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CHAPTER 41
Jehovah's Challenge
1. _The address to the islands and the peoples (Isaiah 41:1)_ 2.
_Jehovah's question, Cyrus and his ways predicted (Isaiah 41:2)_ 3.
Nations troubled on account of Cyru...
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ALL THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL SHALL PERISH. This section is
eschatological, and probably later, perhaps much later, than its
context. All Israel's foes shall perish. Yahweh's people shall destroy
their en...
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THEM THAT CONTENDED. the men (Hebrew. _'ish)_ of thy contention.
NOTHING. See note on Isaiah 5:8....
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Humanly speaking Israel has cause for fear, being surrounded by
opponents; but they shall be put to utter confusion.
11F. _incensed_ lit. "inflamed," as in ch. Isaiah 45:24; Song of
Solomon 1:6. The...
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BUT THOU, ISRAEL, &C.— The prophet here subjoins to his reproof of
the nations, a consolation to the people of God, drawn from the same
argument, as also he had done in the preceding section. See the...
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b. GOD'S PEOPLE SAVED
TEXT: Isaiah 41:8-13
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But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of
Abraham my friend,
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thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, an...
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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that
contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,
and as a thing of nought.
THOU SHALT SEEK THEM, AND SHALT NOT FIN...
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CYRUS GOD'S AGENT
1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of
judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order
to carry out His good purposes, while the he...
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Similarly, God is ready to give his friends the strength that they
need at any time.
GOD WILL HELP YOU
V14 So do not be afraid, Israel, small and weak as you are. I, the
*Lord, will help you. I am...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 41
KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS
V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
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BEHOLD... — The choice of the Servant has, as its complement, the
indignation of Jehovah against those who attack him, and this thought
is emphasised by a four-fold iteration. “They that strive with t...
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תְּבַקְשֵׁם֙ וְ לֹ֣א תִמְצָאֵ֔ם
אַנְשֵׁ֖י מַצֻּתֶ֑ךָ...
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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 Is...
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THE LORD UPHOLDETH HIS SERVANT
Isaiah 41:1-16
The conception of this passage is superb. Jehovah is represented as
summoning the earth to determine whether He or some idol of the
heathen is the true G...
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Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to
utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and
forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island a...
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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not (l) find them, [even] them that
contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,
and as a thing of naught.
(l) Because they will be destroyed....
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Read the gospel, and behold the confirmation of these promises, for
there needs no more; John 18:4....
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12._Thou shalt seek them. _That is, _if thou seek them; _for enemies
are not sought, when they have been put to flight; and therefore I
think that this future ought to be rendered as a subjunctive_, “...
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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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Ver. 12 THOU SHALL SEEK THEM, AND SHALT NOT FIND THEM,.... They not
existing, or being fled into holes and corners, to rocks and
mountains, to hide themselves from the wrath of the Lamb, Revelation
6:...
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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even] them that
contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing,
and as a thing of nought.
Ver. 12. _Even them that contended with...
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_But thou, Israel, art my servant_ Thus the Gentiles show themselves
to be the servants of their idols, and own them for their gods: but
thou art my people, and I am and will be thy God. _Jacob, whom...
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The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory...
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Thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them, even them that contended
with thee, daring to attack the Lord's people; THEY THAT WAR AGAINST
THEE SHALL BE AS NOTHING AND AS A THING OF NAUGHT, so utterl...
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THEM THAT CONTENDED:
_ Heb._ the men of thy contention
THEY THAT WAR AGAINST THEE:
_ Heb._ the men of thy war...
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10-20 God speaks with tenderness; Fear thou not, for I am with thee:
not only within call, but present with thee. Art thou weak? I will
strengthen thee. Art thou in want of friends? I will help thee...
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THOU SHALT SEEK THEM, AND SHALT NOT FIND THEM; they shall be so
totally consumed, that although thou searchest for them, thou shalt
not be able to find them any where in the world. SHALL BE AS NOTHING...
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Isaiah 41:12 seek H1245 (H8762) find H4672 (H8799) themThose H582
contended H4695 war H4421 nonexistent H657...
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GOD'S ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS TO HIS PEOPLE, WEAK THOUGH THEY ARE (ISAIAH
41:8).
Isaiah 41:8
“But you Israel, my servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
The seed of Abraham, the one who loved me.”
He now...
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Isaiah 41:8. _But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom l have
chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend._
Let us, for the time being, forget the people to whom this message was
addressed, and see whe...
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Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people
renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us
come near together to judgment._
God invites people to argue...
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God enters into a controversy with those who had fallen into the
worship of idols.
Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people
renew their strength: let them come near; then l...
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CONTENTS: Greatness of God and weakness of man. Admonition to shun
idols and encouragement to trust in God.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Jacob.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah is infinite, eternal and unchangeable....
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Isaiah 41:1. _Keep silence before me, oh islands._ Commentators here
refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim
designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple of...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:1 God alone guides history, for his glory
and for the benefit of his people.
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SECTION II.—RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN, AND FROM
THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON (CH. 41-48.).
EXPOSITION...
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In the forty-first chapter of Isaiah in the first part of the chapter,
God begins His predictions concerning Cyrus who was not yet born. A
man who was not to be born for a hundred and fifty years. But...
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Job 20:7; Psalms 37:35; Psalms 37:36...
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THE GOD OF ALL HELP
Isaiah 41:8
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Isaiah is one that lives with us in every daily task and
conflict. Sometimes we think that the Old Testament Scriptures are far
separat...