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Verse Isaiah 42:19. _AS MY MESSENGER THAT I SENT_ - "As he to whom I
have sent my messengers"] כמלכי אשלח _kemalachey eshlach_, ut
ad quem nuncios meos misi. The _Vulgate_ and _Chaldee_ are almost th...
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WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT? - Some of the Jewish expositors suppose
that by ‘servant’ here, the prophet himself is intended, who, they
suppose is here called blind and deaf by the impious Jews who r...
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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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ISRAEL'S PITEOUS PLIGHT, A PUNISHMENT FROM YAHWEH. The prophet bids
the people, who have not recognised Yahweh's working in their
distresses, look beneath the surface. To all appearance they are
capti...
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MY SERVANT. This is Israel. See the Structures above; and see note on
Isaiah 37:35. Not the same "servant" as in Isaiah 42:1.
PERFECT. an intimate friend or trusted one. Hebrew. _me'shullam_
(plural o...
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An expostulation with Israel for its insensibility to the privileges
it has enjoyed. The passage is of considerable interest for the light
which it throws on the sense in which the title "Servant of t...
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Israel is the blind and deaf nation _par excellence_, because no other
nation has been so tested by the opportunity of seeing and hearing
(see on Isaiah 42:21). _my messenger_that _I_ SEND (R.V.)] Cf....
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WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT; &C.— As it might be doubted who were
the _blind_ and _deaf_ mentioned in the preceding verse, the prophet
here points them out. "I have exhibited (says God) the Gentiles...
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c. SIGHTLESS SERVANTS
TEXT: Isaiah 42:18-25
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Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send?
who is blind as he that i...
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Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?
WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT? - namely, Israel. Who of the...
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42:19 trusted, (d-24) Or 'he who is perfect.'...
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PERFECT] RV 'at peace _with me_.'...
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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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God appointed Isaiah to be his special messenger (a servant who
carries a message) to the people in Israel. But, at the same time, God
warned Isaiah that the people would not listen (see Isaiah 6:9-10...
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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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DEAF, AS MY MESSENGER... — The work of the messenger of God had been
the ideal of Isaiah, as it was of _the_ servant in whom the ideal was
realised (Romans 10:15; Isaiah 42:1). But how could a blind a...
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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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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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CHAPTER XVI
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5;...
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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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Who [is] blind, but my (u) servant? or deaf, as my (x) messenger
[that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] (y) perfect, and blind
as the LORD'S servant?
(u) That is, Israel, which would have most...
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_Sold. Hebrew Cimshullam, (Haydock) the perfect, or favoured. The
Turks call "believers" Musselmans. (Calmet)_...
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Here, as in the former Chapter s, the contrast is drawn between the
Lord Jehovah, and the idols of the nations around; and the striking
difference which marks the several worshippers is made between t...
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_MERCY BLIND_
‘Who is blind, but My servant? or deaf, as My messenger that I sent?
who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; ope...
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19._Who is blind but my servant? _There are some who interpret this
verse as if the Prophet were describing the reproaches which wicked
men are accustomed to throw out against the prophets; for they r...
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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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WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT?.... Kimchi, taking the former words to
be spoken to the Jews, thinks this is their reply; who will say in
answer to it, why do ye call us blind and deaf? who so blind and...
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Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I
sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S
servant?
Ver. 19. _Who is blind, but my servant?_] Who so blind...
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_Hear, ye deaf_, &c. O you, whosoever you are, whether Jews or
Gentiles, who shall resist this clear light, and obstinately continue
in your former errors, attend diligently to my words, and consider...
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Who is blind but My servant? the reference here being to Israel
itself, OR DEAF, AS MY MESSENGER THAT I SENT? not hearing a word of
the message which the Lord entrusted to him to be given to the
Genti...
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THE WRATH OF GOD UPON ISRAEL...
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18-25 Observe the call given to this people, and the character given
of them. Multitudes are ruined for want of observing that which they
cannot but see; they perish, not through ignorance, but carel...
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WHO IS BLIND, BUT MY SERVANT? but no people under heaven are so blind
as the Jews, who call themselves my servants and people, who will not
receive their Messiah, though he be recommended to them with...
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Isaiah 42:19 blind H5787 servant H5650 deaf H2795 messenger H4397 send
H7971 (H8799) blind H5787 perfect H7999 ...
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THE SAD PRESENT STATE OF GOD'S SERVANT, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM (ISAIAH
42:18).
The glory of the future is now brought down to earth by a recognition
of the present condition of God's servant. In contrast...
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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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_Who is blind, but My Servant?_
THE LORD’S SERVANT BLIND AND DEAF
I. CHRIST’S BLINDNESS. How should it be said of the Servant and
Messenger of the Lord that He was blind as none other? How should it...
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_Hear, ye deaf_
DIVINE EXPOSTULATION
Thus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has
reason to expostulate with us.
1. We are deaf, in a spiritual sense, when we do not attend t...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:18 God promises to help his confused people
understand that he is their only Savior.
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BLIND IN THE SUNLIGHT
Isaiah 42:18. _Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, &c._
Thus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has
reason to expostulate with us. We succeed them, both i...
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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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2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 3:15; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ezekiel
12:2;...
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My servant — The Jews, who will not receive their, Messiah.
Messenger — My messengers, the singular number being put for the
plural, namely the priests and other teachers whom I have appointed to
inst...