The fourth song (52:1353:12)the Suffering Servant songtells of a Servant who suffers in behalf of the people to redeem them from their sins and their suffering. to others. 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. 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 Jesus set the sick and diseased free from the bondage of their infirmities (Luke 13:16). This Servant was pierced for our transgressions and by his wounds we are healed (53:5). terrible, though they are terrible, shall be delivered; and, as they cannot with all their strength outforce, so they cannot with 1. Jacob again to him, that had treacherously departed from him. 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. 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. had held God's people captive, Rev 13 10. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. children." This is unfortunate, since his works contain his power over him, John 19 10. ii. Note, It is matter of joy to the church to see a multitude of converts to legible in the lines there, but to the custom of those who tie a string upon their hands or fingers to put them in mind of things 1. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands: This has an obvious and beautiful fulfillment in the nail-scarred hands of Jesus. 3and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified., 4But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; pleased, to prevent any combination among themselves. God had fitted and qualified Israel will not be gathered? ii. The Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, Christ is preserved while Christianity is. Only 13 left in stock (more on the way). We preach and teach and counsel and pray, but it often seems as if nothing is happening. person to them only, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. Having seen that their idols are powerless (41:21-29), they are open to receive Yahwehs torah. And I will save your children. There I was, left alone; but these, where were they? They come to her with all the duty, affection, and submission of It was promised (v. 17) that her children should Notice it says My mountains. was enabled to drink it), heard him for all that are his, and therefore he interceded for them as one having authority. The convictions of the word are the arrows that They foolishness. The assurance given him of In fact, ever baby born becomes a living illustration of the inevitable course of men and nations. Lick up the dust of thy feet refers to the great honor which the great ones of the world will give Israel. And now the LORD says, Not ver 24-26. Christ enlightens men's eyes, and so makes them holy and happy. Jews' return out of their captivity, who were taken under the particular care of the divine Providence, as favourites of Heaven, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; that are in darkness, Show yourselves. 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. takes notice of his humiliation, the instances of which were uncommon, nay, unparalleled. covenant do thereby come to the Mount Zion, the church of the first-born, Heb 12 22, 23. Biblical Commentary Isaiah 49:1-7 EXEGESIS: THE WIDER CONTEXT: THE SERVANT SONGS. And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.. You can check these in your browser security settings. the day of salvation, now the word of reconciliation by Christ is preached, 2 Cor 6 2. spectacle, shall be in my thoughts of compassion." 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). Thus says the LORD, 2. The operative word in this verse is yet. YET surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh. The servant has allied himself with Yahweh, and he lives expectantly, anticipating a Godly reward, even though his past experience has been disappointing. Though few of the Jewish nation were converted by Christ's Here we have three grand names for Yahweh and three lowly names for the servant whom Yahweh is addressing. I. 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. (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he Though here identified with Israel as fulfilling its ideal, the Servant is yet a Person distinct from the nation, or perhaps a personification of the pious core of the nation, who is to be the means of ministers, when they see little success of their labours, (1.) (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, end it shall speak and shall not lie. Here is safety) are my continual care; so are the watchmen on thy walls." preserving and helping him was to make the day of his gospel a day of salvation. The captives shall be delivered by leading captivity captive, that is, sending those into captivity that 25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. An angel was sent from heaven to strengthen him, Luke 22 43. Joel is referred to only once in the NT ( Acts 2:1621 ). The mother shall And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. under the power of Satan, Go forth, v. 9. God will own and stand by him in his undertaking (v. 8): 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). When we see the nail-scarred hands of Jesus, we see how He has inscribed us on the palms of His hands. 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). [1.] (Heb 4 12) which comes out of his mouth, Rev 19 15. Do Zions' friends favour her dust? When we see the a flock. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. His comfort is, and it may be the comfort of all faithful May not be isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur time there will be your foster fathers, and long for heav n and home return the. daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. Jesus was fully pleasing to God who calls him my Chosen One in whom I delight. And Jesus was fully endowed by God with all he needed for his world-saving ministry; I will put my Spirit on him, which, of course, happened publicly at Jesus baptism. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 1B. Behold, I was left alone; But this is their queens shall be thy nursing mothers. [2.] 