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Verse Isaiah 41:10. _Be not dismayed _- ואל תשתע veal tishta,
"AND be not dismayed." The ו _vau_ is added by twenty-one of Dr.
_Kennicott's_ MSS., thirty of _De Rossi's_, and one of my own, and
three...
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FEAR THOU NOT - This verse is plain in its meaning, and is full of
consolation. It is to be regarded as addressed primarily to the exiled
Jews during their long and painful captivity in Babylon; and t...
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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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But Israel, who in the person of Abraham was summoned from
Mesopotamia, is also a chosen instrument of Yahweh, and has nothing to
fear amid these commotions.
ISAIAH 41:10. RIGHT. RIGHTEOUSNESS: rend...
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FEAR THOU NOT. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy
31:8).
BE NOT DISMAYED. look not around. Some codices, with Syriac, read "and
be not", &c. It is this that dismays (see notes on P...
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Israel is bidden "Fear not," because of its peculiar relation to
Jehovah.
_But thou, Israel_ In opposition to the other peoples (Isaiah 41:1).
Omit "art" with R.V.
_my servant_ Cf. Jeremiah 30:10 f.,...
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_be not dismayed_ lit. "look not round" in terror.
_I will strengthen_ The perf. tense used in the original expresses the
unalterable determination of the speaker's will; Driver, Tenses, §
13.
_the...
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DISCOURSE: 925
THE WEAK BELIEVER COMFORTED
Isaiah 41:10. _Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for
I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I
will uphold thee...
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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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Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee
with the right hand of my righteousness.
BE NOT DISMAYE...
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41:10 dismayed, (d-11) Or 'bewildered.' it is strictly, 'to look on
one another with amazement,' or as seeking help. strengthen (e-19)
Others, 'choose,' comparing it with ch. 44.14....
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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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MY RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. faithfulness to My purpose as declared in My
promises (see Isaiah 41:2).
11-14. It is impossible that the servant thus chosen and honoured can
be cast off (oppressed for ever)....
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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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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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FEAR THOU NOT... — The thought of the election of God gives a sense
of security to His chosen.
I WILL STRENGTHEN THEE. — The verb unites with this meaning (as in
Isaiah 35:3; Psalms 89:21) the idea of...
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אַל ־תִּירָא֙ כִּ֣י עִמְּךָ ־אָ֔נִי
אַל ־תִּש
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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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Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the (k) right hand of my righteousness.
(k) That...
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_Upheld thee. Cyrus shall gain the victory, and give thee liberty._...
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I beg the Reader to pause over these blessed verses, and inquire, with
me, whether it be not the Lord Jesus that is here spoken to by
Jehovah, when beholding him as the Husband and Head of his Church...
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10._Fear not. _The former doctrine having had for its aim that the
people should rely on God, the Prophet concludes from the numerous
blessings by which the Lord manifested his love, that the people o...
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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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FEAR THOU NOT, FOR I AM WITH THEE,.... Not merely by his essence or
power, who is every where; or by his providence supporting,
preserving, observing, ordering, and overruling all things; but in a
way...
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Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Ver. 10. _Fea...
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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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Fear thou not, for I am with thee, with His merciful power; BE NOT
DISMAYED, filled with anxiety, FOR I AM THY GOD, who freely gives His
heart, His grace, His salvation, to His children; I WILL STRENG...
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The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory...
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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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Which I do and will manage with righteousness, whereby I will deliver
thee, and destroy thine and mine enemies, as it follows....
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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 41:10
God can be God and fearless, but we can scarcely be creatures and
fearless. Still less is it likely that sinful creatures should be
fearless. It is more than the Father looks for under th...
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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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_Fear thou not; for I am with thee_
“FEAR THOU NOT!”
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH GOD ADDRESSES HIS PEOPLE. They are poor
and needy. It is necessary that God should have room in which to work.
Empt...
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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 41:10 YOU is the people as a whole (called
“Jacob” in v. Isaiah 41:8). Unlike the terrified nations of v....
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TWO KINDS OF HELP
Isaiah 41:6. _They helped every one his neighbour, &c._
Isaiah 41:10. _Fear not; I will help thee, &c._
It is manifestly the intention of the prophet to exhibit the contrast
betwee...
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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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1 Chronicles 12:18; 2 Chronicles 20:17; 2 Chronicles 32:8; 2
Corinthians 12:9;...
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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...