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THEY HELPED EVERY ONE HIS NEIGHBOR - The idolatrous nations. The idea
is, that they formed confederations to strengthen each other, and to
oppose him whom God had raised up to subdue them. The prophet...
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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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THE CONQUERING CAREER OF CYRUS CLAIMED BY YAHWEH AS EVIDENCE OF HIS
POWER.
Isaiah 41:5 is probably an insertion made to connect Isaiah 41:4 with
Isaiah 41:6 f. after...
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ONE. man. Hebrew. _'ish._...
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The alarm of the nations leads to the production of fresh images. The
view that Isaiah 41:6 form part of ch. Isaiah 40:18-20 has already
been mentioned. With regard to the suitability of the verses in...
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_they helped_ i.e. the nations. But if the verse stood originally
after Isaiah 40:19, "they" refers to the two classes of workmen there
mentioned. EACH HELPS THE OTHER, AND SAYS TO HIS FELLOW, CHEER U...
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THE ISLES SAW IT, &C.— Bishop Lowth renders the 7th verse, _The
carver encouraged the smith; he that smootheth with the hammer, him
that smiteth on the anvil; saying of the solder, it is good: and he...
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2. CONQUEST, CHAPTER 41
a. GENTILES SILENCED
TEXT: Isaiah 41:1-7
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Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their
strength; let them come near; then let them speak; let us come...
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They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his
brother, Be of good courage.
BE OF GOOD COURAGE - Be not alarmed because of Cyrus, but make new
images to secure the favour of the go...
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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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Isaiah mentions the reaction of other nations to the crisis. The
*idols that the nations had were clearly without any power whatever.
The nations’ only solution was to make new *idols!
• Isaiah wants...
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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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BE OF GOOD COURAGE. — Literally, _Be strong: i.e.,_ work vigorously....
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אִ֥ישׁ אֶת ־רֵעֵ֖הוּ יַעְזֹ֑רוּ וּ לְ
אָחִ֖יו
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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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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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It is enough to read the account which the Lord here gives of
idolatry, to behold the folly of it to the full. One sinner
encouraging another, is among the devices of Satan, to blind the eyes
of all....
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6._Every one brought assistance to his neighbor. _What now follows
agrees well with what goes before, if you connect this verse with the
last clause of the former verse, “They drew near, they were
ass...
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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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THEY HELPED EVERYONE HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... By advice and counsel, by the
best arguments they could make use of, to withstand the new religion,
and defend the old one; to prevent the embracing the one, an...
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They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his
brother, Be of good courage.
Ver. 6. _They helped every one his neighbour._] Thus those desperate
idolaters did from the first. Eusebi...
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_Who hath done it?_ Whose work was this but mine? _Calling the
generations_ Calling them out of nothing; giving them breath and
being; disposing and employing them as I see fit: _from the beginning_
A...
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THE GLORY OF THE LORD AND THE VANITY OF THE HEATHEN...
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They helped every one his neighbor, they attempt to assist one another
in the work which they now undertake; AND EVERY ONE SAID TO HIS
BROTHER, BE OF GOOD COURAGE, trying to give him moral support, fo...
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BE OF GOOD COURAGE:
_ Heb._ be strong...
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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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They encouraged and assisted one another in their idolatrous
practices....
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Isaiah 41:6 Everyone H376 helped H5826 (H8799) neighbor H7453 said
H559 (H8799) brother H251 courage H2388 ...
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GOD'S APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD (ISAIAH 41:1).
Isaiah 41:1
“Keep silence before me, O coastlands,
And let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near, then let them speak.
Let us...
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Isaiah 41:6
I. Encouragement must be lived as well as spoken.
II. Encouragement must begin at the nearest point.
III. Encouragement must not be merely seasonal.
IV. Encouragement must not be withd...
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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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_They helped every one his neighbour._
IDOLATRY THE SUBJECT OF SARCASM:
The sarcasm consists in making the idolaters dependent upon idols
which are themselves dependent upon common workmen and the mo...
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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 41:5 The nations respond to the upheavals of
history by nervously constructing more gods to believe in. But how can
“created creators” save?
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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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LESSONS FROM THE HEATHEN WORKERS
Isaiah 41:5. _The isles saw it, and feared. &c._
These verses indicate the state of feeling which was created among the
heathen nations by the rapid and victorious c...
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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 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 5:3; Acts 19:24; Daniel 3:1; Isaiah 35:4;...