"Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth."
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Verse Isaiah 49:18. _BIND THEM_ ON THEE, _AS A BRIDE_ DOETH - "Bind
them about thee, as a bride _her jewels_."] The end of the sentence is
manifestly imperfect. Does a bride bind her children, or her...
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LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT - That is, see the multitudes that
shall be converted to thee; see thy ruined city rise again in its
former beauty; see the Gentiles come and yield themselves to the
wor...
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2. THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH, HIS SUFFERING AND HIS GLORY (49-57)
CHAPTER 49
The Servant of Jehovah and His Mission
1. _The servant speaks of himself (Isaiah 49:1)_ 2. _He complains of
failure (Isaiah...
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JERUSALEM SHALL BE FORTHWITH REBUILT AND REPEOPLED. Zion has believed
herself forgotten of Yahweh. But though a mother should forget her
babe He will not forget Zion. His plan for rebuilding it He has...
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BRIDE. First occurrence in this connection....
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Isaiah 49:14 to Isaiah 50:3. The Consolation of Zion
(i) Isaiah 49:14. In an apostrophe to Jerusalem the prophet announces
the speedy return of her population and the rebuilding of her waste
places....
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DISCOURSE: 953
PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH
Isaiah 49:18. Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these
gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the
Lord, Thou shall s...
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THY CHILDREN SHALL MAKE HASTE— General promises comfort the
afflicted less than particular ones: the prophet therefore proceeds to
these, which are drawn from the future benefits to be conferred by Go...
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c. DEJECTED ZION
TEXT: Isaiah 49:14-21
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But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten
me.
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Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on...
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather
themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou
shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bi...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 49
‘MY SPECIAL SERVANT’ In the Book of Isaiah, the meaning of ‘my
(that is, the *Lord’s...
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LIFT UP THINE EYES. — The daughter of Zion is called on to gaze on
the returning exiles. They shall be her gems and her girdle as the
bride of her new espousals. A distant parallel is found in the sto...
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שְׂאִֽי ־סָבִ֤יב עֵינַ֨יִךְ֙ וּ
רְאִ֔י כֻּלָּ֖ם נִקְבְּצ֣וּ בָֽאוּ
־לָ֑ךְ חַי ־אָ֣נִי נְאֻם ־יְהוָ֗ה
כִּ֤י
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CHAPTER XVI
THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 49:1;
Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 52:13
With chapter 42, we reach a distinct stage in our prophecy. The
preced...
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THE LORD CANNOT FORGET HIS OWN
Isaiah 49:14-26
These assurances were given to the chosen race on the eve of their
return from Babylon. They were timid and reluctant to quit the
familiar scenes of th...
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We now commence the section in which the Prince of Peace is most
clearly seen. He is revealed first as sustained through suffering
(Chapter s 49-53), and then as singing in triumph (Chapter s 54-57)....
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Lift up thy eyes around, and behold: all these gather themselves
together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt
surely (z) clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bi...
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The distress of Zion only makes way for the display of divine love;
and if the people of God, in their several exercises (be they what
they may) could but be brought to consider the unceasing and
ever...
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18._Lift up thine eyes round about. _He arouses the Church to survey
this magnificent work, as if it were actually before her eyes, and to
behold the multitudes of men who shall flock into it from eve...
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The Messiah is brought in, for it is He who delivers. But it is a
question apart, so to say. The subject of Christ, and of the people's
guilt with respect to Him, begins with chapter 49, which, with t...
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LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT, AND BEHOLD,.... Look east, west,
north, and south, and behold the flocking converts from all parts; see
on Isaiah 49:12. The words are spoken to the church, and for her...
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Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather
themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD,
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and...
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_Lift up thine eyes round about_ And behold numbers flocking unto thee
from all quarters. _All these shall gather themselves unto thee,_ &c.
Namely, the Gentiles. Thy church, O Zion, shall not only be...
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The Glorification of Zion by Jehovah's Servant...
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18-23 Zion is addressed as an afflicted widow, bereaved of her
children. Numbers flock to her, and she is assured that they come to
be a comfort to her. There are times when the church is desolate and...
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ALL THESE, to wit, the Gentiles, as sufficiently appeareth from what
hath been already said, and from that which followeth. The sense is,
Thy church shall not only be restored and established in Jerus...
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Isaiah 49:18 up H5375 (H8798) eyes H5869 around H5439 see H7200
(H8798) together H6908 (H8738) come H935 (H8804) live H2416 says H5002
(H8803) LORD H3068 clothe H3847 (H8799) ornament H5716 bind H7194...
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THE DESPAIR OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FINAL HOPE (ISAIAH 49:14).
The picture now reverts. Yahweh's call to them was to be His Servant,
but instead they are sitting moaning on the ground. Here the pictur...
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Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from
far; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my
mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth...
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CONTENTS: Israel's coming Redeemer. Preservation and restoration of
Israel and judgment on oppressors.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: God, of old, promised a Redeemer to His people who would
a...
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Isaiah 49:1. _Listen, oh isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people from
far._ The Hebrews reckoned among the isles, not only those of Greece,
but the gentile nations generally, who are represented as wai...
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_They shall not hunger nor thirst_
PROMISE OF CHRIST TO HIS PEOPLE
The people of God are represented as a flock of sheep travelling under
the care of their good shepherd, in the heat of summer, thro...
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THE PROMISED INCREASE OF THE CHURCH
Isaiah 49:18. _Lift up thine eyes round about, &c._
Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in
the reviving of the Jewish church, afte...
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SECTION III. THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD (CH. 49-53).
EXPOSITION
The connection of the present section is especially with Isaiah 42:1,
where the mission of the Servant of Jehovah was first...
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Now in chapter 49, we have a fabulous prophecy of Jesus Christ in the
first seven verses as God speaks of the Redeemer that He is sending.
Listen, O coasts, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far;...
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Galatians 3:28; Galatians 3:29; Genesis 13:14; Genesis 22:16; Hebrews
6:13; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 49:12; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 5
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These — Gentiles. Thy church shall not only be restored, but vastly
enlarged and adorned by the accession of the Gentiles....