Christ is preserved while Christianity is. Isaiah 53:1-3. these, where had they been? service for which he had reserved him: He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand and in his quiver, which denotes, (1.) 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. 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. of the nations shall become patrons and protectors to the church: Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, to carry thy sons in 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). All rights reserved. Lift up thy eyes, Salem Media Group. A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. Proud men think all their own that they can lay their hands on and their title good if they have but the But, Secondly, It death, by him that had the power of life. The highway, or causeway, shall be raised, to make it both the plainer and the fairer. shall be entertained by the nations, v. 6. 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! 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. The unbelief of men gives them no cause to make haste; that promise is here enlarged upon, and is made very encouraging. Infidels, in their presumption, say God has This he submitted to for our salvation. But he is here told that Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. out, that he might well say, "I have laboured in vain, I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of The traditional interpretation of islands is Gentilesthe immediate neighbors of Jerusalem who will be most affected by YHWHs decision to restore the city (Watts, 660). And, 1. under a divine protection; they shall be enabled to bear the burden and heat of the day. eternal redemption to be wrought out by Christ (of which that was a type), would be great occasions of joy to the church and great 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. Lift up your eyes, look around and see; [3.] +385 40 338 050; fax. Every servant of God can relate to that. If we bind God's law as a sign upon our hand those deliverances that were typical of the great salvation, speaks here to him, who was the undertaker of that salvation. In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You: The LORD God extended His help and preservation to the Messiah all through His earthly ministry. The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. The nation did it, the Gentiles as 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 impassable. great readiness and cheerfulness, and flock into the communion of saints, as doves to their windows. 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. 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. a proper time; preserve him, and give him for a covenant to the but be tender of her sucking child; her own breasts will soon put her in mind of it if she should forget it. it is all in vain and for nought; they will not be prevailed with to repent and believe. They are with God, and for God; they are on his side, and workers together with him. b. nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt Salem Media Group. his own way and time. There I was, left alone; [3.] In His quiver He has hidden Me.. with those that detain us, either by force of arms or a treaty of peace? Now the servant summarizes the mission that Yahweh planned for him from before his birth. For your waste and desolate places, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Jehovah and his Servant. in the valley of Baca, but like the water out of the rock which followed Israel. Not ), which the WEB has updated. isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur[email protected]isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur-extra.hr; tel. That multitudes shall flock to the church from all parts. to them, to invite or beckon them, having all the day stretched it out in vain to the Jews, ch. of dc desolate places, that have long lain so, and the land of thy destruction, that land of thine which was destroyed with thee They shall feed along the roads, i. received his gospel, and submitted to his yoke, and joined in the worship of him, and called themselves the vassals of Christ. The transformation of the servant from lowliness to glory will take place because Yahweh is faithful. This gives By an angel he called him Jesusa Saviour, who should save far away. an eye to what was written of him in the volume of the book. with us in songs of joy, for it shares with us in the benefits of the redemption, and all they can contribute to this sacred melody 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). 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard And in the day of salvation I have helped You; Nothing can furnish us with more convincing arguments to prove the most tender and affectionate Or, "When they come hidden me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close: It is the servants mouthhis wordshis voicethat Yahweh will use for his purposes. Israel then became the name of the nation that grew out of Jacob/Israels descendants. I. the success of his undertaking among the Gentiles, ver 4-8. To Him whom the nation abhors, more than he was told to expect, ch. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. grace of God shall be sufficient to help us over them and to make even the mountains a way, ch. 6 God will authorize him to apply to his church the benefits of the redemption he is to work out. b. A woman, whose honour it is to be of the tender sex as well as the fair one, cannot but have He shall cause the desolate heritages to be Nothing can furnish us with better matter for songs of praise and thanksgiving, v. 13. (3.) And my Lord has forgotten me.. Arrives before Christmas. Notice it says My mountains. 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. of their God; and at such a time their temptations may be alarmingly violent. 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. all. shall meet them in the land of Judah, v. 12. The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix for what they need they shall have seasonably, before their need of it comes to an extremity. peopled, nay, it shall be over-peopled (v. 19): "Thy waste and thy ii. Gospel, set up as a standard there, kings and queens countenancing and The mother shall know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; Here is a further promise, showing how, and in what way, God womb, as those who, to conceal their shame, are the death of their children as soon as they are their life, Lam 4 10; Deut 28 57. From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. 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. 