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Verse Isaiah 51:4. _MY PEOPLE - O MY NATION_ - "O ye peoples - O ye
nations"] For עמי _ammi, my people_, the Bodleian MS. and another
read עמים _ammim, ye peoples_; and for לאומי _leumi, my
nation_,...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE - Lowth reads this;
Attend unto me, O ye people,
And give ear unto me, O ye nations.
The reason why he proposes this change is, that he supposes the
address here is made t...
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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...
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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...
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LAW: i.e. the law of Moses, which was Jehovah's revealed instruction.
Compare Ma Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 1:4,
MAKE... TO REST. establish.
THE PEOPLE. peoples....
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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...
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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...
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_Hearken unto me_ Better as R.V. ATTEND UNTO ME, the verb being
different from that used in Isaiah 51:1_; Isaiah 51:7_.
_a law shall proceed from me_ See ch. Isaiah 2:3 ("for out of Zion
shall go fort...
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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...
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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...
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Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light of the people.
HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE; AND GIVE E...
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51:4 nation. (b-12) _ Leummim_ , but here singular. see Genesis 25:23
. establish (c-23) Or 'make to rest.'...
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A law, etc.] through Israel, Jehovah purposes to reveal Himself to the
nations (Isaiah 42:1).
4, 5. THE PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'...
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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....
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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...
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In Hebrew, the language of the *Old Testament, the word ‘law’ is
_torah_. The basic meaning of this Hebrew word is ‘to point’, as
with a finger.
We are not to think of God’s law as merely a list of r...
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A LAW SHALL PROCEED. — “Law” and “judgment” include all
forms of divine revelation, and specially the “glad tidings” which
are the groundwork of the highest law. (Comp. Luke 1:77; Romans 1:17.)...
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הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ אֵלַי֙ עַמִּ֔י וּ
לְאוּמִּ֖י אֵלַ֣י...
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“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:...
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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,...
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Hearken to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a (d)
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light of the people.
(d) I will rule and govern my Church by...
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_Nations. This was verified when the Bible was translated into Greek,
and still more by the preaching of the gospel._...
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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...
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4._Attend to me, my people. _There are good reasons why the Lord so
frequently demands that he shall be heard. We know by experience how
slow we are to hear him, especially in adversity; and even when...
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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...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE,.... His special people, whether Jews or
Gentiles, chosen by him, taken into covenant with him; given to
Christ, redeemed by him as a peculiar people, and called by his grac...
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Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light of the people.
Ver. 4. _Hearken unto me._] See on Isaia...
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Isa. 51:4. "Hearken," etc. Here seems to be a prophecy of a new
revelation to be made of God's mind and will, and a new dispensation
or establishment of religion, for any constitution or establishment...
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_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...
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Hearken unto Me, My people, the invitation going forth once more and
with increased emphasis, AND GIVE EAR UNTO ME, O MY NATION, in the
attitude of most careful attention; FOR A LAW SHALL PROCEED FROM...
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THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE: seeing the Gentiles will hearken to me, as
I have formerly told you, take heed that you Jews, whom I chose to be
my peculiar people, do not reject my counsel, nor forsake y...
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Isaiah 51:4 Listen H7181 (H8685) people H5971 ear H238 (H8685) nation
H3816 law H8451 proceed H3318 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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....
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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_,...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 9:21; 1 Peter 2:9; Exodus 19:6; Exodus 33:13; Isaiah
2:3;
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My people — Ye Jews, whom I chose to be my peculiar people. A law
— A new law, even the doctrine of the gospel. Judgment — Judgment
is here the same thing with law, the word of God, or the evangelical...