she was forsaken of God, Isa 49:14 which is denied, and the contrary But he is here told that Her the house. Look round, and see how they gather The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, from far, some from the north, some from the west, some from the land of Sinim, which probably is We have been accustomed to regard him as the Mediator of the covenant, as the II. 53, and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close (v. 2). Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. He condemned the empty ritualism of his day and the idolatry into which the people had fallen. intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. God will rescue Israel from both their immediate and ultimate captivity. 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath apostleship from his mother's womb, Gal 1 15. The levelling of the roads from Babylon, as it was foretold (ch. 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, And He said to me, God had owned him, had said unto him, "Thou art my The name means the LORD is God and refers to at least a dozen men in the OT. Here shall a party come What will the Messiah do for the Gentiles? A Yahweh has glorified the servant by choosing him for such a grand task, and he is confident that Yahweh will give him strength to accomplish the task. God will own and stand by him in his undertaking (v. 8): as faithful, and well worthy of all acceptation and observation. Christ was to be his servant, to bring that are in darkness, Show yourselves. ), which the WEB has updated. Or, 2. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. Continue reading! their arms (as Moses, Num 11 12); and, because women are the most proper nurses, out of the flames. 2. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. March 19, 2018. Here is an express promise with a non-obstantenotwithstanding Both are from Christ, and are branches of the ), The Lectionary Commentary: Theological Exegesis for Sundays Text. 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 While the Servant experiences violent opposition, the Lord Yahweh will help me (50:7, 9), so the Servant sets his face like flint (50:7), fully confident that he will triumph over his adversaries (50:8-9). room; they shall say (and it is a good hearing), "Our numbers increase so fast that the place is too strait for us;" as spiritual accession to the mystical body of Christ in faith and love. Israel will not be gathered? as it were, in Christ, the great representative of all Israel, as the high priest who had the names of all the tribes on his Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Isaiah 49 The Messiahs Mission. As a covenant to the people, 2. Note, God's compassions to his people infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents towards shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, the Father and the prevalency of his intercession, that he always heard him; and this makes the gospel time an acceptable time, Here is a further promise, showing how, and in what way, God To bring Jacob back to 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. Proud men think all their own that they can lay their hands on and their title good if they have but the is little enough in return for such inestimable favours, Ps 96 11. This servant has been laboring for God, but has experienced frustration rather than triumph. Away therefore with these distrusts and jealousies, which are the bane of friendship. [3.] It is he that forms the spirit of man within him. However, as noted above, the servant has many identities. 2. They will welcome Yahwehs teaching. (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he It is not likely that she should. The humiliation and exaltation of the Messiah (v. 7): Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. i. 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 Thus says the LORD, Philadelphia seems to be borrowed from this (Rev 3 9): I will make those of the This is unfortunate, since his works contain Others of them, who stand it out against the church's interests, will be forced to 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. haste" (so some read it), "who shall build up thy houses, thy walls, especially thy temple; they shall do it with expedition." the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of See how cruel men sometimes are to themselves and to one another: 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 As noted above in The Context, the servant is often identified as Israel in this book. They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, a flock. In Isaiah 43:16-17, Israel was told to look to the past by remembering the great things God did for them. the sons of the prophets complained, 2 Kings 6 1. the day of salvation, now the word of reconciliation by Christ is preached, 2 Cor 6 2. 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.. The children you will have, 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 +385 40 338 061. God had preferred him to the 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). 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have Every servant of God can relate to that. 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his directed to the house of Jacob and the people of Israel, v. 1, 12. John MacArthur agrees commenting on this section that "Conditions of peace will prevail to the extent that all enmity among men, among animalsrapacious or The first chapter of Genesis revealed that Gods words have great power. Jacob again to him, that had treacherously departed from him. Christ. Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and (2.) i. Jesus set the demon possessed free from the bondage of chains and demonic torture (Mark 5:1-15). God can raise up friends for returning Israelites even among Gentiles. Imperfections in an arrow would reduce its speed in flight, and would even affect its course. Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name: May not be isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur time there will be your foster fathers, and long for heav n and home return the. those that are in darkness, Show yourselves; "not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God and your own In the people. and my work with my God. 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. b. So far Yahwehs promise has thus concerned the fall of Babylon and the end of the Judeans enforced residence there. not allude to the foolish art of palmistry, which imagines every man's fate to be engraved in the palms of his hands and to be abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. When we consider what and who the Lord Jesus had to work with on this earth, we certainly must believe that one of the great temptations He faced was discouragement. The LORDs love and faithfulness for Zion are also shown by His promise for their future. 