Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 42:9
I tell you — That when they come to pass, you may know that I am God, and that this is my work.
I tell you — That when they come to pass, you may know that I am God, and that this is my work.
BEHOLD, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS - That is, the former things which he had foretold. This is the evidence to which he appeals in proof that he alone was God, and this is the basis on which h...
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...
THE FORMER THINGS, &C. Referring to his prophecies, among others, concerning Sennacherib, Isaiah 10 and Isaiah 37. NEW THINGS, &C. Thus uniting the predictions of the earlier Chapter s with the so-ca...
Jehovah's promise to Israel, based on the preceding description. _God_ in the Heb. _hâ-"çl_, THE GOD, the God who alone is truly God, who has created and sustains all things. _spread forth_ or "made...
_the former_things] the things formerly predicted. The reference probably is to prophecies just fulfilled in the successes of Cyrus. The _new things_are the substance of the present prophecy, the exal...
THUS SAITH GOD— The prophet here continues the address of God to the Messiah, and that in a very lofty and magnificent manner. _First,_ the Messiah is animated to continue his course with alacrity and...
3. COVENANT, CHAPTER 42 a. SEE MY SERVANT TEXT: Isaiah 42:1-9 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice...
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. BEHOLD, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS - the former predictions of God, wh...
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...
The *Lord alone controls events. Therefore he alone can announce what will happen. A SONG TO PRAISE GOD V10 Tell the whole world to sing a new song to the *Lord. Tell those who sail the seas to joi...
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...
I AM THE LORD.... — The prophet grasps the full meaning of the name revealed in Exodus 3:15. It follows from that meaning that God cannot look with indifference on the transfer to the “graven image” o...
הָ רִֽאשֹׁנֹ֖ות הִנֵּה ־בָ֑אוּ וַֽ חֲדָשֹׁות֙...
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 I...
THE WORK OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Isaiah 42:1-13 We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew 12:18-20. The unobtrusiveness of His life and work was clearly demonstrated in every...
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...
Behold, the former things have (p) come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. (p) As in time past I have been true in my promises, so will I be in time to...
_Them. The completion of former predictions enforces the belief of those which are yet to come. (Calmet)_...
Here are the joyful consequences induced by the Redeemer's acts of grace and mercy, as before described. Surely all must sing the new song, which God puts into their mouths, when their souls are new-s...
9._The former things. _He now recalls to remembrance the former predictions, by the fulfillment of which he shews that confidence ought to be placed in him for the future; for what we have known by ac...
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, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS,.... Which the Lord had foretold in former times, as to Abraham, concerning the affliction of his posterity in Egypt, the bringing them out from thence, and...
_Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them._ Ver. 9. _Behold, the former things are come to pass._] The prophecies are fulfi...
_I am the Lord_ Hebrew, _Jehovah;_ who have all being in and of myself, and give being to all my creatures. The everlasting, and unchangeable, and omnipotent God, who therefore both can and will fulfi...
THE TRUE SERVANT OF THE LORD...
Behold, the former things are come to pass, namely, the deliverance of Israel at the time of their passage through the Red Sea, Exodus 14, 15, AND NEW THINGS DO I DECLARE, the fulfillment of former pr...
5-12 The work of redemption brings back man to the obedience he owes to God as his Maker. Christ is the light of the world. And by his grace he opens the understandings Satan has blinded, and sets at...
THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS, AND NEW THINGS DO I DECLARE: as all things which I have formerly promised or foretold have exactly come to pass in their proper seasons, and not one of them failed,...
Isaiah 42:9 things H7223 pass H935 (H8804) things H2319 declare H5046 (H8688) forth H6779 (H8799) tell...
GOD'S CHARGE TO HIS SERVANT (ISAIAH 42:5). We continue to see here the joint ministries of Israel and their coming King, reaching out and drawing men within the covenant and bringing them light out o...
FORMER THINGS That is, Isaiah's prediction of Sennacherib's invasion and its results, Isaiah 10 and 37. See also, (Isaiah 41:21); (Isaiah 43:8); (Isaiah 44:7); ...
This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for it is full of evangelical truth. Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have pu...
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...
_Behold My Servant_ WHO IS THE “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as disting...
_Behold, the former things are come to pass_ THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE One may observe, in reading Scripture, the general principle that God usually gives a promise of that which He means to bestow....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:1 This is the first of four Servant Songs, fulfilled in Jesus Christ (see also Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 5
THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE Isaiah 42:9. _Behold, the former things are come to pass, &c._ One may observe, in reading Scripture, the general principle that God usually gives a promise of that which He...
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 42:1. _Behold My servant, &c._ It is difficult for us who have history, with all its definiteness, to realise the inestimable value of prophecy, notwithstanding its vag...
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...
1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 8:15; 1 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:19; Acts 15:18