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THOU WHOM I HAVE TAKEN FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - From Chaldea -
regarded by the Jews as the remote part of the earth. Thus in Isaiah
13:5, it is said of the Medes that they came ‘from a far country...
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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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THE CHIEF MEN. the remote parts.
I HAVE CHOSEN THEE. Genesis 12:1.Joshua 24:2.Nehemiah 9:7; Acts 7:2.
Reference to Pentateuch ...
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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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_taken_(better, as R.V., TAKEN HOLD OF) _from the ends of the earth_
It is disputed whether the reference is to the call of Abraham, or to
the Exodus. It is a little difficult to suppose that Egypt co...
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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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Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee
from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I
have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
(THOU) WHOM I HAV...
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41:9 thereof, (c-18) Or 'from among its nobles.'...
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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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CHIEF MEN] RV 'corners.'...
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Friends help friends. God’s people help God when they answer his
call to do something for 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 41
KNOW WHO REALLY CONTROLS EVENTS
V1 God speaks: ‘You people in distant...
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FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. — Ur of the Chaldees, as belonging to
the Euphrates region, is on the extreme verge of the prophet’s
horizon.
FROM THE CHIEF MEN THEREOF. — Better, _from the far-off regio...
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אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶחֱזַקְתִּ֨יךָ֙ מִ קְצֹ֣ות
הָ אָ֔רֶץ...
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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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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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9._For I have taken thee from the end of the earth. _Isaiah continues
the same subject; for we know by experience how necessary it is that
consolations be repeated when adversity presses upon us; so t...
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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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THOU WHOM I HAVE TAKEN FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH,.... Meaning not
Abraham, nor his natural seed; but such who believed in Christ, who
dwelt in the furthest parts of the earth, to whom the Gospel came...
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Isaiah 41:9 [Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and
called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou [art]
my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Ver...
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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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The Lord's Promise of a Future Victory...
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Thou, whom I have taken from the ends of the earth and called thee
from the chief men thereof, from its most remote corners, AND SAID
UNTO THEE, THOU ART MY SERVANT; I HAVE CHOSEN THEE AND NOT CAST TH...
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1-9 Can any heathen god raise up one in righteousness, make what use
of him he pleases, and make him victorious over the nations? The Lord
did so with Abraham, or rather, he would do so with Cyrus. S...
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THOU WHOM I HAVE TAKEN FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH; thou, Israel, whom
I took to myself, and brought hither in the loins of thy father
Abraham from a remote country, to wit, Chaldea; or, whom I brought...
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Isaiah 41:9 taken H2388 (H8689) ends H7098 earth H776 called H7121
(H8804) regions H678 said H559 ...
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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 41:8. _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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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 41:8 God reminds his people of his commitments
to them. On Israel as the Lord’s SERVANT, see note on 42:1–9.
Mention of God’s having chosen Jacob and of Israel’s status as the...
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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 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Samuel 12:22; Deuteronomy 7:7; Isaiah 41:2;...
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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...
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Thou — Thou Israel, whom I took to myself, and brought hither in the
loins of thy father Abraham, from a remote country. Called thee —
From the midst of many great persons among whom he lived in Chald...