Verse Isaiah 54:15. Shall fall for thy sake - "Shall come over to thy side."] For יפול yippol, twenty-eight MSS. (eight ancient) have יפל yipal, in its more common form. For the meaning of the word in this place, see Jeremiah 37:13.
BEHOLD, THEY SHALL SURELY GATHER TOGETHER - The idea in this verse is, that the enemies of the people of God would indeed form alliances and compacts against them, but it would not be under the divine...
CHAPTER 54 ISRAEL CALLED TO SING 1. _The blessings of restoration (Isaiah 54:1) _ 2. _Mercy bestowed (Isaiah 54:7) _ 3. _The earthly glory of Jerusalem (Isaiah 54:11) _ 4. Jehovah keeps and defends Hi...
LIV. ZION SHALL BE RESTORED TO HER PLACE AS YAHWEH'S WIFE, NEVER AGAIN TO BE REJECTED. The poet pictures Zion as a barren wife, left desolate by her husband. Let her break into transports of joy, for...
THEY: i.e. the enemies of Israel (Psalms 56:7; Psalms 59:4). SHALL FALL. shall be overthrown (Compare Isaiah 8:14)....
The verse is somewhat difficult. The rendering "gather together" can hardly be defended, and moreover it does not suit the construction ("against," in the second line, is really "with"). The verb is p...
BEHOLD, &C.— The meaning of Isaiah 54:15 is this: "It shall come to pass, that enemies shall gather themselves together against, and oppose the church, but their endeavours shall become fruitless, and...
2. REGALED TEXT: Isaiah 54:9-17 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth wi...
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. BEHOLD, THEY SHALL SURELY GATHER TOGETHER, (BUT), NOT BY ME - i:e., I...
54:15 together, (f-6) Or 'band together.' see Psalms 56:6 ; Psalms 59:3 ....
1. MARRIED WIFE] referring to the days of Jerusalem's prosperity....
THEY SHALL SURELY] RV 'they may.' This refers to Zion's enemies. NOT BY ME] i.e. not at Jehovah's bidding, as was the case with Sargon and Sennacherib, who were divinely appointed instruments of chast...
The *Lord will personally provide peace and security for his people. This promise refers both to a military attack and to an attack in words....
These verses refer to the distant future (see my note on Chapter s 40 to 66, at the beginning of chapter 40). The verses describe the repair of *Jerusalem after the *Babylonians had ruined it. The ci...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 54 THE NUMBER OF GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCREASE VASTLY V1 (The *Lord speaks) ‘Sing for joy...
BUT NOT BY ME... — Another contrast with Isaiah’s experience. The power of Sargon and Sennacherib rested on the fact that they were instruments in God’s hands (Isaiah 10:15; Isaiah 37:26). Against the...
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BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load ourselv...
THE WONDROUS LOVE OF GOD Isaiah 54:1-17 We have heard the exiles summoned to leave Babylon, and have beheld the Savior becoming the sin-bearer. Here our attention is recalled to the still desolate c...
We now come to the section which deals with the triumphant singing resulting from the work of the Servant of God, and this chapter is the song of assurance. It first sets forth the glorious fact of re...
Behold, they shall surely assemble, [but] not by (n) me: whoever shall assemble (o) against thee shall fall for thy sake. (n) And therefore will not prevail. (o) Meaning, the domestic enemies of the...
_To thee, in the inheritance. This was verified in the Church. We have no accout of many being converted before._...
15._Behold, he who assembleth shall assemble. _The general import is, that, although many rise up for the purpose of overwhelming the Church, yet all their efforts and attacks shall fail; and he appea...
Chapter 54 gives the result of these events to Jerusalem in those days. Jerusalem is looked at as barren and desolate, after having rejected Him who came to be her husband; but now, through that grace...
BEHOLD, THEY SHALL SURELY GATHER TOGETHER, BUT NOT BY ME,.... Not by the Lord, by his command or order to do his will, and execute his pleasure, which sometimes was the case, as in Sennacherib, Nebuch...
Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Ver. 15. Behold, they shall surely (or sedulously) gather together,]...
_Behold, they shall gather together_ It is true, some will combine, and make an attempt against thee. _But not by me_ As they will do this without any such commission from me as Sennacherib and Nebuch...
Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by Me, that is, if some of the enemies, in spite of all, should attempt to harm Zion, it would be against the Lord's counsel and will; WHOSOEVER SHAL...
The Lord's Promise of Perfect Security for the Church...
11-17 Let the people of God, when afflicted and tossed, think they hear God speaking comfortably to them by these words, taking notice of their griefs and fears. The church is all glorious when full...
THEY SHALL SURELY GATHER TOGETHER; it is true, there will not want some that shall combine and make an attempt against thee. BUT NOT BY ME; as they do this without any such commission from me, as Senn...
Isaiah 54:15 surely H1481 (H8800) assemble H1481 (H8799) not H657 Whoever H4310 assembles H1481 (H8804) fall...
THE CONTINUING AND FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 54:11). Isaiah's prophecies of Israel's future have a number of facets, for he is preparing them for the whole future. The prophecies found...
The precious promises, contained in this chapter, belong in the first place to the Church of God; but, as that which belongs to the Church, really belongs to every member of it, we shall not be acting...
Try and suck all the sweetness that you can out of this chapter while we read it. The personal application of a promise to the heart by the Holy Spirit is that which is wanted. The honey in Jonathan's...
CONTENTS: Israel as the restored wife of Jehovah in the Kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: We may with greatest assurance depend upon God for the keeping of His covenant with His peop...
Isaiah 54:1. _Sing, oh barren, thou that didst not bear._ This prophecy is a song of praise, exulting in the assurance that the gentile world should be converted to Christ. The prophet saw it as alrea...
_Behold, they shall surely gather together_ THE ADVERSARIES OF THE CHURCH DEFEATED The unwearied mischievous attempts of the adversaries of God’s people in the world, as they are made without God, s...
_O thou afflicted_ THE CITY OF GOD The reference is still to Jerusalem. In the former paragraph, she was addressed as a barren wife; here as destined to arise from her encumbering ruins, and become...
_Sing, O barren_ JERUSALEM: BARREN, THEN FRUITFUL The direct address refers to Jerusalem, which resembled Sarah in her early barrenness and later fruitfulness Isaiah 51:1). (_F. Delitzsch, D.D._) T...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:15 BEHOLD, I. God alone accomplishes the promised victory. THIS IS THE HERITAGE. All the promises of ch. Isaia
SECTION IV.—A RENEWAL OF PROMISES TO ISRAEL, COMBINED WITH EXHORTATION (CH. 54-56:8). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 54:1 A PROMISE TO ISRAEL O
Israel is to be restored as Jehovah's wife, chapter 54. Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the chil...
Ezekiel 38:8; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 43:4; Joel 3:9;...
Behold — It is true some will combine and make an attempt against thee. But — Without any such commission from me, as Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar had....