Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep, that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? The reference is to the deliverance of Israel at the Red Sea, when Pharaoh's might was overthrown. The thought which is implied is this: Even as the Lord overthrew the armies of the enemies in the past, so He can vanquish and annihilate the enemy's hosts at all times.
ART THOU NOT IT - Art thou not still the same? The ground of the appeal is, that the same arm that dried up the sea, and made a path for the Jewish people, was still able to interpose and rescue them....
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...
AN APPEAL TO YAHWEH TO DISPLAY HIS MIGHT AS OF OLD. Let Yahweh's strong arm manifest its power as it did in slaying the dragon Rahab, the personification of the mighty deep regarded as the power of Ch...
DRIED THE SEA. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:29). ransomed. redeemed (by price, or blood). Hebrew. _ga'al._ Compare Exodus 6:6....
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...
These verses are addressed to Jehovah, either by the prophet himself, or by the community of true Israelites. It is difficult to decide between these two views, but the dramatic unity of the passage i...
_the great deep_ (Genesis 7:11; Amos 7:4; Psalms 36:6) is the primeval ocean of Genesis 1:2, out of which the dry land appeared. The Hebrew (_těhôm_) is connected
DISCOURSE: 959 THE CHURCH PLEADING WITH GOD Isaiah 51:9. _Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O arm of the Lord! awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut...
AWAKE, &C.— _Rouse, rouse,_ &c. _Rouse,—art thou not that which hewed down Egypt, which mortally wounded the crocodile_ or _dragon?_ Isaiah 51:11. _And the redeemed,_ &c. _upon their head: joy and gla...
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...
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? (ART) THOU NOT IT - the arm. Art not thou the same...
51:10 thou (f-4) 'Thou He' = 'The Same.' see ch. 37.16; Deuteronomy 32:39 ; Nehemiah 9:6 , &c....
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...
Isaiah uses the name ‘Rahab’ to refer to Egypt. That country was the enemy of the people of God in ancient times (see Exodus 14:30-31). • Verse 9 seems to describe the *Lord as he awakes from sleep....
הֲ לֹ֤וא אַתְּ ־הִיא֙ הַ מַּחֲרֶ֣בֶת יָ֔ם
“AWAKE, O ARM OF JEHOVAH!” Isaiah 51:1-11 This chapter is extremely dramatic. We are conscious that we are nearing a revelation of unparalleled sublimity. As we hear the thrice _Hearken_ in Isaiah 1:...
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,...
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This precious portion seems to be as in answer to what had been said before. The Lord had been giving exceeding great and precious promises to his people, and now his people, as with one voice, makes...
10._Which dried up the sea. _Though Isaiah does not relate all the miracles which God performed when he brought out his people from the bondage of Egypt, yet he intended to include in a few words all...
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...
ART THOU NOT IT WHICH HATH DRIED THE SEA, THE WATERS OF THE GREAT DEEP,.... That is, the Red sea, and the deep waters of it; as it did, by causing a strong east wind to blow, which drove the sea back,...
Isaiah 51:10 [Art] thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Ver. 10. _Art not thou it which hath d...
_Awake, awake_, &c. The prophet, by an elegant figure, addresses himself to God, to stir up and exert his power in behalf of his oppressed people, as he did in former times, when he delivered them out...
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...
ART THOU NOT IT WHICH HATH DRIED THE SEA? art not thou the same God, and as potent now as then thou wast? FOR THE RANSOMED; for thy people, whom thou didst redeem and bring out of Egypt....
Isaiah 51:10 dried H2717 (H8688) sea H3220 waters H4325 great H7227 deep H8415 made H7760 (H8804) depths...
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...
RANSOMED Hebrew, "goel,: Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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...
_Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord_ THE AWAKING OF ZION (with Isaiah 52:1 (A)):--Both these verses are, I think, to be regarded as spoken by one voice, that of the Servant of the Lord...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:9 God’s power for his people is always active, opening new ways forward through the gospel. ⇐...
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...
Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:22; Exodus 15:13; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 43:16;