Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 42:20
Heareth not — Thou dost not seriously consider the plain word, and the wonderful works of God.
Heareth not — Thou dost not seriously consider the plain word, and the wonderful works of God.
Verse Isaiah 42:20. _SEEING MANY THINGS_ - "Thou hast seen indeed"] The text has ראית רבית _raith rabith_, which the Masoretes in the marginal Keri have corrected to ראות רבות _reoth rabboth_; as ind...
SEEING MANY THINGS - That is, the people, the Jews, spoken of here as the servants of God. They had had an opportunity of observing many things pertaining to the law, the government, and the dealing o...
CHAPTER 42 The True Servant of Jehovah 1. _The Servant of Jehovah and His mission (Isaiah 42:1)_ 2. _His future work among the nations (Isaiah 42:5)_ 3. The future song of redemption glory (Isaiah 42...
ISRAEL'S PITEOUS PLIGHT, A PUNISHMENT FROM YAHWEH. The prophet bids the people, who have not recognised Yahweh's working in their distresses, look beneath the surface. To all appearance they are capti...
SEEING... OPENING THE EARS. As Israel had done. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:1; Deuteronomy 29:2). But Israel was blind and deaf (Isaiah 42:19). Compare...
An expostulation with Israel for its insensibility to the privileges it has enjoyed. The passage is of considerable interest for the light which it throws on the sense in which the title "Servant of t...
_seeing many_things] Render with R.V. in accordance with the consonantal text, THOU HAST SEEN MANY THINGS; the form has been quite needlessly changed by the punctuators. The idea of the verse is that...
WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT; &C.— As it might be doubted who were the _blind_ and _deaf_ mentioned in the preceding verse, the prophet here points them out. "I have exhibited (says God) the Gentiles...
c. SIGHTLESS SERVANTS TEXT: Isaiah 42:18-25 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that i...
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. SEEING MANY THINGS, BUT THOU OBSERVEST NOT - thou dost not keep them. The "many things" - are the many proofs which...
OPENING THE EARS] RV 'his ears are open.'...
THE IDEAL SERVANT 1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant of Jehovah. 10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah. 18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considered as Je...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 42 The *Old Testament calls several people ‘the *Lord’s servant’. Moses is...
God appointed Isaiah to be his special messenger (a servant who carries a message) to the people in Israel. But, at the same time, God warned Isaiah that the people would not listen (see Isaiah 6:9-10...
SEEING MANY THINGS... — With a clear vision into the future, the prophet sees that the future Israel will be as far from the ideal as his contemporaries had been. In the actual work of _the_ Servant w...
_רָאֹ֥ות_† רַבֹּ֖ות וְ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמֹ֑ר פָּקֹ֥וחַ אָזְנַ֖יִם
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 I...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5;...
A DEAF AND BLIND MESSENGER Isaiah 42:14-25 There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is only _temporary_,...
The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1), His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1), His method is d...
Here, as in the former Chapter s, the contrast is drawn between the Lord Jehovah, and the idols of the nations around; and the striking difference which marks the several worshippers is made between t...
_MERCY BLIND_ ‘Who is blind, but My servant? or deaf, as My messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant? Seeing many things, but thou observest not; ope...
20._Seeing many things. _The Prophet himself explains what is the nature of this blindness of which he spoke, and shews that it is double; and this shews clearly that he spoke of the Jews, who by wick...
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...
SEEING MANY THINGS, BUT THOU OBSERVEST NOT,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, saw Christ in the flesh; they saw the miracles he did; they saw the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers clea...
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Ver. 20. _But observest not,_] viz., For holy practice. _ But he heareth not._] viz., For any good purpose, he heare...
_Hear, ye deaf_, &c. O you, whosoever you are, whether Jews or Gentiles, who shall resist this clear light, and obstinately continue in your former errors, attend diligently to my words, and consider...
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. Israel has reached a point where most of its members are unable to understand although they have both eyes and ears op...
THE WRATH OF GOD UPON ISRAEL...
18-25 Observe the call given to this people, and the character given of them. Multitudes are ruined for want of observing that which they cannot but see; they perish, not through ignorance, but carel...
Thou dost not seriously and impartially consider the plain word and the wonderful works of God, of which thine ears and eyes have been witnesses, which are abundantly sufficient for the conviction of...
Isaiah 42:20 Seeing H7200 (H8800) (H8675) H7200 (H8804) things H7227 observe H8104 (H8799) Opening...
THE SAD PRESENT STATE OF GOD'S SERVANT, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM (ISAIAH 42:18). The glory of the future is now brought down to earth by a recognition of the present condition of God's servant. In contrast...
CONTENTS: Christ, servant of Jehovah. Chastening of Israel and the final restoration. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all who have contradicted and blasphemed the Gospel of...
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant._ In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17. All other applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took...
_Hear, ye deaf_ DIVINE EXPOSTULATION Thus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has reason to expostulate with us. 1. We are deaf, in a spiritual sense, when we do not attend t...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:18 God promises to help his confused people understand that he is their only Savior. ⇐ ⇔
BLIND IN THE SUNLIGHT Isaiah 42:18. _Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, &c._ Thus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has reason to expostulate with us. We succeed them, both i...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 42:1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM. There are comparatively few
Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the servant of God. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine el...
Acts 28:22; Deuteronomy 29:2; Deuteronomy 4:9; Ezekiel 33:31; Isa