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Verse Isaiah 49:21. _THESE, WHERE_ HAD _THEY_ BEEN - "These then,
where were they?"] The conjunction is added before אלה _elleh_,
that is, ואלה _veelleh_. in thirty-two MSS. (nine ancient) of
_Kennic...
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THEN SHALT THOU SAY IN THINE HEART - Thou shalt wonder at the
multitude, and shalt ask with astonishment from where they all come.
This verse is designed to describe the great increase of the true
peo...
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2. THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH, HIS SUFFERING AND HIS GLORY (49-57)
CHAPTER 49
The Servant of Jehovah and His Mission
1. _The servant speaks of himself (Isaiah 49:1)_ 2. _He complains of
failure (Isaiah...
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JERUSALEM SHALL BE FORTHWITH REBUILT AND REPEOPLED. Zion has believed
herself forgotten of Yahweh. But though a mother should forget her
babe He will not forget Zion. His plan for rebuilding it He has...
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THEN. And.
WHO... WHERE? Figure of speech _Erotesis._
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._
THESE. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "and these", or
"these therefore".
HAD THEY BEEN...
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Isaiah 49:14 to Isaiah 50:3. The Consolation of Zion
(i) Isaiah 49:14. In an apostrophe to Jerusalem the prophet announces
the speedy return of her population and the rebuilding of her waste
places....
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Zion is bewildered at finding herself once more "a joyful mother of
children" (Psalms 113:9).
_Who hath begotten_ Rather, WHO HATH BORNE (in spite of the masculine
gender of the verb). The peculiar fi...
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DISCOURSE: 953
PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH
Isaiah 49:18. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these
gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the
Lord, Thou shall s...
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THY CHILDREN SHALL MAKE HASTE— General promises comfort the
afflicted less than particular ones: the prophet therefore proceeds to
these, which are drawn from the future benefits to be conferred by Go...
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c. DEJECTED ZION
TEXT: Isaiah 49:14-21
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But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten
me.
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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on...
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Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these,
seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and
removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left...
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49:21 about? (a-26) Or 'wandering.'...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 49
‘MY SPECIAL SERVANT’ In the Book of Isaiah, the meaning of ‘my
(that is, the *Lord’s...
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The verse gives a picture in words to describe everybody’s happy
surprise. Suddenly, a huge number of *refugees are coming back to
*Jerusalem. It is so wonderful, after all that the people of God have...
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WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE...? — Better, _who hath borne_ ...? The
widowed daughter of Zion cannot believe that these crowding children
are her own, and asks, Who then is their mother? She, the widowe...
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וְ אָמַ֣רְתְּ בִּ לְבָבֵ֗ךְ מִ֤י
יָֽלַד ־לִי֙
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CHAPTER XXI
DOUBTS IN THE WAY
Isaiah 49:1 - Isaiah 52:12
Chapter S 49-53 are, as we have seen, a series of more or less closely
joined passages, in which the prophet, having already made the
politic...
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THE LORD CANNOT FORGET HIS OWN
Isaiah 49:14-26
These assurances were given to the chosen race on the eve of their
return from Babylon. They were timid and reluctant to quit the
familiar scenes of the...
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We now commence the section in which the Prince of Peace is most
clearly seen. He is revealed first as sustained through suffering
(Chapter s 49-53), and then as singing in triumph (Chapter s 54-57)....
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The distress of Zion only makes way for the display of divine love;
and if the people of God, in their several exercises (be they what
they may) could but be brought to consider the unceasing and
ever...
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21._And thou shalt say in thy heart. _By these words he declares that
the restoration of the Church, of which he now speaks, will be
wonderful; and therefore he represents her as wondering and amazed...
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The Messiah is brought in, for it is He who delivers. But it is a
question apart, so to say. The subject of Christ, and of the people's
guilt with respect to Him, begins with chapter 49, which, with t...
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THEN SHALT THOU SAY IN THINE HEART,.... In, a way of admiration,
secretly within herself, astonished at the numerous crowds flocking
in;
WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE? not their natural parents, nor the...
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Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing
I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to
and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left a...
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_For thy waste and desolate places_, &c. He alludes to the land of
Judea lying waste during the Babylonish captivity. Thus the church of
God was in a waste, desolate, and barren state, till the coming...
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Then shalt thou say in thine heart, in joyful surprise, WHO HATH
BEGOTTEN ME THESE, SEEING I HAVE LOST MY CHILDREN, before and during
the Babylonian captivity, AND AM DESOLATE, A CAPTIVE, AND REMOVING...
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The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant...
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18-23 Zion is addressed as an afflicted widow, bereaved of her
children. Numbers flock to her, and she is assured that they come to
be a comfort to her. There are times when the church is desolate an...
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THEN SHALT THOU SAY, not without admiration, WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME
THESE? whence or by whom have I this numberless issue? SEEING I HAVE
LOST MY CHILDREN; seeing it is not long since that I was in a man...
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THE DESPAIR OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FINAL HOPE (ISAIAH 49:14).
The picture now reverts. Yahweh's call to them was to be His Servant,
but instead they are sitting moaning on the ground. Here the pictur...
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Isaiah 49:13. _Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break
forth into singing, O mountains; for the LORD hath comforted his
people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted._
When God blesses hi...
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Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from,
far; The LORD hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth...
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Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from
far; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth...
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CONTENTS: Israel's coming Redeemer. Preservation and restoration of
Israel and judgment on oppressors.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: God, of old, promised a Redeemer to His people who would
al...
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Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, oh isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people from
far._ The Hebrews reckoned among the isles, not only those of Greece,
but the gentile nations generally, who are represented as wai...
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_The children which thou shalt have._
THE CHURCH A MOTHER
I. THE CHURCH IS A MOTHER.
1. Because it is her privilege to bring forth into the world the
spiritual children of the Lord Jesus Christ.
2...
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_Lift up thine eyes round about--_
PROMISES FOR THE CHURCH
I. THE PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH.
1. In number.
2. In honour.
3. In triumph.
II. THE ENCOURAGEMENT IT AFFORDS US FOR MISSIONARY E...
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_They shall not hunger nor thirst_
PROMISE OF CHRIST TO HIS PEOPLE
The people of God are represented as a flock of sheep travelling under
the care of their good shepherd, in the heat of summer, thro...
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THE PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH
Isaiah 49:18. _Lift up thine eyes round about, &c._
Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in
the reviving of the Jewish church, afte...
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SECTION III. THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD (CH. 49-53).
EXPOSITION
The connection of the present section is especially with Isaiah 42:1,
where the mission of the Servant of Jehovah was f
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Now in chapter 49, we have a fabulous prophecy of Jesus Christ in the
first seven verses as God speaks of the Redeemer that He is sending.
Listen, O coasts, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far;...
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Galatians 3:29; Galatians 4:26; Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah
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Who — Whence have I this numberless issue? Seeing — Seeing I was
in a manner left childless. Desolate — Without an husband, being
forsaken by God, who formerly owned himself for my husband....