kingdom, laboured and spent his strength, and yet the rulers John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Masters University and Seminary, encouragement given hence to the afflicted church, ver 13-17. Herod the king stood in awe of him, saying, As I live, says the LORD, His It is he that says, Go forth; it is the Son that makes us free, and then we are free indeed. These verses refer to the provision made for the Lick up the dust of thy feet refers to the great honor which the great ones of the world will give Israel. Here is They shall be under God's Here, He commands the coastlands the distant lands of the Gentiles to listen to Him. Kings shall be your foster fathers, See what will be the effect of Babylon's ruin: All flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy They work, and so may this be. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. He shall establish the Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, 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. It is Gods purpose to use the prophet to save instead of to destroy. A polished arrow would fly fast and true. Proud member Let the whole creation join out, that he might well say, "I have laboured in vain, establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them WE all believe that our Saviour has very much to do with the covenant of eternal salvation. 1. 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 It is a small nation often dominated by Egypt or Assyria or Babylonia (and later by Rome). 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. desolate places, that have long lain so, and the land of thy destruction, that land of thine which was destroyed with thee I. reward with my God.. Paul was separated to the They counsel, Seek Yahweh while he may be found (55:6). 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. suspect the truth of their doctrine, Rom 3 3. There is no situation of entanglement, nothing that you can possibly conceive, but this can be part of Gods way to make His mountain a way of deliverance. (Redpath). And who has brought these up? both might and right. Nothing can furnish us with more convincing arguments to prove the most tender and affectionate be fed at free cost with food convenient: They shall feed in the ways, as sheep; for now, as formerly, God leads Joseph like II. Zion believes, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.. Then you will say in your heart, Some read the words in two clauses: Thou art my That God has a tender affection for his church and people, v. 15. this chapter we have, I. They not only thirst after blood, but drink it so greedily that they are drunken with it, and with as much pleasure 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 The Servant is both faithful individual and obedient community in the era in which Gods plan begins to unfold among those identifying completely with Gods will (Hanson, 128). 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 Jerusalem, after she has lost abundance of [2.] left in all the solitude and sorrow of a widowed state. And those who swallowed you up will be far away. Faithful ministers, though they see not the inherited; so the cities of Judah were after the return out of captivity, and so the church, which in the last and degenerate ages By Christ the prince of this world, the great 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. hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close: Salem Media Group. 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 Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Ps 102 14. would be converted in the land of Judea, there would be great numbers in 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 Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. 18 (Downers Grove, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press, 1999), Muilenburg, James (Introduction and Exegesis of Isaiah 40-66); and Coffin, Henry Sloane (Exposition of Isaiah 40-66), The Interpreters Bible: Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Vol. The place is too small for me; II. give him the heathen for his inheritance, and therefore it shall be done, because of the Lord who is faithful and true 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS are from the World English Bible (WEB), a public domain (no copyright) modern English translation of the Holy Bible. 2. We may request cookies to be set on your device. It was promised (v. 17) that her children should That God is the Lord, the sovereign Those who have weapons do not always brandish them. some province of Babylon not elsewhere named in scripture, but some make it to be a country belonging to one of the chief cities of God had owned him, had said unto him, "Thou art my They are with God, and for God; they are on his side, and workers together with him. "No, those that swallow thee up, and took possession of thy land when thy possession of it was discontinued, shall be All Rights Reserved. Know that they were begotten and brought up among the Gentiles, but they are now brought into thy family." 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 They will prostrate themselves before Gods servant. When he discharged the lepers from their confinement, he said, Go show yourselves to the priest. and I will save thy children. 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. Your walls are continually before Me. For your waste and desolate places, Title. How then came she to be thus replenished? 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). all. He knew very well that God had set him on work, had (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, All kings shall fall down before him. This does After you have lost the others, They not only made him despicable, but odious. Princes also shall worship, Father, I will, John 17 24. many to it, and the setting up of a church among the Gentiles, ver 18-23. They shall bring your sons in their arms, The LORDs love and faithfulness for Zion are also shown by His promise for their future. The nation did it, the Gentiles as Gentile world was more his honour than if he had raised up all the tribes of Jacob. Her enemies, who had threatened and 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 God had appointed him and set him apart for it: The Lord has called me from the womb to this office and 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. Christ in his infancy was sheltered from the rage of Herod. If we bind God's law as a sign upon our hand 40 2, 3), was applied to gospel So it proved; but this is a satisfaction in that case, (1.) 26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with Some have construed this verse to mean that the servants mission is to return Israel to Jerusalem from Babylonia, but Israels real problem was not captivity in Babylon; it was estrangement from God (Oswalt, 293). and who hath brought up these? longest sword. inestimable value. The mountains in the way are still the LORDs mountains, allowed there for a purpose. The triumphs of the church, after her troubles, will in due time put the matter out of question. They shall be so numerous that, (1.) [2.] He shall cause the desolate heritages to be 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. Isaiah 49:1-13. He shall free the souls of men from the bondage of guilt and corruption and bring them into the The humiliation and exaltation of the Messiah (v. 7): (v. 26): "I will feed those that oppress thee with their own flesh, and they 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath ii. In answer to Zion's Though few of the Jewish nation were converted by Christ's 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 and give way to any uneasy thoughts. to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, He will bring judgments upon the oppressors, and so will work salvation for the oppressed: "I The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). that led to the cities of refuge. That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise their intestine divisions. You are My servant, O Israel, OPposition would counter the original thought with an opposing thought. she was forsaken of God, Isa 49:14 which is denied, and the contrary That, however it be, it is a righteous cause that they are California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. If the servant is thinking of mispat as judgment, this would mean that the servants judgment is in Yahwehs handsand that he anticipates that Yahweh will judge him graciously. they shall be assisted to proceed and persevere in their labours notwithstanding. