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Verse Isaiah 51:6. _MY SALVATION SHALL BE FOR EVER_] Aben Ezra says,
From this verse divines have learnt the immortality of the soul. Men
shall perish as the earth does, because they are formed from i...
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LIFT UP YOUR EYES TO THE HEAVENS - The design of directing their
attention to the heavens and the earth is, probably, to impress them
more deeply with a conviction of the certainty of his salvation in...
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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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A HEARTENING CONSOLATION. Yahweh, in words that echo Isaiah 50:4, bids
His people, who seek the victory which ever eludes them, consider
their origin. Abraham was but one; yet He made him a great peop...
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SHALL. will have.
IN LIKE MANNER. so. There is no ancient authority for "as. gnat", as
some render it....
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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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The universal extension of the true religion is the second ground of
comfort which the prophet is commissioned to offer to his fellow
believers. The language of Isaiah 51:4 is obviously moulded on tha...
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From the thought of the universality of religion the prophet rises to
that of its eternity, which is here expressed by a contrast of
surprising boldness between the "things which are seen" and the
"th...
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LIFT UP YOUR EYES, &C.— The prophet here, as a second argument of
consolation, foretels the abolition of the old oeconomy, and the
establishment of the new. He speaks of the old oeconomy, or
politico-...
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3. RULE, CHAPTER 51
a. TURN TO JUSTICE
TEXT: Isaiah 51:1-8
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Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek
Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of
the...
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Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath:
for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax
old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in l...
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51:6 manner; (d-40) Others 'shall die like a gnat.'...
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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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The v. contrasts the certainty of God's purposes for His people with,
the transitory character of the visible world....
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The heavens and the earth are not as permanent as they may seem.
• Here ‘smoke’ is a picture word, to mean something that has no
substance. So it quickly blows away.
• Nothing in this life or in thi...
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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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SHALL DIE IN LIKE MANNER — _i.e.,_ shall vanish into nothingness.
Many commentators, however, render, _shall die like gnats;_ shall live
their little day and pass away; thus supplying a third similitu...
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שְׂאוּ֩ לַ † שָּׁמַ֨יִם עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם
וְֽ הַבִּ֧יטוּ...
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“AWAKE, O ARM OF JEHOVAH!”
Isaiah 51:1-11
This chapter is extremely dramatic. We are conscious that we are
nearing a revelation of unparalleled sublimity. As we hear the thrice
_Hearken_ in Isaiah 1:...
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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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Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for
the (g) heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall
become old like a garment, and its inhabitants shall die in lik...
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_Fail. Matthew xxiv. 35. The prosperity of the Jews was not of long
duration. But the Church will remain till the end of time._...
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Here is another gracious call of the Lord, full of mercy and love,
like the former; seemingly directed to those who have not only sought
the Lord, but are joined in covenant to him, and know him. The...
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_THE TEMPORAL AND THE ETERNAL_
‘Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath:
for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax
old like a garment, and they t...
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6._Lift up your eyes toward heaven. _When we see so great changes in
the world, we are apt to think that the Church comes within the
influence of the sanhe violent motion; and therefore we need to hav...
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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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LIFT UP YOUR EYES TO THE HEAVENS,.... And observe their beauty and
order, the constant and regular motion of the heavenly bodies, the
firmness and solidity of them:
AND LOOK UPON THE EARTH BENEATH; h...
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_Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath:
for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax
old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in l...
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_Lift up your eyes to the heavens_ Look up to the visible heavens
above, which have continued hitherto, and seem likely to continue;
_and look upon the earth beneath_ Which seems as firmly established...
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Lift up your eyes to the heavens, with its impression of endless
stability, AND LOOK UPON THE EARTH BENEATH, with its uninterrupted
succession of generations, both appearing to the human mind as
estab...
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THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
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4-8 The gospel of Christ shall be preached and published. How shall
we escape if we neglect it? There is no salvation without
righteousness. The soul shall, as to this world, vanish like smoke,
and t...
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THE HEAVENS SHALL VANISH AWAY LIKE SMOKE, AND THE EARTH SHALL WAX OLD
LIKE A GARMENT; the heavens and earth shall pass away, either,
1. Simply, and by a substantial corruption or annihilation, which i...
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GOD'S OR THE SERVANT'S CALL TO HIS TRUE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER HIS
EVERLASTING SALVATION (ISAIAH 51:4).
His people are not just to listen, they must also pay heed. They must
‘pay attention' to His instruc...
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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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Isaiah 51:6
I. Consider, first, the heavens above and the earth beneath, as
temporal either in themselves or in regard to us who must "die in like
manner." (1) Our text is the record of a great appoin...
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Isaiah 51:1. _Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye
that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the
hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your f...
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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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_Lift up your eyes to the heavens._
THE ETERNITY OF RELIGION
From the thought of the universality of religion the prophet rises to
that of its eternity, which is here expressed by a contrast of
surp...
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_Hearken unto Me, My people_
THE ABSOLUTE IN HUMAN HISTORY
Time works mighty changes in human life.
Amidst the ceaseless whirl of mutation, is there nothing unchangeable?
Is life made up entirely of...
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_Hearken to Me_
THE THRICE “HEARKEN”
These paragraphs are exceedingly dramatic.
We become conscious that we are approaching a revelation of
unparalleled sublimity which shall be in Scripture what he...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:4 The second incentive (see vv. Isaiah
51:1) is that the truth of the Lord is going out to the nations with a
saving power that will outlast the universe....
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THE IMMUTABILITY OF THE SALVATION AND RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
Isaiah 51:6. _Lift up your eyes to the heavens, &c._
There is no reason why we should not read these words in their
positive and natural sig...
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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 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Daniel 9:24; Deuteronomy 4:19;...
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The heavens — The heavens and earth shall pass away, in regard of
their present state, and properties, and use, as smoak is said to
vanish, tho' the substance of it be not destroyed....