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Verse Isaiah 51:16. _THAT I MAY PLANT THE HEAVENS_ - "To stretch out
the heavens"] In the present text it is לנתע _lintoa_, "_to plant_
the heavens:" the phrase is certainly very obscure, and in all...
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AND I HAVE PUT MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH - That is, he had committed his
truth to the Jewish people; to Zion. He had entrusted them with his
statutes and his laws; he had given them the promise of the Mes...
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CHAPTER 51
Jehovah Encourages His Faithful People, the Remnant of Israel
1. _The call to remember Abraham (Isaiah 51:1)_ 2. _Zion to be
comforted (Isaiah 51:3)_ 3. His righteousness near and His arm...
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ISRAEL, TRUSTING IN YAHWEH, NEED HAVE NO FEAR.Since it is I, Yahweh,
who am comforting thee, how canst thou fear mortal man, and how forget
that Yahweh is the omnipotent Creator, so that thou art ever...
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PUT MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH. See note on Isaiah 50:4 ("that. should
know"). Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 18:18). App-92.
THAT: i.e. in order that....
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These verses contain a remarkable number of resemblances to other
passages (see below). Isaiah 51:15, apart from the introductory words,
occurs in Jeremiah 31:35, though it is doubtful to which passag...
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_I have put my words in thy mouth_ recurring in ch. Isaiah 59:21.
_covered thee in the shadow of mine hand_ Taken almost exactly from
Isaiah 49:2.
_that I may plant &c._ This is no doubt the right tr...
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Isaiah 51:1-16. Encouragements addressed to true Israelites
The strain of consolation, which was interrupted by the soliloquy of
the Servant at ch. Isaiah 50:4, is now resumed, and is continued till...
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Jehovah again speaks as the comforter of His people. That the passage
is a direct answer to the importunate appeal of Isaiah 51:9 f., seems
probable, although it cannot be confidently affirmed; it is...
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I, EVEN I, AM HE THAT COMFORTETH, &C.— The apostrophe being
finished, wherein the foundation of this consolation was laid; the
thread of the discourse is resumed, and the consolation is continued,
whi...
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TRUST IN JEHOVAH
TEXT: Isaiah 51:9-16
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days
of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst
cut Rahab in p...
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And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the
shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people....
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1, 2. In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single
ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the
righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration....
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While Isaiah 51:12. are spoken to the Jewish exiles, the parallel
between this passage and Isaiah 49:2 suggests that the ideal
Israel—Jehovah's Servant—is here addressed....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 51
ABRAHAM WAS YOUR EARLY RELATIVE
V1 ‘Listen to me,’ says the *Lord. ‘You desire to l...
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The *Lord encourages his Servant. The *Lord will tell him exactly what
to say. Jeremiah had a similar experience (see Jeremiah 1:9).
THE END OF *JERUSALEM’S PAIN
The rest of chapter 51 contains pic...
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AND I HAVE PUT MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH... — Some interpreters assume,
that while Isaiah 51:1? was spoken to the Jewish exiles, this, which
reminds us of Isaiah 49:2, is addressed to _the_ Servant of the...
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וָ אָשִׂ֤ים דְּבָרַי֙ בְּ פִ֔יךָ וּ בְ
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“THE CAPTIVE EXILE SHALL BE LOOSED”
Isaiah 51:12-23
During the Sepoy mutiny in India, when a number of English men and
women were shut up in a quarter of Cawnpore, expecting a terrible
death by assau...
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Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call
to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8), in which they are charged to look back
to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity,...
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And I have put my words in thy (n) mouth, and have covered thee in the
shadow of my hand, that I may plant the (o) heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, Thou [art] my people....
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_People. This may refer to Isaias, Cyrus, &c., as figures of Christ,
chap. xlix. 1. He has bestowed greater favours on Christians than
Cyrus did on the Jews, opening the kingdom of heaven to true
beli...
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This is the Lord's answer, agreeably to that promise, Isaiah 65:24.
And observe how the Lord proposeth comfort to his people, even in
himself. As if the Lord had said, "The deliverance at the Red Sea...
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16._And I have put my words in thy mouth. _He again retums to the
doctrine which he had formerly stated, namely, that the Lord comforts
his Church: “I, I am he that comforteth you,” (ver. 12.) So he n...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52.
The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12
(Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a
fresh...
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AND I HAVE PUT MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH,.... His promises and his truths,
either in the mouth of his church, and people for them, both to
preserve and transmit to future generations, and to publish and
d...
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And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the
shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the
foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou [art] my people....
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_The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed_ From his
captivity, and may return to his own country from which he is
banished. _And that he should not die in the pit_ Die a prisoner,
through the...
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THE LOOSING OF THE EXILES...
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And I have put My words in thy mouth, entrusting them to His people,
AND I HAVE COVERED THEE IN THE SHADOW OF MINE HAND, sustaining Israel
in faith and in His grace, THAT I MAY PLANT THE HEAVENS AND L...
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9-16 The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as
by his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that
designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such deliv...
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I HAVE PUT MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH; these great and glorious promises
which are in thy mouth are not the vain words of man, a weak, and
inconstant, and unfaithful creature, but the words of the almighty...
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CHAPTER 51 EXHORTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO GOD.
We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen'
(Isaiah 51:1) - ‘attend' (Isaiah 51:4) - ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:7).
They have...
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THE FIRST CALL TO AWAKE - SPOKEN TO THE ARM OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 51:9).
Note that each call to awake is followed by Yahweh speaking to His
people. It is a cry for Yahweh to awaken and act on behalf of H...
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CONTENTS: Final redemption of Israel and punishment of oppressors.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Although God's people are called upon to suffer much upon
earth, they have an eternal cause to...
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Isaiah 51:4. _A law shall proceed from me._ The gospel law of liberty
and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31. No other law ever emanated
from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 51:5. _My righteousness is near._ Ch...
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_And I have put My words in thy mouth_
THE SEED-CORN OF A NEW WORLD
The words in their mouth are the seed-corn of a new world in the midst
of the old.
(_F_. _Delitzsch, D.D_.)
COMMISSIONED, ENDOWE...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:15 I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD... YOU ARE MY
PEOPLE. God’s covenant with his people defines both him and them....
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 51:1
AN ADDRESS TO FAITHFUL ISRAEL, SUGGESTING TOPICS OF COMFORT.
The address consists of three nearly equal strophes or stanzas, each
commencing with a call, _Shim'u elai_,...
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Tonight we have a marvelous study as we look at Isaiah, Chapter s
51-55, in which the prophet sees so clearly the suffering and the
rejection of God's provision for man in sending His Son to die for o...
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2 Peter 3:13; Deuteronomy 18:18; Deuteronomy 33:27; Hebrews 8:10;...
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I have — These words are spoken by God to his church and people, to
whom he speaks both in the foregoing and following verses. For God's
word is frequently said to be put into the mouths, not only of...