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Isaiah 43:26
The *Lord had made Israel his special people. But they complained that the *Lord had now left them (see Isaiah 40:27). He had allowed an enemy to *seize his special people.
The *Lord had made Israel his special people. But they complained that the *Lord had now left them (see Isaiah 40:27). He had allowed an enemy to *seize his special people.
PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE - That is, urge all the arguments in your own defense which you can urge. State everything in self-vindication which can be stated. The language here is taken from the practice o...
CHAPTER 43 Jehovah Speaks in Comfort to His People 1. _What Jehovah is and will be to Israel (Isaiah 43:1)_ 2. _Second address to the blind and deaf people (Isaiah 43:8)_ 3. Jehovah deals with their...
ISAIAH 43:22 TO ISAIAH 44:5. YAHWEH'S INTERVENTION, NOT PURCHASED BY HIS PEOPLE BUT ENTIRELY OF HIS GRACE, SHALL BRING NEW LIFE TO ISRAEL. It is not that during the exile Israel has assiduously sought...
DECLARE. recount [thy works, or sins]....
Jehovah effects this deliverance for His own sake, not in return for any service He has received at the hands of Israel. The argument of the section is difficult to follow, especially in the part whic...
In order to bring home the charge of guilt (Isaiah 43:24) Jehovah summons the people to debate their cause with Him. As Isaiah 43:23 recall ch. Isaiah 1:10 ff., so this verse seems to be suggested by...
DISCOURSE: 934 THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S MERCY Isaiah 43:22. Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offeri...
I, EVEN I, AM HE THAT BLOTTETH OUT— In the 25th verse the prophet declares, in words truly evangelical, that the divine grace alone, freely forgiving transgressions and sins, is the cause of the bless...
d. TO BE PERFECTED TEXT: Isaiah 43:22-28 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neit...
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE - Remind me of every plea which thou hast to urge before me in thy defense. Image fr...
THE MISSION OF ISRAEL 1-21. The dispersed Israelites shall be ransomed and restored. They are witnesses before the world that Jehovah is the true God. A second and more wonderful exodus is in store f...
An invitation to produce any argument in defence of their conduct. 27, 28. Nothing can be urged; they have sinned from the beginning of their national existence; hence the calamity of the exile, whic...
PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE... — The object of the verb has been differently supplied: (1) “Remind me, if thou canst, _of thy merits;_ plead in thine own defence for an acquittal;” and (2) “Remind me _of my...
הַזְכִּירֵ֕נִי נִשָּׁפְטָ֖ה יָ֑חַד סַפֵּ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה לְמַ֥עַן...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS Isaiah 43:14-28 Let uptake care lest we thwart God's purpose in our lives. We were made to show forth His praise, Isaiah 43:21; but we must beware of causing a revoking of His...
Following the manifesto, we have in the next three Chapter s a series of messages of Jehovah. The first declares His perpetual purpose for His people. His constant attitude of love is affirmed in prom...
Put me in (c) remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. (c) If I forget anything that may make for your justification, put me in remembrance and speak for yours...
_Thyself. God condescends to act thus with men, chap. xli. 20., and Osee iv. 1._...
The Lord still dwells upon the subject of his grace, and Israel's unworthiness, by way of pointing out his long-suffering, and the necessity of their soul exercises. And, Reader, in this charge, you a...
26._Bring to my remembrance. _Because the pride of men cannot be easily corrected, the Lord pursues this argument, and dwells much upon it, in order to lead the Jews to throw away all confidence in th...
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...
PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE,.... Of this gracious promise of free remission of sins, and of all others of the same kind; not that God ever forgets any of his promises, but he may sometimes seem to do so; wh...
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. Ver. 26. _Put me in remembrance,_] _sc., _ Of thy merits, if thou hast any to plead. Justiciaries are here c...
Isa. 43:21-28. In this prophecy of the great gospel salvation, the freeness of God's grace in it, as not being at all for our righteousness, is largely insisted on here in verse Isaiah 43:21, and also...
_Put me in remembrance_ Of thy good deeds and merits. _Let us plead together_ I give thee free liberty to urge all thou canst in thy own behalf. _Declare thou, that thou mayest be justified_ Bring for...
Israel's Salvation the Work of Jehovah's Mercy...
Put Me in remembrance, Israel reminding the Lord of His acts of mercy by a recital of the same; LET US PLEAD TOGETHER, in order to establish their case, if they thought they were in a position to say...
22-28 Those who neglect to call upon God, are weary of him. The Master tired not the servants with his commands, but they tired him with disobedience. What were the riches of God's mercy toward them?...
PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE: I remember nothing by which thou hast deserved my favour and the pardon of thy sins; if thou knowest any such thing, bring it to my mind, I allow thee free liberty to plead with...
Isaiah 43:26 remembrance H2142 (H8685) contend H8199 (H8735) together H3162 State H5608 (H8761) acquitted H6663 ...
BUT GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO BE HIS TRUE PEOPLE AND MUST FIRST FACE CURSING AND REVILEMENT (ISAIAH 43:22). However, while there is the glorious vision of this future true people of God, Isaiah has...
Isaiah 43:26 I. We cannot but remark at once on the apparent strangeness that there should be any appeal to reason or argument where the matter involved is undoubtedly the great doctrine of atonement...
Isaiah 43:21. _This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise._ But A sorrowful «but»; and the strain sinks from a triumphant shout to a doleful lamentation: «But « Isaiah 43:...
Isaiah 43:21. _This people_ That is, God's own people: «This people» Isaiah 43:21. _Have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou has...
Isaiah 43:18. _Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing;_ It is a very profitable thing to remember the things of old; it is greatly benefi...
CONTENTS: The chosen nation redeemed and restored. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel is God's peculiar people, distinguished from all others, and having the promise that they shall never h...
Isaiah 43:1. _The Lord that created thee, oh Jacob._ Not only in the first creation, but when Sarah, and when Rebecca were barren, I gave them power to become mothers. I have also created and formed t...
_Put Me in remembrance_ “PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE” I. TAKE SOME GENERAL NOTICE OF THE COMMAND HERE GIVEN. This command, “Put Me in remembrance,” by no means supposes that God is unmindful of any promis...
HOPE FOR THE PENITENT Isaiah 43:24. _Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, &c._ These words are addressed to penitent sinners, mourning before God on account of their transgressions. I joy to bri...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 43:1 A RENEWED PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE. Severe rebuke (Isaiah 42:18) is followed, as so often in I
But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration. But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee...
Ezekiel 36:37; Genesis 32:12; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 43:9; Jeremiah 2:21
Put me — I remember nothing by which thou hast deserved my favour....