As one chosen by him: He is my elect. 10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. Pray for partnerships between Bethlehem College & Seminary and churches in the islands. Let them shout from the top of the mountains! 4. Amen. In his teaching(M) the islands(N) will put their hope.(O), 5This is what God the Lord saysthe Creator of the heavens,(P) who stretches them out,who spreads out the earth(Q) with all that springs from it,(R)who gives breath(S) to its people,and life to those who walk on it:6I, the Lord, have called(T) you in righteousness;(U)I will take hold of your hand. The conversion of the Gentiles is often foretold under this notion, as appears, Rom 15 9-11. We may all of us, if we will, hear the voice of God, and we are called and invited to hear it. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. These are great things, and kind things, very great and very kind; but lest any should say, "They are too great, too kind, to be expected from God by such an undeserving people as that of the Jews, such an undeserving world as that of the Gentiles," he adds, These things will I do unto them, take my word for it I will, and I will not forsake them; he that begins to show this great mercy will go on to do them good. {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}
The nation had become so corrupt. By his Spirit in the word he presents the object; by his Spirit in the heart he prepared the organ. The majority Nor ought we to wonder that the Prophet labors so hard to arouse them when they were reduced to the greatest straits, and had no longer any hope of safety. V. The counsel given them in order to their relief; for, though their case be sad, it is not desperate. The fire of God's wrath kindled upon him, and he knew it not, was not aware of it, took no notice of the judgments, at least not of the hand of God in them. Isaiah 42:13 (KJV) Square Portrait Landscape 4K UHD The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. G Version, given in Matthew 12:21, "In His name shall the Gentiles hope," is a paraphrase rather than a translation. Jacob and Israel would never have been given up to the robbers if they had not by their iniquities sold themselves. The rude and most barbarous, as the mountaineers commonly are, shall be civilized by the gospel. 2. How it is so totally illogical for a man to make his own god, and you'll get into that pretty soon.He said. WebThe islands have seen, and fear. The Babylonians shall when they see how the Jews, who despise their images, are owned and delivered by the God they worship without images, and the Gentiles when they see how idolatry falls before the preaching of the gospel, is scattered like darkness before the light of the sun, and melts like snow before its heat. There is no absurdity in this command, nor is it unbecoming the wisdom and goodness of God to call us to do that good which yet of ourselves we are not sufficient for; for those have natural powers which they may employ so as to do better than they do, and may have supernatural grace if it be not their own fault, who yet labour under a moral impotency to that which is good. (2.) Now here again is the same thing. He will lead his people out of the blindness and darkness of captivity back to the land of their ancestors (14-16). A new song arises in Scripture when someone has learned of something powerful and good that God has done or will do (cf. Satan shall fall as lightning from heaven, and he that had the power of death shall be destroyed. God owns that the Messiah did not take the honour of being Mediator to himself, but was called of God, that he was no intruder, no usurper, but was fairly brought to it (Hebrews 5:4): I have called thee in righteousness. Isaiah 42:4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law." But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor" ( Hebrews 2:8-9 ). As our students have opportunities to serve there and we have opportunities to train students from the islands, we can continue to spread the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ to the Hawaiian islands, and from there to many places in and around the Pacific Rim.
