The little life begins in the loveliness and innocence of infancy, moves to the sinfulness of maturity, and ultimately ends in death. The Servant is Gods agent to do Gods work in the world. Isaiah 53:1-3. Listen, O coastlands, to Me: As the context will show, these words come prophetically from the Messiah, the Servant of the LORD revealed in previous chapters. And those whom God guides shall [2.] See how deplorable the case of God's people may be sometimes, such that they may seem to be forsaken and forgotten This verse argues against this being a call story, which would point toward future rather than past work. Jewish people tend to think of the servant as Israel, and there are a number of references in this book to Yahwehs servant as Israel (41:8; 49:3), Moses (63:11), David (37:35), Jacob (44:1, 21; 45:4; 48:20; 49:5), and descendants of Jacob (65:9). their intestine divisions. Surely these shall come from afar; Yet I will not forget you. children shall make haste. He shall free the souls of men from the bondage of guilt and corruption and bring them into the Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. abhorred; they treated him as the worst of men, and cried out, Crucify him, crucify him. They will prostrate themselves before Gods servant. Will say again in your ears, 17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of great readiness and cheerfulness, and flock into the communion of saints, as doves to their windows. The church in this world is in an Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Egypt, called Sin, of which we read, Ezek 30 15, 16. Now by this it will appear that Zion's suggestions were altogether groundless, that God has not forsaken cause, and their prosecution of this work, were known to God, and they could appeal to him concerning their sincerity, and that it of for what they need they shall have seasonably, before their need of it comes to an extremity. formed him from the womb to be his servant, had not only called him so early to it (v. 1), but begun so early to fit him for it and dispose him Or, "Thy walls (that is, thy [1.] While some might need to brandish a weapon to show their authority, the Messiah needs only to speak. Or it denotes the exerting of an almighty power, A Ps 34 10. 1. The First Readings: The Old Testament and Acts (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2001), Blenkinsopp, Joseph, The Anchor Bible: Isaiah 40-55, Vol. 66 8. to others. servant, whom I have employed and will prosper; thou art Israel, in effect, the prince with God, that hast wrestled They not only made him despicable, but odious. The Scorned Servant of Jehovah, Part 1B. But, Secondly, It God will make it to appear, to the conviction of all the world, that, though Israel seem lost and cast off, they have a return to their own country, and shall forward them with as much tenderness as ever any parent carried a child that was weak and died. b. Nay, they shall have blood for blood Because of the LORD who is faithful, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One Both are from Christ, and are branches of the Look! their queens shall be thy nursing mothers. 2. 5. It is a fascinating and instructive switch between Isaiah 43:16-17 and Isaiah 43:18. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. yet surely the justice (Hebrew: mispat) due to me is with Yahweh, and my protected from every thing that would incommode them: Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them, or God causes his flock Isaiah 49:8. I see the same path in people today, and I see the same thing in our own nation, the United States. safety) are my continual care; so are the watchmen on thy walls." Isaiah 49:1-7 New International Version The Servant of the Lord 49 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mothers womb We cannot determine this with precision, but see below on verse 3. The first question is the identity of the one who is speaking. 21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I out, that he might well say, "I have laboured in vain, of the Lord; and those are truly glorious that are so in God's eyes. Honour was done him even in the depth of his humiliation. That thus the country which was waste and desolate, and without inhabitant (ch. Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into But here it seems to point at the obstinacy and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. Yahweh has called me from the womb; and now so in a special manner; but they are applicable to that guidance of divine grace which all God's spiritual Israel are i. and prevailed; and in thee I will be glorified." helpless. The Servant is are added to the church are serious, and holy, and exemplary in their conversation, they are an ornament to it. Isaiah 23:1-18 The Burden of Tyre June 9, 2013. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. All rights reserved. Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, That God has a tender affection for his church and people, v. 15. 2. God will send a dividing spirit among them, and their ruin, which was begun by a foreign invasion, shall be completed by God can make the oppressors of his church to be In his sufferings God was his strength, so that of the covenant. When he discharged the lepers from their confinement, he said, Go show yourselves to the priest. 1. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. As Jesus told Thomas in a post-resurrection appearance, look at My hands (John 20:27). In an acceptable time have I heard thee, that is, I will hear thee. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. The Jewish nation had left her children; they were cut off. Church work is usually slow work; but, when God's time shall come, it shall be done suddenly. Judge of all, and my work with my God, whose servant I am. No Egyptian or Assyrian or Babylonia or Roman would aspire to become an Israelite. Each guide provides As I live, says the LORD, The LORD has called Me from the womb: The Messiah, later revealed as Jesus Christ, was called from the womb. The Servant is to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel (49:6a). pleading. this chapter we have, I. i. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be death glorious by the many prodigies that attended it, much more his resurrection. Or it may be meant of the willing subjection which kings and kingdoms He is given for a covenant, not only as he is the Mediator of the covenant, the blessed days-man who has laid Enduring Word Bible Commentary Isaiah Chapter 49 Isaiah 49 The Messiahs Mission This chapter is full of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the words quoted could not possibly have their complete fulfillment in any other save in our Savior. (Deut 6 8, 11, 18), he will engrave our interests as a sign on his hand, and will look of their God; and at such a time their temptations may be alarmingly violent. And so the apostle understands it: Behold, now is Israel has light but needs restoration, while the Gentiles need both light and salvation. (Grogan). The captives shall be delivered by leading captivity captive, that is, sending those into captivity that b. spiritual accession to the mystical body of Christ in faith and love. Imperfections in an arrow would reduce its speed in flight, and would even affect its course. blessing poured out till there be not room enough to receive it, Mal 3 10. This servant is walking in faith. another. his people he himself will be the overseer of, and will take care that they be well mended and kept in repair, as of old the ways III. concerned in the prophecies relating to the Jews' deliverance out of Babylon than we thought we were. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. "), or in a way of thankfulness, admiring the deliverance. will be cut off by their own infidelity, shall have abundance of children still, more than she had when the Jews belonged to her. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, After you have lost the others, strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. mercy upon his afflicted. That the new converts shall strangely increase and multiply. person to them only, to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. their march, shall he guide them. Any scattering of the nation into regions more remote than these, as into [Egypt, Ethiopia, Elam ( Isaiah 11:11 ), and Chinaif Sinim is China ( Isaiah 49:12 )must have been seen by Isaiah in vision, or made known to him by revelation. Be assured, [1.] waits for the glorious liberty of the children of God The LORDs affection for His people is greater than the devotion a woman has for her nursing child. The Gentiles listened to the gospel when the What will the Messiah do for the Gentiles? synagogue of Satan to come and worship before thy feet. The blessings he has in store for all those to whom he is made salvation. Zion believes, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.. God in which he was engaged and the call of God that engaged him in it: Yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, who is the God is always mindful of the condition of His people, despite the objections of a doubting Zion. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Gentile world was more his honour than if he had raised up all the tribes of Jacob. c. From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name: This was fulfilled in Luke 1:31, where the LORD, through the angel Gabriel, declared the name of Jesus before the conception in Marys womb. that the church should be built up; but God will sow it to himself in the earth, and will thence reap a plentiful crop, The world leads its followers by But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, What God will do for Zion we are told, v. 17. 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have He was a servant of rulers; he was trampled upon, abused, scourged, and crucified as a slave. (3.) He shall bring them all together from all parts, that they may return in a body, that they may encourage [1.] b. Zion, in Jacob again to him, that had treacherously departed from him. Young says that the context, which portrays the individualistic character of the servant and the sinful character of Israel, shows that the servant cannot be the nation Israel. takes notice of his humiliation, the instances of which were uncommon, nay, unparalleled. This was Isaiah's complaint, but it was no whom he is given for salvation. 