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 ]