George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 51:5
Just. Christ, prefigured by Cyrus, whose empire was very mild, chap. xliv. 28.
Just. Christ, prefigured by Cyrus, whose empire was very mild, chap. xliv. 28.
Verse Isaiah 51:5. _MY RIGHTEOUSNESS_ IS _NEAR_] The word צדק _tsedek,_ _righteousness_, is used in such a great latitude of signification, for justice, truth, faithfulness, goodness, mercy, delivera...
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NEAR - The word ‘righteousness’ is used in a great variety of significations. Here it means, probably, the faithful completion of his promises to his people (Lowth). MY SALVATION...
CHAPTER 51 Jehovah Encourages His Faithful People, the Remnant of Israel 1. _The call to remember Abraham (Isaiah 51:1)_ 2. _Zion to be comforted (Isaiah 51:3)_ 3. His righteousness near and His arm...
A HEARTENING CONSOLATION. Yahweh, in words that echo Isaiah 50:4, bids His people, who seek the victory which ever eludes them, consider their origin. Abraham was but one; yet He made him a great peop...
ISLES. MARITIME COUNTRIES. See note on Isaiah 11:11. WAIT. Compare Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 60:9. TRUST. hope. Hebrew. _yahal._ App-69. Not the same word as in...
Isaiah 51:1-16. Encouragements addressed to true Israelites The strain of consolation, which was interrupted by the soliloquy of the Servant at ch. Isaiah 50:4, is now resumed, and is continued till...
_My righteousness_is _near_ See the last note and cf. ch. Isaiah 46:13. For _people_read PEOPLES (as R.V.). _the isles shall wait upon me_ Cf. Isaiah 42:4. _on mine arm_ i.e. "on my strength," my pro...
The universal extension of the true religion is the second ground of comfort which the prophet is commissioned to offer to his fellow believers. The language of Isaiah 51:4 is obviously moulded on tha...
HEARKEN, &C.— The prophet, continuing the discourse of the Messiah, explains particularly what he had expressed in general, and shews that the first benefit prepared for the comfort of the afflicted c...
3. RULE, CHAPTER 51 a. TURN TO JUSTICE TEXT: Isaiah 51:1-8 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the...
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. MY RIGHTEOUSNESS (IS) NEAR - i:e., My fai...
1, 2. In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 51 ABRAHAM WAS YOUR EARLY RELATIVE V1 ‘Listen to me,’ says the *Lord. ‘You desire to l...
MINE ARMS SHALL JUDGE THE PEOPLE. — Literally, _the peoples,_ including Israel and the heathen. The work of judgment thus, as ever, comes first; after it the _isles_ (_i.e.,_ far-off countries), as re...
קָרֹ֤וב צִדְקִי֙ יָצָ֣א יִשְׁעִ֔י וּ זְרֹעַ֖י...
“AWAKE, O ARM OF JEHOVAH!” Isaiah 51:1-11 This chapter is extremely dramatic. We are conscious that we are nearing a revelation of unparalleled sublimity. As we hear the thrice _Hearken_ in Isaiah 1:...
Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8), in which they are charged to look back to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity,...
My (e) righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and my (f) arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they trust. (e) The time that I will accomplish m...
Here is another gracious call of the Lord, full of mercy and love, like the former; seemingly directed to those who have not only sought the Lord, but are joined in covenant to him, and know him. The...
5._My righteousness is near. _He confirms the former doctrine. The “righteousness” of the Lord has relation to men, who know by experience that he is “righteous.” While the people were oppressed by cr...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52. The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12 (Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a fresh...
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NEAR,.... These are either the words of God the Father, and to be understood not of his essential righteousness, nor of his vindictive justice; but of the righteousness of his Son,...
My righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. Ver. 5. _My righteousness,_] _i.e., _ My...
_Hearken unto me, my people_ Ye Jews, whom I chose to be my peculiar people, do not reject my counsel, which, I have told you, even the Gentiles will receive, nor forsake the mercies of which even the...
My righteousness is near, which includes all the mercies promised in the covenant made with His people; MY SALVATION IS GONE FORTH, is already an established fact, AND MINE ARMS SHALL JUDGE THE PEOPLE...
THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
4-8 The gospel of Christ shall be preached and published. How shall we escape if we neglect it? There is no salvation without righteousness. The soul shall, as to this world, vanish like smoke, and t...
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS; my salvation, as it is expounded in the next clause, the redemption of all my people, both Jews and Gentiles, which is the effect of his _righteousness_; either his justice, or his f...
Isaiah 51:5 righteousness H6664 near H7138 salvation H3468 forth H3318 (H8804) arms H2220 judge H8199 (H8799) peoples
GOD'S OR THE SERVANT'S CALL TO HIS TRUE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER HIS EVERLASTING SALVATION (ISAIAH 51:4). His people are not just to listen, they must also pay heed. They must ‘pay attention' to His instruc...
CHAPTER 51 EXHORTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO GOD. We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:1) - ‘attend' (Isaiah 51:4) - ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:7). They have...
Isaiah 51:1. _Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your f...
CONTENTS: Final redemption of Israel and punishment of oppressors. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Although God's people are called upon to suffer much upon earth, they have an eternal cause to...
Isaiah 51:4. _A law shall proceed from me._ The gospel law of liberty and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31. No other law ever emanated from Jerusalem. Isaiah 51:5. _My righteousness is near._ Ch...
_My righteousness is near_ GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SALVATION The Gospel of Christ shall be preached and published to the world. “A law shall proceed from Me” (Isaiah 51:4), an evangelical law, the...
_Hearken unto Me, My people_ THE ABSOLUTE IN HUMAN HISTORY Time works mighty changes in human life. Amidst the ceaseless whirl of mutation, is there nothing unchangeable? Is life made up entirely of...
_Hearken to Me_ THE THRICE “HEARKEN” These paragraphs are exceedingly dramatic. We become conscious that we are approaching a revelation of unparalleled sublimity which shall be in Scripture what he...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:4 The second incentive (see vv. Isaiah 51:1) is that the truth of the Lord is going out to the nations with a saving power that will outlast the universe....
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 51:1 AN ADDRESS TO FAITHFUL ISRAEL, SUGGESTING TOPICS OF COMFORT. The address consists of three nearly equal strophes or stanzas, each commencing with a call, _Shim'u elai_,...
Tonight we have a marvelous study as we look at Isaiah, Chapter s 51-55, in which the prophet sees so clearly the suffering and the rejection of God's provision for man in sending His Son to die for o...
1 Samuel 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Acts 17:31; Deuteronomy 30:14;...
My righteousness — My salvation, the redemption of all my people, Jews and Gentiles, which is the effect of his righteousness, his justice, faithfulness, or mercy. Is gone — Shall shortly go forth. Ju...