Isaiah 41:1-7
THE GLORY OF THE LORD AND THE VANITY OF THE HEATHEN... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF THE LORD AND THE VANITY OF THE HEATHEN... [ Continue Reading ]
Keep silence before Me, O islands, since the Lord is about to argue His case before the leaders of the Gentile world, AND LET THE PEOPLE, all those on the side of the enemies, RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, gather all the resources at their command, in order, if that be possible, to gain the advantage in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Who raised up the righteous man from the East, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? literally, "Who stirs, raises up from the East him (whom) justice calls to her footprints, gives nations before him, and lets him step upon kings?" It is God who calls a... [ Continue Reading ]
He pursued them and passed safely, without hindrance; EVEN BY THE WAY THAT HE HAD NOT GONE WITH HIS FEET, that is, the conqueror whom the Lord calls will carry on his pursuit of the Lord's enemies with such energy as to disregard all obstructions, no matter of what kind they may be.... [ Continue Reading ]
Who hath wrought and done it, undertaking and also finishing the work which He had set before Him, CALLING THE GENERATIONS FROM THE BEGINNING? I, THE LORD, THE FIRST AND WITH THE LAST: I AM HE. Jehovah, who called all the generations of man into being and will do so until the end of time, raises up... [ Continue Reading ]
The isles, the leaders among the heathen, saw it and feared, filled with terror before the deliverer appointed by the Lord; THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, all the inhabitants of the world, WERE AFRAID, DREW NEAR, AND CAME, huddling together for mutual defense, with a show of opposition.... [ Continue Reading ]
They helped every one his neighbor, they attempt to assist one another in the work which they now undertake; AND EVERY ONE SAID TO HIS BROTHER, BE OF GOOD COURAGE, trying to give him moral support, for they intend to supply gods for their defense against Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
So the carpenter, the craftsman in wood and metal, ENCOURAGED THE GOLDSMITH, the man who cast the idols, AND HE THAT SMOOTHETH WITH THE HAMMER HIM THAT SMOTE THE ANVIL, SAYING, IT IS READY FOR THE SOLDERING, saying of the soldered mass, It is good; AND HE FASTENED IT WITH NAILS THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou, Israel, art My servant, as Jehovah, in a section replete with love and consolation, assures His children, JACOB, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, MY FRIEND, His servants, the people of His covenant, of old, especially the spiritual descendants of him who had the honor of being know... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou, whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and called thee from the chief men thereof, from its most remote corners, AND SAID UNTO THEE, THOU ART MY SERVANT; I HAVE CHOSEN THEE AND NOT CAST THEE AWAY. Note how excellently this description fits the believers of the New Testament, and how full... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear thou not, for I am with thee, with His merciful power; BE NOT DISMAYED, filled with anxiety, FOR I AM THY GOD, who freely gives His heart, His grace, His salvation, to His children; I WILL STRENGTHEN THEE, so that no one can overthrow him; YEA, I WILL HELP THEE, upholding him who is in himself... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, who gave expression to their wrath, SHALL BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED, by the defeat and destruction which would strike them; THEY SHALL BE AS NOTHING, AND THEY THAT STRIVE WITH THEE SHALL PERISH, since the Lord Himself would do battle for His people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee, daring to attack the Lord's people; THEY THAT WAR AGAINST THEE SHALL BE AS NOTHING AND AS A THING OF NAUGHT, so utterly exterminated that not a trace of them could be found.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I, the Lord, thy God, will hold thy right hand, thereby imparting His almighty strength, SAYING UNTO THEE, FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP THEE. Cf Deuteronomy 33:26. The encouragement now increases in fervency.... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, trodden under foot as he now seems, AND YE MEN OF ISRAEL, the poor small crew who hold to the Lord: I WILL HELP THEE, SAITH THE LORD, that is His majestic saying, AND THY REDEEMER (IS) THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, the mighty Deliverer and Vindicator of His people at all times,... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth, the sledge used in the Orient to cut up the straw for fodder and to separate the grain from the hull, sometimes used to put captives to death; THOU SHALT THRESH THE MOUNTAINS, AND BEAT THEM SMALL, AND SHALT MAKE THE HILLS AS CHA... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt fan them, as the husbandman winnows his grain, AND THE WIND SHALL CARRY THEM AWAY, like useless chaff, AND THE WHIRLWIND, the strong tempest, SHALL SCATTER THEM; AND THOU, seeing this marvelous victory over the mighty enemies, SHALT REJOICE IN THE LORD AND SHALT GLORY IN THE HOLY ONE OF I... [ Continue Reading ]
