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THEN SHALT THOU CALL - The sense is, that if we go before God
renouncing all our sins, and desirous of doing our duty, then we have
a right to expect that he will hear us. But if we go indulging still...
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3. JEWISH HISTORY IN THE END TIME: THEIR FUTURE GLORY AND THE GLORY OF
THE COMING AGE (58-59)
This third and last section of the vision of Isaiah can only be
understood and appreciated if it is studie...
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FASTING, FALSE AND TRUE. Yahweh bids the prophet explain to His people
wherein their sin lies. Daily they attend the Temple, seeking to know
His will for all the world as though their one aim were to...
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CRY. In distress....
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DISCOURSE: 993
THE SERVICES WHICH GOD REQUIRES
Isaiah 58:5. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to
spread sackcloth...
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THE PUTTING FORTH OF THE FINGER— That is, says Grotius, "If thou
shalt cease with the finger of contempt to mark out good men, and to
mock and despise their simplicity and sincerity." In this and the...
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2. HOLINESS
TEXT: Isaiah 58:6-12
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of
wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go
free, and that ye break ever...
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Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and
he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the
yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;...
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2. DID RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. kept the law. They are ready enough for the
external requirements of religion....
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YOKE] i.e. of enforced or oppressive labour. PUTTING.. FINGER] i.e. in
scorn. VANITY] RV 'wickedly.'...
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To take care of poor and weak people in society is to practise
*self-denial. This what the *Lord calls a true *fast.
• The *Lord approves of those who take care of other people in this
way. They will...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 58
WRONG PRACTICE OF RELIGION
V1 (This is what God says.) ‘Shout loudly...
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THEN SHALT THOU CALL. — The words point to the secret of the prayer
which is answered in contrast to the formal worship that found no
acceptance (Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 58:4).
THE PUTTING FORTH OF THE FI...
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אָ֤ז תִּקְרָא֙ וַ יהוָ֣ה יַעֲנֶ֔ה
תְּשַׁוַּ֖ע...
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CHAPTER XXIII
THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE
Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1
IT was inevitable, as so
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THE FAST THAT GOD HAS CHOSEN
Isaiah 58:1-14
The divorce between outward rites and inward piety has been the curse
of every age. When the Pharisees were plotting our Lord's death, they
refused to ent...
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We now commence the last division of the book, which deals with the
program of peace as it sets forth the conditions, describes the
ultimate realization, and insists on a principle of discrimination....
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Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and
he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou shalt take away from the midst of
thee the yoke, the putting forth of the (k) finger, and speaki...
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_Finger, contemptuously, or threatening. (St. Jerome) --- Some explain
it of the ordaining sacred ministers, or taking another's property._...
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If we read these sweet promises with an eye to the gospel of Jesus,
and interpret what is here said by this rule, they will appear most
blessed. Jesus is himself the light of the morning, yea, of the...
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9._Then shalt thou call. _Isaiah follows out what he had formerly
begun, that everything shall prosper well with the Jews, if they shall
be just and inoffensive and free from doing wrong to any one, s...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 58 AND 59.
But these moral considerations rouse the indignation of the Spirit at
the condition of Israel in the days of the prophecy-their sin and
their hypoc...
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THEN SHALL THOU CALL, AND THE LORD SHALL ANSWER,.... A spirit of grace
and supplication will be poured out upon the people of God; they will
then pray without a form, and call upon the Lord in sinceri...
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Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and
he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;...
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_Then shalt thou call_, &c. They made great complaint, Isaiah 58:3,
that God took no notice of their services, which complaint he seems
now to refer to, as if he had said, These conditions being obser...
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THE BLESSINGS FOLLOWING TRUE REPENTANCE...
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Then, namely, when this wonderful fellowship obtains, SHALT THOU CALL,
AND THE LORD SHALL ANSWER, with a ready assistance; THOU SHALT CRY,
appealing to Him for help, AND HE SHALL SAY, HERE I AM, indic...
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3-12 A fast is a day to afflict the soul; if it does not express true
sorrow for sin, and does not promote the putting away of sin, it is
not a fast. These professors had shown sorrow on stated or oc...
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They make great complaint, ISAIAH 58:3, that God took no notice of
their services, which complaint God seems now to satisfy: q.d. These
conditions observed, call upon me, and thou shalt see I will reg...
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Isaiah 58:9 call H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 answer H6030 (H8799) shall
H7768 (H8762) say H559 ...
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THE CALL TO COVENANT RIGHTEOUSNESS (ISAIAH 58:6).
Isaiah 58:6
“Is not this the fast that I have chosen,
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed g...
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Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet
and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins._
See, friends, how stolid men are by nature. God's mess...
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Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet,
and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their
sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways as...
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CONTENTS: Hypocritical professions of religion. Instructions how to
keep fasts aright.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: It is common for unhumbled hearts, while they perform the
external services of rel...
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Isaiah 58:1. _Cry aloud, spare not; lift up thy voice like a trumpet._
It is not doubted by the Jews, nor by St. Jerome, that Isaiah lived to
the beginning of Manasseh's idolatrous reign; nor that he...
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_Is it such a fast that I have chosen?_
THE FAST WHICH GOD HAS CHOSEN
I. GOD’S PURPOSE IN COMMANDING MEN TO FAST.
1. To lead us to prayer (Isaiah 58:4), prayer so real that our voices
are “heard on...
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_Then shall thy light break forth_
THE SECRET OF PROSPERITY TO NATIONS, CHURCHES, AND MEN
(Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 58:14, “Then,” “then,” “then,”
“then “):--
I. MEN AND CHURCHES CHARGE GOD FOOLISHLY, A...
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_Then shalt thou call_
GOD’S WONDERFUL RESPONSE TO HIS PEOPLE’S PRAYERS
When God calls to us by His Word, it becomes us to say, “Here we
are; what saith our Lord unto His servants?
” But that God sh...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 58:8 THEN... THEN. The right kind of worship
brings God’s presence and blessing. Unlike false gods, the Lord
responds (see Isaiah 64:5). Compare...
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SECTION VI. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS, FOLLOWED BY A
CONFESSION AND A PROMISE (Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1.).
EXPOSIT
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Cry aloud, spare not (Isaiah 58:1),
The Lord is commanding now the prophet Isaiah.
lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their
transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet t...
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1 John 3:21; 1 John 3:22; 1 Samuel 3:4; Ezekiel 13:8; Genesis 27:18;...
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Answer — He will give an effectual demonstration, that he hears
thee. Here l am — A phrase that notes a person to be ready at hand
to help. Take away — From among you. The yoke — All those
pressures a...