+. Let the Old-Testament saints behold and remember him. 2 Psalms 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-17, 25. You can see hes primed for action. And St. Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes, Acts 26 18. He will destroy and devour at once all the oppositions of the powers of darkness. 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And thus he accomplishes what he undertook. Taiwan's defence ministry said eight Chinese warships and 42 fighter jets were detected around the island on Saturday, as China announced three days of military drills. WebIsaiah 42:12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. Webwith all the far-flung islands joining in. The ratification and confirmation of this grant. Now I will make new promises, which shall as certainly be fulfilled in their season as old ones were; now I will bestow new favours, such as have not been conferred formerly. (V)I will keep(W) you and will make youto be a covenant(X) for the peopleand a light(Y) for the Gentiles,(Z)7to open eyes that are blind,(AA)to free(AB) captives from prison(AC)and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. Note, Jesus Christ is very tender toward those that have true grace, though they are but weak in it, and accepts the willingness of the spirit, pardoning and passing by the weakness of the flesh. But this is a people that are robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. Rubin, Uri. (1.) Web42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. WebIsaiah 42:15 KJV copy save I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? WebAs the denomination was still forming in the U.S.A., it sent missionaries to Cape Verde, an Atlantic island nation. 45:4; Is. God's judgment is first going to come, making waste the earth in the Great Tribulation period. Let the villagers in Sela round up a choir and perform from the tops of the mountains. 40 22), and keeps the vast expanse still upon the stretch. Now, this being the new thing which God declares, the newness of the song which is to be sung on this occasion is this, that whereas, before, the songs of the Lord were very much confined to the temple at Jerusalem (David's psalms were in the language of the Jews only, and sung by them in their own country only; for, when they were in a strange land, they hung their harps on the willow-trees and could not sing the Lord's song, as we find, Psalms 137:2-4), now the songs of holy joy and praise shall be sung all the world over. (AF)I will not yield my glory to another(AG)or my praise to idols. It is indeed the duty of all men to sing praise to God, for there is no person who is not bound to it by the strongest obligations; but more lofty praises ought to proceed from those on whom more valuable gifts have been bestowed. He will not break the bruised reed, but will strengthen it, that it may become a cedar in the courts of our God. TAIPEI, Taiwan: Taiwan's defence ministry said eight Chinese warships and 42 fighter jets were detected around the island on Saturday, as China announced three days of military drills. There has not failed one word,1 Kings 8:56. Conjeceram legendum yegidu, ut Isaiah 42:12; sed non favent Versiones. He prophesies this guy's knees shaking. The likenesses and the stupidity of making their own gods. It said, "He came to His own, and His own received Him not" ( John 1:11 ). 11 2), not by measure, as on others of God's servants, but without measure. 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Perhaps the neighbouring countries shared in the joy of the Israelites when they returned out of Babylon and some of them came and joined with them in their praises; but we find not that it was to any such degree as might fully answer this illustrious prophecy, and must conclude that it reaches further, and was fulfilled in that which many other prophecies of the joy of the nations are said in the New-Testament to be fulfilled in, the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith of Christ. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. But when the name of God, the Yahweh, the consonants Y-H-V-H which are in the text, that stands for the name of God. Let them declare his praise in the islands, the isles of the Gentiles, probably referring to the islands of Greece.
He promises to stand by him and strengthen him in it, to hold his hand, not only to his work, but in it, to hold his hand, that it might not shake, that it might not fail, and so to keep him. The assurances which he gives to the Messiah of his presence with him in all he did pursuant to his undertaking speak much encouragement to him, v. 6.
II. 27:6). God not only did him no wrong in calling him to this hard service, he having voluntarily offered himself to it, but did himself right in providing for his own honour and performing the word which he had spoken. A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; The prophet, having spoken by way of comfort and encouragement to the believing Jews who waited for the consolation of Israel, here turns to those among them who were unbelieving, for their conviction and humiliation. They that go down upon the sea means navigators, sailors, traders, such as do business in great waters; an idea much too confined for the prophet, who means the sea in general, The prophet goes on (v. 20) to describe the blindness and obstinacy of the Jewish nation, just as our Saviour describes it in his time (Matt 13 14, 15): Seeing many things, but thou observest not. Note, (1.)
2. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? Sea-faring men are called upon to praise God, Ps 107 23. Before they spring forth in the preaching of the gospel I tell you of them, under the type and figure of the former things." Isaiah 42:14 (KJV) III. WebThe New King James Version rightly capitalizes Servant because the context demonstrates this is a clear reference to Jesus. ( Isaiah 42:16-19 ), Israel was so blind to the things of God. Let the desert and its camps raise a tune, calling the Kedar nomads to join in. And that is a constant danger because of our flesh which delights in glory and recognition and fame and honor. 2. By Dennis Clayton Sports Editor. They are robbed and spoiled. He shall cry, in the preaching of his word, cry like a travailing woman; for the ministers of Christ preached as men in earnest, and that travailed in birth again till they saw Christ formed in the souls of the people, Gal 4 19. 11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. WebPassages in Psalms, Isaiah and Jeremiah about distant shores and the islands of the sea clearly contradict the isolationist thinking that says, "We have so much work to do for God here at home before we can ever think about the rest of the world." did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned?
