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Verse Isaiah 41:2. _THE RIGHTEOUS_ MAN] The _Chaldee_ and _Vulgate_
seem to have read צדיק _tsaddik_. But Jerome, though his
translation has _justum_, appears to have read צדק _tsedek_; for in
his co...
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WHO RAISED UP - This word (העיר _hē‛yr_) is usually applied to
the act of arousing one from sleep Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of
Solomon 3:5;...
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CHAPTER 41
Jehovah's Challenge
1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2.
_Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3.
Nations troubled on account of Cyru...
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THE CONQUERING CAREER OF CYRUS CLAIMED BY YAHWEH AS EVIDENCE OF HIS
POWER.
Isaiah 41:5 is probably an insertion made to connect Isaiah 41:4 with
Isaiah 41:6 f. after...
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THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST: i.e. Abraham. Compare Cyrus raised up
from the north, Isaiah 41:25.
KINGS: i.e. those mentioned in Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:8;...
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_Who_ HATH STIRRED _up … foot_ A much-disputed clause. Two points
may be regarded as settled; (1) that the abstract noun _çédeq_cannot
be rendered "righteous man" (A.V. following Vulg.); and (2) that...
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The marvellous career of Cyrus is vividly described in highly poetical
language. That the reference is to Cyrus (who is first named in ch.
Isaiah 44:28) is unquestionable; although the Jewish exegetes...
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WHO RAISED UP THE RIGHTEOUS MAN, &C.— _Who hath raised up the
righteous man from the east; hath called him to attend his steps? Hath
subdued nations at his presence; and given him dominion over kings?...
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2. CONQUEST, CHAPTER 41
a. GENTILES SILENCED
TEXT: Isaiah 41:1-7
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Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their
strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come...
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Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he
gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his b...
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The crisis is about a foreign army commander who is winning battle
after battle. The officer’s name does not appear until the last
verse of chapter 44. His army is overcoming every country in the area...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 41
KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS
V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
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WHO RAISED UP... — More accurately, _Who hath raised up from the
East the man whom Righteousness calls_ (or, _whom He calls in
righteousness_)_ to tread in His steps._ (Comp. Isaiah 45:2.) The man
so...
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מִ֤י הֵעִיר֙ מִ מִּזְרָ֔ח צֶ֖דֶק
יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּ...
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CHAPTER X
CYRUS
Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 48:14
CYRUS, the Persian, is the only man outside the covenant and
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT
Isaiah 41:1-16
The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as
summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the
heathen is the true G...
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Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to
utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and
forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
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Who raised up the (c) righteous [man] from the east, called him to his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he
gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubb...
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_Just one. Septuagint, "justice." Christ, (Eusebius; St. Jerome)
Abraham, (Chaldean; Grotius) or Cyrus, whose conquests were effects of
God's providence, ver. 10., and chap. xlv. --- Kings. Cyrus libe...
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In these verses, Jehovah challengeth the inquiry into is sovereignty
and power, that the eternity of his nature, and the graciousness of
purposes in redemption, may be fully proved. And in the instanc...
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2._Who shall raise up righteousness from the east? _This shews plainly
what is the design of the Prophet; for he intends to assure the Jews
that they will be in no danger of going astray, if they choo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43.
Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised
up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made
of...
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WHO RAISED UP THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST,.... The Targum
interprets this of Abraham; and so the Talmud h; and this way go most
Jewish and Christian commentators, and to him the characters agree;...
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Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his
foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he
gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble t...
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_Who raised up_ Into being and power? Was it not my work alone? _The
righteous man_ Many expositors understand this of Abraham, who was a
person eminently righteous, and was called from the other side...
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THE GLORY OF THE LORD AND THE VANITY OF THE HEATHEN...
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Who raised up the righteous man from the East, called him to his foot,
gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? literally,
"Who stirs, raises up from the East him (whom) justice call...
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THE RIGHTEOUS MAN:
_ Heb._ righteousness...
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1-9 Can any heathen god raise up one in righteousness, make what use
of him he pleases, and make him victorious over the nations? The Lord
did so with Abraham, or rather, he would do so with Cyrus. S...
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WHO? what man or god? Was it not my alone work? The idols were so far
from assisting me, that they did their utmost to oppose me in it.
RAISED UP into being and power, stirring up his spirit, and
stre...
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Isaiah 41:2 up H5782 (H8689) east H4217 righteousness H6664 called
H7121 (H8799) feet H7272 gave H5414 ...
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GOD'S APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD (ISAIAH 41:1).
Isaiah 41:1
“Keep silence before me, O coastlands,
And let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near, then let them speak.
Let us...
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THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST
The reference here seems to be to Cyrus, whose victories and rapid
growth in power are here ascribed to the providence of God. (Isaiah
41:5) describe the effect upon t...
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Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people
renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us
come near together to judgment._
God invites people to argue...
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God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the
worship of idols.
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people
renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
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CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun
idols and encouragement to trust in God.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
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Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here
refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim
designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
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_The righteous man from the East_
THE RIGHTEOUS MAN FROM THE EAST
The question, whose appearance is predicted, has been always a subject
of dispute.
Eusebius, Theodoret, and Procopius understand it...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory
and for the benefit of his people.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:2 ONE FROM THE EAST. Cyrus the Great,
leader of the rising Persian Empire, soon to conquer Babylon (see
Isaiah 44:24). The Lord...
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THE CALL OF CYRUS A FRUIT OF THE CAPTIVITY
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before Me, &c._
Behold how of old the Lord called the people and the distant nations
into judgment, and condescended to plead and...
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SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM
THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.).
EXPOSITION...
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In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter,
God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A
man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
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2 Kings 13:7; 2 Samuel 22:43; Ezra 1:2; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1;...
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Who — Was it not my work alone? Raised — Into being and power,
stirring up his spirit, and strengthening him to the work. The man —
Cyrus. The east — Persia was directly eastward, both from Judea and...