I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
I, (even) I, (am) he that comforteth you - (; .)
Who (art) thou - Zion.
That thou shouldest be afraid of ... the son of man - frail and dying as his parent Adam.
(Which) shall be made as grass - shall wither as grass (Isaiah 40:6).
I EVEN I AM HE THAT COMFORTETH YOU - The word ‘I’ is repeated here to give emphasis to the passage, and to impress deeply upon them the fact that their consolation came alone from God. The argument is...
CHAPTER 51 Jehovah Encourages His Faithful People, the Remnant of Israel 1. _The call to remember Abraham (Isaiah 51:1)_ 2. _Zion to be comforted (Isaiah 51:3)_ 3. His righteousness near and His arm...
ISRAEL, TRUSTING IN YAHWEH, NEED HAVE NO FEAR.Since it is I, Yahweh, who am comforting thee, how canst thou fear mortal man, and how forget that Yahweh is the omnipotent Creator, so that thou art ever...
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
Isaiah 51:1-16. Encouragements addressed to true Israelites The strain of consolation, which was interrupted by the soliloquy of the Servant at ch. Isaiah 50:4, is now resumed, and is continued till...
Jehovah again speaks as the comforter of His people. That the passage is a direct answer to the importunate appeal of Isaiah 51:9 f., seems probable, although it cannot be confidently affirmed; it is...
An expostulation with the exiles, who having the Almighty Creator for their God, live in constant terror of being destroyed by their oppressors....
_I_am _he that comforteth you_ Cf. Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 49:13. The Israelites are here addressed as individuals; this gives place immediately to the feminine collective, _Who art thou &c._? and this ag...
I, EVEN I, AM HE THAT COMFORTETH, &C.— The apostrophe being finished, wherein the foundation of this consolation was laid; the thread of the discourse is resumed, and the consolation is continued, whi...
b. TRUST IN JEHOVAH TEXT: Isaiah 51:9-16 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in p...
51:12 man (h-16) _ Enosh_ , as in ver. 7. This is one of the passages in which its force, as 'mortal man,' is very clear. 'Son of man' in this verse is 'son of Adam.'...
1, 2. In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 51 ABRAHAM WAS YOUR EARLY RELATIVE V1 ‘Listen to me,’ says the *Lord. ‘You desire to l...
I, EVEN I. — The iterated pronoun emphasises the true grounds of confidence. If God be with us, what matter is it who may be against us? The enemies are mortal and weak; the Protector is the Eternal a...
אָנֹכִ֧י אָנֹכִ֛י ה֖וּא מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑ם מִֽי ־אַ֤תְּ...
“THE CAPTIVE EXILE SHALL BE LOOSED” Isaiah 51:12-23 During the Sepoy mutiny in India, when a number of English men and women were shut up in a quarter of Cawnpore, expecting a terrible death by assau...
Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8), in which they are charged to look back to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity,...
This is the Lord's answer, agreeably to that promise, Isaiah 65:24. And observe how the Lord proposeth comfort to his people, even in himself. As if the Lord had said, "The deliverance at the Red Sea...
12._I, I am. _Here the Lord not only promises grace and salvation to the Jews, but remonstrates with them for refusing to believe him, and for valuing his power less than they ought. It is exceedingly...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52. The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12 (Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a fresh...
I, EVEN I, AM HE THAT COMFORTETH YOU,.... This is an answer to the prayer of the prophet, or the church by him, in which the Lord promises not only assistance and help, but comfort; not only to exert...
I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass; Ver. 12. _I, even I, am he t...
_I, even I, am he that comforteth you_ “They prayed,” says Henry, “for the operations of his power: he answers them with the consolations of his grace; which may well be accepted as an equivalent. _I,...
THE LOOSING OF THE EXILES...
I, even I, am He that comforteth you, so Jehovah Himself announces in taking up the topic of the chapter once more. WHO ART THOU THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE AFRAID OF A MAN THAT SHALL DIE, why should Zion...
9-16 The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliv...
WHO ART THOU? how unreasonable and distrustful art thou, O my church! how unlike to thyself! how unsuitable in these despondencies unto thy own professions and obligations! OF THE SON OF MAN WHICH SHA...
Isaiah 51:12 comforts H5162 (H8764) afraid H3372 (H8799) man H582 die H4191 (H8799) son H1121 man...
THE FIRST CALL TO AWAKE - SPOKEN TO THE ARM OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 51:9). Note that each call to awake is followed by Yahweh speaking to His people. It is a cry for Yahweh to awaken and act on behalf of H...
CHAPTER 51 EXHORTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO GOD. We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:1) - ‘attend' (Isaiah 51:4) - ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:7). They have...
Isaiah 51:1. _Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your f...
CONTENTS: Final redemption of Israel and punishment of oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Although God's people are called upon to suffer much upon earth, they have an eternal cause to...
Isaiah 51:4. _A law shall proceed from me._ The gospel law of liberty and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31. No other law ever emanated from Jerusalem. Isaiah 51:5. _My righteousness is near._ Ch...
_I, even I, am He that comforteth you_ DIVINE COMFORT IS STRENGTH They prayed for the operations of His power (Isaiah 51:9); He answers them with the consolations of His grace, which may well be acc...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:9 God’s power for his people is always active, opening new ways forward through the gospel. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:12 The Creator God criticizes his people’s fears. I, I AM HE answers the double “Awake, awake” of v. Isaiah 51:9....
FEAR OF GOD AND MAN Isaiah 51:12. _I, even I, am He that comforteth you, &c._ I. THE TWO PARTIES SET OVER AGAINST EACH OTHER, “Man that shall die,” &c.; and “the Lord thy Maker, that hath stretched f...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 51:1 AN ADDRESS TO FAITHFUL ISRAEL, SUGGESTING TOPICS OF COMFORT. The address consists of three nearly equal strophes or stanzas, each commencing with a call, _Shim'u elai_,...
Tonight we have a marvelous study as we look at Isaiah, Chapter s 51-55, in which the prophet sees so clearly the suffering and the rejection of God's provision for man in sending His Son to die for o...
1 Peter 1:24; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 7:6;...