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WHY SAYEST THOU? - This verse is designed to reprove the people for
their want of confidence in God. The idea is, ‘If God is so great;
if be arranges the hosts of heaven with such unerring skill, caus...
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II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66)
Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The
three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon
the Je...
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AN EXPANSION OF THE TEXT SUGGESTED IN ISAIAH 40:6.
Isaiah 40:12. The Majesty of God, in Whose Eyes the World is
Insignificant. God is the Creator, disposing of earth and heaven as
very small things. N...
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WHY... ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_, to emphasize the
conclusion drawn from Isaiah 40:26....
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The prophet now turns to his own people, drawing the lesson of hope
and encouragement which lies in the true doctrine of God. Jehovah,
whom Israel still calls "my God" (Isaiah 40:27), is eternal and
u...
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_My way_ i.e. my circumstances, my lot (Psalms 37:5). Israel feels
that its hard lot is overlooked or ignored by Jehovah; far harder is
the complaint of Job (Isaiah 3:23) that God Himself has hidden h...
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DISCOURSE: 924
THE DESPONDING ENCOURAGED
Isaiah 40:27. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way
is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast
thou not known, h...
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WHY SAYEST THOU, &C.— The _third,_ or _consolatory_ part of this
discourse begins at this verse, wherein the foregoing doctrine and
prophesy are applied to the comfort of the church; who, in her vario...
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c. PERSEVERE IN WAITING FOR THE LORD
TEXT: Isaiah 40:27-31
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
28...
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
WHY SAYEST THOU, O JACOB ... MY WAY IS HID FROM THE LORD? - Since
these th...
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40:27 right (c-17) Or 'cause ' or 'judgment.'...
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ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON
On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to
their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of
almost equal length...
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The foregoing argument is addressed to a people who had suffered so
long, that they thought God had forgotten them, and were despondent.
The hope of return is grounded by the prophet upon the fact tha...
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Sometimes God’s people suppose that he has left them. They think
that he does not still care about them. It is still a common
experience. But it is not true. In fact, God continues to care about
his p...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 40
This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah.
• In CHAPTER...
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WHY SAYEST THOU, O JACOB. — The eternity and infinity of God is
presented not only as rebuking the folly of the idolater, but as the
ground of comfort to His people. His is no transient favour, no
cap...
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לָ֤מָּה תֹאמַר֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וּ
תְדַבֵּ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל...
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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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THE EVERLASTING GOD THE GIVER OF STRENGTH
Isaiah 40:18-31
Day changes to night, and as the twilight deepens, the stars come out
in their myriads, Isaiah 40:26. To the poetic eye of the watcher, they...
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We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three
divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the
Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66).
The fist el...
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, (c) My way is hid
from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over by my God?
(c) He rebukes the Jews because they did not rest on the providence of
God...
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_Judgment, or conduct, (Genesis xl. 13.; Calmet) as if God minded not
our affairs._...
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As the Prophet's commission opened, so the chapter is closed, in
giving a special comfort to the Lord's people. It is impossible to
conceive in the whole compass of language, anything more gracious,
m...
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27._Why wilt thou say? _The Prophet now expostulates either with the
Jews, because they were almost overcome by despair, and did not look
to the promises of God, by which they ought, to have supported...
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The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah
extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is,
comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
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WHY SAYEST THOU, O JACOB, AND SPEAKEST, O ISRAEL,.... The Jews,
supposed to be in captivity, are here meant, according to Jarchi and
Kimchi; whom the prophet reproves, for murmuring at the calamities...
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Ver. 27. _How sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, &c., _] _q.d., _ Fie
for s...
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_Why sayest thou, O Jacob_ The consolatory part of the prophet's
discourse begins at this verse, wherein the foregoing doctrine and
prophecy are applied to the comfort of the church, complaining, amid...
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Jehovah the Supreme Ruler.
The connection of thought between this section and the foregoing one
is this, that the majesty and glory of God over against the idolatry
of the heathen nations guarantees...
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Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, all the believers
everywhere, when evil days come upon them, MY WAY IS HID FROM THE
LORD, AND MY JUDGMENT IS PASSED OVER FROM MY GOD? the complaint of...
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27-31 The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust
of God. Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from
one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And the...
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WHY SAYEST THOU in thy heart? why dost thou give way to such
jealousies concerning thy God, of whose infinite power, and wisdom,
and goodness there are such evident demonstrations given to all
mankind...
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Isaiah 40:27 say H559 (H8799) Jacob H3290 speak H1696 (H8762) Israel
H3478 way H1870 hidden H5641 ...
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THE GREATNESS OF GOD PROCLAIMED (ISAIAH 40:12).
And He will be able to do it because of His greatness. In this vital
passage the greatness of God to do What He declares He will do is now
revealed in...
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Isaiah 40:25. _To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal?
saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath
created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he
c...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._
«They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you
give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem._
The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy.
They are in the best conditi...
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CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness
of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is
this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are
doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
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_Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from
the Lord?_
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD: A REPLY TO UNBELIEF
I. THE UNIVERSAL DISPOSITION TO UNBELIEF. “Why sayest thou, O Jacob,
and s...
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_Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand?_
THE GRANDEUR OF GOD
The prophet’s notions of God are diffused through all the verses of
the text. The prophet’s design in describing the Dei...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:27 JACOB... ISRAEL. God is true to his
covenant, despite his people’s unbelief (see Genesis 35:9)....
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CHEER FOR THE DESPONDING
Isaiah 40:26. _Lift up your eyes on high, &c._
These encouraging assurances must have been of the highest value to
the captive and disconsolate Jews in Babylon. Banished for...
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PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.).
SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.).
EXPOSITION...
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But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we
get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this
new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
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1 Samuel 12:22; Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 49:
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THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH
Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an
introduction to the sermon proper.
1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...
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What — Why dost thou give way to such jealousies concerning thy God,
of whose infinite power and wisdom, and goodness, there are such
evident demonstrations. Is hid — He takes no notice of my prayers...