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Verse Isaiah 40:4. _CROOKED_] The word עקב _akob_ is very
generally rendered _crooked_: but this sense of the word seems not to
be supported by any good authority. _Ludolphus_, Comment. ad Hist.
AEth...
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EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED - That is, every valley, or low piece of
ground, shall be filled up so as to make a level highway, as was done
in order to facilitate the march of armies. This verse is e...
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II. THE LATER PROPHECIES OF COMFORT AND GLORY (40-66)
Like the first part this second part of Isaiah has three sections. The
three sections of the first part revealed the judgments to come upon
the Je...
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PROLOGUE ANNOUNCING THE END OF THE EXILE. IF. The prophet sees in the
triumphs of Cyrus the coming fall of Babylon's empire, and a
revolution in the fortunes of the exiles. These are God's voice
biddi...
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EVERY VALLEY, &C. These physical marvels are supernatural, and can
never be produced by the _spiritual_ and holy living of individua1
Christians....
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_AND_ _the crooked …_ _PLAIN_] More literally: AND THE UNEVEN SHALL
BECOME A PLAIN, AND THE RUGGED PLACES A VALLEY. _rough places_is a
word of somewhat uncertain sense, which does not occur elsewhere....
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The prophet hears a voice calling on angelic powers to prepare the way
of the Lord. It is doubtful whether Duhm is right in regarding this as
a case of true prophetic "audition"; it is more naturally...
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Isaiah 40:1-11. The Prologue
This first proclamation of glad tidings to Zion (see ch. Isaiah
41:27) is a passage of singular beauty, breathing the spirit of
new-born hope and enthusiasm with which th...
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THE VOICE OF HIM THAT CRIETH— It is manifest to every reader of this
passage, that it exhibits to us the voice of a public herald or
harbinger, who, at the approach of an illustrious king, commands th...
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VII. SALVATION THROUGH GOD'S SERVANT
Chapter S 40-53
A, PURPOSE OF THE LORD'S SERVANT
Chapter S 40-43
1. COMFORT, CHAPTER 40
a. PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD
TEXT: Isaiah 40:1-11
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Comfort ye,...
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Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be
made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places
plain:
EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED ... Eastern monarchs...
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ISRAEL'S RESTORATION FROM EXILE IN BABYLON
On the authorship and date of these Chapter s see Intro. According to
their subject matter, they fall naturally into three divisions of
almost equal length...
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This imagery is from the practice of Eastem monarchs, who thus made
roads for the passage of their armies....
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The *Lord’s road is to be straight and level. And it is to be free
from blocks in the way. When the road is ready, the *Lord will
definitely arrive. He will be able to travel without difficulty or
pro...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 40
This chapter begins the second half of the Book of Isaiah.
• In CHAPTER...
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EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED. — The figure is drawn from the
titanic engineering operations of the kingly road-makers of the East,
but the parable is hardly veiled. The meek exalted, the proud brough...
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כָּל ־גֶּיא֙ יִנָּשֵׂ֔א וְ כָל ־הַ֥ר
וְ
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CHAPTER V
THE PROLOGUE: THE FOUR HERALD VOICES
Isaiah 40:1
IT is only Voices which we hear in this Prologue. No forms can be
discerned, whether of men or angels, and it is even difficult to make
out...
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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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THE CRY OF JEHOVAH'S HERALD
Isaiah 40:1-8
Voices are ever speaking to us from the infinite; let us heed them.
(1.) _There is the voice of forgiveness_, Isaiah 40:2. Are you truly
penitent? Have you...
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We now commence the prophecies of peace, which also fall into three
divisions, dealing in turn with the purpose of peace (40-48), the
Prince of Peace (49-57), the program of peace (58-66).
The fist el...
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Every valley shall be exalted, and every (g) mountain and hill shall
be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
places plain:
(g) Whatever may prevent or hinder this deliveran...
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_Plain. For the captives, or the conversion of the world, Baruch v.
6._...
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All the Prophets, with one voice, proclaimed the coming Saviour; but
John the Baptist was eminently pointed out as the immediate herald and
harbinger of our Lord; Matthew 3:1; Malachi 3:1. If the pass...
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4._Every valley shall be exalted. _He confirms and asserts the
preceding statement; for he shews that no difficulties can prevent the
Lord from delivering and restoring his Church whenever he shall th...