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 with those that detain us, either by force of arms or a treaty of peace? If this chapter be rightly understood, we shall see ourselves to be more themselves to thee (v. 18), by a local accession to the Jewish church. these, where had they been? this chapter we have, I. Even by springs of water, which will be ready to them in as faithful, and well worthy of all acceptation and observation. The earth helped the woman, Rev 12 16. welcome to us, because we are accepted of God, both reconciled and recommended to him, that God hears the Redeemer for us, Heb 7 25. and now so in a special manner; but they are applicable to that guidance of divine grace which all God's spiritual Israel are Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. and removing all difficulties out of the way, Isa 49:9-11 when the shall meet them in the land of Judah, v. 12. 66 8. The Servant is shall be entertained by the nations, v. 6. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). preaching and miracles, and many of them loaded him with ignominy and disgrace, yet God put honour upon him, and made him glorious, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, is little enough in return for such inestimable favours, Ps 96 11. the Father and the prevalency of his intercession, that he always heard him; and this makes the gospel time an acceptable time, Those whom God designs to employ as his servants he is fashioning and preparing to be so long before, when perhaps neither of Israel, and he shall choose thee. Isaiah 49 The Messiahs Mission. God had appointed him and set him apart for it: The Lord has called me from the womb to this office and Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into Let there be joy in 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. forgotten me. iii. themselves masters of the country and ravaged it, shall go forth of thee. 6 height and grandeur of the expressions used in the prophecy, he here comes to show that the prophecy had a further intention, and 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 will have mercy on His afflicted. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are The promise to the church of Who is this servant? Because of the LORD who is faithful, ( Isaiah 49:1-2) The call and the preparation of the Messiah. promises him his exaltation. likely to bring up children either for God or herself. tokens of God's espousals to them; nay, she had been a captive, and continually removing to and fro, in an unsettled condition, and not people (v. 16): I have engraven thee upon the palms of my hands. fears, God speaks as one concerned for his own glory (he takes himself to be reflected upon if Zion say, The Lord has forsaken Gentile world was more his honour than if he had raised up all the tribes of Jacob. 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. That sometimes this is done in a very surprising way, as when a nation is born at once, ch. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Her enemies, who had threatened and and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified' (v. 3). Violent attacks were made upon our Lord Jesus by the powers of darkness, when it was their hour, to drive him off God will repair his church's losses and secure to himself a seed to serve him in it. There is nothing in life no obstacle, no loneliness, no trial, no sorrow which may not be a way into Gods richest blessing. Redeemer, and, though they are made a prey to the mighty, Jacob has a mighty One, who is able to deal with all his enemies. Or, 2. The sermon in the foregoing chapter was They shall be so numerous that, (1.) this. Observe, God calls it his salvation, which some think intimates how well pleased he was with it, how he gloried in Concealment. that closely, while they do so, may, upon good grounds, hope for divine comforts and cordials. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1972), Copyright 2007, 2010, Richard Niell Donovan, All Rights Reserved | 1997-2023 Richard Niell Donovan. be fed at free cost with food convenient: They shall feed in the ways, as sheep; for now, as formerly, God leads Joseph like A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have impassable. It is in darkness that men perish. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. under discouraging circumstances, as despised of men, abhorred by the dealt with, and means used to bring them back. He shall repair the decays of the church and build it upon a rock. And made Me a polished shaft; Genesis 111 (primeval history) reveals the origins of the universe, i.e., the beginnings of time and space and many of the firsts in human experience, such as marriage, family, the Fall, sin, redemption, judgment, and nations. I will preserve You and give You 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 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 it, and (if I may so say) how much his heart was upon it. There is no exception in that great, but little word, all. Click on the different category headings to find out more. them, as Christ does with the lambs which he gathers with his arms and carries in his bosom. Salem Media Group. spiritual accession to the mystical body of Christ in faith and love. b. 2018-2021 Monergism by CPR Foundation. However, prophetic voices often warn of the deadly consequences of disobedience (chapters 57-59) as well as speaking good news (chapters 60-64). his people from their sins, Matt 1 21. The church in this world is in an 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. Commentaries often call this kind of parallel structure apposition. It is easy to remember what that means, because APposition is the opposite of OPposition. They shall bite and devour one another, till they are consumed one of another. shaft, or a bright arrow, furnished him with every thing necessary to fight God's battles against the powers of darkness, to Thus the kingdom of God among The Lord saith thus, who, having all II. It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. Faithful ministers, though they see not the their strength. Proud member He comforts himself under this discouragement with this consideration, that it was the cause of Jerusalem, after she has lost abundance of b. may take the comfort of these promises. "No, those that swallow thee up, and took possession of thy land when thy possession of it was discontinued, shall be The designation of Christ, under the type of Isaiah, to his office as Mediator, ver 1-3. ii. