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I, EVEN I, HAVE SPOKEN - The word ‘I’ is repeated to give
emphasis, and to furnish the utmost security that it should be
certainly accomplished. It means, that Yahweh, and he alone, had
declared this,...
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CHAPTER 48
The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and
Future
1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2.
_Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
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THE NEW THINGS WHICH YAHWEH SHOWS. Yahweh emphasizes His incomparable
and eternal majesty as Creator. When He had fashioned the earth and
the heavens at His word they took their places. Let Israel ass...
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I... I. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._...
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ALL YE, ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES— Instead of _The Lord hath loved him,_
&c. we should read, _He whom Jehovah loveth, shall do his pleasure,_
&c. To confirm the faith and hope of the believers in the Jewish...
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b. PERSPECTIVE
TEXT: Isaiah 48:9-16
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For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I
refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not as si...
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Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the
first, I also am the last.
-The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will restore
His people.
Verse 12. I (AM) THE...
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LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON
1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit.
12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and
l...
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When God calls someone to do some task for him, God also helps that
person to carry out the task.
THE *LORD’S PLAN FOR ISRAEL
V16 ‘Come to me. Listen to what I am saying. In the past I did not
use w...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 48
ISRAEL’S EMPTY RELIGION
V1 The *Lord says, ‘Listen to this, you family...
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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THE OBSTINATE AND INSINCERE REBUKED
Isaiah 48:1-16
We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the
realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we
trust in idol...
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This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with
the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first
describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
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CHAPTER XLVIII....
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Though the whole passage is but a continuation of the same blessed
discourse, in which God himself is the speaker; yet I stop the Reader
under these two verses, to remark the peculiarity of what is sa...
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15._Therefore he shall prosper in his way. _He again reminds the Jews
of the predictions, and claims for God this honor, that, by
foretelling the event in due time, he has removed all doubt; and next...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48.
In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her
idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for
governmental...
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I, EVEN I, HAVE SPOKEN,.... What I will do, and what shall certainly
come to pass; for not one word of the Lord ever fails; what he has
spoken he will make good; what he has said to his Son in his cou...
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I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him,
and he shall make his way prosperous.
Ver. 15. _I have brought him._] Heb., Made him to go, or caused him to
come, who of himself...
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_All ye assemble yourselves and hear_ Ye Jews, to whom he addressed
his speech, (Isaiah 48:12,) and to whom he continues to speak; _which
among them hath declared these things_ Which of the gods, whom...
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An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word...
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I, even I, have spoken, the one true God, who has just described
Himself once more as the almighty and eternal Creator; YEA, I HAVE
CALLED HIM; I HAVE BROUGHT HIM, AND HE SHALL MAKE HIS WAY PROSPEROUS...
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9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have
mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to
spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It w...
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I, EVEN I; both the foreknowledge and the execution of this great
achievement cannot be ascribed to idols, but to me only. HE SHALL MAKE
HIS WAY PROSPEROUS; God will give him good success in this
unde...
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Isaiah 48:15 spoken H1696 (H8765) called H7121 (H8804) brought H935
(H8689) way H1870 prosper H6743 ...
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YAHWEH'S PLEA TO HIS PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF ISAIAH, AND TAKE
THEIR PLACE AS GOD'S SERVANT (ISAIAH 48:12).
Isaiah 48:12
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called,
I am he, I am the fir...
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CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH.
Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very
idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under
the microscop...
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Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the
name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which
swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
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CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of
Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit.
CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
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Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all
false swearing to his covenant.
Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah
continues here to be the speaker, and...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God
pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for
his own sake.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:14 God reaffirms his plan to use Cyrus for
his own redemptive purpose. AMONG THEM. That is, the idols. THE LORD
LOVES HIM. God is not reluctant to use Cyrus.
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EXPOSITION
The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's
later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people,
partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
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Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore
then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to
restore the house of Jacob.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
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Ezekiel 1:2; Joshua 1:8; Psalms 45:4...