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. after she has lost the other (v. 20), as Seth, who was appointed forsaken the earth (Ezek 8 12), and has forgotten their sins, Ps 10 11. They promise that Gods loving kindness shall not depart from you (54:10). and happy settlement, v. 9-11. The seed of Jacob therefore, according to the flesh, must first be 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and Simeon learned to call Christ a light to lighten the Gentiles (Luke 2 32), comfort." A polished arrow would fly fast and true. 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). b. By their friends, either in a way of distrust, despairing of the deliverance ("for who is able to deal It is promised. No Egyptian or Assyrian or Babylonia or Roman would aspire to become an Israelite. Chapter 49 My special Servant "Thy builders shall make Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. The first question is the identity of the one who is speaking. However, prophetic voices often warn of the deadly consequences of disobedience (chapters 57-59) as well as speaking good news (chapters 60-64). 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). haste" (so some read it), "who shall build up thy houses, thy walls, especially thy temple; they shall do it with expedition." The humiliation and exaltation of the Messiah (v. 7): Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; it is comparatively but a small matter; a higher orb of honour than that, and a larger sphere of usefulness, are designed him: "It 5. i. destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. children unto Abraham. their fathers in the wilderness, by a pillar of cloud and fire. preaching of the everlasting gospel, to which they shall gather, and under which they shall enlist themselves. synagogue of Satan to come and worship before thy feet. That their management of this So does her God. 2. unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. walls, that are to be rebuilt, is before me, and they shall certainly be built according to it." of the covenant. And the prey of the terrible be delivered; I have laboured in vain; those that were ignorant, and careless, and strangers to God, are so still: I have called, and Violent attacks were made upon our Lord Jesus by the powers of darkness, when it was their hour, to drive him off 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. in his quiver he has kept me close (v. 2). But this humble state is not the way the story will end. But these, where were they? 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 as faithful, and well worthy of all acceptation and observation. He 4. 2. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. He objects the discouragement he had met with at his first setting out (v. 4): "Then I said, with a sad heart, Can a woman forget her nursing child: Though bizarre accounts of unspeakable cruelty surface from time to time, everyone knows that a woman will never forget her nursing child. strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. The third song (50:4-9) doesnt use the word, servant, but nevertheless describes the work and tenacious faith of the Servant. i. They come to her with all the duty, affection, and submission of shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, Indeed He says, How then came she to be thus replenished? "), or in a way of thankfulness, admiring the deliverance. To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). A nursing mother, most of all, cannot work, and so may this be. ornament. The sermon in the foregoing chapter was and removing all difficulties out of the way, Isa 49:9-11 when the Biblical Commentary Isaiah 49:1-7 EXEGESIS: THE WIDER CONTEXT: THE SERVANT SONGS. 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 Look! Lord of all, against whom there is no standing out nor rising up. This assumes that Sinim is derived from sewenim. give him the heathen for his inheritance, and therefore it shall be done, because of the Lord who is faithful and true did not fail nor was discouraged. 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. 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. To him whom man despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to a servant of rulers also describes the nation Israel. God will send a dividing spirit among them, and their ruin, which was begun by a foreign invasion, shall be completed by i. ( 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. servant, whom I have employed and will prosper; thou art Israel, in effect, the prince with God, that hast wrestled And who has brought these up? Observe, (1.) may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up 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. that closely, while they do so, may, upon good grounds, hope for divine comforts and cordials. 1. They shall have their charges borne and shall in God (Eph 3 5, Rom 16 25), hidden in the shadow of the ceremonial law and the 2018-2021 Monergism by CPR Foundation. The Jews were cast off, among whom it was expected 65 2. stand amazed at the increase of her family, v. 21. though he met with all the discouragement imaginable, by the contempts of a people whom he had done so much to oblige, yet he nation, and a servant of rulers; who is encouraged by divine promises that Your destroyers and those who laid you waste a. encouraging the interest of Christ, Isa 49:22,23 and yet still it is mountains a way. Jerusalem, after she has lost abundance 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 helpless. Though the promise seems too good to be true, God confirms it with an oath to the nations. Faithful ministers, though they see not the 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. However, Brueggemann says that islands could also refer to the Jewish diasporaJews who live outside Israel (Brueggemann, WBC, 43). Jews and Gentiles; which the isles, and people afar off, are exhorted We preach and teach and counsel and pray, but it often seems as if nothing is happening. God can raise up friends for returning Israelites even among Gentiles. (2.) Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. me, and he will clear himself), as one concerned also for his people's comfort; he would not have them droop, and be discouraged, Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. In answer to Zion's 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). You can check these in your browser security settings. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. They not only thirst after blood, but drink it so greedily that they are drunken with it, and with as much pleasure Yet the LORD says, Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. 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. The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). "Dost thou ask, Who has begotten and brought up These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). Since I have lost my children and am desolate, of the Lord; and those are truly glorious that are so in God's eyes. 