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FOR THY WASTE AND THY DESOLATE PLACES - Thy land over which ruin has
been spread, and ever which the exile nation mourns.
AND THE LAND OF THY DESTRUCTION - That is, thy land laid in ruins. The
constr...
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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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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.
15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on...
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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy
destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the
inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
THE LAND OF TH...
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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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SHALL EVEN NOW BE TOO NARROW. — Literally, with a vivid abruptness,
_thou shalt be_ ... The over population of the future is contrasted
with the depopulation of the past (Isaiah 3:6; Isaiah 4:1)....
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כִּ֤י חָרְבֹתַ֨יִךְ֙ וְ
שֹׁ֣מְמֹתַ֔יִךְ וְ אֶ֖רֶץ
הֲרִֽסֻתֵ֑יךְ כִּ֤י עַתָּה֙
תֵּצְרִ֣י מִ יֹּושֵׁ֔ב וְ רָחֲק֖וּ
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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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_Inhabitants. The country was better peopled, (Calmet) and Jerusalem
enlarged under the Machabees. (Josephus, Jewish Wars v. 6.)_...
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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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19._For thy desolate places, _he confirms by other words what we have
already seen, that the change which he promised is in the hand of God,
that the Church, which was for a long time waste and desola...
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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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FOR THY WASTE AND THY DESOLATE PLACES, AND THE LAND OF THY
DESTRUCTION,.... Or "thy land of destruction, or thy destroyed land"
n; laid waste and desolate by the enemy, without inhabitants; such
count...
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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy
destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the
inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
Ver. 19. _For thy...
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_For thy waste and desolate places_, &c. He alludes to the land of
Judea lying waste during the Babylonish captivity. Thus the church of
God was in a waste, desolate, and barren state, till the coming...
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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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THY WASTE AND THY DESOLATE PLACES; thy own land, which is now waste
and desolate, and whereof divers parts lay formerly waste and desolate
for want of people to possess and manage them. THE LAND OF TH...
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Isaiah 49:19 waste H2723 places H8074 (H8802) land H776 destruction
H2035 small H3334 (H8799) inhabitants H3427 (H8802) you H1104 (H8764)
away H7368 (H8804)
thy waste - Isaiah 49:8, Isaiah 51:3,...
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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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Ezekiel 36:3; Ezekiel 36:9; Hosea 1:10; Hosea 1:11; Isaiah 49:17;
Isaiah 49:25; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 54:1;...
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Thy waste places — Thy own land, whereof divers parts lie waste for
want of people to possess them. Land of destruction — Which before
was desolate and destroyed....