And he hath made my mouth like a sharp (c) sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he (d) hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
(c) By the sword and shaft, he signifies the virtue and efficacy of Christ's doctrine.
(d) God has taken me to his protection and defence: this chiefly is meant of Christ, and may also be applied to the ministers of his word.
Verse Isaiah 49:2. _AND HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD_ - "And he hath made my mouth a sharp sword"] The servant of God, who speaks in the former part of this chapter, must be the Messiah....
AND HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH - The idea here is, that he had qualified him for a convincing and powerful eloquence - for the utterance of words which would penetrate the heart like a sharp sword. The mou...
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...
THE PREPARATION OF YAHWEH'S SERVANT, AND ITS PURPOSE (the second Servant Song). The Servant of Yahweh speaks, bidding the far lands hearken; for them he has a glorious message, which is, however, not...
MOUTH... THE SHADOW... BAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ SWORD. Compare Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12; Revelation 2:16;...
The call and equipment of the Servant by Jehovah. The nations of the world are addressed, because the great announcement that the speaker has to make (Isaiah 49:6) concerns them. Although Jeremiah had...
The Servant's address to the nations. The passage forms the natural sequel to ch. Isaiah 42:1-4, and adds some fresh features to the portrait there presented. (1) The Servant, speaking now in his own...
Isaiah 49:1-13. The Servant of Jehovah: His Fidelity amidst Discouragements, and the ultimate Success of His Mission The beginning of ch. 49 seems to mark a distinct advance in the development of the...
The Servant is described as one prepared in secret for his great work. He compares himself to a weapon fashioned by Jehovah for His own use, but kept in reserve till the fulness of time. As the ideal...
LISTEN, O ISLES— In these verses we have first the exordium to the _isles, and far distant people,_ that is to say, the Gentiles, who are frequently addressed by the appellation of _isles,_ as we have...
C. PROGRAM OF THE LORD'S SERVANT, Chapter S 49 - 53 1. RESCUE, CHAPTER 49 a. DESPISED SERVANT TEXT: Isaiah 49:1-6 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath call...
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD (; .) Th...
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...
‘Sword’ and ‘arrow’ are word pictures. The words show that Isaiah’s message from God will have a powerful effect on people’s lives. Like a sword or an arrow, Isaiah’s words will be sharp (clear, sudde...
HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD. — The words indicate at once the spiritual nature of the “Servant’s” victories. It is his speech that wounds and heals, his words that go like winged arrows t...
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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...
CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5;...
CHAPTER XIX PROPHET AND MARTYR Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 50:4 THE second great passage upon the Servant of the Lord is Isaiah 49:1, and the third is...
“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...
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)....
_Sword, penetrating the very soul, (Hebrews iv. 12.) and slaying the wicked, Apocalypse i. 16., and 2 Thessalonians ii. 8. Without Christ, his ministers can apply this sword to little purpose. Cyrus c...
We find here some glorious speaker, calling upon the nations of the isles to attend to him, and declaring both the authority upon which he spoke, and the subject of his discourse. And if we make appli...
_GOD’S SPOKESMAN_ ‘He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand hath He hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in His quiver hath He hid me.’ Isaiah 49:2 I. THESE WORDS WERE A...
2._And he hath placed my mouth as a sharp sword, _he employs a twofold comparison, that of “a sword” and of “a quiver,” in order to denote the power and energy of the doctrine; and he shews why he was...
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...
AND HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD,.... Or, "he hath put his words in my mouth as a sharp sword,'' as the Targum; namely, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and is sharper...
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; Ver. 2. _And he hath made my mouth like a sharp swo...
_He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword_ As he hath made me the great Teacher of his church and of the world, so he hath assisted me by his Spirit, and made my word or doctrine _quick and powerful_,...
THE TESTIMONY OF JEHOVAH'S SERVANT...
And He hath made My mouth like a sharp sword, in the proclamation of His Word, Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 2:12; IN THE SHADOW OF HIS HAND HATH HE HID ME, as an instrument prepared for His service, AND M...
1-6 The great Author of redemption shows the authority for his work. The sword of his word slays the lusts of his people, and all at enmity with them. His sharp arrows wound the conscience; but all t...
HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD; as he made me the great Teacher of his church and of the world, so he assisted me by his Spirit, and made my word or doctrine _quick and powerful, and sharper...
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THE WORDS OF THE SERVANT (ISAIAH 49:1). Isaiah 49:1 ‘Listen to me, O coastlands/isles, And hear you peoples from afar, Yahweh has called me from the womb, From the inner parts of my mother he has...
In this chapter, we have not merely Isaiah speaking concerning the Christ of God; but it is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who here speaks concerning himself. Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Listen, O isles, unto Me_ A FORECAST OF THE UNIVERSAL RELIGION In the previous Chapter s we find very glorious things spoken of the deliverance of the Jews from Babylon. But in this chapter we seem...
_And He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword_ A SHARP SWORD 1. God does not undo, in His relationship to us as Re-creator, the work which He has already performed as Creator. He does not strip us o...
POLISHED ARROWS He hath made me a polished shaft. Isaiah 49:2. If you had lived five hundred years ago and had wanted a toy weapon you would have asked your father not for a gun, but for a bow and a...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 49:1 The trusting servant of the Lord will save his despairing people with a salvation available for the whole world. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 49:2 God alone prepared and equipped the servant. MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD. Unlike Cyrus, the servant conquers by the truth of his word (see Isaiah 11:4;
OUR SAVIOUR AND THE WORK OF OUR SALVATION Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me, &c._ It is to the Gentiles, to _us_, that Christ here speaks concerning Himself and the work of salvation (Isaiah 49...
THE SHARP SWORD Isaiah 49:2. _And He hath made My mouth like a sharp sword_. The prophet having, in the foregoing Chapter s, comforted the Church by promises of deliverance from captivity, goes on, i...
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
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;...
Hebrews 4:12; Hosea 6:5; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 50:4;...
A sword — As he made me the great teacher of his church, so he made my word, quick and powerful, and sharper than any two — edged sword. Hath he hid — He will protect me from all mine enemies. Made me...