ISAIAH 49:22 TO ISAIAH 50:3. THE PROMISES TO ZION ELABORATED AND CONFIRMED. At a sign from Yahweh the nations shall with solicitous care bring back the exiles to Zion. Kings and queens shall tend them and do them abject homage (is it too abject for the prophet to have penned Isaiah 49:23 or Isaiah 4... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONFIDENCE OF THE SERVANT IN YAHWEH (the third Servant Song). Here, as in Isaiah 49:1, the Servant is the speaker. Yahweh has given me the eloquence of a disciple that I may know how to answer the godless with upright words. Every morning He imparts instruction to me as to a disciple, nor have i... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH 50:10 F. A LATE APPENDIX. The song (Isaiah 50:4) is applied to the conditions of a later time when the pious Jews were oppressed by their fellow-countrymen. Let the pious Jew hear (LXX) the Servant's voice, and despite his pitiful plight trust in Yahweh. Those who kindle the flames of persec... [ Continue Reading ]