As for me, this is my covenant... — The words are, as to their form, an echo of Genesis 17:4; as to their meaning, the germ of Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 8:10; Hebrews 10:16. The new covenant is to involve the gift of the Spirit, that writes the law of God inwardly in the heart, as distinct from the Law, which is thought of as outside the conscience, doing its work as an accuser and a judge.
Verse Isaiah 59:21. _THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM_ - "This is the covenant which I make with them"] For אותם _otham, them_, twenty-four MSS., (four ancient,) and nine editions have אתם _ittam, with t...
AS FOR ME - In the previous part of the chapter, the prophet has spoken. Here Yahweh is introduced as speaking himself, and as declaring the nature of the covenant which he would establish. In the ver...
CHAPTER 59 Apostasy and Confession, Jehovah's Intervention and the Coming of the Redeemer 1. _The deplorable condition of the people (Isaiah 59:1) _ 2. _The confession (Isaiah 59:9) _ 3. Jehovah's in...
ISAIAH 59:15 _ b_ - ISAIAH 59:21. YAHWEH HIMSELF BECOMES THE CHAMPION OF THE Right. Yahweh is indignant that Right is absent. He sees there is none to interpose (_mg._) for her, so His own power bring...
FOR EVER. This coming deliverance for Israel will be final, and cannot therefore as yet have taken place....
Confirmation of the covenant to the true Israel. The verse, on account of its apparent want of connexion with what precedes, and its change of person and number, is regarded by some as an insertion. _...
DISCOURSE: 998 THE PERPETUITY OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM Isaiah 59:20. The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. As for me, this it my covenant wit...
AS FOR ME, THIS IS MY COVENANT— This memorable prediction is closed with a seal of the perfect love of God toward this new church, composed of Jews and Gentiles united together, and largely endowed wi...
3. THE CURE TEXT: Isaiah 59:15-21 15 And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefor...
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,...
1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled....
MY SPIRIT, etc.] The faithful remnant is to be the inspired organ of Jehovah's revelation....
This repeats the *Lord’s promise of good gifts, at the beginning of Isaiah’s message (see Isaiah 1:19). LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language, God’s names mean ‘head over all’ and...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 59 WHY GOD DOES NOT ANSWER PRAYERS V1 The *Lord can still save. His pow...
וַ אֲנִ֗י זֹ֣את בְּרִיתִ֤י אֹותָם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְה
CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so
THE DIVINE ARM BRINGS REDEMPTION Isaiah 59:15-21 _Israel's Savior_. The Almighty Lover of souls is described as looking round to see if help were forthcoming from any other quarter; and there being...
Continuing, the prophet makes confession of moral failure. This he does first by declaring the reason for national suffering. It is not to be found in Jehovah's inability, nor in His unwillingness. Th...
As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, (u) shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of th...
_Covenant. Note here a clear promise of perpetual orthodoxy to the Church of Christ. (Challoner) --- She hath still the spirit of truth. (Worthington) (Matthew xxviii. 20.) --- None will apply this to...
I know not with what views my Reader will regard this verse: But to me, I confess, it is as blessed a promise as any in the Bible. Indeed it forms a comprehension of almost every other. For is it not...
21._And I make this my covenant with them. _Because it was difficult to believe what the Prophet has hitherto declared, therefore he endeavors, in various ways, to confirm the Jews, that they may rely...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59. But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and their hypoc...
AS FOR ME, THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, SAITH THE LORD,.... Which shall be manifested and made good to them that repent of their sins, and, believe in Christ; and to whom the particular blessing of...
As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy se...
_And_, or, _moreover, the Redeemer shall come to Zion_ To Jerusalem, or to his church, often signified by Zion, namely, Christ shall come, of whom the apostle expounds it, Romans 11:26; the prophets u...
THE LORD MAKING READY FOR JUDGMENT AND REDEMPTION...
As for Me, this is My covenant with them, saith the Lord, this explains why He had not rejected the entire nation outright: MY SPIRIT THAT IS UPON THEE, upon Israel, especially in its representative l...
16-21 This passage is connected with the following chapters. It is generally thought to describe the coming of the Messiah, as the Avenger and Deliverer of his church. There was none to intercede wit...
THIS IS MY COVENANT, or what I have promised, and so am engaged to see fulfilled, viz. to them that turn from their iniquity; or rather, the promise of his word and Spirit to abide in his church, upon...
Isaiah 59:21 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 covenant H1285 Spirit H7307 words H1697 put H7760 (H8804) mouth...
GOD WILL ACT TO DELIVER ZION (ISAIAH 59:15). When God looked down He saw that there was no one who could deliver, none who was fitted to be the Servant. And (speaking from a human point of view) He co...
59:16. _And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him._ Man's extremity was Chris...
CONTENTS: Sins which prevented the bestowal of God's blessing and caused chastisements to fall upon Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit CONCLUSION: If prayers are not answered and the salva...
Isaiah 59:1. _Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save._ The failure of your fast is not with the Lord; he sees, and he can hear. Neither is the fault in the promises announced by...
_And the Redeemer shall come to Zion_ THE REDEEMER COMING TO HIS CHURCH I. THE PERSON OF WHOM THE FATHER SPEAKS, AND HIS COMING. 1. “The Redeemer,” the kinsman, who, by assuming our nature, is nearl...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:14 For his own glory, the Lord will make his people the predominant culture of a glorious new world. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 59:21 AND AS FOR ME. God declares his commitment to his people. MY COVENANT WITH THEM is the messianic servant, the Redeemer of v....
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 59:1 A GENERAL REBUKE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS MANIFOLD SINS, The command given to the prophet in Isaiah 58:1 to "show God's people the
Now in fifty-nine: Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear (Isaiah 59:1): "Lord, why aren't You hearing us when we fast? Why aren'...
1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 3:8;...
My covenant — What I have promised, to them that turn from their iniquity. My words — Which thou hast uttered by virtue of my spirit. Of thy seed — A promise of the perpetual presence of his word and...