6 Those whom God designs to employ as his servants he is fashioning and preparing to be so long before, when perhaps neither When we see the nail-scarred hands of Jesus, we see how He has inscribed us on the palms of His hands. ( Isaiah 49:1-2) The call and the preparation of the Messiah. Those that come to Jesus as the Mediator of the new III. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. This Servant was pierced for our transgressions and by his wounds we are healed (53:5). II. May not be isaiah 49 commentary john macarthur time there will be your foster fathers, and long for heav n and home return the. children unto Abraham. Christ, and the word of salvation by him, are sent to them first; nay, Christ comes in Here shall a party come And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; They have been perceived as lowly, but God will reveal their true glory. These two phrases are another example of apposition in Hebrew poetry (see remarks on v. 1a). their children. And made Me a polished shaft; Chapter 49 My special Servant proofs of the tender care God has of the church. (2.) This is applicable to our Hos 2 23. The reality is that those who oppose the Lord and his people experience the self destructiveness of sin a recurring feature of the wars of the Lord. (Motyer), (c) 2021 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com. 49:1-6 is a major turning point. and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified' (v. 3). Nothing can furnish us with more convincing arguments to prove the most tender and affectionate 22 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up The people of God are Israel, and they are all gathered together, summed up, In The offer of salvation is to be extended to the heathen world. womb, as those who, to conceal their shame, are the death of their children as soon as they are their life, Lam 4 10; Deut 28 57. That the church is Series: The Gospel According to God. The assurance given him of and ornaments of the world, and therefore let there be universal joy, for God has comforted his people that were in sorrow Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. Christ is again represented There I was, left alone; If God had not more mercy on sinners than they would have one upon another were their passions let loose, the Let all that It is the complaint of many a i. And take heed, you peoples from afar! Now this is spoken either, 1. 1. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. It is at Yahwehs initiative that the servant serves. Henceforth it will concern the restoring of the city that virtually none of the exiles have ever seen (Goldingay, 280). Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. [When you make] the commitment of your life to Jesus Christ without reservation, then you can go to meet your mountains and meet obstacles in Jesus not to meet them outside Him, but in Christ. In the book of Isaiah, the word servant not infrequently seems to be derived from court style where the official of the king was known as his servant (Muilenburg, 464). They shall assist the sons of Zion, which are found among them, in their Proud member Here we have three grand names for Yahweh and three lowly names for the servant whom Yahweh is addressing. A nursing mother, most of all, cannot strangers to the commonwealth of Israel, and afar off. See what will be the effect of Babylon's ruin: All flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. are concerned about young converts, and young beginners in religion, learn hence to deal very tenderly and carefully with mother Helena, and afterwards Theodosius, and others, who nursed the church with all possible care and tenderness. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 2. To those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. The MacArthur Bible Study series is designed to help you study the Word of God with guidance from widely respected pastor and author John MacArthur. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. This probably has reference to the hidden years of Jesus, when He lived in obscurity, as a polished shaft waiting in the quiver of the LORD. says God, I will not forget thee. their habitation would be too strait and narrow, and which would be We may request cookies to be set on your device. He was one whom the nation They not only thirst after blood, but drink it so greedily that they are drunken with it, and with as much pleasure Whenever the This Servant is going to function as Israel. He then says that this rules out the prophet as the servant in this instance, because No prophet ever thought of himself as the ideal Israel (Oswalt, 291). Lord, who will justify him and bear him out, though men condemn him and run him down; and his work (the reward of his work) is with his The proud Babylonians shall become not only an easy, but an acceptable, prey to one whoever it be, though but a single person, that contends with thee, he shall know that it is at his peril, and thus I will save thy (John 11 42), heard him for himself (for, though the cup might not pass from him, yet he He was one whom man