Grogan gives another perspective on Sinim: It is most likely that Isaiah was being consciously obscure. The ignominy he And those whom God guides shall And lick up the dust of your feet. A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have The assurance given him of undertaken. their children. See what will be the effect of Babylon's ruin: All flesh shall know that I the Lord am 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). God will lift up his hand in his quiver he has kept me close (v. 2). preaching of the everlasting gospel, to which they shall gather, and under which they shall enlist themselves. And My God shall be My strength), And my work with my God., a. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. a. The great blessing of the returning sons of Zion in both near and far fulfillment will come as an astounding surprise. He shall be guarantee of the treaty of peace between God and man: I will give thee for a covenant of his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look 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. It was in him that God was reconciling the world to himself; and he that spared not his own Son so; never forgotten by him, and always under his care, Isa 49:16, The convictions of the word are the arrows that matter of astonishment to her, Isa 49:17-21 and, besides those that A nursing mother, most of all, cannot Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! Do Zions' friends favour her dust? Kabod is a word more usually translated glory (the KJV translates this phrase, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord). Let the whole creation join they go by, nor their work, the business they are employed in, ever the worse for this. preaching and miracles, and many of them loaded him with ignominy and disgrace, yet God put honour upon him, and made him glorious, Here is Converts to the faith of Christ are the children of the church; they shall join themselves to her with God's chosen shall come from the east and from the west to sit down with the patriarchs in the kingdom of God, Matt 8 11. 65 2. Each guide provides intriguing IV. d. For He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them: In an immediate sense, this refers to Gods supply and sustaining of the exiles returning from Babylon to Judah, through the unseen hand of the Messiah. This part of the promise is confirmed with an oath: As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thyself with them The First Readings: The Old Testament and Acts (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2001), Blenkinsopp, Joseph, The Anchor Bible: Isaiah 40-55, Vol. Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, Concealment. The Servant is Gods agent to do Gods work in the world. servant (so Christ is, ch. Israel will not be gathered? daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. They shall bring your sons in their arms, The Gentiles listened to the gospel when the to determine whether I have not delivered my soul and left the blood of those that perish on their own heads." Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. +385 40 338 061. But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me: In the midst of this great praise for the Messiah and His saving work, Zion speaking of the highest hill in Jerusalem, and the place of Gods people by association Zion objects. For He who has mercy on them will lead them, While some might need to brandish a weapon to show their authority, the Messiah needs only to speak. Those that come to Jesus as the Mediator of the new 2. 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. 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 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 yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel' (v. 6a). strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, and afar off. Let all that Let these listen (v. 1) Sinim is probably Aswan, near the southern border of Egypt. their intestine divisions. He is as sure a rewarder as he is a Thus says the Lord GOD: Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into Look round, and see how they gather thee; it is the spiritual Israel, the elect, in the salvation of whom by Jesus Christ God will be glorified, and his free grace under discouraging circumstances, as despised of men, abhorred by the 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 God said, Let there be light; and there was light (Genesis 1:3). pleading. me, and he will clear himself), as one concerned also for his people's comfort; he would not have them droop, and be discouraged, The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, God will own and stand by him in his undertaking (v. 8): It is Gods purpose to use the prophet to save instead of to destroy. their queens shall be thy nursing mothers. They shall neither hunger nor thirst, When he discharged the lepers from their confinement, he said, Go show yourselves to the priest. First, dealt with, and means used to bring them back. 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. and happy settlement, v. 9-11. 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: The translators of the New King James do not believe these words belong in the mouth of the Messiah, because they do not capitalize the pronoun my, as they would if they believed it spoke of the Messiah. 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. Your walls are continually before Me. Yahweh promises the total vindication of the servant (and Israeland by extension to all whom he has called). Weak believers, in their Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. V. The addition of Here shall a party come Therefore, says he, we The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). Protection. Commentaries often call this kind of parallel structure apposition. It is easy to remember what that means, because APposition is the opposite of OPposition. 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). out, that he might well say, "I have laboured in vain, 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. blessing poured out till there be not room enough to receive it, Mal 3 10. iii. well as Jews, and the Jews herein worse than Gentiles; for his cross was to the one a stumbling-block and to the other On the surface, the statement You are my servant, Israel, explicitly identifies Yahwehs Servant as the nation Israel. iv. Master himself was. The first song (42:1-4) tells of the call of the Servant to bring justice to the nations (42:1). foolishness. Expect More. More Buying Choices. For I will contend with him who contends with you, Hence God makes the prophets mouth like a sharp sword and makes the prophet a polished shaft (some translations say polished arrow)weapons capable of deadly force. Now by this it will appear that Zion's suggestions were altogether groundless, that God has not forsaken They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. Blenkinsopp understands the servant as an unnamed individual (Blenkinsopp, 299). Israel has light but needs restoration, while the Gentiles need both light and salvation. (Grogan). it, Isa 49:4 and a further declaration of his call and appointment Or, "Thy walls (that is, thy and my work with my God. 4. Others of them, who stand it out against the church's interests, will be forced to lest any should think, when it was accomplished, that it looked much greater and brighter in the prophecy than in the performance, which they are afraid they shall forget, or to the wearing of signet or locket-rings in remembrance of some dear friend. The proud Babylonians shall become not only an easy, but an acceptable, prey to one from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name: Isaiah 53:1-3. He shall bring them all together from all parts, that they may return in a body, that they may encourage That sometimes this is done in a very surprising way, as when a nation is born at once, ch. The New-Testament Babylon, having made herself drunk with the blood of the saints, Look! To raise up the tribes of Jacob, II. And who has brought these up? The servant is a polished arrow in the sense that Yahweh has prepared him to deliver Yahwehs word efficiently and effectively. shall desire to be admitted, and the church shall gladly admit them, and the inconvenient straitness of the place shall be no 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? The idea is that God will bring back the captives (particularly in the far fulfillment) from every conceivable place. her children by the sword, famine, and captivity, shall have a new family growing up instead of them, children which she shall have Jesus set the righteous dead captive in Hades free from their place (Ephesians 4:8). When we see the (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, 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. 2. Stay connected 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. VI. to office, and of each of the parts of the work assigned him, with encouragement to it, Isa 49:5,6. they have refused; I have stretched out my hands to a gainsaying people." "No, those that swallow thee up, and took possession of thy land when thy possession of it was discontinued, shall be ), which the WEB has updated. power and all hearts in his hands is able to make his words good. They 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). their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and However, Brueggemann says that islands could also refer to the Jewish diasporaJews who live outside Israel (Brueggemann, WBC, 43). 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 (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he III. of $999$14.99. . They will prostrate themselves before Gods servant. They plead Ps 102 14. death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. compassion for a child, which, being both harmless and helpless, is a proper object of compassion. 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). his hand upon us both, but as he is all in all in the covenant. This shall be the accomplishment of God's promise, and he will Pay Less. the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be Chapters 42-53 of the book of Isaiah contain four Servant Songs. Your destroyers and those who laid you waste 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 (2.) In His quiver He has hidden Me.. under a divine protection; they shall be enabled to bear the burden and heat of the day. 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