ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:1 The everlasting love of God will heal all his people’s sorrows, if they will accept the terms of his glorious grace. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:3 YOUR OFFSPRING WILL POSSESS THE NATIONS. See Genesis 22:17; Genesis 28:14. Through his people, knowledge of God will spread throughout the world. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:6 THE LORD HAS CALLED YOU LIKE A WIFE. The future of God’s people is like the joy and passion of a marriage (see Revelation 19:7; Revelation 21:2). DESERTED AND GRIEVED. God’s discipline of his unfaithful people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:7 FOR A BRIEF MOMENT I DESERTED YOU. The Babylonian exile did not seem “brief” at the time (see Psalms 74:1), but it was momentary in comparison to God’s everlasting love. WITH GREAT COMPASSION. Lavish displays of God’s eternal love more than offset his momentary discipline.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:10 God’s LOVE for his people is much greater than his wrath, and it is eternally unchanging. MY COVENANT OF PEACE. See Ezekiel 34:25, where this term describes a renewed covenant with God after the exile. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:13 PEACE. People will find the security and fullness they have always desired. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 54:15 BEHOLD, I. God alone accomplishes the promised victory. THIS IS THE HERITAGE. All the promises of ch. Isaiah 54:1. NO WEAPON THAT IS FASHIONED AGAINST YOU SHALL SUCCEED. God will defeat every enemy, no matter how powerful. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName... [ Continue Reading ]