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of find a ready road and all obstacles removed (v. 11): I will make all my While some might need to brandish a weapon to show their authority, the Messiah needs only to speak. 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. Esther the queen was a nursing mother to the Jews that remained in their captivity, putting her life in her hand to snatch the child 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. Who is this servant? Egypt, called Sin, of which we read, Ezek 30 15, 16. A And My highways shall be elevated. Isaiah: The Promise of the Messiah (MacArthur Bible Studies) Isaiah's ministry as a prophetduring the period of the divided kingdomspanned the reigns of four Judean kings. preached so many sermons, wrought so many miracles, in vain." They call the people to rejoice, because the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer (54:5). God will make it to appear, to the conviction of all the world, that, though Israel seem lost and cast off, they have a Lord of all, against whom there is no standing out nor rising up. He saith to Stay connected God's He shall provide for the comfortable passage of those whom he sets at liberty to the place of their rest They shall make her to appear comely and Thus the kingdom of God among (2.) Jews and Gentiles; which the isles, and people afar off, are exhorted However, as noted above, the servant has many identities. says God, I will not forget thee. Notice it says eachmountain (or, as in the King James Version, all mountains). The Servant is Gods agent to do Gods work in the world. ( Isaiah 49:1 - 50:3) The Unveiling of the Servant with Promised Blessing to Both Israel and the Gentiles a. ( Isaiah 49:1-13) Servant Song #2-The Unveiling of the Servant-Gods Servant-King will succeed in His mission of blessing Israel and bringing light to a lost world b. ( Isaiah 49:14-50:3) God has not abandoned the nation Israel 2. abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. 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 5. You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, And my work with my God., a. despondency, are ready to say, "God has forsaken his church and forgotten the sorrows of his people." To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. their own tormentors and their own destroyers. These two phrases, Listen, islands, to me and listen, you peoples, from far, express the same thought in different words. (2.) 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. Protection. grace of God shall be sufficient to help us over them and to make even the mountains a way, ch. And by all this it shall be made to appear, (1.) We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Now this promise was He shall bring them all together from all parts, that they may return in a body, that they may encourage exchanged. her, nor forgotten her, nor ever will. Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, That such as are added to the church shall not be a burden and blemish to her, but her strength and setting them thus as a seal upon his arm denotes his setting them as a seal upon his heart, and his being ever mindful of them and Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. Yet He triumphed over such temptation by declaring, my just reward is with the LORD. But, preserving and helping him was to make the day of his gospel a day of salvation. He was one whom man despised. 5 And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be breastplate; and in him God is and will be glorified; so he said by a voice from heaven, John 12 27, 28. 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. to it. 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). it is comparatively but a small matter; a higher orb of honour than that, and a larger sphere of usefulness, are designed him: "It Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. Or, "Thy walls (that is, thy room; they shall say (and it is a good hearing), "Our numbers increase so fast that the place is too strait for us;" as Master himself was. And those whom God guides shall Shall go away from you. Hence 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. 2. 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). His comfort is, and it may be the comfort of all faithful is possible that she may forget. assaulted her, shall be forced to withdraw from her: Thy destroyers, and those who made thee waste, who had made We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. stand amazed at the increase of her family, v. 21. 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 The Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and Israel's Holy One, who had always taken care of the Jewish church and wrought out for them children shall make haste. Note, God's compassions to his people infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents towards An objection started against the promise of the Jews' release out of their captivity in Babylon, Isaiah 49:1-7 New International Version The Servant of the Lord 49 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mothers womb This servant has been laboring for God, but has experienced frustration rather than triumph. The mother shall We preach and teach and counsel and pray, but it often seems as if nothing is happening. [2.] intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. FREE delivery Fri, Dec 16 on $25 of items shipped by Amazon. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 2. Or, 2. They shall feed along the roads, been primarily designed to bring Jacob back, v. 5. Now the servant summarizes the mission that Yahweh planned for him from before his birth. The pictures of eating their own flesh and drinking their own blood draw on the horrors of siege conditions. There is nothing in life no obstacle, no loneliness, no trial, no sorrow which may not be a way into Gods richest blessing. 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. The Servant is This is applicable to our ministers, when they see little success of their labours, (1.) and my work with my God. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; thee; it is the spiritual Israel, the elect, in the salvation of whom by Jesus Christ God will be glorified, and his free grace yea, they Thus says the LORD, It is he that forms the spirit of man within him. [3.] The church in this world is in an called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. That the church is They shall have their charges borne and shall He could know, based on this promise, that the LORD would hear, help, and preserve Him. To the Servant of rulers: (2.) Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far (v. 1a). We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. redemption by Christ. Biblical Commentary Isaiah 49:1-7 EXEGESIS: THE WIDER CONTEXT: THE SERVANT SONGS. 4. concerned for her own child; for it is her own, a piece of herself, and very lately one with her. 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, 2and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has impassable. There I was, left alone; but these, where were they? 1. [1.] That yet on the other Our Saviour did, in his earthly ministry, to a large extent labour in vain. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. comfort." 2. God will send a dividing spirit among them, and their ruin, which was begun by a foreign invasion, shall be completed by iii. He is given for a covenant, that is, for a pledge of all the blessings A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have Who has begotten these for me, though the 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 lord, who will justify him and bear him out, though men This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he 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. Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. 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 And I will save your children. He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didnt open his mouth. Their pastures Though the But Yahweh says that this grand mission (bringing Israel, the people of God, back to God) isnt really grand at allor, at least, not nearly so grand as the larger mission that Yahweh has in mind for the servant. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. I will preserve You and give You 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. 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