Isaiah 52:1
The call to ‘awake’ means ‘realise your true value to God’. He is giving you a new opportunity to take your proper place of honour.... [ Continue Reading ]
The call to ‘awake’ means ‘realise your true value to God’. He is giving you a new opportunity to take your proper place of honour.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 52 GOD WILL RESCUE *JERUSALEM V1 Awake, awake, inhabitants of *Jerusalem! Be strong and be great again! Inhabitants of the holy city of God, dress yourselves with beautiful clothes. The f... [ Continue Reading ]
To sit in the dust is a picture in words. It means that God’s people suffer shame and a state of no value. But now God’s people must rise and sit on the seat of honour. They are free from the chains of slaves.... [ Continue Reading ]
God’s people had suffered from the evil behaviour of their enemies, first Egypt (see Exodus 1:8-16), then Assyria (see 2 Kings 15:29), then Babylon (see 2 Kings 24:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
In the Bible, a ‘name’ is not only a word to identify one person from another person. A name informs us about that person’s character and strengths. So the *Lord’s name is important. It informs us about his honour, character, authority and strength. God’s people will know the power of his name beca... [ Continue Reading ]
The *messenger’s name does not appear. His name is not important. What matters is the message of good news (see Romans 10:15). • Although God’s people are now prisoners in a foreign country, God controls the situation. The good news is that the *Lord is rescuing his people.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Lord is carrying out the things that he promised to do (see Isaiah 40:10-11). THE *LORD’S PEOPLE COME HOME FROM BABYLON V9 Inhabitants of *Jerusalem, enemies ruined your city. But now sing together a song of triumph (success). Because the *Lord is comforting his people. He is saving *Jerusale... [ Continue Reading ]
The result of the enemy’s attack on *Jerusalem is a reality. But there is every reason to be happy, because the people can now rebuild their city in peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
The *Lord’s ‘strong arm’ is a picture phrase for ‘his power to do things’.... [ Continue Reading ]
Babylon’s ‘wicked connections’ refer to the *worship of *idols (see 2 Corinthians 6:14-17).... [ Continue Reading ]
God’s people will leave in a calm manner. This will show their complete confidence in the *Lord. All the nations will notice their quiet attitude. THE *LORD’S SERVANT WILL SUFFER, BUT HE WILL SUCCEED VERSES 52:13 TO 53:12 provide the fourth (4th) of the ‘Servant Songs’ (see my notes at the beginn... [ Continue Reading ]
The shock that astonished people was to see the Servant’s terrible experience of pain. It was so very different from what they expected as a ‘great honour’.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Servant suffered awful injuries and insults. It was the only way to obtain God’s good purpose for other people. But people had never even heard of such an event. They never supposed that someone would suffer so greatly for such a reason. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital... [ Continue Reading ]