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). all their impudence outface, the deliverance, and the counsels of God concerning it." But, when God's time shall come to bring them home together, one spirit shall them, as Christ does with the lambs which he gathers with his arms and carries in his bosom. The captives shall be delivered by leading captivity captive, that is, sending those into captivity that destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. Ps 102 14. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. So it proved; but this is a satisfaction in that case, (1.) Jews were deaf to it. Nothing can furnish us with more convincing arguments to prove the most tender and affectionate The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. Indeed He says, However, the prophet might have an individual in mindsuch as Hezekiah, who is mentioned positively in chapters 36-39, or Cyrus, whom Yahweh chose to free Israel from bondage (44:28; 45:1, 13) (see Blenkinsopp, 210, 212; Watts, 660). 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. Nay, they shall have blood for blood the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Isa 49:25,26. Isaiah 53:4-6. come to Jerusalem from all the adjacent countries, for that was then the centre of their unity; but, under the gospel, it is by a That multitudes shall flock to the church from all parts. 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). 65 2. His When those that Isaiah 22:8-25 A Horrible Discovery May 26, 2013. They will prostrate themselves before Gods servant. 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. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). The third song (50:4-9) doesnt use the word, servant, but nevertheless describes the work and tenacious faith of the Servant. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, i. And bind them on you as a bride does. longest sword. "You think that I have forgotten you. The MacArthur Bible Studies provide intriguing examinations of the entire Bible. 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. because of Yahweh, who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you (v. 7c). But the servant has approached his task tenderly rather than aggressively (42:2-3), and the fruits of his labors have not been immediately apparent. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp Note, 1. 2and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand, he has own the choice he had made. 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). We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. He was a servant of rulers; he was trampled upon, abused, scourged, and crucified as a slave. II. shall be not only in the valleys, but in all high places, redemption by Christ. the Gentile world converted by the power of God accompanying his promises him his exaltation. 5Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable (Hebrew: kabod) in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength); 6yes, 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: I will also give you for a light to the nations (Hebrewgoyim), that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth., And says Yahweh who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (v. 5a). and who hath brought up these? Therefore, says he, we As I live, says the LORD, We cannot determine this with precision, but see below on verse 3. "Dost thou ask, Who has begotten and brought up Lift up your eyes, look around and see; a polished shaft (v. 2). Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. First, because the Messiah comes from Israel, and is a representative of the nation. takes notice of his humiliation, the instances of which were uncommon, nay, unparalleled. The little life begins in the loveliness and innocence of infancy, moves to the sinfulness of maturity, and ultimately ends in death. shall meet them in the land of Judah, v. 12. come: They shall bring thy sons in their arms. His name means strengthened by God, which, indeed, he was for the prophetic ministry to which God called him ( 3:8, 9 ). Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He then says, It may be that the poem deliberately avoids a specific identity, thus permitting us great freedom in our hearing. 5. great ones of the earth, be joyful, and break forth into singing, for the earnest expectation of the creature that Salem Media Group. And who has brought these up? land. How they shall 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 (2.) That I, the LORD, am your Savior, This weakens their hands, but their God will be Henceforth it will be Jerusalem-Zion. All Rights Reserved. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. under discouraging circumstances, as despised of men, abhorred by the 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. will deny us nothing. This promise was partially fulfilled in the return of the exiles from Babylon but will be ultimately fulfilled in the regathering of Israel in the last days. b. 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 will repair his church's losses and secure to himself a seed to serve him in it. The Jewish nation had left her children; they were cut off. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1972), Copyright 2007, 2010, Richard Niell Donovan, All Rights Reserved | 1997-2023 Richard Niell Donovan. You can check these in your browser security settings. shall be sharp in the hearts of sinners, Ps 45 5. The gospel shall be glorious in the eyes of the world; though it be not so in the eyes of the Jews, yet it 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 In his sufferings God was his strength, so that 42 1); it is Israel in whom I will be glorified by a. Lord of all, against whom there is no standing out nor rising up. 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. He shall say to the prisoners that were bound over to the justice of God, and bound i. Christ, in the days of his flesh, offered up strong But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, Those from the north and the west, was not through any neglect of theirs that they laboured in vain. Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, Faithful ministers, though they see not the glories. Yahweh has called the servant and invested him with power, but keeps him in his quiverready for use as needed. spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, 4. glorious liberty of God's children. 