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. Isaiah 42:2-3. Isaiah called on everyone to praise the Lord because the Servants ministry would benefit the whole earth. {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah. [6] Isaiah 42 is a part of the Consolations (Isaiah 4066). (1.) [2.] These lay east from Jerusalem, as the islands lay west, so that the gospel songs should be sung from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. 5. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets. 3. Weband proclaim his praise in the islands. He sets judgment in the earth. 3. Soon after the announcement by China, Taiwan's defence ministry said it had detected a total of 42 Chinese warplanes over the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from the Chinese mainland. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The isles - A large portion of the inhabitants of the world are dwellers upon islands. This same God, however, will destroy those who fight against him (13).God himself then speaks. His commission opened, which he received from the Father, ver 5-9. In Hebrews it said, "God has put all things in subjection under Him. and his praise from the end of the earth; thither the Gospel being sent, and there made effectual to the conversion of many, these are exhorted to sing and show forth the praises of him who had called them out of Heathenish blindness and darkness into the marvellous light of the Gospel and grace of God: ye that go down into the sea; in ships, that trade by sea; such as the Phoenicians, Tyrians, and Sidonians, to whom the Gospel came, and where it was preached with success, to the conversion of many of them, and therefore had reason to join in this new song; see Acts 11:19 or such that went by sea to distant parts, on purpose to publish the Gospel, as Paul, Barnabas, Silas, and Timothy; and who, succeeding in their work, had reason to rejoice; see Acts 13:4: and all that is therein: or "the fulness of it" s; meaning not the fishes in it, but the islands of it, as next explained: the isles, and the inhabitants thereof; as Cyprus, Crete, and other isles, which heard the joyful sound of the Gospel, and embraced it.
This is one of them. Well, in the book of Isaiah, it most immediately refers to the islands in the Mediterranean Sea Isaiah Cohran picks up a short gain for the Bulldogs in the first quarter. The Jews salvation out of bondage in Babylon will be a sign and a guarantee of a much wider salvation that is yet to come (8-9).This statement of Gods purposes brings forth an outburst of praise. 3. By the wilderness and the cities thereof, and the villages of Kedar. They, and all they have, are for a prey and for a spoil; and there is none that delivers either by force or ransom, nor any that dares say to the proud oppressors, Restore. Yahweh, the eternal God and all-powerful redeemer, needs no help from idols in this. (2.) 49:3. Acts 13:4, and, as the sea often denotes the western part of the world from Judea, this may design the European parts of it, and the islands in it, particularly ours of Great Britain and Ireland, whither the Gospel came very early. Besides, he does not exhort one or a few nations to do this, but all the nations in the world; for to all of them Christ was sent. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Even before the landmark Pilot Point merger, Caribbean island Cuba tied with Canada as the fourth nation entered by the developing Nazarene movement. Isaiah 42:10-12.
A 2022 Yahoo News poll shows that nearly half of us (49%) fear that we may be coming to see the end of real democracy in America. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. III. They cannot help themselves, for they are snared. He speaks as one well pleased, ch. Isaiah 16:1). These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. Observe. The scripture was fulfilled in the casting off of the Jews as well as in the calling in of the Gentiles, and therein the Lord will be well pleased. "To bring out the prisoners from the prison": cf. God forbid, Rom 3 3, 4. 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. 3 A bruised reed he will not break, BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. The Father bore him up, and bore him out, in his upholding him; he stood by him and strengthened him. The verse before may be understood as spoken to the Gentile idolaters, whom he calls deaf and blind, because they worshipped gods that were so. This chapter is divided into 25 verses. II. WebIsaiah 42:10 New International Version Song of Praise to the Lord 10 Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in A prophecy of the Messiah's coming with meekness, and yet with power, to do the Redeemer's work, ver 1-4. III. He promises to stand by him and strengthen him in it, to hold his hand, not only to his work, but in it, to hold his hand, that it might not shake, that it might not fail, and so to keep him. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
WebThe Servant of the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song,. On account of the new things before prophesied of, and now done; on account of redemption and salvation by Christ, and the conversion of the Gentiles through the light of the Gospel brought among them; the song of redeeming love, and for the Gospel, and regenerating grace; and not the Jews only, but the Gentiles also, are called upon to sing this song, as having a special share in the blessings, the subject of it: hence it follows. ", These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. The eye of the beholder: the life of Muammad as viewed by the early Muslims: a textual analysis. 
