And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore my own (e) arm brought salvation to me; and my fury, it upheld me.
(e) God shows that he has no need of man's help for the deliverance of his, and though men refuse to do their duty through negligence and ingratitude, yet he himself will deliver his Church, and punish the enemies, (Isaiah 59:16).
Verse Isaiah 63:5. _AND MY FURY_ - "And mine indignation"] For וחמתי _vachamathi, nineteen_ MSS. (_three_ ancient) of _Kennicott's, nine_ of _De Rossi's_, and _one_ of mine, and _four_ editions, have...
AND I LOOKED AND THERE WAS NONE TO HELP - The same sentiment is expressed in Isaiah 59:16 (see the note at that verse). NONE TO UPHOLD - None to sustain or assist. The design is to express the fact th...
CHAPTER 63 The Executor of the Day of Vengeance 1. _The glorious appearing (Isaiah 63:1) _ 2. _The day of vengeance (Isaiah 63:2_ Revelation 19:11 corresponds to this marvelous description of the com...
THE TRIUMPH OF YAHWEH. In this poem, isolated from its context, the poet, looking into the future, sees a solitary but majestic warrior striding along, his splendid garments all bloodstained. Who, he...
MINE OWN ARM. Compare Isaiah 59:16. SALVATION. victory. FURY. indignation. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "righteousness". Compare Isaiah 59:18....
Comp. ch. Isaiah 59:16. The verse explains why it is that Jehovah treads the winepress "_alone_" (Isaiah 63:3). The expectation that some human helper would appear on the side of Jehovah is more remar...
FOR THE DAY OF VENGEANCE, &C.— There is nothing requisite to the understanding of this passage but a reference to chap. Isaiah 59:16 where nearly the same words are used to describe the same thing. Th...
D. RESTLESSNESS OF ZION, Chapter S 63 - 64 1.PREDICTED VINDICATION TEXT: Isaiah 63:1-9 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, mar...
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. I LOOKED, AND (THERE WAS) NONE T...
63:5 fury, (d-29) As 'hot displeasure,' Psalms 38:1 ....
THE DIVINE WARRIOR 1.The prophet asks who is this warrior coming from Edom? The Warrior replies, He is the Divine Deliverer....
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF THE JEWISH RACE This concluding group of Chapter s is chiefly distinguished by glowing pictures of the future of Jerusalem, when the Jews shall be restored to their land again....
The absence of human aid (Isaiah 63:3) further emphasised (Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:16)....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 63 THE *LORD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST THE NATIONS V1 Someone is coming from...
God often uses people to carry out his purposes. But the great God, who has all power, does not actually need human help. What surprises God is his people’s failure to understand the reason for his di...
These verses paint an impressive picture of God’s punishment for the country called Edom (see Isaiah, chapter 34)....
I LOOKED... — As in Isaiah 1:2, the absolute isolation of the avenger and redeemer is emphasised again and again. Nothing but his own indomitable and righteous zeal against evil had sustained him....
וְ אַבִּיט֙ וְ אֵ֣ין עֹזֵ֔ר וְ אֶשְׁתֹּומֵ֖ם
THE MIGHTY SAVIOR Isaiah 63:1-9 For long years there had been virulent hostility between Israel and Edom. It began when Esau and Jacob were lads. It broke out in bitterness when Edom denied Israel th...
The last section of Isaiah (63-66) sets forth anew the operation of the principle of discrimination. All the blessing which has been described can result only from holiness, and ere that can be establ...
_Me. I depended on the goodness of my cause, and on God's aid, chap. lix. 15. (Calmet)_...
Here the Lord Jesus Christ graciously gives a full and satisfying answer to the Prophet's question, and in it explains most blessedly, to the Church's joy, the subject of his personal triumph in redem...
5._I looked, and there was none to help. _Although the Jews were destitute of all assistance, and no one aided them by word or deed, yet he shews that the arm of the Lord is alone sufficient to punish...
Isaiah 63:1-6. We find again here the terrible judgment of chapter 34 executed by Jehovah (or rather having been already executed, for He returns from it). The result is the peace and blessing which w...
AND I LOOKED, AND THERE WAS NONE TO HELP,.... As, in the first redemption and salvation by Christ here on earth, there were none among the angels, nor any of the sons of men, to help him and assist hi...
And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. Ver. 5. _And I looked, and the...
_I looked, and there was none to help_ “Things were come to that extremity, that there was no appearance of succour by any human means. Those who, by their office and character, ought to have stood up...
THE APPROACH OF THE DELIVERER...
And I looked, when He found Himself surrounded by enemies on every hand, AND THERE WAS NONE TO HELP; AND I WONDERED, with a feeling akin to horror, THAT THERE WAS NONE TO UPHOLD. THEREFORE MINE OWN AR...
1-6 The prophet, in vision, beholds the Messiah returning in triumph from the conquest of his enemies, of whom Edom was a type. Travelling, not as wearied by the combat, but, in the greatness of his...
THERE WAS NONE TO HELP; not that he needed it, for help implies a defect of power, or wisdom, or wealth, or opportunity, &c.; but to see what men would do, in regard his people needed it; therefore th...
Isaiah 63:5 looked H5027 (H8686) help H5826 (H8802) wondered H8074 (H8709) uphold H5564 (H8802) arm...
GOD'S JUDGMENT ON EDOM, THEIR BROTHER WHO REJECTED THE COVENANT, AND GOD'S OFFER OF REDEMPTION TO JACOB. This startling vision of the future prepares for what lies ahead. Isaiah is aware that that inc...
Some of you will remember that chapter 62 ends with the announcement of the Saviour's coming: «Say ye to the daughter of Zion, behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his wor...
Isaiah 63:1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty...
CONTENTS: Day of vengeance, and the fear and hope of the remnant of Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Moses, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Christ is coming to tread the winepress of the wrath of G...
Isaiah 63:1. _With dyed garments from Bozrah._ Not the Bozrah in Moab, but Bozrah, the capital of Idumea. Perhaps it was because Judas Maccabeus slaughtered twenty thousand of them in one battle, that...
_And I looked, and there was none to help_ MAN’S EXTREMITY THE DIVINE OPPORTUNITY The doctrine of the text is, that salvation, of every kind and every degree, is from the Lord. I. THIS POINTS OUT T...
_Who is this that cometh from Edom?_ JEHOVAH’S TRIUMPH OVER HIS PEOPLE’S FOES A passage of unique and sublime dramatic power. The impotence of Israel’s enemies to retard or interfere with their deliv...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 63:1 God comforts his people with a vision of his victory over all evil in the future and of his loving goodness in the past. ⇐...
SECTION IX.—THE JUDGMENT OF GOD ON IDUMAEA (Isaiah 63:1). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 63:1 A JUDGMENT ON...
By Chuck Smith Now before the restoration, the day of God's wrath is coming, the Great Tribulation. This must precede it. And chapter 63, the first six verses go into the Great Tribulation period. And...
1 Corinthians 1:24; Hebrews 2:14; Hebrews 2:15; Hosea 1:7; Isaiah 40:1
None to help — Not that he needed it, but to see what men would do, in regard his people needed it; therefore the standing, or not standing by his people, is the same thing with standing, or not stand...