Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Isaiah 51:7-8
In the hope of this everlasting salvation the true Israelites may well endure for a season the reproach of men.
In the hope of this everlasting salvation the true Israelites may well endure for a season the reproach of men.
HEARKEN UNTO ME, YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS - My people who are acquainted with my law, and who are to be saved. This is addressed to the pious parlor the Jewish nation. FEAR YE NOT THE REPROACH OF ME...
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...
A HEARTENING CONSOLATION. Yahweh, in words that echo Isaiah 50:4, bids His people, who seek the victory which ever eludes them, consider their origin. Abraham was but one; yet He made him a great peop...
KNOW. take note of. MEN. mortal men....
DISCOURSE: 958 A DISSUASIVE FROM THE FEAR OF MAN Isaiah 51:7. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law: Fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of...
3. RULE, CHAPTER 51 a. TURN TO JUSTICE TEXT: Isaiah 51:1-8 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the...
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. HEARKEN UNTO ME YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNE...
51:7 men, (e-21) Lit. 'man,' _ Enosh_ ....
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....
For ‘law’, see my note on verse 4. CALL TO GOD TO ACT V9 Awake, *Lord, awake! Dress yourself to act in strength! Awake, as you did in ancient times, when you destroyed Rahab. V10 You made a dry roa...
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...
YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS. — Jehovah, through His Servant, speaks to the Israel within Israel, the Church within the Church. They need support against the scorn and reproach of men, and are to find i...
שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ יֹ֣דְעֵי צֶ֔דֶק עַ֖ם תֹּורָתִ֣י...
“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,...
Here is another gracious call of the Lord, in which the subject is carried to its height: for it is to such as have not only sought the Lord, and followed after his righteousness, but have also found...
7._Hearken to me. _Because wicked men, when they enjoy prosperity, laugh at our faith, and ridicule our distresses and afflictions, on this account the Prophet exhorts believers to patience, that they...
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...
HEARKEN UNTO ME, YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... The righteousness of God, and of his law; the purity of his nature, what righteousness is agreeable to him, and required by him; the imperfection and i...
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Ver. 7. _Hearken unto me._] See on Isaiah...
_Hearken, ye that know righteousness_ Who not only understand, but love and practise it; whose persons are justified, whose nature is renewed, and whose lives are subject to my laws. These seem to be...
Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness, choosing the mercy of the Lord's covenant, THE PEOPLE IN WHOSE HEART IS MY LAW, who delight in the instruction given in His Word; FEAR YE NOT THE REPROACH...
THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
4-8 The gospel of Christ shall be preached and published. How shall we escape if we neglect it? There is no salvation without righteousness. The soul shall, as to this world, vanish like smoke, and t...
THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS; that love and practise it, as knowing is commonly used. IN WHOSE HEART IS MY LAW; who are tacitly opposed to the carnal Jews that had the law written only in tables. Compare 2...
Isaiah 51:7 Listen H8085 (H8798) know H3045 (H8802) righteousness H6664 people H5971 heart H3820 law H8451 fear...
GOD'S CALL TO HIS PEOPLE NOT TO FEAR MEN OR THEIR REPROACHES BECAUSE THEY WILL FADE AWAY WHILE GOD'S PEOPLE WILL GO ON FOR EVER (ISAIAH 51:7). Again, for the third time, He stresses the importance of...
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...
_Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness_ CHRISTIANS ENCOURAGED AGAINST THE FEAR OF MAN I. THE PERSONS ADDRESSED. 1. Those who “know righteousness.” 2. They have the law of God in their heart....
_Hearken to Me_ THE THRICE “HEARKEN” These paragraphs are exceedingly dramatic. We become conscious that we are approaching a revelation of unparalleled sublimity which shall be in Scripture what he...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:7 The third incentive (see vv. Isaiah 51:1) is that, like the servant of the Lord, though believers are reviled, they will also be eternally vindicated....
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...
1 Peter 4:14; 1 Peter 4:4; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Acts 5:41; Ezekiel 2:6;...
Know — That love and practise it....