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Isaiah 42:1-9
The True Servant of the Lord
The True Servant of the Lord
CHAPTER XLII _The prophet sets forth the meekness of Messiah's character, and_ _the extent and blessings of his kingdom, particularly among the_ _Gentiles_, 1-9. _In consequence of this he calls o...
BEHOLD - This word is designed to call attention to the person that is immediately referred to. It is an intimation that the subject is of importance, and should command their regard. MY SERVANT - Thi...
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...
THE MISSION OF YAHWEH'S SERVANT (the first of the four so-called Servant Songs; see Introd.). Yahweh bids the nations consider His Servant Israel, whom He sustains and loves. He has equipped him like...
MY SERVANT: i.e. Messiah. See note on Isaiah 37:35. MY SOUL. I Myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. DELIGHTETH. is well-pleased. PUT. bestowed. MY SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_ (App-9). Here is the doctrin...
The election, equipment, and mission of the Servant. _Behold my servant_ LXX. reads Ἰακὼβ ὁ παῖς μου ("Jacob my servant") and in the next line, Ἰσραὴλ ὁ ἐκλεκτός μου ("Israel my chosen"). _whom I up...
Israel as the Lord's Servant. The features of the portrait are these: (1) It starts from the thought of ch. Isaiah 41:8 ff., the _election_by which Israel is constituted the Servant of Jehovah; but th...
BEHOLD MY SERVANT, WHOM I UPHELD— _Whom I will uphold._ Lowth. Or, _Whom I receive._ The discourse of God is continued, of the Father pointing out the Son, as the teacher of the Gentiles expected for...
3. COVENANT, CHAPTER 42 a. SEE MY SERVANT TEXT: Isaiah 42:1-9 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice...
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. God's description of His character (Isaiah 42...
MY SERVANT] On the conception of these Chapter s see Intro. JUDGMENT] or 'right.' The Servant's office is to teach the world true religion. 2, 3. He will not be ostentatious nor unduly severe. How Ch...
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...
In Isaiah 41:21-29, the *Lord has discussed *idols. He declares that they have no life in them. They have no use for anything. They have no value whatever (see Psalms 135:15-18). • But now, in the fi...
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...
XLII. (1) BEHOLD MY SERVANT... — Here the words point not, as before, to the visible, or even the ideal Israel, but to One who is the centre of both, with attributes which are reproduced in His people...
הֵ֤ן עַבְדִּי֙ אֶתְמָךְ ־בֹּ֔ו בְּחִירִ֖י רָצְתָ֣ה...
CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5;...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent interest, the deliverance of I...
CHAPTER XVIII THE SERVICE OF GOD AND MAN Isaiah 42:1 WE now understand whom to regard as the Servant of the Lord. The Service of God was a commission to witness and prophesy for God upon earth, made...
THE WORK OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Isaiah 42:1-13 We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew 12:18-20. The unobtrusiveness of His life and work was clearly demonstrated in every...
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...
Behold (a) my servant, (b) whom I uphold; my elect, [in whom] my soul (c) delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth (d) judgment to the Gentiles. (a) That is, Christ, who in res...
My servant. Christ, who, according to his humanity, is the servant of God, (Challoner) and Redeemer of others; none else being able to satisfy for themselves. (Worthington) (Philippians ii. 7.) (Calme...
CONTENTS The Prophet prosecutes the same glorious subject through this Chapter, as in the former. We have a blessed sermon indeed; God the Father is the preacher; Christ, the Mediator, is both text a...
Had we any doubt whether the Prophet were speaking of himself, as God's servant, or of some other man, the Evangelist would decide the inquiry; for in the account he gives of the Person and ministry o...
1._Behold my servant. _The Prophet appears to break off abruptly to speak of Christ, but we ought to remember what we mentioned formerly (150) in expounding another passage, (Isaiah 7:14,) that the pr...
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...
BEHOLD MY SERVANT, WHOM I UPHOLD,.... The Targum is, "behold my servant the Messiah;'' and Kimchi on the place says, this is the King Messiah; and so Abarbinel f interprets it of him, and other Jewi...
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. Ver. 1. _Behold my servant._] Cyrus partly, b...
_Behold my servant_, &c. “The prophet, having opened his subject with the preparation for the return from the captivity at Babylon, and intimated that a much greater deliverance was covered under the...
1-4 This prophecy was fulfilled in Christ, Matthew 12:17. Let our souls rely on him, and rejoice in him; then, for his sake, the Father will be well-pleased with us. The Holy Spirit not only came, bu...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 42 The person and office of Christ appointed by the Father. ISAIAH 42:1. A new song to God for his gospel among the Gentiles, ISAIAH 42:10. The idolatry of the heathen, and obstinacy of...
Isaiah 42:1 Servant H5650 uphold H8551 (H8799) Elect H972 soul H5315 delights H7521 (H8804) put H5414 ...
THE SERVANT OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 42:1). Isaiah 42:1 “Behold my servant whom I uphold, My chosen one in whom my soul delights, I have put my Spirit upon him, He will bring forth judgment to the Genti...
SERVANT There is a twofold account of the Coming Servant: (1) he is represented as weak, despised, rejected, slain: (2) and also as a mighty conqueror, taking vengeance on the nations and restoring...
Isaiah 42:1 The servitude of Jesus. I. In Christ, service and freedom were perfectly combined. He gave the service of being, the service of work, the service of suffering, the service of worship, the...
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles._ Verily this prophecy is concerni...
This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for it is full of evangelical truth. Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have pu...
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...
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...
_Behold My Servant_ WHO IS THE “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as disting...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:1 This is the first of four Servant Songs, fulfilled in Jesus Christ (see also Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 5
THE FATHER’S ELECT SERVANT (_Missionary Sermon._) Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:4. _Behold My Servant, &c._ These words belong to one of the most impressive portions of the prophetic Scriptures, and unquest...
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 42:1. _Behold My servant, &c._ It is difficult for us who have history, with all its definiteness, to realise the inestimable value of prophecy, notwithstanding its vag...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 42:1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM. There are comparatively few
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...
1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:6; Acts 10:38; Acts 11:18; Acts 26:17;...
Behold — The prophet having given one eminent instance of God's certain fore — knowledge, in the deliverance of the Jews by Cyrus, now adds another more eminent example of it, by foretelling the comin...