Isaiah 41:8
What meaning of the isaiah 41:8 in the Bible?
What does Isaiah 41:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend."
What does Isaiah 41:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend."
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, ART MY SERVANT - This is an address directly to the Jews, and is designed to show them, in view of the truths which had just been urged, that God was their protector and friend. Thos...
CHAPTER 41 Jehovah's Challenge 1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2. _Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3. _Nations troubled on account of Cyr...
But Israel, who in the person of Abraham was summoned from Mesopotamia, is also a chosen instrument of Yahweh, and has nothing to fear amid these commotions. ISAIAH 41:10. RIGHT. RIGHTEOUSNESS: rend...
MY SERVANT. See note on Isaiah 37:35 for the three "servants" in Isaiah. This was Israel, as the seed of Abraham, not Cyrus (yet). Compare verses: Isaiah 41:21. CHOSEN. See note on Isaiah 1:29. MY F...
Israel is bidden "Fear not," because of its peculiar relation to Jehovah. _But thou, Israel_ In opposition to the other peoples (Isaiah 41:1). Omit "art" with R.V. _my servant_ Cf. Jeremiah 30:10 f.,...
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, &C.— The prophet here subjoins to his reproof of the nations, a consolation to the people of God, drawn from the same argument, as also he had done in the preceding section. See the...
b. GOD'S PEOPLE SAVED TEXT: Isaiah 41:8-13 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, an...
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. BUT THOU, ISRAEL, ART MY SERVANT - Contrast between the idolatrous nations whom God will destroy by Cyrus...
CYRUS GOD'S AGENT 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the he...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 41 KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant n...
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, ART MY SERVANT... — The verse is important as the first introduction of the servant of the Lord who is so conspicuous throughout the rest of the book. The idea embodied in the term i...
וְ אַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עַבְדִּ֔י יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחַרְתִּ֑יךָ זֶ֖רַע אַבְרָהָ֥ם אֹהֲבִֽי׃...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1;...
THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT Isaiah 41:1-16 The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the heathen is the true...
Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
But thou, Israel, [art] my (i) servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. (i) And therefore ought not to pollute yourself with the superstition of the Gentiles....
I beg the Reader to pause over these blessed verses, and inquire, with me, whether it be not the Lord Jesus that is here spoken to by Jehovah, when beholding him as the Husband and Head of his Church...
8._But thou, Israel, art my servant. _He now shews how unreasonable it is to confound the people of Israel with the heathen nations, though all have lifted up a standard and agree in error, and though...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, ART MY SERVANT,.... As the great spread and success of the Gospel could not fail of drawing the resentment of the idolatrous Heathens on those who embraced and professed it, and by w...
But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Ver. 8. _But thou, Israel, art my servant._] And it was for thy sake, and for thy settlement, that I have...
Isa. 41:8. "Chosen." This epithet especially belongs to Jacob rather than to Isaac or Abraham, because God 'chose' him before Esau his brother, though they were children of the same parents and twins...
_But thou, Israel, art my servant_ Thus the Gentiles show themselves to be the servants of their idols, and own them for their gods: but thou art my people, and I am and will be thy God. _Jacob, whom...
But thou, Israel, art My servant, as Jehovah, in a section replete with love and consolation, assures His children, JACOB, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, MY FRIEND, His servants, the people...
1-9 Can any heathen god raise up one in righteousness, make what use of him he pleases, and make him victorious over the nations? The Lord did so with Abraham, or rather, he would do so with Cyrus. Si...
BUT THOU, ISRAEL, ART MY SERVANT: thus the Gentiles show themselves to be the servants of their idols, and own them for their god; but thou art my people, and I am and will be thy God. WHOM I HAVE CHO...
Isaiah 41:8 Israel H3478 servant H5650 Jacob H3290 chosen H977 (H8804) descendants H2233 Abraham H85 friend H157 (H8802) thou - Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 44:1-2, Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 48:12,...
GOD'S ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS TO HIS PEOPLE, WEAK THOUGH THEY ARE (ISAIAH 41:8). Isaiah 41:8 “But you Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham, the one who loved me.” He now...
SERVANT Three servants of Jehovah are mentioned in Isaiah: (1) David (Isaiah 37:35). (2) Israel the nation (Isaiah 41:8); (Isaiah 43:1); (Isaiah 44:1); (Isaiah 44:21); (Isaiah 45:4); (Isaiah 48:20)...
God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the worship of idols. Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun idols and encouragement to trust in God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
_But thou, Israel, art My servant_ THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH It is reasonable to seek the origin of the idea in the first passage in which the term occurs (Isaiah 41:8). Here there can be no doubt as...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory and for the benefit of his people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i
TWO KINDS OF HELP Isaiah 41:6. _They helped every one his neighbour, &c._ Isaiah 41:10. _Fear not; I will help thee, &c._ It is manifestly the intention of the prophet to exhibit the contrast betwee...
SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 41:1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DELIVERER, AND EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS....
In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter, God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
2 Chronicles 20:7; Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 7:6; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6; Galatians 3:19; Galatians 4:22; Isaiah 43:1;...
THE GOD OF ALL HELP Isaiah 41:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Isaiah is one that lives with us in every daily task and conflict. Sometimes we think that the Old Testament Scriptures are far separa...