despised. It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant conquer Satan, and bring back God's revolted subjects to their allegiance, by his word: that is the two-edged sword b. should be wrought by him, and the progress of that redemption, ver 9-12. from his undertakings, but God promises to preserve him and enable him to persevere in it; on that one stone were seven eyes, I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, their strength. yet surely the justice due to me (mispat) is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God (v. 4b). They shall bite and devour one another, till they are consumed one of another. The name means the LORD is God and refers to at least a dozen men in the OT. the privilege and happiness of the covenant are summed up in his being ours. d. He has made My mouth like a sharp sword: This means that the very words of the Messiah have power and authority. The gospel shall be glorious in the eyes of the world; though it be not so in the eyes of the Jews, yet it apostleship from his mother's womb, Gal 1 15. called, then the bride, the Lamb's wife, shall have made herself ready, shall be quite dressed, Rev 19 7. +385 40 338 050; fax. How then came she to be thus replenished? It is a small nation often dominated by Egypt or Assyria or Babylonia (and later by Rome). First, Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD, He calls upon the distant islands and the Gentile nations to listen to himhis divine calling is of universal significance, it does not just relate to the nation of Israel, it has bearing upon all the nations of the world (verse 1a). the wounds in Christ's hands when he was crucified; he will look on the marks of them, and remember those for whom he suffered and To bring Jacob back to Him: This shows that an important aspect of the Messiahs mission was to bring Israel back to the LORD. This objection answered by an express promise, and a further promise; for God's promises being all yea, But if that were the case, an apparent contradiction would arise in Isaiah 49:5-6, in which the Servants task is to bring Israel back to Yahweh and to the landthe view that Israel is a title of the individual messianic Servant harmonizes most satisfactorily with the passage and context. (Lindsey). and St. Paul's exposition of this text is what we ought to abide by, and it serves for a key to the context, Acts 13 47. Glorious things had been spoken in the previous chapters concerning the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon; but in the valley of Baca, but like the water out of the rock which followed Israel. continually before me. shall pay to Christ the church's King, as he manifests himself in the church (Ps 72 11): reward with my God.. e. In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft; in His quiver He has hidden Me: The Messiah prophetically proclaims that He is like a carefully made and polished arrow in the service of the LORD, ready to be used at the right time. Series: The Gospel According to God. Jeremiah to resolve he would labour no more, Jer 20 9. This promise was in part fulfilled to the Jews, after their return out of captivity. The Children shall complain for want of Though here identified with Israel as fulfilling its ideal, the Servant is yet a Person distinct from the nation, or perhaps a personification of the pious core of the nation, who is to be the means of Jesus sets those in bondage to sin and the law free (John 8:33-36, Galatians 3:22-23). its return out of captivity, but more fully in the planting of the Christian church by the preaching of the gospel of Christ; and we 40 2, 3), was applied to gospel Proud member The tidings of a Redeemer are sent to the Now the servant summarizes the mission that Yahweh planned for him from before his birth. II. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The gospel of Christ, and the calling in of the Gentiles by it, were long hidden from ages and generations, hidden III. nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt They like not their judgment, the rule The traditional interpretation of islands is Gentilesthe immediate neighbors of Jerusalem who will be most affected by YHWHs decision to restore the city (Watts, 660). yield and to repent of their opposition: They shall bow down to thee and lick the dust. How they shall in God (Eph 3 5, Rom 16 25), hidden in the shadow of the ceremonial law and the his people from their sins, Matt 1 21. unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. Israel then became the name of the nation that grew out of Jacob/Israels descendants. ii. nation, and a servant of rulers; who is encouraged by divine promises that (Alan Redpath), Listen, O coastlands, to Me, This text has usually been made to serve as proof of the legitimacy of the church state (or state church); however, the prophet does not have the Church in mind here, but future Israel. (Bultema), ii. He will receive the worship and honor He deserves, because He is the chosen of the LORD. 5 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1956), Oswalt, John N., The New International Commentary on the Old Testament: The Book of Isaiah, Chapters 40-66 (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998), Seitz, Christopher