Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 51:11
Therefore — This verse contains an answer to the prophet's prayer. I did these great things, and I will do the like again. Joy — Like a crown of glory.
Therefore — This verse contains an answer to the prophet's prayer. I did these great things, and I will do the like again. Joy — Like a crown of glory.
Verse Isaiah 51:11. _THEY SHALL OBTAIN GLADNESS AND JOY_; AND _SORROW AND_ _MOURNING SHALL FLEE AWAY._] _Nineteen_ MSS. and the _two_ oldest editions have ישגו _yasigu_; and _forty-six_ MSS. of _Kenn...
THEREFORE THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD - This is probably the language of Yahweh assuring them, in answer to their prayer, that his ransomed people should again return to Zion. AND EVERLASTING JOY SHALL B...
CHAPTER 51 Jehovah Encourages His Faithful People, the Remnant of Israel 1. _The call to remember Abraham (Isaiah 51:1)_ 2. _Zion to be comforted (Isaiah 51:3)_ 3. His righteousness near and His arm...
AN APPEAL TO YAHWEH TO DISPLAY HIS MIGHT AS OF OLD. Let Yahweh's strong arm manifest its power as it did in slaying the dragon Rahab, the personification of the mighty deep regarded as the power of Ch...
REDEEMED. redeemed (by power). Hebrew. _padah._ See note on Exodus 13:13. COME WITH SINGING. Compare Isaiah 35:10. MOURNING. sighing. See notes on Isaiah 21:2....
Isaiah 51:1-16. Encouragements addressed to true Israelites The strain of consolation, which was interrupted by the soliloquy of the Servant at ch. Isaiah 50:4, is now resumed, and is continued till...
For _Therefore_render as R.V. AND. The verse is almost verbally identical with Isaiah 35:10, which is clearly its original setting. Here its connexion with what precedes is somewhat loose, and since c...
AWAKE, &C.— _Rouse, rouse,_ &c. _Rouse,—art thou not that which hewed down Egypt, which mortally wounded the crocodile_ or _dragon?_ Isaiah 51:11. _And the redeemed,_ &c. _upon their head: joy and gla...
b. TRUST IN JEHOVAH TEXT: Isaiah 51:9-16 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in p...
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee...
1, 2. In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 51 ABRAHAM WAS YOUR EARLY RELATIVE V1 ‘Listen to me,’ says the *Lord. ‘You desire to l...
THEREFORE THE REDEEMED. — Note worthy as being either a quotation by Isaiah from himself (Isaiah 35:10), or by the unknown writer of Isaiah from the earlier prophet. The assumption that it is an inter...
וּ פְדוּיֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה יְשׁוּב֗וּן וּ בָ֤אוּ צִ
“AWAKE, O ARM OF JEHOVAH!” Isaiah 51:1-11 This chapter is extremely dramatic. We are conscious that we are nearing a revelation of unparalleled sublimity. As we hear the thrice _Hearken_ in Isaiah 1:...
Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8), in which they are charged to look back to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity,...
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall (l) return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee a...
This precious portion seems to be as in answer to what had been said before. The Lord had been giving exceeding great and precious promises to his people, and now his people, as with one voice, makes...
11_Therefore the redeemed by Jehovah shall return. _He now describes more plainly what he had briefly remarked; for, after having related the magnificent works of God, by which he formerly displayed h...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52. The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12 (Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a fresh...
THEREFORE THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SHALL RETURN,.... Or "and", or "so" q. In like manner, and as sure as the Israelites had a way made for them through the sea to pass over, so sure shall all those th...
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and mourning shall fl...
_Awake, awake_, &c. The prophet, by an elegant figure, addresses himself to God, to stir up and exert his power in behalf of his oppressed people, as he did in former times, when he delivered them out...
THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing unto Zion, their deliverance from the captivity of Babylon being a picture of the salvation of mankind from the bondage of Satan;...
9-16 The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliv...
THEREFORE; or, _So_; Heb. _And_. This verse contains an answer to the prophet's prayer. It is true, I did these great things, and I will do the like again. EVERLASTING JOY SHALL BE UPON THEIR HEAD, li...
Isaiah 51:11 ransomed H6299 (H8803) LORD H3068 return H7725 (H8799) come H935 (H8804) Zion H6726 singing...
THE FIRST CALL TO AWAKE - SPOKEN TO THE ARM OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 51:9). Note that each call to awake is followed by Yahweh speaking to His people. It is a cry for Yahweh to awaken and act on behalf of H...
CHAPTER 51 EXHORTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO GOD. We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:1) - ‘attend' (Isaiah 51:4) - ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:7). They have...
Isaiah 51:1. _Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your f...
CONTENTS: Final redemption of Israel and punishment of oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Although God's people are called upon to suffer much upon earth, they have an eternal cause to...
Isaiah 51:4. _A law shall proceed from me._ The gospel law of liberty and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31. No other law ever emanated from Jerusalem. Isaiah 51:5. _My righteousness is near._ Ch...
_Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return_ GREAT DELIVERANCES The return of the light of morning after the darkness of the night; of a fine summer after a cold and cheerless winter; of health...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:9 God’s power for his people is always active, opening new ways forward through the gospel. ⇐...
THE GLAD HOME-GOING Isaiah 51:11. _Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, &c._ [1569] [1569] See Outlines on Isaiah 35:8, in vol. i. pp. 409–413. The words of the text, fulfilled in the hi...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 51:1 AN ADDRESS TO FAITHFUL ISRAEL, SUGGESTING TOPICS OF COMFORT. The address consists of three nearly equal strophes or stanzas, each commencing with a call, _Shim'u elai_,...
Tonight we have a marvelous study as we look at Isaiah, Chapter s 51-55, in which the prophet sees so clearly the suffering and the rejection of God's provision for man in sending His Son to die for o...
2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Acts 2:41;...