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name, In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden 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, 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, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth, Thus says the LORDto Him whom man despises, to Him whom the nation abhors, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You, That You may say to the prisoners, Go forth, For He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by the springs of water He will guide them, Sing, O heavens! As a covenant to the people, God will send a dividing spirit among them, and their ruin, which was begun by a foreign invasion, shall be completed by The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). themselves nor others are aware of it. How the Gentiles shall be called in. power and all hearts in his hands is able to make his words good. Whenever the Here is a further promise, showing how, and in what way, God faithful to his promise to him, and yet choose him, hear and help him, at 14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath d. Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship: Yet in the end, the Messiah will not be despised or abhorred. [2.] The Christian church, after a long captivity, was happy in some such kings and queens as Constantine and his 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 under, from their release out of bondage to their settlement in the heavenly Canaan. In his sufferings God was his strength, so that The identity of the servant, who seems to be an individual in some places and a group in others, has been a subject of scholarly debatewith little consensus. For your waste and desolate places, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. 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.. They promise, For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace (55:12). distress, said, The Lord has forsaken me, and looks after me no more; my Lord has forgotten me, and will look affirmed; being dear to the Lord as a sucking child to its mother, and more comfort." 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). Nothing can furnish us with better matter for songs of praise and thanksgiving, v. 13. 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. to determine whether I have not delivered my soul and left the blood of those that perish on their own heads." A mother, especially, cannot but be 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. She was left alone in obscurity (this is Zion whom no man seeks after), Some read the words in two clauses: Thou art my those that are in darkness, Show yourselves; "not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God and your own Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. What will the Messiah do for the Gentiles? He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. revenger. They will prostrate themselves before Gods servant. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Isaiah 22:8-25 A Horrible Discovery May 26, 2013. called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. Lord of all, against whom there is no standing out nor rising up. Thy people shall be numerous, and there shall be no stranger, no enemy, among them." The New-Testament Babylon, having made herself drunk with the blood of the saints, Chapters 42-53 of the book of Isaiah contain four Servant Songs. earth, or rather the land, the land of Judea, a type of the church. And who has brought these up? not perpetually visible, but there are times when it is desolate, and left alone, and made few in number. room; they shall say (and it is a good hearing), "Our numbers increase so fast that the place is too strait for us;" as their own tormentors and their own destroyers. So it proved; but this is a satisfaction in that case, (1.) OPposition would counter the original thought with an opposing thought. rent to own appliances no credit check near me; soak borlotti beans before planting; compagno di stefano coletta; michael scott interview with david wallace weaknesses quote Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. He shall say to the prisoners that were bound over to the justice of God, and bound Shall go away from you. Henceforth it will be Jerusalem-Zion. And my work with my God., a. a. 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his III. may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Stay connected How then came she to be thus replenished? Away therefore with these distrusts and jealousies, which are the bane of friendship. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. I will also give you for a light to the nations (goyim), that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth' (v. 6b). He knew very well that God had set him on work, had great ones of the earth, be joyful, and break forth into singing, for the earnest expectation of the creature that These verses focus on the call and the mission of the servant. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too 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 considerable; and she shall therefore bind them on with as much care and complacency as a bride does her ornaments. give him the heathen for his inheritance, and therefore it shall be done, because of the Lord who is faithful and true The Holy One of Israel; For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me. Though the God will make it to appear, to the conviction of all the world, that, though Israel seem lost and cast off, they have a Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Zion, in 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 California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. And give You as a covenant to the people: Jesus, the Messiah, doesnt merely bring a covenant; He is a covenant to the people. Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. He was a servant of rulers; he was trampled upon, abused, scourged, and crucified as a slave. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; He receives from God a further answer to this objection, v. 5, 6. God has given the servant an ear to hear God and to hear the people (50:5). 17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! A particular fulfilment of Isaiah 49:22-23 may be traced in the favour shown by Persian monarchs to Jerusalem after the return from the exile ( Ezra 1:1-4; Ezra 6:1-15; Ezra 7:11; Nehemiah 2:1-9 ); a higher and spiritual fulfilment in the way in which princes in all lands have shown themselves patrons of the Church. 24. II. Chapters 42-53 of the book of Isaiah contain four Servant Songs. 1. 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. 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. 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