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AND I WILL FEED THEM THAT OPPRESS THEE WITH THEIR OWN FLESH - The
language used here is that which appropriately describes the
distresses resuiting from discord and internal strifes. Similar
language...
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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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ISAIAH 49:22 TO ISAIAH 50:3. THE PROMISES TO ZION ELABORATED AND
CONFIRMED. At a sign from Yahweh the nations shall with solicitous
care bring back the exiles to Zion. Kings and queens shall tend them...
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SWEET WINE. Heb 'asis. new wine, the product of the same year. App-27.
ALL FLESH SHALL KNOW. Compare Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 52:10.
AM THY SAVIOUR: or, am saving thee.
THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB. Reference...
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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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The emancipation of Israel is here regarded as having to be effected
by force, and Jehovah pledges His omnipotence to the task. The bright
picture of Isaiah 49:22 does not touch the gravest difficulty...
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_I will feed them that? &c._ Better: I WILL CAUSE THINE OPPRESSORS
(the Chaldæans) TO EAT THEIR OWN FLESH (cf. ch. Isaiah 9:20;
Zechariah 11:9). The enemies of Zion shall be consumed by internecine
wa...
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DISCOURSE: 954
DESPONDING FEARS REMOVED
Isaiah 49:24. Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
captive delivered? But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the
mighty shall be taken...
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OR THE LAWFUL CAPTIVE DELIVERED?— _Or the captive company of the
rigorous_ or _terrible one be delivered?_ [read עריצ _orits_ for
צדיק _zadik,_ with St. Jerome.] Isaiah 49:25. _Yea, thus saith the
Lor...
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d. DELIVERED SOCIETY
TEXT: Isaiah 49:22-26
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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the
nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy
sons in their...
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they
shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all
flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeem...
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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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These are more pictures in words. These cruel men caused so much
trouble for other people. But in the end, they will cause their own
deaths. And the *Lord will use the situation to rescue his people....
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I WILL FEED THEM THAT OPPRESS THEE... — The words are, of course,
symbolical of the utter collapse, the self-destructive struggles of
the enemies of Zion, _i.e.,_ of the company, or _Ecclesia,_ of the...
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וְ הַאֲכַלְתִּ֤י אֶת ־מֹונַ֨יִךְ֙ אֶת
־בְּשָׂרָ֔ם...
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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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And I will feed them that oppress thee with (f) their own flesh; and
they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all
flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Red...
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_Flesh. They shall attack one another. (Calmet) --- Neriglissor slew
Evil-merodac. (Berosus, apud Josephus, contra Apion i.) --- Gobrias
and Gadatas betrayed and killed Baltassar. (Xenophon iv. 5, 7.)...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! I charge it upon you, as I desire to feel the full impression
upon my own mind, that the subject, as well as the contents, of this
most precious Chapter, be not dismissed, before a...
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The greatness of the blessings promised in this Chapter, being so
wonderful in themselves, and so much beyond all possible expectation
to the people, who were to be made happy in the possession of the...
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26._And I will feed thy oppressors with their own flesh. _First, he
declares what is the nature of that end which awaits the enemies of
the Church, and threatens that they shall not only be inflamed w...
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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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AND I WILL FEED THEM THAT OPPRESS THEE WITH THEIR OWN FLESH,.... Not
that they should feed upon their own flesh, because of famine, for
this was not the case of Babylon when taken; but that they shoul...
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they
shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all
flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redee...
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_Shall the prey be taken from the mighty_ Here an objection is started
against the forementioned promises, probably, 1st, Against the promise
of the release of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon...
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And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh, in
revenging the wrongs done to His people; AND THEY SHALL BE DRUNKEN
WITH THEIR OWN BLOOD, AS WITH SWEET WINE, in a slaughter brought upon...
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The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant...
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SWEET WINE:
Or, new wine...
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24-26 We were lawful captives to the justice of God, yet delivered by
a price of unspeakable value. Here is an express promise: Even the
prey of the terrible shall be delivered. We may here view Sata...
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I WILL FEED THEM THAT OPPRESS THEE WITH THEIR OWN FLESH; I will make
them eat their own flesh, either through hunger, as LEVITICUS 26:29
ISAIAH 9:20, or through rage and madness. Or, I will make thine...
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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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REDEEMER
Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type).
(_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
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Isaiah 49:24. _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful
captive delivered?_
Yes, this shall happen when God makes bare his arm, and stretches it
forth to rescue his captive people.
Isa...
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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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_And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh._
SELF-DESTRUCTION
Here is a terrible picture of retributive justice. But the words
represent a general principle, which is universal, in...
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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 49:24 The people’s skeptical question in v.
Isaiah 49:24 is answered by the Lord’s strong assertion in vv....
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THE PREY TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY
Isaiah 49:24. _Shall the prey be taken from the mighty? &c._
The history of God’s love to His people is a ground of encouragement
and hope to the Church in all aftertim...
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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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Ezekiel 39:7; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 9:20;...