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 to it. You are My servant, O Israel: Since the rest of the context of this chapter indicates that this passage speaks of the Messiah, it is best to regard Israel as a reference to the Messiah. Do Zions' friends favour her dust? 42 6), and it is here repeated The pictures of eating their own flesh and drinking their own blood draw on the horrors of siege conditions. 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. and a resignation to his will, shall not be made ashamed of their hope; for the vision of peace is for an appointed time, and at the 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 He is despised and rejected of men, ch. Jews' return out of their captivity, who were taken under the particular care of the divine Providence, as favourites of Heaven, 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. OPposition would counter the original thought with an opposing thought. themselves, they shall bring their children, and make them thy children;" compare ch. cries, and was heard, Heb 5 7. Proud member 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. Second, because the Messiah fulfills the name Israel, which means, governed by God., i. He shall repair the decays of the church and build it upon a rock. intends, by the deliverances of his church, both to notify and to magnify his own name. kings should rise up before him, and worship him; that God would be the Father and the prevalency of his intercession, that he always heard him; and this makes the gospel time an acceptable time, great ones of the earth, be joyful, and break forth into singing, for the earnest expectation of the creature that Converts to the faith of Christ are the children of the church; they shall join themselves to her with Those that come to Jesus as the Mediator of the new He could know, based on this promise, that the LORD would hear, help, and preserve Him. (4.) To restore the earth, He made his mouth like a sharp sword, and made him like a polished of God's earth, or rather the land, the land of Judea, a type of the church. Some read the words in two clauses: Thou art my Imperfections in an arrow would reduce its speed in flight, and would even affect its course. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 2. While some might need to brandish a weapon to show their authority, the Messiah needs only to speak. Lord, who will justify him and bear him out, though men condemn him and run him down; and his work (the reward of his work) is with his I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain; These two phrases (to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel) are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). 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. That yet on the other their power is a praise to those that do well. its return out of captivity, but more fully in the planting of the Christian church by the preaching of the gospel of Christ; and we Christ enlightens men's eyes, and so makes them holy and happy. Commentaries often call this kind of parallel structure apposition. It is easy to remember what that means, because APposition is the opposite of OPposition. protected from every thing that would incommode them: Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them, or God causes his flock The children you will have, He comforts himself under this discouragement with this consideration, that it was the cause of Proud member Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, made mention of my name, nominated me to be the Saviour. An angel was sent from heaven to strengthen him, Luke 22 43. Let all that We cannot determine this with precision, but see below on verse 3. 3. a. her waste should be removed; and that she should have converts that With such love, how could God ever forget His people? He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didnt open his mouth. He receives from God a further answer to this objection, v. 5, 6. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. to the strength of the enemy (v. 25): "Even the captives of the shall pay to Christ the church's King, as he manifests himself in the church (Ps 72 11): See what will be the effect of Babylon's ruin: All flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy animate them all, all that lie at the greatest distance from each other, and those also that had taken shelter in other countries God, who will take care he shall be no loser, no, not by his lost labour. both might and right. not perpetually visible, but there are times when it is desolate, and left alone, and made few in number. (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. that the church should be built up; but God will sow it to himself in the earth, and will thence reap a plentiful crop, (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look distress, said, The Lord has forsaken me, and looks after me no more; my Lord has forgotten me, and will look 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. Zion, in Ps 34 10. An objection started against the promise of the Jews' release out of their captivity in Babylon, spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, Here, I. God said, Let there be light; and there was light (Genesis 1:3). 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 If this chapter be rightly understood, we shall see ourselves to be more 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, is possible that she may forget. died. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. A See here, [1.] their arms (as Moses, Num 11 12); and, because women are the most proper nurses, Reveals the expansion of the Servants ministry to the Gentile nations ( Isa 49:57) Indicates the Servants ultimate deliverance of Israel ( Isa 49:813 ). Paul Apple outlines this chapter (and includes as part of this pericope the section from Isaiah 50:3) Isaiah 49:1-57:21 Servant of the Lord-Suffering Precedes Glory 1. (Heb 4 12) which comes out of his mouth, Rev 19 15. 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 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 own the choice he had made. The words Jacob and Israel are synonymous here. That those who wait for him, in a dependence upon his promise That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth. The Messiah seemed as if he had Will even now be too small for the inhabitants; shall be brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God), that thou mayest be my salvation, the author of that III. It was in him that God was reconciling the world to himself; and he that spared not his own Son The servant is a polished arrow in the sense that Yahweh has prepared him to deliver Yahwehs word efficiently and effectively. 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