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Verse Isaiah 42:14. _I HAVE BEEN STILL_ - "Shall I keep silence for
ever"] After מעולם _meolam_, in the copy which the _Septuagint_
had before them, followed the word הלעולם, _heleolam_,
εσιωπησα απ'...
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I HAVE LONG TIME HOLDEN MY PEACE - This is the language of Yahweh, and
it means that he had for a long time been patient and forbearing; but
that now he would go forth as a warrior to overpower and de...
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CHAPTER 42
The True Servant of Jehovah
1. _The Servant of Jehovah and His mission (Isaiah 42:1)_ 2. _His
future work among the nations (Isaiah 42:5)_ 3. The future song of
redemption glory (Isaiah 42...
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YAHWEH HAS LONG RESTRAINED HIMSELF: AT LAST HE WILL CRUSH HIS FOES AND
HELP HIS SERVANTS. Long inactive, Yahweh is now filled with desire to
intervene. He will ravage and lay waste the lands of His fo...
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_I have long time holden my peace_ Lit. "I have been silent from of
old." The period of silence perhaps goes back further than the Exile;
it is the time during which Jehovah has permitted the oppressi...
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Jehovah rouses Himself from His inactivity. The passage, which
obviously continues the figure of Isaiah 42:13, is exceedingly bold in
its anthropomorphism; it is Jehovah's battle-song....
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I HAVE LONG TIME HOLDEN MY PEACE— These words contain a declaration
of the divine counsel; wherein God teacheth, that, by calling the
Gentiles to his communion, he should effect a great change in the...
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b. SING A SONG OF PRAISE
TEXT: Isaiah 42:10-17
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Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the
earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles,
and the inh...
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained
myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and
devour at once.
I HAVE LONG TIME - namely, during the desolati...
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42:14 pant (c-28) Others, 'devastate and swallow up,' as Psalms 56:1 ....
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THE IDEAL SERVANT
1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant
of Jehovah.
10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah.
18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considered as Je...
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Holden my peace] leaving prayers unanswered (Psalms 28:1; Habakkuk
1:13). REFRAINED MYSELF] not interposing by miracles or mighty acts.
During the period of the exile there had been no divine interpos...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 42
The *Old Testament calls several people ‘the *Lord’s servant’.
Moses is...
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God’s people suffered many years as prisoners in a foreign country.
God seemed to be doing nothing to help them. But God must choose the
moment to act....
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I HAVE LONG TIME HOLDEN MY PEACE... — The change of person indicates
that Jehovah is the speaker. “Long time,” literally, _for an age,_
or _an eternity._ What is actually meant is the period of the ex...
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הֶחֱשֵׁ֨יתִי֙ מֵֽ עֹולָ֔ם אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ
אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק כַּ †...
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CHAPTER VIII
THE PASSION OF GOD
Isaiah 42:13
AT the beginning of chapter 42 we reach one of those distinct stages,
the frequent appearance of which in our prophecy assures us, that, for
all its ming...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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BOOK 3
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy,
and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent
interest, the deliverance of I...
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A DEAF AND BLIND MESSENGER
Isaiah 42:14-25
There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is
rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is
only _temporary_,...
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The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is
first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1),
His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1), His method is d...
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I have long time held my peace; I have been still, [and] restrained
myself: [now] will I cry like a (s) travailing woman; I will destroy
and devour at once.
(s) I will haste to execute my vengeance,...
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Here are the joyful consequences induced by the Redeemer's acts of
grace and mercy, as before described. Surely all must sing the new
song, which God puts into their mouths, when their souls are
new-s...
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14._I have kept silence. _The Prophet meets the temptations which
commonly give us great uneasiness, when God delays his aid. We are
tempted by impatience, and dread that his promises are false. We
re...
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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...
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I HAVE LONG TIME HOLDEN MY PEACE,.... For many hundred years the Lord
suffered the Gentile world to walk in their own ways, to worship their
idols, and took no notice of them; he winked at and overloo...
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, [and] refrained
myself: [now] will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and
devour at once.
Ver. 14. _I have long time holden my peace._]...
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_The Lord shall go forth_ Namely, to battle against his enemies. _He
shall stir up jealousy_ His fierce indignation against the obstinate
enemies of his Son and gospel. _He shall cry, yea, roar_ As a...
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DEVOUR:
_ Heb._ swallow or sup up...
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13-17 The Lord will appear in his power and glory. He shall cry, in
the preaching of his word. He shall cry aloud in the gospel woes,
which must be preached with gospel blessings, to awaken a sleepin...
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I HAVE LONG TIME HELD MY PEACE; I have for many ages suffered the
devil and his servants, tyrants, and idolaters, and persecutors to
prevail in the world, to afflict my people, and to hinder the
enter...
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Isaiah 42:14 peace H2814 (H8689) time H5769 still H2790 (H8686)
restrained H662 (H8691) cry H6463 ...
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A FURTHER SONG OF DELIVERANCE AND JUDGMENT (ISAIAH 42:10).
Following on the revelation of the Servant comes the joy of the
nations in seeing God at work though Him. In this brief section
movement is r...
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Isaiah 42:14
The solemn practical truth of the text is that God can do the most
terrible things and the most gentle; that power belongeth unto God and
also mercy; that He is either glorious as heaven...
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This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for
it is full of evangelical truth.
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my
soul delighteth; I have pu...
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CONTENTS: Christ, servant of Jehovah. Chastening of Israel and the
final restoration.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all who have contradicted and
blasphemed the Gospel of...
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Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant._ In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so
the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17. All other
applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took...
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_I have long time holden My peace_
THE DIVINE THOUGHT AND PAIN
Remember it is God who speaks these words of Himself, and then think
of what they mean of unshareable thought and pain, of solitary
yea...
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_Behold My Servant_
WHO IS THE “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”?
The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been
held:
(1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as
disting...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:10 God calls all the nations to rejoice in
his triumphant self-vindication.
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GOD’S TERRIBLENESS AND GENTLENESS
Isaiah 42:14. _I will destroy and devour at once, &c._
The measure of greatness is the measure of terribleness;
constructiveness is the beneficent side of destructiv...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 42:1
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL
PERFORM. There are comparatively few
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Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even
Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the
servant of God.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine el...
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2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:15; 2 Peter 3:9; Ecclesiastes 8:11;...
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Long — I have for many ages suffered the devil and his servants, to
prevail in the world, but now I will bring forth and accomplish that
glorious work which I have long conceived in my mind; yea, I wi...