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SAY TO THEM - This is still an address to the ministers of religion,
to make use of all the consolations which these truths and predictions
furnish to confirm and strengthen the people of God.
OF A FE...
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CHAPTER 35
Restoration Glory and the Kingdom
1. _Creation blest and the glory of the Lord revealed (Isaiah 35:1)_
2. _The spiritual and material blessings of the kingdom (Isaiah 35:3)_
3. The return...
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ISAIAH 35. The wilderness shall become fruitful as the most fertile
districts of Palestine. Let the timid take courage, for Divine
vengeance on the enemy is at hand. The blind and deaf, the lame and
d...
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An exhortation to the despondent. For the figures of Isaiah 35:3 see
Job 4:3-4....
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Cf. Isaiah 40:9-10. _them that are of a fearful heart_ Lit. "the hasty
of heart." The phrase occurs with a different sense in ch. Isaiah
32:4.
_behold, your God … recompence_ Better (as R.V. marg.):...
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DISCOURSE: 913
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WEAK
Isaiah 35:3. _Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble
knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:
behold, your God will...
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STRENGTHEN YE THE WEAK HANDS— These words seem rightly to be
understood as an address of the prophet to the teachers of the church
of that time whereof he speaks, exhorting them, from the promise of
t...
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E. FREEDOM WILL FLOURISH, CHAPTER 35
1. STRENGTHENED
TEXT: Isaiah 35:1-7
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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall
rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
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It shall blossom...
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Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,
your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will
come and save you.
A FEARFUL HEART - margin, hasty; i:e...
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1. While Edom becomes a desert, for God's people, on the other hand,
the desert places burst into bloom, the fairest parts of Palestine
sharing their fertile beauty with the waste places (Isaiah 35:2)...
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Fear can cause hands and knees to be weak (see Ezekiel 7:17 and
Hebrews 12:12).
• Hands and knees refer to a person’s arms and legs. Together the
words represent an order to God’s people to be strong...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 35
All through CHAPTER S 28 TO 33, there was one main point:
It was foolish to trust o...
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BE STRONG, FEAR NOT:... — The words are, of course, wide and general
enough, but looking to the probable date of this section, we may
perhaps connect them with the tone of Hezekiah’s speech in 2
Chron...
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אִמְרוּ֙ לְ נִמְהֲרֵי ־לֵ֔ב חִזְק֖וּ
אַל ־תִּ
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THE REJOICING OF THE REDEEMED
Isaiah 35:1-10
God's judgments change Carmel and Sharon into a waste; but His
blessing makes the wilderness and parched land as Carmel and Sharon.
Where the smile of God...
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The message of this chapter stands in close relation to the message of
the preceding one, and yet in almost startling contrast to it. That
was a picture of desolation. This is one of restoration. As i...
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Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:
behold, your God will come [with] (e) vengeance, [even] God [with] a
recompence; he will come and save you.
(e) To destroy your enemies...
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_Recompense. Christ will satisfy the justice of his Father. (Haydock)
--- He will redeem the world, and refute the false interpretations of
the Bible. (Calmet) --- He will bring the devil into subject...
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How delightfully the prophet preacheth consolation to the Old
Testament saints, in the prospect of their coming Saviour! This was
the one source of holy joy, to which the holy men of old were
uniforml...
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4._Say to them that are faint hearted. _That strength of which he
spoke is breathed into our hearts by God through his word, as “by
faith alone we stand” (2 Corinthians 1:24) and live; and therefore
h...
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Chapter 35 gives a picture of the blessing that succeeds the judgment,
the blessing even of the wilderness, which depends on that of Israel.
The redeemed of Jehovah shall go up with joy in full securi...
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SAY TO THEM [THAT ARE] OF A FEARFUL HEART,.... Or, "hasty of heart" w;
are at once for flying from the enemy; "hasty" in drawing black
conclusions upon themselves and their state; "inconsiderate" of t...
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Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:
behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a
recompence; he will come and save you.
Ver. 4. _Say to them that are o...
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_Strengthen ye the weak hands_ Ye prophets and ministers of God,
comfort and encourage his people, who are now ready to faint, with
hopes of that salvation which, in due time, he will work for them. T...
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Say to them that are of a fearful heart, agitated and terrified by the
dangers besetting them on every hand, BE STRONG, FEAR NOT; BEHOLD,
YOUR GOD WILL COME WITH VENGEANCE, to revenge His children upo...
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THE JOYFUL STATE OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
We have, in this chapter, a beautiful and majestic picture of the
flourishing condition of Christ's kingdom, of the glorious future
awaiting those who belong to...
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FEARFUL:
_ Heb._ hasty...
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1-4 Judea was prosperous in the days of Hezekiah, but the kingdom of
Christ is the great subject intended. Converting grace makes the soul
that was a wilderness, to rejoice with joy and singing, and...
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YOUR GOD WILL COME; though he seem to be absent, and departed from
you, he will come to you, and abide with you. He will shortly come in
the flesh. For although this and the following promises may be...
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GOD'S PEOPLE ARE TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR DELIVERANCE (ISAIAH 35:3).
But those who would participate in the blessing must also prepare
themselves, and Isaiah calls on the people to become strong in...
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Isaiah 35:1. _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for
them;_
They shall be so glad that they shall inspire gladness where all was
desolation, and brooding, melancholy batswing, and dr...
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CONTENTS: The coming Kingdom blessing and regathering of Israel.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The precious promises of peace in the Gospel will shortly
culminate in the endless joys and rest of the c...
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Isaiah 35:1. _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad._
After giving the people bright hopes of recovery from the devastations
of invading armies, the prophet dwells at large on the glory...
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_Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not_
COMFORT FOR THE FEARFUL
Presumption and fear are the Scylla and Charybdis of the Christian
life, and it requires Divine guidance, toget...
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_The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them_
THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL
The thirty-fourth and the thirty-fifth Chapter s of Isaiah are by the
best scholars supposed to constitute...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 35:3 BEHOLD, YOUR GOD WILL COME. Perseverance
is possible because of God’s commitment to his people (“your
God”) and the trustworthiness of his promise (“will come”)....
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TRANSFORMATION
Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 35:7. _The wilderness and the solitary place, &c._
Chapter s 34, 35, form one prediction, first announcing the doom of
Edom, and then taking us into a new sphere wh...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 35:1
THE GLORY OF THE LAST TIMES. On the punishment of God's enemies will
follow the peace, prosperity, and glory of his Church. Previously, the
Church is in affliction, waste, and...
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Now chapter 35 is out of the darkness into the light. Out of the
tribulation into the kingdom. The glorious day of the Lord to which we
look forward to. In chapter 35, oh, what a glorious chapter as i...
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1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Timothy 2:1; Daniel 10:19; Deuteronomy 32:35;...
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Your God — Tho' he seems to be departed, he will come to you, and
abide with you. He will shortly come in the flesh, to execute
vengeance upon the enemies of God....