Verse Isaiah 48:19. Like the gravel thereof - "Like that of the bowels thereof"] בצאצאי מעי הים והם הדגים betseetsaey meey haiyam vehem haddagim; "As the issue of the bowels of the sea; that is, fishes." - Salom. ben Melec. And so likewise Aben Ezra, Jarchi, Kimchi, c.
His name - "Thy name"] For שמו shemo, "his name," the Septuagint had in the copy from which they translated שמך shimcha, "thy name."
THY SEED ALSO - Instead of being reduced to a small number by the calamities incident to war, and being comparatively a small and powerless people sighing in captivity, you would have been a numerous...
CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
HAD ISRAEL BUT OBEYED YAHWEH! This is a later passage, looking forward to a grey future far other than the glowing picture painted by Isaiah 48:2 Is. Yahweh saith, I am thy God, O Israel, and would fa...
AS THE SAND. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12)....
_as the sand_ A common comparison; see ch. Isaiah 10:22; Genesis 22:17; Hosea 1:10 &c. _like the gravel thereof_ Lit. THE GRAINS THEREOF. The word used resembles a fem. plur. of that which immediately...
c. PRACTICE TEXT: Isaiah 48:17-22 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go....
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. THY SEED ALSO HAD BEEN AS THE SAND...
LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...
THY SEED, etc.] Old promises would have been realised (Genesis 22:17)....
Unfortunately, the people would not obey the *Lord’s instructions. The result was that the people lost a wonderful future. And instead of happiness, the people became miserable prisoners in a foreign...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 48 ISRAEL’S EMPTY RELIGION V1 The *Lord says, ‘Listen to this, you family...
LIKE THE GRAVEL THEREOF. — Literally, _as the bowels thereof, i.e.,_ as that within the bowels of the sand, the living creatures that swarm in countless myriads in the sea. The two verses utter the si...
וַ יְהִ֤י כַ † חֹול֙ זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וְ...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
“A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES” Isaiah 48:17-22; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22, with the phrase _there is no peace to the wicked_. The second divisi...
This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like its gravel; his (x) name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. (x) That is, the prosperous estate of Israel...
_Name. The Jews were not forgotten, till they had rejected the Messias._...
How gracious the preface to all these sweet promises; and how sure they become, in the name of the great Promiser! Reader! let it be our earnest study and delight to come under the teaching of this al...
19._Thy seed would have been as the sand. _This also relates to a happy life, when progeny is multiplied, by whose aid the labors of the old are alleviated, and which “resists the adversaries in the g...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...
THY SEED HAD ALSO BEEN AS THE SAND,.... Upon the sea shore, as numerous as that, as was promised to Abraham, Genesis 22:17: AND THE OFFSPRING OF THY BOWELS AS THE GRAVEL THEREOF; that is, of the sand...
_Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me._ Ver. 19. _Thy seed also had been as...
_I am the Lord, which teacheth thee to profit_ Who from time to time has made known to thee all necessary and useful doctrines, which, if observed by thee, would have been infinitely profitable to the...
thy seed also, the spiritual descendants of Israel, the believers everywhere, HAD BEEN AS THE SAND AND THE OFFSPRING OF THY BOWELS LIKE THE GRAVEL THEREOF, the Messianic idea of the great extent of Je...
An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word...
16-22 The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those may speak boldly, whom God and his Spirit send. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and he had the Spirit without measure. Whom God re...
THY SEED ALSO HAD BEEN AS THE SAND, to wit, for multitude, according to my promise made to Abraham; whereas now I have, for thy sins, made thee to know my breach of promise, as is said. NUMBERS 14:34,...
Isaiah 48:19 descendants H2233 sand H2344 offspring H6631 body H4578 sand H4579 name H8034 off H3772 (H8735) destro
YAHWEH'S PLEA TO HIS PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF ISAIAH, AND TAKE THEIR PLACE AS GOD'S SERVANT (ISAIAH 48:12). Isaiah 48:12 “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called, I am he, I am the fir...
CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the microscop...
Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah continues here to be the speaker, and...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:17 WHO TEACHES YOU TO PROFIT. Or, “who teaches you for your benefit.” RIGHTEOUSNESS LIKE THE WAVES OF THE SEA. Covering sin again and again. like the sand... like
THE UNITY OF THE GODHEAD Isaiah 48:16. _Come ye near Me, hear ye this, &c._ [1483] [1483] Some refer this whole verse to Isaiah (Kimchi, Hitzig, Knobel), and many the second clause of it alone (Calv....
EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
1 Kings 9:7; Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:17; Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 10:22;...