When the poor and needy seek water, spiritual comfort and strength, AND THERE IS NONE, AND THEIR TONGUE FAILETH FOR THIRST, their heart parched, exhausted with the heat of the affliction, I, THE LORD, WILL HEAR THEM, their sighs and their prayers; I, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, WILL NOT FORSAKE THEM, not per... [ Continue Reading ]
I will open rivers in high places, in dry rocks, as He did in the wilderness, AND FOUNTAINS IN THE MIDST OF THE VALLEYS, so that the headsprings will yield abundantly. I WILL MAKE THE WILDERNESS A POOL OF WATER AND THE DRY LAND SPRINGS OF WATER. In the midst of Israel's great spiritual trouble the L... [ Continue Reading ]
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, the acacia, or Egyptian thorn, AND THE MYRTLE, AND THE OIL-TREE, the wild olive, valued as an ornamental tree; I WILL SET IN THE DESERT THE FIR-TREE, the cypress, AND THE PINE, the Oriental elm, AND THE BOX-TREE TOGETHER, the pine, the form... [ Continue Reading ]
that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, become thoroughly saturated with the knowledge, THAT THE HAND OF THE LORD HATH DONE THIS AND THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL HATH CREATED IT. In this manner the copious spiritual refreshment which would fall to the lot of those sighing for c... [ Continue Reading ]
Produce your cause, saith the Lord, presenting their case for the court's consideration; BRING FORTH YOUR STRONG REASONS, SAITH THE KING OF JACOB, their arguments for the correctness of their position that they had a right to continue in their idolatry, in their enmity against God.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COMING OF THE DELIVERER... [ Continue Reading ]
Let them bring them forth and show us what shall happen; let them show the former things, the events of the very nearest future, WHAT THEY BE, THAT WE MAY CONSIDER THEM, laying their argument to heart, turning to it as a strong support of their cause, AND KNOW THE LATTER END OF THEM, OR DECLARE US T... [ Continue Reading ]
Show the things that. are to come hereafter, at any time in the future, for prophecy is one of the strongest proofs of divinity, THAT WE MAY KNOW THAT YE ARE GODS, duly accept them as such; YEA, DO GOOD OR DO EVIL, anything at all that will at least show life, THAT WE MAY BE DISMAYED AND BEHOLD IT T... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of naught; an abomination is he that chooseth you, such is the conclusion which one is bound to reach from the premises presented: the idolater like his idol under the condemnation of the Lord. All the more prominently and emphatically, therefore, Jehovah sta... [ Continue Reading ]
I have raised up one from the North, and he shall come, serving as the instrument of the Lord; FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN SHALL HE CALL UPON MY NAME, proclaiming the true God, as Cyrus did when he issued his decree permitting the Jews to return to their country, 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1; AND HE... [ Continue Reading ]
Who hath declared from the beginning that we may know, proved His divinity by foretelling the future, AND BEFORE-TIME, THAT WE MAY SAY, HE IS RIGHTEOUS, he is in the right? YEA, THERE IS NONE, namely, among the enemies, the idolaters, and their idols, THAT SHOWETH; YEA, THERE IS NONE THAT DECLARETH;... [ Continue Reading ]
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them, or, "I let Zion have the first one who says, Behold, there it is"; AND I WILL GIVE TO JERUSALEM ONE THAT BRINGETH GOOD TIDINGS; that is, the idols were unable to foretell the future, but Jehovah, the true God, predicted the happening just as it came... [ Continue Reading ]
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, the enemies, AND THERE WAS NO COUNSELOR, not one true prophet, THAT, WHEN I ASKED OF THEM, COULD ANSWER A WORD, or in the form of a question: "And if I ask them, do they so much as answer?" It is a most emphatic way of saying that all the claims o... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, they are all vanity, emptiness, nothingness; THEIR WORKS ARE NOTHING; THEIR MOLTEN IMAGES ARE WIND AND CONFUSION, utter desolation. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. Psalms 115:8.... [ Continue Reading ]