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Verse Isaiah 55:13. _INSTEAD OF THE THORN_ - "Instead of the thorny
bushes"] These likewise (see note on the preceding verse, and on
Isaiah 54:11) are general poetical images, expressing a great and...
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INSTEAD OF THE THORN - (Compare the notes at Isaiah 11:6; Isaiah 35:1;
Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 42:20). The word rendered
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CHAPTER 55 SALVATION'S OFFER AND PROVISION
1. _The invitation to everyone and the promise (Isaiah 55:1) _ 2. _The
sure mercies of David (Isaiah 55:3) _ 3. _The exhortation to seek and
to forsake (Isai...
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SEEK YAHWEH, FOR THE GREAT DELIVERANCE IS AT HAND. Let the exiles seek
Yahweh, for the time is at hand. His plans for His people reach beyond
their own as far as the heavens are exalted above the eart...
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BRIER: or, nettle....
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The joyful exodus from Babylon; this is the "thing whereto Jehovah has
sent" His word.
_and be led forth_ by Jehovah in person, ch. Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah
52:12. Cf. Micah 2:13.
_shall clap_their _hand...
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The word for _thorn_occurs again only in ch. Isaiah 7:19. That for
_brier_(_s̬irpâd_) is unknown. LXX. renders κόνυζα (fleabane).
All that can be said is that some desert plant is meant. On
_fir-tree_...
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DISCOURSE: 987
THE CHANGE WROUGHT BY THE GOSPEL
Isaiah 55:12. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with
peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing, and all...
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2. EXTENT
TEXT: Isaiah 55:6-13
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Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is
near:
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let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him retu...
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the
brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a
name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
I...
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1. WATERS.. WINE.. MILK] These stand figuratively, as the whole
context shows, for spiritual blessings....
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Cp. Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 41:19. AND IT SHALL BE, etc.] These words form
an assurance that the state of things foretold in the clauses
preceding shall surely come to pass and shall be permanent....
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The state of the people of God’s relationship with the *Lord also
affects all that he has created. The negative effect appeared as early
as the events soon after God created the world (see Genesis 3:1...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 55
THE *LORD’S INVITATION
V1 ‘Come, all you who are desperate to drink. Here is water!...
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Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1
CHAPTER XXII
ON THE EVE OF RETURN
Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1,...
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THE FREE OFFER OF PARDONING GRACE
Isaiah 55:1-13
_The Prince of Life_, Isaiah 55:4, r.v. Four times in the New
Testament this title is applied to our Lord, and always in connection
with His Resurrect...
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Immediately following the song we have the prophet's great appeal. It
is made in the consciousness of the victory won by the Servant of the
Lord and the consequent possibility of restoration offered t...
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the
brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD (o)
for a name, for an everlasting (p) sign [that] shall not be cut...
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_Myrtle-tree. Instead of the wicked, the just shall be seen.
(Chaldean) --- Away. The conversion and sanctity of the Gentiles shall
be a trophy to the Lord. (Menochius)_...
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REFLECTIONS
AND is this gospel call to every poor thirsty sinner, whose soul is
scorched in this dry and thirsty land of sin? Doth Jesus indeed send
out his heralds, yea, come himself with the invitat...
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Reader! do not fail to observe what a beautiful conclusion is made to
this most gracious chapter! Surely, it is but just and right, that
what begins in grace should end in thanksgiving! Praise is come...
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13._Instead of the bramble _(91) _shall come up the fir-tree. _He
still extols the power of God, which would be visible in the
restoration of the people; for he shows that the change will be such
that...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57.
Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things.
Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the
Gentiles....
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INSTEAD OF THE THORN SHALL COME UP THE FIR TREE, AND INSTEAD OF THE
BRIER SHALL COME UP THE MYRTLE TREE,.... The meaning of which either
is, that instead of wicked men, comparable to briers and thorns...
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the
brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a
name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.
V...
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Instead of the thorn, symbol of sin and misery, SHALL COME THE
FIR-TREE, AND INSTEAD OF THE BRIER SHALL COME UP THE MYRTLE-TREE, both
of these trees being representative of the finest products of fait...
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ISRAEL CALLED TO REPENTANCE...
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6-13 Here is a gracious offer of pardon, and peace, and of all
happiness. It shall not be in vain to seek God, now his word is
calling to us, and his Spirit is striving with us. But there is a day
co...
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INSTEAD OF THE THORN SHALL COME UP THE FIR TREE, AND INSTEAD OF THE
BRIER SHALL COME UP THE MYRTLE TREE; whereas your land was _filled
with thorns and briers_, as was foretold, ISAIAH 7:24, they shall...
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Isaiah 55:13 thorn H5285 up H5927 (H8799) tree H1265 brier H5636 up
H5927 (H8799) tree H1918 LORD...
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THE CERTAIN FULFILMENT OF WHAT YAHWEH HAS PURPOSED THROUGH THE POWER
OF HIS WORD (ISAIAH 55:8).
Isaiah now concludes this section from Isaiah 40:1 onwards by a final
statement of the triumph of God's...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's everlasting salvation.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: All are invited to partake of God's salvation provided
through Christ. All the world's wealth and pleasure cannot sati...
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Isaiah 55:12. _The mountains and the hills shall break forth before
you into singing._ Virgil has the like ideas. _Eclogue 5:_62.
_IPSI LÆTITIA VOCES AD SIDERA JACTANT INTONSI MONTES; IPSÆ JAM
CARMIN...
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_For as the rain cometh down_
RAIN SNOW, SYMBOLIC OF THE WORD OF GOD
The fitness of the symbolism is apparent even to the most casual
observer.
1. Snow and rain are characterized by gentleness which...
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_For ye shall go out with joy_
THE REVERSALS OF PARDONING MERCY
The wealth of God’s abundant pardon is here set forth in metaphors
which the least imaginative can understand.
Not only were the exile...
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_Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree_
THE BRIAR
The word for briar (sirpad) is unknown. LXX. renders Κόνυζα
(fleabane). All that can be said is that some desert plant is meant.
(_Prof....
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_He, every one that thirsteth_
THE CRIES OF THE WATER-CARRIERS
Public messages [Isaiah] would, as a matter of course, deliver
publicly in the frequented streets and bazaars, and in khans, and in
the...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:12 The prophet concludes chs. Isaiah 40:1
with a vision of the triumph of God’s grace. The effects of sin and
the fall (see...
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THE PERPETUAL MIRACLE
Isaiah 55:13. _Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, &c._
I. MIRACLES PROMISED IN THE CHURCH OF GOD.
1. The promise takes different shapes. Savage beasts shall lose...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 55:1
AN EXHORTATION TO SPIRITUALITY AND REPENTANCE. The prophet passes from
the ideal to the actual, from the glorious future to the
unsatisfactory present. The people are not ripe...
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Ho, every one that thirsteth (Isaiah 55:1),
Going into the glorious Kingdom Age. Now, God detests and hates
commercialism. God hates how people take advantage of one another.
Profiteering on someone e...
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1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 4:11;...
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THE GREAT INVITATION
Isaiah 55:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Isaiah 55:1 is a marvelous appendix to the fifty-second and
fifty-third Chapter s. In discussing the fifty-third chapter we saw
the marvelous stor...
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Instead — Whereas your land was filled with thorns and briars, as
was foretold, they shall be rooted out, and it shall be planted with
fir — trees and myrtle — trees, and such other trees, as are
usef...