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BEHOLD, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS - That is, the former
things which he had foretold. This is the evidence to which he appeals
in proof that he alone was God, and this is the basis on which h...
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CHAPTER 42
The True Servant of Jehovah
1. _The Servant of Jehovah and His mission (Isaiah 42:1)_ 2. _His
future work among the nations (Isaiah 42:5)_ 3. The future song of
redemption glory (Isaiah 42...
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THE FORMER THINGS, &C. Referring to his prophecies, among others,
concerning Sennacherib, Isaiah 10 and Isaiah 37.
NEW THINGS, &C. Thus uniting the predictions of the earlier Chapter s
with the so-ca...
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Jehovah's promise to Israel, based on the preceding description.
_God_ in the Heb. _hâ-"çl_, THE GOD, the God who alone is truly God,
who has created and sustains all things.
_spread forth_ or "made...
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_the former_things] the things formerly predicted. The reference
probably is to prophecies just fulfilled in the successes of Cyrus.
The _new things_are the substance of the present prophecy, the
exal...
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THUS SAITH GOD— The prophet here continues the address of God to the
Messiah, and that in a very lofty and magnificent manner. _First,_ the
Messiah is animated to continue his course with alacrity and...
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3. COVENANT, CHAPTER 42
a. SEE MY SERVANT
TEXT: Isaiah 42:1-9
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Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul
delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice...
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Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
BEHOLD, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS - the former predictions
of God, wh...
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THE IDEAL SERVANT
1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant
of Jehovah.
10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah.
18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considered as Je...
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The *Lord alone controls events. Therefore he alone can announce what
will happen.
A SONG TO PRAISE GOD
V10 Tell the whole world to sing a new song to the *Lord. Tell those
who sail the seas to joi...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 42
The *Old Testament calls several people ‘the *Lord’s servant’.
Moses is...
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I AM THE LORD.... — The prophet grasps the full meaning of the name
revealed in Exodus 3:15. It follows from that meaning that God cannot
look with indifference on the transfer to the “graven image” o...
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הָ רִֽאשֹׁנֹ֖ות הִנֵּה ־בָ֑אוּ וַֽ
חֲדָשֹׁות֙...
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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 I...
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THE WORK OF THE LORD'S SERVANT
Isaiah 42:1-13
We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew
12:18-20. The unobtrusiveness of His life and work was clearly
demonstrated in every...
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The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is
first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1),
His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1), His method is d...
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Behold, the former things have (p) come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
(p) As in time past I have been true in my promises, so will I be in
time to...
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_Them. The completion of former predictions enforces the belief of
those which are yet to come. (Calmet)_...
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Here are the joyful consequences induced by the Redeemer's acts of
grace and mercy, as before described. Surely all must sing the new
song, which God puts into their mouths, when their souls are
new-s...
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9._The former things. _He now recalls to remembrance the former
predictions, by the fulfillment of which he shews that confidence
ought to be placed in him for the future; for what we have known by
ac...
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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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BEHOLD, THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS,.... Which the Lord had
foretold in former times, as to Abraham, concerning the affliction of
his posterity in Egypt, the bringing them out from thence, and...
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_Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I
declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them._
Ver. 9. _Behold, the former things are come to pass._] The prophecies
are fulfi...
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_I am the Lord_ Hebrew, _Jehovah;_ who have all being in and of
myself, and give being to all my creatures. The everlasting, and
unchangeable, and omnipotent God, who therefore both can and will
fulfi...
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THE TRUE SERVANT OF THE LORD...
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Behold, the former things are come to pass, namely, the deliverance of
Israel at the time of their passage through the Red Sea, Exodus 14,
15, AND NEW THINGS DO I DECLARE, the fulfillment of former pr...
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5-12 The work of redemption brings back man to the obedience he owes
to God as his Maker. Christ is the light of the world. And by his
grace he opens the understandings Satan has blinded, and sets at...
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THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO PASS, AND NEW THINGS DO I DECLARE: as
all things which I have formerly promised or foretold have exactly
come to pass in their proper seasons, and not one of them failed,...
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GOD'S CHARGE TO HIS SERVANT (ISAIAH 42:5).
We continue to see here the joint ministries of Israel and their
coming King, reaching out and drawing men within the covenant and
bringing them light out o...
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FORMER THINGS
That is, Isaiah's prediction of Sennacherib's invasion and its
results, Isaiah 10 and 37. See also, (Isaiah 41:21); (Isaiah 43:8);
(Isaiah 44:7); ...
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This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for
it is full of evangelical truth.
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my
soul delighteth; I have pu...
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CONTENTS: Christ, servant of Jehovah. Chastening of Israel and the
final restoration.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: A day is coming when all who have contradicted and
blasphemed the Gospel of...
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Isaiah 42:1. _Behold my servant._ In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so
the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17. All other
applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took...
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_Behold My Servant_
WHO IS THE “SERVANT OF JEHOVAH”?
The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been
held:
(1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as
disting...
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_Behold, the former things are come to pass_
THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE
One may observe, in reading Scripture, the general principle that God
usually gives a promise of that which He means to bestow....
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 42:1 This is the first of four Servant Songs,
fulfilled in Jesus Christ (see also Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 5
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE
Isaiah 42:9. _Behold, the former things are come to pass, &c._
One may observe, in reading Scripture, the general principle that God
usually gives a promise of that which He...
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THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
Isaiah 42:1. _Behold My servant, &c._
It is difficult for us who have history, with all its definiteness, to
realise the inestimable value of prophecy, notwithstanding its
vag...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 42:1
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL
PERFORM. There are comparatively few
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Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even
Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the
servant of God.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine el...
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1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 8:15; 1 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:19; Acts 15:18
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I tell you — That when they come to pass, you may know that I am
God, and that this is my work....