He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with (q) young.
(q) He will show his care and favour over them who are weak and tender.
Verse Isaiah 40:11. _SHALL GENTLY LEAD THOSE THAT ARE WITH YOUNG_ - "The nursing ewes shall he gently lead."] A beautiful image, expressing, with the utmost propriety as well as elegance, the tender...
HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK - In the previous verse, the fact had been asserted that God would come to subdue his foes, and to reward his people. In this verse, the mild and gentle character of his govern...
II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66) Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon the Je...
PROLOGUE ANNOUNCING THE END OF THE EXILE. IF. The prophet sees in the triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice biddi...
FEED HIS FLOCK. As in the wilderness. See Isaiah 63:11.Psalms 77:20; Psalms 78:52; Psalms 78:53;...
Isaiah 40:1-11. The Prologue This first proclamation of glad tidings to Zion (see ch. Isaiah 41:27) is a passage of singular beauty, breathing the spirit of new-born hope and enthusiasm with which th...
Jehovah as the Good Shepherd: an ideal picture of the homeward journey of the exiles, hardly of the permanent relations of Jehovah to His people in the final dispensation. The same image is used of th...
These words are spoken by the prophet in his own person....
The prophet announces the triumphal approach of Jehovah to Zion. _O Zion … tidings_ R.V. has O THOU THAT TELLEST GOOD TIDINGS TO ZION. Either translation is grammatically admissible; but the second is...
DISCOURSE: 923 CHRIST’S CARE FOR HIS SHEEP Isaiah 40:11._ He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; and shall gently lead those tha...
O ZION, &C.— We have here the fourth voice, directed to the evangelists, to whom it is given in command, to promulgate the true presence of their redeeming God, and the king of his church, among all p...
VII. SALVATION THROUGH GOD'S SERVANT Chapter S 40-53 A, PURPOSE OF THE LORD'S SERVANT Chapter S 40-43 1. COMFORT, CHAPTER 40 a. PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD TEXT: Isaiah 40:1-11 1 Comfort ye,...
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK - including al...
ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of almost equal length...
The v. indicates in a figure the tender care with which God will support His people on their journey home. Are with young] RV 'give suck.' 12-26. The prophet's object is to show the power of Jehovah t...
The *Lord looks after his people like someone who looks after sheep. The Bible often uses this description, for example: Psalms 23; Zechariah 11:7; John 10:11. NOBODY CAN BE LIKE THE *LORD GOD...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 40 This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah. • In CHAPTER...
The *Lord is coming to *Jerusalem (verses 3-5). He comes as far more powerful than any nation’s king. He is bringing with him the people that he has rescued from a foreign country. Although the *Lord...
HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK... — Psalms 23 is the great embodiment of the thought in the Old Testament, as John 10 is in the New, but the thought itself is everywhere (Psalms 77:20;...
כְּ רֹעֶה֙ עֶדְרֹ֣ו יִרְעֶ֔ה בִּ זְרֹעֹו֙ יְק
CHAPTER V THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES Isaiah 40:1 IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to make out...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
CREATOR AND RULER OF ALL THE EARTH Isaiah 40:9-17 Zion is bidden to climb the highest mountain within reach, and announce the advent of the Savior-God. When all eyes are turned to behold Him, expecti...
We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66). The fist el...
_Young, or have lately had young lambs, f\'9ctas. Jesus is the good shepherd, John x. 14._...
This is a most beautiful address to Zion, the gospel church of Jesus, and to Jerusalem the beloved city. Some have thought that it had an allusion to the proclamation made by Cyrus, for the people in...
11._As a shepherd. _In this verse he declares what is the nature of that work of the Lord; for since he works in various and, indeed, in innumerable ways, the hearer might have been kept in suspense a...
The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is, comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK LIKE A SHEPHERD,.... Christ has a flock, a flock of men, a distinct and peculiar people, and it is but one, and that a little one, and yet a beautiful one, though often a flock...
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young. Ver. 11. _He shall feed his flock li...
_Behold, the Lord God will come with a strong hand_ With invincible strength, to deliver his people from their most powerful enemies; _and his arm shall rule for him_ His own power shall be sufficient...
THE WORD OF COMFORT AND THE GOD OF COMFORT. The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted visions the Gosp...
He shall feed His flock, take the proper care of all His children in the faith, LIKE A SHEPHERD, in His capacity as the one true Shepherd of their souls; HE SHALL GATHER THE LAMBS, the young, weak, an...
THAT ARE WITH YOUNG: Or, that give suck...
1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of...
He shall perform all the offices of a tender and faithful shepherd towards his people, carrying himself with great wisdom, and condescension, and compassion to every one of them, according to their se...
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JERUSALEM IS TO RESPOND LIKE A TOWN CRIER (ISAIAH 40:9). Isaiah 40:9 ‘O Zion, you who proclaim good tidings, Get up into the high mountain, O Jerusalem, you who tell good tidings, Lift up your vo...
40:9-11. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the citie...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._ «They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem._ The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy. They are in the best conditi...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath recei...
CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
_He shall feed His flock like a shepherd_ THE CARE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD FOR HIS FLOCK 1. The prophet first declares the general office of the Saviour. “He shall feed His flock like a shepherd.” 2....
_Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand_ POWER AND TENDERNESS The beauty and peculiarity of these words consist in the combination of the might of Adonai-Jehovah (Isaiah 40:10), with the ge...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:1 Encouragement for God’s Exiles: “The Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” These visionary chapters are addressed to the exiles in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586...
THE GOOD SHEPHERD Isaiah 40:11. _He shall feed His flock, &c._ The Hebrews were, for the most part, a nation of shepherds. To them especially these declarations must have appeared full of beauty, te...
PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.). SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.). EXPOSITION...
But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
1 Corinthians 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:2; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Peter 5:4;...
THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an introduction to the sermon proper. 1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...