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Verse Isaiah 42:21. _HE WILL MAGNIFY THE LAW _- "He hath exalted his
own praise"] For תורה _torah, the law_, the _Septuagint_ read
תודה _todah, praise_....
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THE LORD IS WELL PLEASED FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS’ SAKE - There is
great variety in the translation and interpretation of this verse.
Lowth renders it:
Yet Yahweh was gracious unto him for his truth’s s...
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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...
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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...
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HE WILL MAGNIFY THE LAW. Note the correspondence with Isaiah 42:24....
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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...
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The verse reads: IT WAS JEHOVAH'S PLEASURE, FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS"
SAKE, TO MAGNIFY INSTRUCTION (or, REVELATION) AND GLORIFY IT. (see
R.V.) _Righteousness_is to be understood exactly as in Isaiah 42:6...
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THE LORD IS WELL PLEASED— _Jehovah took delight in him for his
righteousness sake; he hath magnified him by his law, and made him
honourable._ Vitringa. The meaning of the passage is very clear from
t...
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c. SIGHTLESS SERVANTS
TEXT: Isaiah 42:18-25
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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...
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The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify
the law, and make it honourable.
THE LORD IS WELL PLEASED FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE - not His
people's, but His own; shows th...
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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...
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RV 'It pleased the Lord, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify,'
etc. In accordance with His purpose, Jehovah had sent prophetic
teachers: their teaching had been great and glorious, both in itself...
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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...
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God had chosen the people in Israel to be his witnesses. He wanted
them to obey his law (directions) and so to live happy lives. Then
other nations would want to leave their *idols and decide to follo...
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THE LORD IS WELL PLEASED... — The tenses require a change: _The Lord
was well pleased ..._ _He made His law great and glorious._ This had
been His purpose, and he had not failed in it. He had done all...
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יְהוָ֥ה חָפֵ֖ץ לְמַ֣עַן צִדְקֹ֑ו
יַגְדִּ֥יל תֹּורָ֖ה...
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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...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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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_,...
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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...
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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...
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21._The Lord is well pleased. _In order to aggravate still more the
guilt of the Jews, he now shews that it was not God who prevented them
from leading a prosperous and happy life. He had already said...
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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...
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THE LORD IS WELL PLEASED FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE,.... This may be
either understood of what the Lord had done for these people in time
past, and which is mentioned as an aggravation of their stupid...
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The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify
the law, and make [it] honourable.
Ver. 21. _The Lord is well pleased; he will magnify his law, &c._] Or,
To magnify his law and...
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_The Lord is well pleased_, &c. Although thou art a wicked people,
that rebellest against the clearest light, and therefore God might
justly destroy thee suddenly, yet he will patiently wait for thy
r...
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The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness' sake; He will magnify
the Law and make it honorable, literally, "It pleased Jehovah for the
sake of His righteousness; great lie made His instruction an...
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THE WRATH OF GOD UPON ISRAEL...
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IT:
Or, him...
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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...
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IS WELL-PLEASED, to wit, with you; or, as this word is most commonly
used, _hath a good-will_ to you or to _this people_; which may be
understood out of the following verse, as is very usual in sacred...
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Isaiah 42:21 LORD H3068 pleased H2654 (H8804) righteousness H6664
exalt H1431 (H8686) law H8451 honorable H142 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake_
THE BROKEN LAW MAGNIFIED
I. THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS PARTY HERE SPOKEN OF. “The Lord,” or, as
in the original, “Jehovah,” the righteous Judge, th...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:18 God promises to help his confused people
understand that he is their only Savior.
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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...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 42:1
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL
PERFORM. There are comparatively few
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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...
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1 John 3:4; 1 John 3:5; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Daniel 9:24; Galatians