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Verse Isaiah 42:7. _TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES_] In this verse the prophet
seems to set forth the spiritual redemption, under images borrowed
from the temporal deliverance.
_OUT OF THE PRISON HOUSE _- "A...
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TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES - This is equivalent to saying that he would
impart instruction to those who were ignorant. It relates to the Jews
as well as to the Gentiles. He would acquaint them with God, a...
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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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AN EXPOSITION OF THE THEME OF ISAIAH 42:1. Yahweh the Creator, has
called Israel, taken him by the hand, made him a covenant and light to
the nations, to bring them forth from their prison-house of gl...
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TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES. Renewing the prophecy of Isaiah 35:5.
PRISONERS. See Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 61:1.
SIT. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for being in.
permanent condition....
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_to open_[the] _blind eyes_ The subject of this and the following verb
might be either Jehovah or His Servant, and the point is not quite
settled by ch. Isaiah 49:8. The latter, however, seems more pr...
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Jehovah's promise to Israel, based on the preceding description.
_God_ in the Heb. _hâ-"çl_, THE GOD, the God who alone is truly God,
who has created and sustains all things.
_spread forth_ or "made...
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DISCOURSE: 928
CHRIST’S COMMISSION
Isaiah 42:5. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and
stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which
cometh out of it; he that g...
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THUS SAITH GOD— The prophet here continues the address of God to the
Messiah, and that in a very lofty and magnificent manner. _First,_ the
Messiah is animated to continue his course with alacrity and...
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3. COVENANT, CHAPTER 42
a. SEE MY SERVANT
TEXT: Isaiah 42:1-9
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Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul
delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice...
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To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES - spiritually (; Isaiah 42:18; ;...
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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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The thought of enlightenment continued, the imagery being suggested by
the condition of the Jews in exile.
8, 9. A return to the thought of Jehovah's superiority to heathen
gods. He shows His control...
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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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The *New Testament considers that these words are about Jesus (see
Matthew 11:5)....
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TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES. — The prophet must have felt the contrast
between this and his own mission (Isaiah 6:10). The words all point to
spiritual blessings. (Comp. St. Paul’s call in Acts 26:18.) The...
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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 XVIII
THE SERVICE OF GOD AND MAN
Isaiah 42:1
WE now understand whom to regard as the Servant of the Lord. The
Service of God was a commission to witness and prophesy for God upon
earth, made...
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THE WORK OF THE LORD'S SERVANT
Isaiah 42:1-13
We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew
12:18-20. The unobtrusiveness of His life and work was clearly
demonstrated in every...
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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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_House. The Jews out of captivity, prefigured the redemption of
mankind. These miracles proved that Jesus was the Messias, Luke vii.
22._...
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In the former verses, Jehovah was speaking of Christ; here we find him
speaking to Christ: and a most blessed discourse it is. The Lord opens
it with a sublime preface, in asserting his own divine aut...
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7._That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind. _Here he explains more
fully for what end Christ shall be sent by the Father, that we may see
more clearly what advantage he yields us, and how much we...
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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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TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES,.... Of the idolatrous Gentiles, who were
spiritually blind, and knew not the wretchedness of their case; the
exceeding sinfulness of sin; their need of a Saviour, and who he wa...
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To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison,
[and] them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Ver. 7. _To open the blind eyes._] By the preaching of the gospel.
Acts 26...
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_Thus saith God the Lord_, &c. This large description of God's
infinite power is here seasonably added, to give assurance of the
certain accomplishment of these great and wonderful promises, which
oth...
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THE TRUE SERVANT OF THE LORD...
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to open the blind eyes, those stricken by the blindness of the natural
sinfulness and enmity against God, TO BRING OUT THE PRISONERS, those
held by the fetters of sin, FROM THE PRISON, AND THEM THAT S...
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5-12 The work of redemption brings back man to the obedience he owes
to God as his Maker. Christ is the light of the world. And by his
grace he opens the understandings Satan has blinded, and sets at...
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THE BLIND EYES; the eyes of their minds blinded with long ignorance,
and deep prejudice, and inveterate error, and by the power and policy
of the god of this world, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4, which nothing bu...
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Isaiah 42:7 open H6491 (H8800) blind H5787 eyes H5869 out H3318
(H8687) prisoners H616 prison H4525 sit...
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GOD'S CHARGE TO HIS SERVANT (ISAIAH 42:5).
We continue to see here the joint ministries of Israel and their
coming King, reaching out and drawing men within the covenant and
bringing them light out o...
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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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_To open the blind eyes_
OPENING BLIND EYES
What a grievous affliction is blindness! It was no frivolous boon
which Christ, in the days of His sojourn on earth, thought proper to
confer, when, in th...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:1 This is the first of four Servant Songs,
fulfilled in Jesus Christ (see also Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 5
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:6 The servant is A COVENANT FOR THE PEOPLE
(see Isaiah 49:8), that is, he represents the people in God’s
covenant. He will become...
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THE ONENESS OF GOD IN REVELATION AND IN NATURE
Isaiah 42:5. _Thus saith God the Lord, &c._
Isaiah 42:5 is a description of God; Isaiah 42:6, a declaration of His
purposes. The sentiment is that the G...
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THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold My servant, &c._
It is difficult for us who have history, with all its definiteness, to
realise the inestimable value of prophecy, notwithstanding its
vag...
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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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1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Timothy 2:26; Acts 26:18; Ephes