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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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...
d. DELIVERED SOCIETY TEXT: Isaiah 49:22-26 22 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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
וְ הַאֲכַלְתִּ֤י אֶת ־מֹונַ֨יִךְ֙ אֶת ־בְּשָׂרָ֔ם...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
_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.)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant...
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...
SWEET WINE: Or, new wine...
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...
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...
Isaiah 49:26 feed H398 (H8689) oppress H3238 (H8688) flesh H1320 drunk H7937 (H8799) blood H1818 wine...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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....
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...
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
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;...
Ezekiel 39:7; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 9:20;...