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The first part of that which might be called the second book of Isaiah
extends from chapter 40 to the end of chapter 48. The Messiah is,
comparatively speaking, but little introduced here. It is rathe...
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EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE
MADE LOW,.... Which is not to be understood literally, but, as Kimchi
says, parabolically and mystically: the meaning is, that in
co...
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Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be
made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places
plain:
Ver. 4. _Every valley shall be exalted._] Terms taken...
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_The voice of him that crieth_ Or, as the Hebrew may be properly
rendered, _A voice crieth;_ an abrupt and imperfect speech, implying,
“Methinks I hear a voice;” or, “A voice shall be heard;” _in
the...
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THE WORD OF COMFORT AND THE GOD OF COMFORT.
The last part of the book of the prophet Isaiah has fitly been called
the Book of Comfort, for in its beautiful language and in its exalted
visions the Gosp...
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Every valley shall be exalted, the hearts that have been humbled by
the hammer-blows of the Law being lifted up, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND
HILL SHALL BE MADE LOW, the proud and self-righteous spirits bei...
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STRAIGHT:
Or, a straight place
PLACES PLAIN:
Or, a plain place...
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1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so;
but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love,
when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of...
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This is only a more particular explication of that which was generally
expressed ISAIAH 40:3. The sense is, All obstructions shall be
removed, and the way made in all respects convenient and easy for...
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THE PREPARING OF THE WAY (ISAIAH 40:1).
The humiliation of Assyria has, in Isaiah's eyes, opened up a new
opportunity for the future for Judah/Israel. Yahweh has delivered His
people, and awaits thei...
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Isaiah 40:4
I. Rough places. (1) In general human history. (2) In individual human
life.
II. Rough places made plain. (1) The supreme power of Jesus Christ.
(2) The supreme power of Jesus Christ use...
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Isaiah 40:3
I. The text teaches us that there are certain things which hinder the
spread of the Redeemer's kingdom, spoken of here as valleys, hills,
mountains, rough places, and crooked ways. The obs...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God._
«They need it, and they shall have it. Mind, O my servants, that you
give it to them: Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem._
The loss of comfort is no small loss. God would have his people happy.
They are in the best conditi...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is
accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath recei...
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CONTENTS: Joyful prospect given to the people of God of the happiness
of coming redemption. Reproof for their despondencies.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing can be spoken mo...
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Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, comfort ye my people._ What a sweet voice is
this to the church, after all her long afflictions. The words are
doubled, to designate the fulness of comfort in the pardon of s...
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_Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be
made low_
CHRISTIANITY AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN TRUE CIVILISATION
I. THE WORLD IS STILL FULL OF THINGS NEEDING TO BE SET STRAIGHT....
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_Prepare ye the way of the Lord_
THE WAY OF THE LORD PREPARED
I. THE JEWISH THEOCRACY. It is a favourite statement with those who
seek to account for Christianity on entirely mundane principles, that...
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STRAIGHTENING IT OUT
That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Ecclesiastes 1:15.
The crooked shall be made straight. Isaiah 40:4.
Those two texts look like a contradiction, don't they? The se...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:1 Encouragement for God’s Exiles: “The
Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed.” These visionary chapters are
addressed to the exiles in Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem in 586...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 40:4 This poetic language reflects the rough
terrain as one approaches Jerusalem from the east. It also describes
personal repentance and social reformation, remaking the world a...
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COMFORT FOR THE SUFFERING
Isaiah 40:1. _Comfort ye, &c._
IT is generally agreed that these last twenty-six Chapter s relate to
the restoration of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon. They are
t...
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PART III. ISAIAH'S LATER PROPHECIES (CH. 40-66.).
SECTION I. THE PEOPLE OF GOD COMFORTED IN TRIBULATION (Isaiah 40:1.).
EXPOSITION...
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But he's talking about a whole new message of God for the people as we
get into the new covenant of God. And so it is appropriate that this
new section of Isaiah begins with the word of the Lord decla...
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1 Samuel 2:8; Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 21:26; Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 42:11
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THE DEITY OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH
Isaiah 40:1, _Isaiah 40:25_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We suggest a threefold vision of the Deity of Christ as an
introduction to the sermon proper.
1. THE DEITY OF CHRIST AS...