Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 41:11
Confounded — Because the mischief which they contrived against thee shall fall upon themselves.
Confounded — Because the mischief which they contrived against thee shall fall upon themselves.
ALL THEY THAT WERE INCENSED AGAINST THEE - They who were enraged against thee, that is, the Chaldeans who made war upon you, and reduced you to bondage. SHALL BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED - To be ashame...
CHAPTER 41 Jehovah's Challenge 1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2. _Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3. Nations troubled on account of Cyru...
ALL THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL SHALL PERISH. This section is eschatological, and probably later, perhaps much later, than its context. All Israel's foes shall perish. Yahweh's people shall destroy their en...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._. BEHOLD, ALL THEY, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:22). App-92. THEY THAT STRIVE. the men (Hebrew. _'ish,_ App-14) of thy strife: i.e. thine accusers....
Humanly speaking Israel has cause for fear, being surrounded by opponents; but they shall be put to utter confusion. 11F. _incensed_ lit. "inflamed," as in ch. Isaiah 45:24; Song of Solomon 1:6. The...
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, &C.— The prophet here subjoins to his reproof of the nations, a consolation to the people of God, drawn from the same argument, as also he had done in the preceding section. See the...
b. GOD'S PEOPLE SAVED TEXT: Isaiah 41:8-13 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, an...
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. ASHAMED - put to the shame of defeat (cf. ;...
CYRUS GOD'S AGENT 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the he...
Similarly, God is ready to give his friends the strength that they need at any time. GOD WILL HELP YOU V14 So do not be afraid, Israel, small and weak as you are. I, the *Lord, will help you. I am...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 41 KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
BEHOLD... — The choice of the Servant has, as its complement, the indignation of Jehovah against those who attack him, and this thought is emphasised by a four-fold iteration. “They that strive with t...
הֵ֤ן יֵבֹ֨שׁוּ֙ וְ יִכָּ֣לְמ֔וּ כֹּ֖ל הַ נֶּח
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 Is...
THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT Isaiah 41:1-16 The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true G...
Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
Read the gospel, and behold the confirmation of these promises, for there needs no more; John 18:4....
11._Lo, all shall be ashamed and blush. _Here the Prophet expressly promises assistance to the Jews against their enemies; for if he had merely promised safety, without making any mention of enemies,...
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, ALL THEY THAT WERE INCENSED AGAINST THEE,.... For rejecting their idols, and idol worship; for receiving the Gospel, and professing it: SHALL BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED; their idols not being...
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Ver. 11. _Behold, all that were incensed again...
_But thou, Israel, art my servant_ Thus the Gentiles show themselves to be the servants of their idols, and own them for their gods: but thou art my people, and I am and will be thy God. _Jacob, whom...
The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory...
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, who gave expression to their wrath, SHALL BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED, by the defeat and destruction which would strike them; THEY SHALL BE AS NOTHING,...
THEY THAT STRIVE WITH THEE: _ Heb._ the men of thy strife...
10-20 God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee: not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee...
SHALL BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED, both because their hopes and designs shall be utterly disappointed, and because the mischief which they contrived against thee shall fall upon themselves. SHALL BE AS...
Isaiah 41:11 incensed H2734 (H8737) ashamed H954 (H8799) disgraced H3637 (H8735) those H582 strive H7379 perish...
GOD'S ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS TO HIS PEOPLE, WEAK THOUGH THEY ARE (ISAIAH 41:8). Isaiah 41:8 “But you Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham, the one who loved me.” He now...
Isaiah 41:8. _But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom l have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend._ Let us, for the time being, forget the people to whom this message was addressed, and see whe...
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment._ God invites people to argue...
God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the worship of idols. Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun idols and encouragement to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory and for the benefit of his people. ⇐ ⇔
SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.). EXPOSITION...
In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter, God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
Acts 13:8; Acts 16:39; Daniel 4:35; Exodus 11:8; Exodus 23:22;...
THE GOD OF ALL HELP Isaiah 41:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Isaiah is one that lives with us in every daily task and conflict. Sometimes we think that the Old Testament Scriptures are far separat...