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Verse Isaiah 51:5. _MY RIGHTEOUSNESS_ IS _NEAR_] The word צדק
_tsedek,_ _righteousness_, is used in such a great latitude of
signification, for justice, truth, faithfulness, goodness, mercy,
deliveran...
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MY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NEAR - The word ‘righteousness’ is used in a
great variety of significations. Here it means, probably, the faithful
completion of his promises to his people (Lowth).
MY SALVATION...
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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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ISLES. MARITIME COUNTRIES. See note on Isaiah 11:11.
WAIT. Compare Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 60:9.
TRUST. hope. Hebrew. _yahal._ App-69. Not the same word as in Isaiah
50:10....
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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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HEARKEN, &C.— The prophet, continuing the discourse of the Messiah,
explains particularly what he had expressed in general, and shews that
the first benefit prepared for the comfort of the afflicted c...
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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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My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms
shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm
shall they trust.
MY RIGHTEOUSNESS (IS) NEAR - i:e., My fa...
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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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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 li...
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MINE ARMS SHALL JUDGE THE PEOPLE. — Literally, _the peoples,_
including Israel and the heathen. The work of judgment thus, as ever,
comes first; after it the _isles_ (_i.e.,_ far-off countries), as
re...
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קָרֹ֤וב צִדְקִי֙ יָצָ֣א יִשְׁעִ֔י וּ
זְרֹעַ֖י עַמִּ֣ים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ
אֵלַי֙ אִיִּ֣ים יְקַוּ֔וּ וְ אֶל
־זְרֹעִ֖י
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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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My (e) righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and my (f)
arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on my
arm shall they trust.
(e) The time that I will accomplish m...
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_Just. Christ, prefigured by Cyrus, whose empire was very mild, chap.
xliv. 28._...
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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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5._My righteousness is near. _He confirms the former doctrine. The
“righteousness” of the Lord has relation to men, who know by
experience that he is “righteous.” While the people were oppressed
by cr...
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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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MY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NEAR,.... These are either the words of God the
Father, and to be understood not of his essential righteousness, nor
of his vindictive justice; but of the righteousness of his Son,...
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My righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms
shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm
shall they trust.
Ver. 5. _My righteousness,_] _i.e., _ My...
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_Hearken unto me, my people_ Ye Jews, whom I chose to be my peculiar
people, do not reject my counsel, which, I have told you, even the
Gentiles will receive, nor forsake the mercies of which even the...
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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 th...
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MY RIGHTEOUSNESS; my salvation, as it is expounded in the next clause,
the redemption of all my people, both Jews and Gentiles, which is the
effect of his _righteousness_; either his justice, or his
f...
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Isaiah 51:5 righteousness H6664 near H7138 salvation H3468 forth H3318
(H8804) arms H2220 judge H8199 (H8799) peoples H5971 coastlands H339
wait H6960 (H8762) arm H2220 trust H3176 (H8762)
righteousn...
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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 51:1. _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._ C...
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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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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_,_ _"He...
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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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1 Samuel 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Acts 17:31; Deuteronomy 30:14;
Ezekiel 47:1; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 46:13;
Isaiah 49:1
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My righteousness — My salvation, the redemption of all my people,
Jews and Gentiles, which is the effect of his righteousness, his
justice, faithfulness, or mercy. Is gone — Shall shortly go forth.
Ju...