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LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT - That is, see the multitudes that
shall be converted to thee; see thy ruined city rise again in its
former beauty; see the Gentiles come and yield themselves to the
wor...
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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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JERUSALEM SHALL BE FORTHWITH REBUILT AND REPEOPLED. Zion has believed
herself forgotten of Yahweh. But though a mother should forget her
babe He will not forget Zion. His plan for rebuilding it He has...
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BRIDE. First occurrence in this connection....
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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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As _I live, saith the Lord_ Jehovah's oath by Himself, ch. Isaiah
45:23. It introduces a new, though closely related, conception; the
inhabitants being compared to the bridal attire with which Zion
re...
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Already in vision the prophet sees the return of the exiles and calls
on Zion to welcome her sons.
Instead of _Thy children_the chief ancient Versions, and the
important Babylonian Codex have "Thy bu...
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DISCOURSE: 953
PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH
Isaiah 49:18. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these
gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the
Lord, Thou shall s...
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THY CHILDREN SHALL MAKE HASTE— General promises comfort the
afflicted less than particular ones: the prophet therefore proceeds to
these, which are drawn from the future benefits to be conferred by Go...
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c. DEJECTED ZION
TEXT: Isaiah 49:14-21
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But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten
me.
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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on...
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather
themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou
shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bi...
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The whole situation is changing very fast. The evidence is all round
the city for people to see for themselves. The *Lord has carried out
the things that he promised to do.
• In the original language...
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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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LIFT UP THINE EYES. — The daughter of Zion is called on to gaze on
the returning exiles. They shall be her gems and her girdle as the
bride of her new espousals. A distant parallel is found in the sto...
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שְׂאִֽי ־סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֨יִךְ֙ וּ
רְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖ם...
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CHAPTER XVI
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5;...
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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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Lift up thy eyes around, and behold: all these gather themselves
together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt
surely (z) clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bi...
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The distress of Zion only makes way for the display of divine love;
and if the people of God, in their several exercises (be they what
they may) could but be brought to consider the unceasing and
ever...
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18._Lift up thine eyes round about. _He arouses the Church to survey
this magnificent work, as if it were actually before her eyes, and to
behold the multitudes of men who shall flock into it from eve...
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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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LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT, AND BEHOLD,.... Look east, west,
north, and south, and behold the flocking converts from all parts; see
on Isaiah 49:12. The words are spoken to the church, and for her...
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather
themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and...
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_Lift up thine eyes round about_ And behold numbers flocking unto thee
from all quarters. _All these shall gather themselves unto thee,_ &c.
Namely, the Gentiles. Thy church, O Zion, shall not only be...
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Lift up thine eyes round about and behold, so the Lord's consoling
admonition proclaims, all these, the people gained for the Lord by the
proclamation of the Gospel, GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER AND COM...
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The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant...
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18-23 Zion is addressed as an afflicted widow, bereaved of her
children. Numbers flock to her, and she is assured that they come to
be a comfort to her. There are times when the church is desolate an...
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ALL THESE, to wit, the Gentiles, as sufficiently appeareth from what
hath been already said, and from that which followeth. The sense is,
Thy church shall not only be restored and established in Jerus...
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Isaiah 49:18 up H5375 (H8798) eyes H5869 around H5439 see H7200
(H8798) together H6908 (H8738) come...
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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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Isaiah 49:13. _Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break
forth into singing, O mountains; for the LORD hath comforted his
people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted._
When God blesses hi...
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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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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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_Lift up thine eyes round about--_
PROMISES FOR THE CHURCH
I. THE PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH.
1. In number.
2. In honour.
3. In triumph.
II. THE ENCOURAGEMENT IT AFFORDS US FOR MISSIONARY E...
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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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THE PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH
Isaiah 49:18. _Lift up thine eyes round about, &c._
Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in
the reviving of the Jewish church, afte...
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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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Galatians 3:28; Galatians 3:29; Genesis 13:14; Genesis 22:16;...
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These — Gentiles. Thy church shall not only be restored, but vastly
enlarged and adorned by the accession of the Gentiles....