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Verse Isaiah 42:15. _I WILL MAKE THE RIVERS ISLANDS _- "I will make
the rivers dry deserts"] Instead of איים _iyim, islands_, read
ציים _tsiim;_ a very probable conjecture of _Houbigant_....
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I WILL MAKE WASTE MOUNTAINS - This verse denotes the utter desolation
which God would bring upon his foes in his anger. The meaning of this
part of the verse is, that he would spread desolation over t...
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CHAPTER 42
The True Servant of Jehovah
1. _The Servant of Jehovah and His mission (Isaiah 42:1)_ 2. _His
future work among the nations (Isaiah 42:5)_ 3. The future song of
redemption glory (Isaiah 42...
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YAHWEH HAS LONG RESTRAINED HIMSELF: AT LAST HE WILL CRUSH HIS FOES AND
HELP HIS SERVANTS. Long inactive, Yahweh is now filled with desire to
intervene. He will ravage and lay waste the lands of His fo...
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Jehovah rouses Himself from His inactivity. The passage, which
obviously continues the figure of Isaiah 42:13, is exceedingly bold in
its anthropomorphism; it is Jehovah's battle-song....
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Jehovah's breath of anger will make the fairest and best watered
regions an arid waste. Cf. ch. Isaiah 40:7; Isaiah 40:24, and note the
contrasted image in Isaiah 41:18 f. For _herbs_, read HERBAGE. T...
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I HAVE LONG TIME HOLDEN MY PEACE— These words contain a declaration
of the divine counsel; wherein God teacheth, that, by calling the
Gentiles to his communion, he should effect a great change in the...
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b. SING A SONG OF PRAISE
TEXT: Isaiah 42:10-17
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Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the
earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles,
and the inh...
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I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs;
and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
I WILL MAKE WASTE MOUNTAINS - I will destroy all my proud and el...
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THE IDEAL SERVANT
1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant
of Jehovah.
10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah.
18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considered as Je...
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When God does act, it will be plainly his work. Nothing will be able
to stand in his way. The bushes and trees in the forest will not delay
his arrival. Even the broadest river could not delay his pro...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 42
The *Old Testament calls several people ‘the *Lord’s servant’.
Moses is...
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I WILL MAKE WASTE MOUNTAINS... — The whole description is symbolic,
and points to the subjugation of the heathen nations, the “rivers”
and “pools” probably representing the kingdoms of the Tigris and...
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CHAPTER VIII
THE PASSION OF GOD
Isaiah 42:13
AT the beginning of chapter 42 we reach one of those distinct stages,
the frequent appearance of which in our prophecy assures us, that, for
all its ming...
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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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BOOK 3
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy,
and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent
interest, the deliverance of I...
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A DEAF AND BLIND MESSENGER
Isaiah 42:14-25
There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is
rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is
only _temporary_,...
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The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is
first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1),
His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1), His method is d...
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_Pools. Cyrus deluged the country about Babylon, chap. xiii., and xxi.
1. (Haydock) --- The proud and covetous, who expected Christ to give
them kingdoms, were deceived. He came to teach humility, and...
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Nothing can be more blessed than these promises, when we behold them
as our own, from a conscious oneness with Christ, and when we live
upon them, from living upon him. Then we see that he who thus
un...
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15._I will reduce mountains and hills to a wilderness. _The Prophet
means that all the defences and military forces on which the wicked
plume themselves shall not prevent God from setting his people a...
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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...
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I WILL MAKE WASTE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS,.... Kingdoms, greater and
lesser; kings and governors, as Jarchi interprets it; and so Kimchi
understands it of the kings of the nations; by them are meant the
e...
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I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and
I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Ver. 15. _I will make waste mountains and hills._] I will rather
in...
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_The Lord shall go forth_ Namely, to battle against his enemies. _He
shall stir up jealousy_ His fierce indignation against the obstinate
enemies of his Son and gospel. _He shall cry, yea, roar_ As a...
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THE JOY OVER THE JUDGMENT OF CONDEMNATION UPON THE UNGODLY...
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I will make waste mountains and hills, thereby destroying the enemies,
AND DRY UP ALL THEIR HERBS, as a preliminary act of the final
annihilation; AND I WILL MAKE THE RIVERS ISLANDS, AND I WILL DRY UP...
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13-17 The Lord will appear in his power and glory. He shall cry, in
the preaching of his word. He shall cry aloud in the gospel woes,
which must be preached with gospel blessings, to awaken a sleepin...
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I WILL MAKE WASTE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS; not dry and barren ones, for
these were waste already, but such as are clothed with grass and
herbs, as the following words imply; which is to be understood
meta...
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Isaiah 42:15 waste H2717 (H8686) mountains H2022 hills H1389 up H3001
(H8686) vegetation H6212 make H7760 ...
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A FURTHER SONG OF DELIVERANCE AND JUDGMENT (ISAIAH 42:10).
Following on the revelation of the Servant comes the joy of the
nations in seeing God at work though Him. In this brief section
movement is r...
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Isaiah 42:14
The solemn practical truth of the text is that God can do the most
terrible things and the most gentle; that power belongeth unto God and
also mercy; that He is either glorious as heaven...
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This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for
it is full of evangelical truth.
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my
soul delighteth; I have pu...
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CONTENTS: Christ, servant of Jehovah. Chastening of Israel and the
final restoration.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all who have contradicted and
blasphemed the Gospel of...
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Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant._ In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so
the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17. All other
applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took...
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_Behold My Servant_
WHO IS THE “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”?
The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been
held:
(1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as
disting...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:10 God calls all the nations to rejoice in
his triumphant self-vindication.
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GOD’S TERRIBLENESS AND GENTLENESS
Isaiah 42:14. _I will destroy and devour at once, &c._
The measure of greatness is the measure of terribleness;
constructiveness is the beneficent side of destructiv...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 42:1
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL
PERFORM. There are comparatively few
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Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even
Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the
servant of God.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine el...
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Habakkuk 3:6; Haggai 2:6; Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 2:12;...
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Hills — My most lofty and flourishing enemies. Dry up — I will
remove all impediments out of the way....