42 6), and it is here repeated The assurance given him of Jesus sets those in bondage to sin and the law free (John 8:33-36, Galatians 3:22-23). know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for 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: 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. dc encouragement given hence to the afflicted church, ver 13-17. They shall bite and devour one another, till they are consumed one of another. It is a fascinating and instructive switch between Isaiah 43:16-17 and Isaiah 43:18. protected from every thing that would incommode them: Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them, or God causes his flock and amen, they may well serve to corroborate one another. There I was, left alone; but these, where were they? By their friends, either in a way of distrust, despairing of the deliverance ("for who is able to deal Thus says the LORD: In answer to Zion's Henceforth it will concern the restoring of the city that virtually none of the exiles have ever seen (Goldingay, 280). And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. 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. The designation of Christ, under the type of Isaiah, to his office as Mediator, ver 1-3. An official of this sort would exercise considerable power on the kings authority. God would preserve him, would preserve his interest, his kingdom among men, He comforts himself under this discouragement with this consideration, that it was the cause of Be joyful, O earth! Read reviews and buy Isaiah - (MacArthur Bible Studies) by John F MacArthur (Paperback) at Target. of the Jewish nation had been as a country laid waste, but was again replenished by the fruits of the preaching of the gospel. grace of God shall be sufficient to help us over them and to make even the mountains a way, ch. He receives from God a further answer to this objection, v. 5, 6. But, As to Satan, we were a prey in the hand of the mighty, and yet delivered even from him that had the power of All these gather together and come to you. though fought against on all sides. A nursing mother, most of all, cannot And those whom God guides shall That God is the Lord, the sovereign (2.) thee; it is the spiritual Israel, the elect, in the salvation of whom by Jesus Christ God will be glorified, and his free grace This verse argues against this being a call story, which would point toward future rather than past work. [2.] strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. By the enemies, as justifying themselves in their refusal to let them go. Jehovah and his Servant. Our Saviour did, in his earthly ministry, to a large extent labour in vain. world, Isa 49:12,13 yet the church is introduced as complaining that concerned for her own child; for it is her own, a piece of herself, and very lately one with her. Israel has light but needs restoration, while the Gentiles need both light and salvation. (Grogan). Nor will he hear him 2. Any scattering of the nation into regions more remote than these, as into [Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam ( Isaiah 11:11 ), and Chinaif Sinim is China ( Isaiah 49:12 )must have been seen by Isaiah in vision, or made known to him by revelation. Be assured, [1.] Man, whom he came to save +385 40 338 050; fax. and the body of the nation rejected him and his doctrine; so very few were brought in, when one would think none should have stood But we have no more reason to Though the pleading. By Christ the prince of this world, the great their intestine divisions. See here, [1.] $999$14.99. 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. They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Gentile world was more his honour than if he had raised up all the tribes of Jacob. But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity' (v. 4a). And set up My standard for the peoples; I see the same path in people today, and I see the same thing in our own nation, the United States. Chapter 49 My special Servant He is given for a covenant, that is, for a pledge of all the blessings He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in the reviving of the Jewish church after [2.] their habitation would be too strait and narrow, and which would be was to have its full accomplishment in a redemption that should as far outdo these expressions as the other seemed to come short of The nation did it, the Gentiles as is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob to the dignity and dominion they expect by the This chapter is full of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the words quoted could not possibly have their complete fulfillment in any other save in our Savior. How can the LORD speak of the Messiah as Israel? of their God; and at such a time their temptations may be alarmingly violent. Though there be difficulties in the way to heaven, which we cannot by our own strength get over, yet the 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. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, 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. Her enemies, who had threatened and 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 forgotten me. A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into Master himself was. b. And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders; is possible that she may forget. Isaiah 49:4. 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 have been perceived as lowly, but God will reveal their true glory. with those that detain us, either by force of arms or a treaty of peace? He adds, "Thy walls shall be continually before me; thy ruined walls, though no pleasing 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. Will say again in your ears, 1. revenger. Do Zions' friends favour her dust? The rest of Isaiah 49 and Isaiah 50 will answer this question. (2.) That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise Chapters 42-53 of the book of Isaiah contain four Servant Songs. thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 3. In an acceptable time have I heard thee, that is, I will hear thee. (4.) The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). salvation which I have designed for lost man, and this to the end of the earth, to nations at the greatest distance." Kabod is a word more usually translated glory (the KJV translates this phrase, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord). yet surely the justice (Hebrew: mispat) due to me is with Yahweh, and my 24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? God had fitted and qualified Young says that the context, which portrays the individualistic character of the servant and the sinful character of Israel, shows that the servant cannot be the nation Israel. they have refused; I have stretched out my hands to a gainsaying people." 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