In the lower world: for he spread forth the earth, and made it a capacious habitation, and that which comes out of it is produced by his power. Old-Testament blessings you have had abundantly; now I declare New-Testament blessings, not a fruitful country and dominion over your neighbours, but spiritual blessings in heavenly things. In the world of mankind: He gives breath to the people upon it, not only air to breathe in, but the breath of life itself and organs to breathe with; nay, he gives spirit, the powers and faculties of a rational soul, to those that walk therein. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. He will particularly put those to confusion who adhere to idols notwithstanding the attempts made by the preaching of the gospel to turn them from idols (v. 17): They shall be turned back, and greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images. And St. Paul was sent to the Gentiles to open their eyes,Acts 26:18. You know he did; consider it then, and hear his voice in these judgments." Geneva Study Bible Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. Though he meets with hard service and much opposition, and foresees how ungrateful the world will be, yet he goes on with his part of the work, till he is able to say, Is is finished; and he enables his apostles and ministers to go on with theirs too, and not to fail nor be discouraged, till they also have finished their testimony. Soon after the announcement by China, Taiwan's defence ministry said it had detected a total of 42 Chinese warplanes over the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from the Chinese mainland. s "et plenitudo ejus", Munster, Pagainus, Montanus. or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? But in the NT, the prophecies of the nations coming to hope in Israels God are applied broadly, to include every tribe, tongue, people, and nation (Rev 5:9). As weve served here at Bethlehem College & Seminary, we have stayed involved with ministry in the islands, leading ministry trips there, including a trip next month in partnership with Training Leaders International. By the wilderness and the cities thereof, and the villages of Kedar. Vol. Perhaps the neighbouring countries shared in the joy of the Israelites when they returned out of Babylon and some of them came and joined with them in their praises; but we find not that it was to any such degree as might fully answer this illustrious prophecy, and must conclude that it reaches further, and was fulfilled in that which many other prophecies of the joy of the nations are said in the New-Testament to be fulfilled in, the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith of Christ. He erects his government in the world, a church for himself among men, reforms the world, and by the power of his gospel and grace fixes such principles in the minds of men as tend to make them wise and just. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. If he is the Lord that gives being and birth to all things, he will give being and birth to this promise. Besides, by that exhortation he calls believers to behold the prophecy as actually accomplished, and confirms those promises of which he spoke. We are sure that these verses are to be understood of Christ, for the evangelist tells us expressly that in him this prophecy was fulfilled, Matt 12 17-21. Ye that go down to the sea This seems not to belong to this place; it does not well consist with what follows, "and the fulness thereof." (BL)These are the things I will do;I will not forsake(BM) them.17But those who trust in idols,who say to images, You are our gods,(BN)will be turned back in utter shame. True, we are not originally from the islands, but over two stints living there, we have grown to love the people of Hawaii and the glory of God on display in the many cultures there (admittedly, the weather is not bad either).
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This was what He was challenging the other gods to do. (F)2He will not shout or cry out,(G)or raise his voice in the streets.3A bruised reed(H) he will not break,(I)and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
His testimony was a very powerful one, but not a noisy one. Webthe islands and their inhabitants. In accomplishing this destruction of Babylon by the Persian army under the command of Cyrus, he will make waste mountains and hills, level the country, and dry up all their herbs. He will manifest his favour and grace towards those whose spirits he had stirred up to follow him, as Ezra 1 5. In the upper world; for he created the heavens and stretched them out (ch. He was given for a covenant of the people, for a mediator, or guarantee, of the covenant of grace, which is all summed up in him. The song of joy and praise which should be sung hereupon to the glory of God (Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 42:10): Sing unto the Lord a new song, a New-Testament song. The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. +. In the world of mankind: He gives breath to the people upon it, not only air to breathe in, but the breath of life itself and organs to breathe with; nay, he gives spirit, the powers and faculties of a rational soul, to those that walk therein. When an angel was sent from heaven to strengthen him in his agonies, and the Father himself was with him, then this promise was fulfilled. 52 13 behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. Oxford University Press, 2007, 467-477. That is My name.". ISLAND LAKE, Ill. Former WGN weatherman Jim Ramsey, who passed away April 8, 2022, is being honored by the Village of Island Lake, the place he called home. People living on the farthest seacoasts and in the desert lands should praise Him. He had appeared to be inactive and silent during the time of the Jews captivity in Babylon, but now he will act decisively. 41:8-9; Is.