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Verse Isaiah 45:22. _LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED, C._] This verse
and the following contain a plain prediction of the universal spread
of the knowledge of God through Christ and so the _Targum_ app...
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LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED - This is said in view of the
declaration made in the previous verse, that he is a just God and a
Saviour. It is because he sustains this character that all are invited
t...
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CHAPTER 45
The Word of Jehovah to Cyrus, to Israel and to the Ends of the Earth
1. _Thus saith Jehovah to Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)_ 2. _Thus saith Jehovah:
Israel shall be saved (Isaiah 45:14)_ 3. Thus sa...
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YAHWEH WILL DELIVER ALL WHO LOOK TO HIM. Yahweh created the earth to
be, not desolate, but a dwelling-place for man. Nor has He concealed
Himself in some remote mysterious shrine, like the oracles of...
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DISCOURSE: 943
LOOKING TO CHRIST
Isaiah 45:22. _Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
earth: for I am God, and there is none else._
MANY consider the Scriptures merely as a history of pa...
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LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED— The _proselytes_ of the nations were
invited to embrace the faith of the true God; but that seemed too
narrow and confined; for what forbids all nations without distinct...
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d. OUTREACH
TEXT: Isaiah 45:20-25
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Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped
of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their
graven image, and pray...
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Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am
God, and there is none else.
LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED. The second imperative expresses the
result which will follow obedience...
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THE MEANING OF THE CONQUESTS OF CYRUS
1-13. The conquests of Cyrus are ordained by Jehovah for His purposes.
Let not Israel Criticise the manner of its deliverance.
14-17. Great honour awaits Israel...
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The *Lord does not want to punish people who have made *idols. He
wants to save people. That is, he wants to rescue them from the
effects of their wrong behaviour. But first, they must turn to him....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 45
THE *LORD APPOINTS CYRUS
v1 The *Lord has chosen Cyrus as his champio...
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פְּנוּ ־אֵלַ֥י וְ הִוָּשְׁע֖וּ כָּל
־אַפְסֵי...
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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A CALL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Isaiah 45:14-25
As the prophet reviews God's method of delivering His people-so
unexpected and so wonderful-he cannot restrain the ejaculation: _Thou
art a God that hi...
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The fifth of these messages of Jehovah is a charge to Cyrus. First of
all, it utters to him the promises of God which are intended to be his
strength in carrying out the divine purpose. These all emph...
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Look to me, and be ye saved, all (z) the ends of the earth: for I [am]
God, and [there is] none else.
(z) He calls the idolaters to repentance, willing them to look on him
with the eye of faith....
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If this gracious invitation of Jesus, to look unto him, were
proclaimed every day from the house-top, yea, from heaven itself, it
would not be more sure, nor certain, nay, not so much so as now it is,...
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22._Look unto me. _Hitherto he addressed the Jews alone, as if to them
alone salvation belonged, but now he extends his discourse farther. He
invites the whole world to the hope of salvation, and at t...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45.
Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb,
encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring
up as...
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LOOK UNTO ME,.... And not to idols, nor to any creature, nor to the
works of your hands; to your own righteousness and doings; to your
wounds; to your tears and humiliations; to your own hearts and fr...
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Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am]
God, and [there is] none else.
Ver. 22. _Look unto me, and be ye saved._] While the moon looketh
directly upon the sun, she is bri...
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_Draw near together_ To attend to what I have said, and am now about
to say again, concerning the vanity of your idols; _ye that are
escaped of the nations_ Ye that survive those many and great
destru...
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Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, the turning
to the Lord in true repentance being followed by the imparting of
salvation, or, more exactly, as His call produces repentance, it...
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THE GLORIFICATION OF ISRAEL AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD...
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20-25 The nations are exhorted to draw near to Jehovah. None besides
is able to help; he is the Saviour, who can save without the
assistance of any, but without whom none can save. If the heart is
br...
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Upon these considerations, I advise all people upon earth, from one
end to the other, to cast away their _idols_, and to turn their eyes
and hearts to me, expecting salvation from me, and from me only...
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SO YAHWEH CALLS MEN AROUND THE WORLD TO REPENT (ISAIAH 45:18).
God then points out that He did not create the world to be empty, but
to be inhabited. It was not just Jerusalem that He wanted to be
inh...
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The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God
raised him up.
Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden, to subdue nations befor...
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While we are reading this chapter, and thinking of Cyrus, the Lord's
anointed deliverer for Israel, let us not forget the greater Deliverer
of whom the hymn writer sings,
«Thus saith God of his Anoin...
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CONTENTS: Promises to Cyrus for Israel's sake. Proof of God's eternal
power and sovereignty. Encouragement to believing Jews. Doom of idol
worshippers.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Cyrus.
CONCLUSION: Bes...
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Isaiah 45:1. _Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden;_ a figure of Christ, the anointed of the
Father. This anointing equalled Cyrus with David. Before him God w...
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_For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens._
HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF
The main current of the section may be thus expressed--
I. GOD’S REVELATION OF HIMSELF IS OPEN AND TRUTHFUL. He has not
s...
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_A Just God and a Saviour_
THE JUST GOD AND THE SAVIOUR
To human apprehension, light and darkness are not more opposed than
justice and mercy.
We cannot conceive how they possibly can meet together...
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_Look unto Me_
TURNING TO GOD
“Turn ye to Me and be saved.
” The first imperative exhorts, the second promises. Jehovah desires
two things--
1. All men’s turning to Him.
2. Their blessedness by s...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 45:22 BE SAVED. Contrast “a god that cannot
save” (v. Isaiah 45:20). The idolatrous world is not rejected but
invited. This invitation goes not only t
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A JUST GOD AND A SAVIOUR
Isaiah 45:21. _A just God and a Saviour_.
These words occur in an assertion of the sovereignty of God, which is
repeated again and again throughout this chapter, and forms th...
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HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF
Isaiah 45:18 _For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens, &c._
In Isaiah 45:17, the promise is made that “Israel shall be saved in
the Lord with an everlasting salvation...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 45:1
GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS. This direct address of
God to a heathen king is without a parallel in Scripture.
Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, Abimelech, were warned t...
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Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of
kings (Isaiah 45:1),
You remember I told you he prophesied that...
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2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Peter 1:1; Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 45:21; John