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AWAKE, AWAKE - This verse commences a new subject (see the analysis of
the chapter). It is the solemn and impassioned entreaty of those who
were in exile that God would interpose in their behalf, as h...
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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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AN APPEAL TO YAHWEH TO DISPLAY HIS MIGHT AS OF OLD. Let Yahweh's
strong arm manifest its power as it did in slaying the dragon Rahab,
the personification of the mighty deep regarded as the power of Ch...
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AWAKE. Same word as in Isaiah 52:1. Not the same as in Isaiah 51:17.
Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (for emphasis).
ARM. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._
BAHAB. Egypt. Compare Psalms 87:4;...
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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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DISCOURSE: 959
THE CHURCH PLEADING WITH GOD
Isaiah 51:9. _Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O arm of the Lord!
awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not
it that hath cut...
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AWAKE, &C.— _Rouse, rouse,_ &c. _Rouse,—art thou not that which
hewed down Egypt, which mortally wounded the crocodile_ or _dragon?_
Isaiah 51:11. _And the redeemed,_ &c. _upon their head: joy and
gla...
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TRUST IN JEHOVAH
TEXT: Isaiah 51:9-16
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days
of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst
cut Rahab in p...
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the
ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut
Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
AWAKE! AWAKE! PUT ON STRENG...
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51:9 thou (f-27) 'Thou He' = 'The Same.' see ch. 37.16; Deuteronomy
32:39 ; Nehemiah 9:6 , &c. Rahab (g-31) i.e. Egypt. see ch. 30.7....
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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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AWAKE, AWAKE. — Who is the speaker that thus bursts into this grand
apostrophe? (1) The redeemed and ideal Israel, or (2) the Servant of
the Lord, or (3) the prophet, or (4) Jehovah, as in self-commun...
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עוּרִ֨י עוּרִ֤י לִבְשִׁי ־עֹז֙
זְרֹ֣ועַ יְהוָ֔ה ע֚וּרִי כִּ֣ ימֵי
קֶ֔דֶם דֹּרֹ֖ות עֹולָמִ֑ים הֲ לֹ֥וא...
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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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Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the
ancient days, (h) in the generations of old. [Art] thou not that which
hath cut (i) Rahab, [and] wounded the (k) dragon?
(h) He...
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_Proud. Hebrew, "Rahab," Pharao, king of Egypt, Job xxvi. 12., and
Ezechiel xxix. 3. (Calmet) --- God drowned in the water, which had
retired for Israel. He will thus destroy the devil. (Worthington)_...
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This precious portion seems to be as in answer to what had been said
before. The Lord had been giving exceeding great and precious promises
to his people, and now his people, as with one voice, makes...
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9._Awake, awake. _Here the Prophet instructs us, that, when God cheers
us by his promises, we ought also to pray earnestly that he would
perform what he has promised. He does not comfort us in order t...
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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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AWAKE, AWAKE, PUT ON STRENGTH, O ARM OF THE LORD,.... The Septuagint
and Arabic versions take the words to be an address to Jerusalem; and
the Syriac version to Zion, as in Isaiah 51:17, but wrongly:...
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the
ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath
cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?
Ver. 9. _Awake, awake, O a...
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Isa. 51:9. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon. "The word Rahab here is not the same with Rahab the harlot in
Joshua. The Hebrew words are slightly different The word signifies...
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_Awake, awake_, &c. The prophet, by an elegant figure, addresses
himself to God, to stir up and exert his power in behalf of his
oppressed people, as he did in former times, when he delivered them
out...
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THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
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9-16 The people whom Christ has redeemed with his blood, as well as by
his power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He that
designs such joy for us at last, will he not work such delive...
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AWAKE, AWAKE, thou who hast carried thyself like one asleep, and
unconcerned for thy people, and unable to save them. The prophet
having foretold what great things God would do for his church, and
lon...
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Isaiah 51:9 Awake H5782 (H8798) awake H5782 (H8798) on H3847 (H8798)
strength H5797 arm H2220 LORD H3068 Awake H5782 (H8798) ancient H6924
days H3117 generations H1755 old H5769 cut H2672 (H8688) Raha...
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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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ART THOU NOT
The reference is to Egypt (Isaiah 30:7) at the Exodus....
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Isaiah 51:9 ; ISAIAH 52:1
Notice:
I. The occurrence in the Church's history of successive periods of
energy and of languor. The uninterrupted growth would be best; but if
that has not been, then the...
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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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_Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord_
THE AWAKING OF ZION
(with Isaiah 52:1 (A)):--Both these verses are, I think, to be
regarded as spoken by one voice, that of the Servant of the Lord...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:9 God’s power for his people is always
active, opening new ways forward through the gospel.
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A CALL TO MORAL HEROISM
Isaiah 51:7. _Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, &c._
A beautiful description of God’s people. They know righteousness.
His law is in their hand.
I. THE PEOPLE OF G...
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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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Ezekiel 29:3; Habakkuk 2:19; Habakkuk 3:13; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 51:17;
Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 53:1; Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 59:17;...
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Put on — Put forth thy strength. Rahab — Egypt, from its pride or
strength. The dragon — Pharaoh so called, Psalms 74:13....