COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 49-55. Chapter 49. The New Servant And The Deliverance of Israel. Up to this point the Servant has been seen as _potentially_ all the seed of Abraham. In Abraham his seed had entered the land and God's purpose was that through him, and them, all the nations of the world woul... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORDS OF THE SERVANT (ISAIAH 49:1). Isaiah 49:1 ‘Listen to me, O coastlands/isles, And hear you peoples from afar, Yahweh has called me from the womb, From the inner parts of my mother he has made mention of my name.' These are the first words represented as being by the Servant. Compare Is... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TRIUMPH OF THE SERVANT OUT OF HUMILIATION (ISAIAH 49:7). Isaiah 49:7 ‘Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, To him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, To a servant of rulers. Kings will see and arise, princes, and they will worship, Because of Yahweh who... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DESPAIR OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FINAL HOPE (ISAIAH 49:14). The picture now reverts. Yahweh's call to them was to be His Servant, but instead they are sitting moaning on the ground. Here the picture is of Jerusalem in despair because of her present state and because so many of her children are so... [ Continue Reading ]