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Verse Isaiah 40:31. _THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES_ -
"They shall put forth fresh feathers like the moulting eagle"] It has
been a common and popular opinion that the eagle lives and retai...
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BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD - The word rendered ‘wait upon’
here (from קוה _qâvâh_), denotes properly to wait, in the sense
of expecting. The phrase, ‘to wait on Yahweh,’ means to wait for
his...
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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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RENEW. change. Hebrew. _halaph,_ to change for the better. See note on
Leviticus 27:10.
STRENGTH. strength (to endure). Same word as in Isaiah 40:9. Not the
same as in verses: Isa 26:29.
MOUNT UP......
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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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_they that wait upon the Lord_(shall) _renew_(lit. "exchange" cf. ch.
Isaiah 9:10) their _strength_.
_mount up with wings_ although an excellent sense, is doubtful
grammatically. The authorities are d...
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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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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
THEY SHALL MOUNT UP (2 S...
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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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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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God’s gift of new energy will help his people to a better knowledge
of his ways.
SINS ~ evil deeds.
JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the
country called Israel. During the t...
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THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD. — The waiting implies, of course, the
expectant attitude of faith.
SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS. — Better, _shall lift up their wings,_
or, _shall put forth wings’ feathers...
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וְ קֹויֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ
יַעֲל֥וּ...
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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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_Eagles, who grow young, when they get new feathers, Psalm cii. 5.
(St. Jerome) --- In this and the following 26 Chapter s the prophet
chiefly comforts his people, as he had rebuked them for their cri...
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REFLECTIONS
MY soul! hear what thy Lord saith in this blessed chapter, and behold
how he hath both commanded his people to be comforted, and provided
every means for their comfort. Precious Lord Jesus...
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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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_THE SECRET OF IMMORTAL YOUTH_
‘They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint...
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31._But they that wait for Jehovah. _Hebrew writers employ the phrase,
“exchanging strength,” (131) to denote “gathering new
strength,” and thus “being restored.” The Prophet therefore
shews, that god...
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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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BUT THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD,.... As children on their parents, to
do them honour, to obey their commands, and receive food and blessings
from them; as servants on their masters, to know their ple...
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But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary;
[and] they shall walk, and not faint.
Ver. 31. _Shall renew...
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_He giveth power to the faint_ He hath strength enough, not only for
himself, but for all, even the weakest of his creatures, whom he can
easily strengthen to bear all their burdens, and to vanquish a...
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But they that wait upon the Lord, putting all their trust in Him
alone, SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH, gaining new spiritual power from
day to day; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES, the birds who...
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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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RENEW:
_ Heb._ change...
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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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THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD; that rely upon him for strength to bear their
burdens, and for deliverance from them in due time. SHALL RENEW THEIR
STRENGTH; shall grow stronger and stronger in faith, and pa...
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Isaiah 40:31 wait H6960 (H8802) LORD H3068 renew H2498 (H8686)
strength H3581 up H5927 (H8799) wings...
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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 40:31
I. Consider, first, what it is to wait upon the Lord. Three things
make it: service, expectation, patience. "Wait on the Lord." We must
be as those Eastern maidens who, as they ply their...
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Isaiah 40:28
I. We have, first, the prophet's appeal to the familiar thought of an
unchangeable God as the antidote to all despondency and the foundation
of all hope. The life of men and of creatures...
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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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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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_But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength--_
STRENGTH FOR THE RETURNING EXILES
There was a real climax in the prophet’s statement.
And its application, in his thought, was to the...
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_Even the youths shall faint_
THE UNFAINTING SPIRIT
The Hebrew tendency to lean upon the most muscular arm accessible, to
buy up horses from Egypt in imitation of the warriors of the plains,
to form...
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_He giveth power to the faint_
THE DIVINE HELPER
I. OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION IS INTIMATELY KNOWN TO THE DIVINE FATHER.
He knows the strong and the faint alike. As a wise Shepherd, He is
acquainted wi...
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_The Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not._
THE UNWEARIED GOD AND WEARIED MEN
For nations and for individuals in view of political disasters or of
private sorrows, the only holdf...
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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:30 EVEN YOUTHS. Human strength fails, even
at its best. Only God can provide the strength needed for life’s
challenges.
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WAITING ON GOD
Isaiah 40:31. _They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their
strength_.
I. TWO CONDITIONS ARE NECESSARY TO PHYSICAL LIFE, VIZ., REPOSE AND
ACTIVITY. So, also, in the spiritual life,...
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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 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2
Corinthians 12:9;...
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Wait — That rely upon him. Renew — Shall grow stronger and
stronger....