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Verse Isaiah 42:24. _WE HAVE SINNED _- "They have sinned"] For
חטאנו _chatanu_, "we have sinned," first person; the _Septuagint_
and _Chaldee_ read חטאו _chateu_, "they have sinned," in the third
pers...
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WHO GAVE JACOB FOR A SPOIL? - Who gave up the Jewish people to be
plundered? The object of this verse is, to bring distinctly before
them the fact that it was Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and of...
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CHAPTER 42
The True Servant of Jehovah
1. _The Servant of Jehovah and His mission (Isaiah 42:1)_ 2. _His
future work among the nations (Isaiah 42:5)_ 3. The future song of
redemption glory (Isaiah 42...
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ISRAEL'S PITEOUS PLIGHT, A PUNISHMENT FROM YAHWEH. The prophet bids
the people, who have not recognised Yahweh's working in their
distresses, look beneath the surface. To all appearance they are
capti...
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JACOB... ISRAEL. See notes on Genesis 32:28. Gen 32:43, &c....
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An expostulation with Israel for its insensibility to the privileges
it has enjoyed. The passage is of considerable interest for the light
which it throws on the sense in which the title "Servant of t...
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The enigma of Israel's history is that Jehovah its God has given it
over to its enemies, a truth which the nation as a whole has never yet
laid to heart.
_for a spoil_ A better reading (which is prob...
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BUT THIS IS A PEOPLE ROBBED, &C.— It was reasonably to be expected,
that the Jews, blessed with so great privileges, would have been
greatly honoured and respected: but, abusing those privileges, thei...
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c. SIGHTLESS SERVANTS
TEXT: Isaiah 42:18-25
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Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send?
who is blind as he that i...
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THE IDEAL SERVANT
1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant
of Jehovah.
10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah.
18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considered as Je...
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But the people in Israel refused to obey the *Lord. So he punished
them severely. The *Lord allowed a powerful enemy to take them to
Babylon as prisoners.
OLD TESTAMENT ~ the first part of the Bible....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 42
The *Old Testament calls several people ‘the *Lord’s servant’.
Moses is...
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WHO GAVE JACOB FOR A SPOIL...? — The sufferers, whether in the
nearer or more distant exile, are reminded that they have brought
their sufferings upon themselves, and that it is Jehovah who sends
them...
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מִֽי ־נָתַ֨ן _לִ_†_מְשִׁיסָּ֧ה_†
יַעֲקֹ֛ב וְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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A DEAF AND BLIND MESSENGER
Isaiah 42:14-25
There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is
rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is
only _temporary_,...
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The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is
first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1),
His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1), His method is d...
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_We. Septuagint, "they have sinned," which seems preferable.
(Haydock)_...
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Here, as in the former Chapter s, the contrast is drawn between the
Lord Jehovah, and the idols of the nations around; and the striking
difference which marks the several worshippers is made between t...
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24._Who gave Jacob for a prey? _These are the matters which Isaiah
complains that the Jews did not observe; for they thought either that
the sufferings which they endured happened by chance, or that t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43.
Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised
up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made
of...
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WHO GAVE JACOB FOR A SPOIL, AND ISRAEL TO THE ROBBERS?.... To the
Roman soldiers, to be spoiled and robbed by them? this was not owing
to chance and fortune, or to the superior skill and power of the...
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Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the
LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his
ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Ver. 24. _Who ga...
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_But this is a people robbed and spoiled_ Notwithstanding the great
respect which God hath had, and still hath, for his people, it is
evident he hath severely scourged them for their sins. _They are a...
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THE WRATH OF GOD UPON ISRAEL...
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Who gave Jacob for a spoil and Israel to the robbers? Was it merely
the work of chance? DID NOT THE LORD, HE AGAINST WHOM WE HAVE SINNED?
the prophet here identifying himself with the disobedient peop...
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18-25 Observe the call given to this people, and the character given
of them. Multitudes are ruined for want of observing that which they
cannot but see; they perish, not through ignorance, but carel...
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Do not flatter yourselves with a conceit of impunity, because you are
a people whom God hath favoured and endowed with many and great
privileges, which the Jews were very prone to do, as we see, JEREM...
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Isaiah 42:24 gave H5414 (H8804) Jacob H3290 plunder H4933 (H8675)
H4882 Israel H3478 robbers H962 ...
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THE SAD PRESENT STATE OF GOD'S SERVANT, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM (ISAIAH
42:18).
The glory of the future is now brought down to earth by a recognition
of the present condition of God's servant. In contrast...
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CONTENTS: Christ, servant of Jehovah. Chastening of Israel and the
final restoration.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all who have contradicted and
blasphemed the Gospel of...
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Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant._ In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so
the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17. All other
applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took...
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_Who among you will give ear to this?_
NATIONAL CALAMITIES
I. THE TRUE CAUSE OF NATIONAL CALAMITIES IS HERE POINTED OUT--SIN. The
public distresses of the men of Judah and Israel did not proceed from...
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THE SUBJECTION OF THE JEWS AN ADMONITION TO THE WORLD
Isaiah 42:23. _Who among you will give ear to this? &c._
I. _The desolation brought upon the Jews_. Terrible. Sent upon them by
God. Defeated af...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 42:1
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL
PERFORM. There are comparatively few
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Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even
Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the
servant of God.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine el...
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2 Chronicles 15:6; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Amos 3:6; Deuteronomy 28:49;...