The *Lord is coming to *Jerusalem (verses 3-5). He comes as far more powerful than any nation’s king. He is bringing with him the people that he has rescued from a foreign country. Although the *Lord is so powerful, he is very tender (gentle) towards his special people.
Verse Isaiah 40:9. _O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS_ - "O daughter, that bringest glad tidings to Zion"] That the true construction of the sentence is this, which makes Zion the receiver, not the...
O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS - This is evidently the continuance of what the ‘voice’ said, or of the annunciation which was to give joy to an afflicted and oppressed people. There has been, howe...
II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66) Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon the Je...
PROLOGUE ANNOUNCING THE END OF THE EXILE. IF. The prophet sees in the triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice biddi...
O ZION, THAT BRINGEST: or,. thou that tellest good tidings to Zion. Compare Isaiah 41:27. THAT BRINGEST. This is feminine, personifying the "heraldband". GOOD. joyful. O JERUSALEM. See note on "O Z...
Isaiah 40:1-11. The Prologue This first proclamation of glad tidings to Zion (see ch. Isaiah 41:27) is a passage of singular beauty, breathing the spirit of new-born hope and enthusiasm with which th...
The prophet announces the triumphal approach of Jehovah to Zion. _O Zion … tidings_ R.V. has O THOU THAT TELLEST GOOD TIDINGS TO ZION. Either translation is grammatically admissible; but the second is...
DISCOURSE: 922 THE MESSIAH’S ADVENT Isaiah 40:9. _Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God._ THE Gospel with all its sublime mysteries is regarded by the generality with coldness and indifferenc...
O ZION, &C.— We have here the fourth voice, directed to the evangelists, to whom it is given in command, to promulgate the true presence of their redeeming God, and the king of his church, among all p...
VII. SALVATION THROUGH GOD'S SERVANT Chapter S 40-53 A, PURPOSE OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Chapter S 40-43 1. COMFORT, CHAPTER 40 a. PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD TEXT: Isaiah 40:1-11 1 Comfort ye,...
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Jud...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal length...
Read, 'O thou that teilest good tidings to Zion.. O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem.' 'Thou that teilest'is fem. in Heb. The prophet in spirit sees a maiden, or a company of women (Psalms...
O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS. — A new section begins. In some versions (LXX. and Targum) and by some interpreters “Zion_”_ is taken as in the objective case, _O thou that bringest glad tidings t...
עַ֣ל הַר ־גָּבֹ֤הַ עֲלִי ־לָךְ֙ מְבַשֶּׂ֣רֶת...
CHAPTER V THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES Isaiah 40:1 IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to make out...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
CREATOR AND RULER OF ALL THE EARTH Isaiah 40:9-17 Zion is bidden to climb the highest mountain within reach, and announce the advent of the Savior-God. When all eyes are turned to behold Him, expecti...
We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist el...
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, go up upon the high (n) mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah,...
_Thou, female. How beautiful are the feet of those who announce good tidings! (Romans x. 15.) (Haydock) --- Thus a feminine noun is applied to Solomon, Ecclesiastes i. Prophets make known to all the c...
This is a most beautiful address to Zion, the gospel church of Jesus, and to Jerusalem the beloved city. Some have thought that it had an allusion to the proclamation made by Cyrus, for the people in...
9._Ascend on the high mountain. _He proceeds with the same subject; for the Lord, having formerly promised that he would give prophets who should soothe the grief and fear of the people by promises, n...
The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is, comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS,.... Or, "O thou that bringest good tidings to Zion n"; which rendering of the words is more agreeable to the latter part of the verse, SAY UNTO THE CITIES OF JUDAH...
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Ju...
_O Zion, thou bringest good tidings_ Of deliverance from the Babylonish captivity, to other cities, and parts of the country; and of redemption by Christ to other nations. Lowth, and many other interp...
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, the congregation of the Lord being regarded as an evangelist proclaiming the message of the Gospel, GET THEE UP INTO THE HIGH MOUNTAIN, from where her voice could b...
THE WORD OF COMFORT AND THE GOD OF COMFORT. The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted visions the Gosp...
O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS: Or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion O JERSULEM, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS: Or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem...
1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of...
O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS; O Zion, to whom the glad tidings of the coming of Christ into the world, and of the salvation of mankind by him, were first published by Christ and his apostles, an...
Isaiah 40:9 Zion H6726 tidings H1319 (H8764) up H5927 (H8798) high H1364 mountain H2022 Jerusalem H3389 tidings...
JERUSALEM IS TO RESPOND LIKE A TOWN CRIER (ISAIAH 40:9). Isaiah 40:9 ‘O Zion, you who proclaim good tidings, Get up into the high mountain, O Jerusalem, you who tell good tidings, Lift up your vo...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath recei...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem._ The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy. They are in the best conditi...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._ «They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
40:9-11. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the citie...
CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
_O Zion, that bringest good tidings_ THE TIDINGS THE CHURCH HAS TO PUBLISH The text has been variously rendered. The best authorities give it, “Thou that bringest good tidings to Zion,” which render...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:1 Encouragement for God’s Exiles: “The Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” These visionary chapters are addressed to the exiles in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:9 CITIES OF JUDAH. The Jewish exiles will return to the Promised Land, for that is where the divine Messiah is to be born (see Isaiah 48:20;...
THE PREACHER’S TASK (_Ordination or Missionary Sermon._) Isaiah 40:9. _O Zion, that bringest good tidings! &c._ This chapter commences the second part of Isaiah’s prophecies, in which the local and n...
PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.). EXPOSITION...
But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
1 John 5:20; 1 John 5:21; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Samuel 26:13; 1 Samuel 26:14
THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...
Zion — Zion or Jerusalem is the publisher, and the cities of Judah the hearers. Get up — That thy voice may be better heard. Afraid — Lest thou shouldest be found a false prophet. Say — To all my peop...