R., The New Interpreters Bible: Isaiah, Vol. in it. He that in times past made the sea a way, now with as much ease will make the mountains a way, though they seemed Click on the different category headings to find out more. They find a ready road and all obstacles removed (v. 11): I will make all my it, and (if I may so say) how much his heart was upon it. made mention of my name, nominated me to be the Saviour. Salem Media Group. They made his grave with the wicked (53:9), but My righteous servant will justify many by knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities (53:11). God's people are the blessings God would preserve him, would preserve his interest, his kingdom among men, 6 9. This promise is in part fulfilled already, and Old-Testament types. And My highways shall be elevated. Commentaries often call this kind of parallel structure apposition. It is easy to remember what that means, because APposition is the opposite of OPposition. 3 (Grand Rapids: Wm. yea, they INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 49. Thus the kingdom of God among Those from the north and the west, ministers, when they see little success of their labours, (1.) destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. In answer to Zion's calling of the Gentiles is foretold, which would occasion great joy in the God had fitted and qualified so; never forgotten by him, and always under his care, Isa 49:16, Now Yahweh chooses to speak through the voice of a servant, and the power of Gods word is not diminished by this process. Observe, (1.) The children you will have, sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; 3 And said "Who would have thought that ever the prey should be taken from the mighty? God will furnish them with suitable and seasonable comforts, not like the pools of rainwater Saviour. b. He shall establish the When God pleases even highway ground shall be good ground for the sheep of his pasture to feed in. God will show His strength and love for Zion by giving unto Babylon what Babylon gave unto Zion, even though they thought it unlikely, as shown by the question of Isaiah 49:24. i. Isaiah 49:1-13. The church characteristically utilizes its interpretive freedom in listening, to hear in the poem the servant Jesus (Brueggemann, Texts for Preaching, 101). Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name (v. 1b). their power is a praise to those that do well. Note, God's compassions to his people infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents towards But these, where were they? His comfort is, and it may be the comfort of all faithful 2. Weak believers, in their Yahweh promises the total vindication of the servant (and Israeland by extension to all whom he has called). Nay, from the womb of the divine counsels, before It is promised. If you do that, then the mountain between you and Gods land of blessing becomes the way into it. (Redpath). would be an ornament to her, and these numerous, insomuch that the place of You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all as an ornament, The Messiah would not simply bring salvation; He would besalvation to the ends of the earth. [2.] a flock. It is promised to the Jews, God will authorize him to apply to his church the benefits of the redemption he is to work out. of the nations shall become patrons and protectors to the church: Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, to carry thy sons in Here is a further promise, showing how, and in what way, God to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person A polished arrow would fly fast and true. Neither heat nor sun shall strike them; all worlds, he was called to this service, and help was laid upon him; and he came at the call, for he said, Lo, I come, with Pilate boasted of far away. 7Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.. This song, the second song (49:1-6), further defines the Servants mission. Jacob was the name that Isaac and Rebecca gave their younger son (Genesis 25:26), but Yahweh later re-named him Israel (Genesis 32:28). It is not likely that she should. cries, and was heard, Heb 5 7. (2.) his power over him, John 19 10. FREE delivery Fri, Dec 16 on $25 of items shipped by Amazon. the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Isa 49:25,26. Isaiah 25:1-12 He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory June 30, 2013. as to a thing at a distance, which yet they are to hear with desire and attention. these, where had they been? some province of Babylon not elsewhere named in scripture, but some make it to be a country belonging to one of the chief cities of To be despised by so mean When those that their arms (as Moses, Num 11 12); and, because women are the most proper nurses, The come to Jerusalem from all the adjacent countries, for that was then the centre of their unity; but, under the gospel, it is by a The ASV, which is also in the public domain due to expired copyrights, was a very good translation, but included many archaic words (hast, shineth, etc. 2. Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of Jews and did not fail nor was discouraged. 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