Isaiah 4:1. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. (1) And in that day seven women . As the day, so shall the strength be. Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. (1-11) The almighty power of God. Isaiah 41:10 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Isaiah 41:10, NIV: "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Let them remember they took the names Jacob and Israel, from one who found God faithful to him in all his straits. And what will all the titles and possessions of a dying sinner avail, when they leave him under condemnation! We will eat our own bread ... - We do not ask this in order to be maintained. The people of God are reproved for their unbelief and distrust of God. who says of Cyrus, "He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."' CHAPTER 40. His call to a higher degree of the prophetic office ( Isaiah 6:1-13 last year of Uzziah, that is, 754 B.C. What a precious verse for us to consider. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. And may the Lord prepare our hearts by the teaching of his word and the convictions of his Spirit, that high and proud thoughts may be brought down, good desires planted, crooked and rugged tempers made straight and softened, and every hinderance removed, that we may be ready for his will on earth, and prepared for his heavenly kingdom. Isaiah 41:10. About John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible. THE ARCHANGELS AND LAMPSTANDS The book of Revelation also mentions the seven crosses in his right hand and the Angels. The Arabic version adds, "neither in anything will we be troublesome:''. In the great atonement of the death of Christ, the mercy of God is exercised to the glory of his justice. The chapter-break between 9:41 and 10:1, which separates the discourse (10:1-18) from the story of the man born blind (9:1-41), was not present in the original. INTRODUCTION . Satan is the strong man armed; but our Lord Jesus is stronger; and he shall proceed, and do all that he purposes. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. I will strengthen... - Verse-by-Verse Commentary The wife then, as now, assumed the name of the husband. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. © 2020 Christianity.com. Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11 (Read Isaiah 40:1-11) All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Isaiah Explained. Let us be called by thy name; own us for thy wives. Reproach: virginity was esteemed a reproach, especially among that people, because it was a token of contempt from men, and of the curse of God; children, the usual fruit of marriage, being both an honour to their parents before men, and a great blessing of God, especially to that people, from some of whose loins the Messiah was to spring. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. To prove the greatness of God, the prophet appeals to all ages and nations. In that calamitous time. . 342). The preaching of the gospel, and glad tidings of the coming of Christ. Joshua 8:1 - Now the Lord said to Joshua, 'Do not fear or be dismayed. And this again was merely a portion, viz., the central group of the picture of a far more comprehensive judgment, which was about to fall upon everything lofty and exalted on the earth. (Isaiah 41:10, 13) Say to those who are of a fearful heart, 'Be strong, fear not! FOR I AM WITH THEE This is the reason why we should not be afraid. So many men would be slain, that there would be very many more women than men; for example, seven women, contrary to their natural bashfulness, would sue to (equivalent to "take hold of," Isa 3:6) one man to marry them. Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born” Isaiah 40:31 “But they that wait upon the Lord” Isaiah 41:10 “ Fear not, I am with you ” Jeremiah 29:11 “ For I know the plans I have for you ” Ezekiel 23:20 “ There she lusted after her lovers ” Ezekiel 25:17 “ And I will execute great vengeance upon them ” The day I left America for three years in Germany my father called me long distance and gave me this promise on the telephone. When eastern princes marched through desert countries, ways were prepared for them, and hinderances removed. - God told Isaiah to write this around 150 years before Cyrus was born! Most of the commentaries however tend to be older (pre-1900). Behold your God will come with vengeance, with the redemption of God. Seven women - The number "seven" is used often to denote a "large" though "indefinite" number; Leviticus 26:28; Proverbs 24:16; Zechariah 3:9. Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. But take heart! Home > Study Desk. - Isaiah 44:24-28 - "Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb . It comes as the climax of the chastisement of the daughters of Zion, as the companion picture to Isaiah 3:6. Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. Lets break this verse down so that we can see more clearly the blessings and assurance of what it says. To this promise, with which the address returns to its starting-point, the prophet now passes on without any further introduction. Isaiah is quoted directly in the New Testament over 65 times, far more than any other Old Testament prophet, and mentioned by name over 20 times. Without a doubt, this is a verse that was given to bring peace to those who love the Lord. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but having our hearts and our hopes in heaven, we shall be carried above all difficulties, and be enabled to lay hold of the prize of our high calling in Christ Jesus. Those who are ignorant of this, are willingly ignorant. Isaiah 41 and 42 also mentions the fact that it would be God himself that would reveal his Messenger. c. (Isaiah 20:1-6) Trusting in the arm of the flesh (Egypt and Ethiopia) will be futile-always leads to bondage and humiliation and shame. Studylight has an interesting tool called "Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary" - This allows you to quickly see the comments from multiple resources without having to leave the page. JOHN 9:41 – 10:22. May we know our Shepherd's voice, and follow him, proving ourselves his sheep. The reproach is that of being childless. To take away our reproach.—Better, as an imperative, take thou away. They shall run the way of God's commandments cheerfully. God is everywhere all the time? Test drive it and tell us about your experience. And his final aim was that all the peoples of the earth might see YHWH’s unique faithfulness to His people and recognise that it indicated that ‘He is God and there is no other’ (compare 1 Kings 18:39; Deuteronomy 4:35; Isaiah 45:5). There is a separate commentary on Isaiah 41 and 42 on this blog on those passages. Go to index of Isaiah. The nations, in comparison of him, are as a drop which remains in the bucket, compared with the vast ocean; or as the small dust in the balance, which does not turn it, compared with all the earth. Christ is the good Shepherd; he shows tender care for young converts, weak believers, and those of a sorrowful spirit. . And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. This discourse grows out of that story. As men sought eagerly, yet in vain, a protector, so women should seek for a husband. Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. See also Studylight's collection of over 90 Bible commentaries - Bible Commentaries. The expression, 'shall take hold,' denotes the "earnestness" of their application. In fact it needed no introduction, for the judgment in itself was the medium of salvation. All created beings shrink to nothing in comparison with the Creator. When the Lord, by his Spirit, made the world, none directed his Spirit, or gave advice what to do, or how to do it. Click the Bible to visit the new StudyLight.org being developed!! Tons more resources, better tools, NIV84 and easier navigation. Those who had been wooed and courted, and had been proudly fastidious, should supplicate in eager rivalry (the seven women to one man implies a land depopulated by war, and so making polygamy natural) for the protection of marriage, and that not on the usual conditions of having food and clothing found for them (Exodus 21:10), but as working for their own livelihood. Whatever we esteem or love, fear or hope in, more than God, that creature we make equal with God, though we do not make images or worship them. It means that so great should be the calamity, so many "men" would fall in battle, that many women would, contrary to their natural modesty, become suitors to a single man, to obtain him as a husband and protector. Biblical manuscripts don’t include chapter or verse divisions. What they had known, and had heard, was sufficient to silence all these fears and distrusts. (Isaiah 21:1-10) Judgment on Babylon-The Horror of God’s Judgment-Horror strikes those who perceive the destructive consequences of … eat … own bread—foregoing the privileges, which the law (Ex 21:10) gives to wives, when a man has more than one. God has the command of all creatures, and of all created things. But here, in chapter 4, just in that first verse, God gave us a complete parable that describes to a tee the condition of the Church in the Final Tribulation Period. We will forego that which the law Exodus 21:10 enjoins as the duty of the husband in case he has more than one wife. ISAIAH, son of Amoz (not Amos); contemporary of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, in Israel, but younger than they; and of Micah, in Judah. He that is so poor, that he has scarcely a sacrifice to offer, yet will not be without a god of his own. Jerusalem, therefore, stands here as the centre and focus of the great judgment-day. The former were local and temporary in their reference. Early Messages Of Isaiah (2-5) Isaiah's Vision Of The Holy God (6) Judah's True Hope: The Messianic King (7-12) Prophecies Concerning The Nations (13-27) The Source Of True Deliverance (28-35) Historical Interlude (36-39) The One True God Versus Idols (40-48) Salvation Through The Suffering Servant (49-53) The Future Glory For God's People (54-66) This should be the witness of any who seek to proclaim the gospel. "Speak The prophet proceeds in this sense to speak of what would happen in that day, and describes the one great day of God at the end of time (not a day of four-and-twenty hours any more than the seven days of creation were), according to its general character, as opening with judgment, but issuing in salvation. Only let us be called by thy name - Let us be regarded as "thy wives." In the strength of Divine grace their souls shall ascend above the world. God was their protec… Verse 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. Isaiah 40:1-31.SECOND PART OF THE PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH. Where God had begun the work of grace, he will perfect it. 6. The words may be accommodated in a spiritual sense to some professors of religion, who lay hold on Christ in a professional way, but spend their money for that which is not bread, and live upon their own duties and services, and not on Christ, and wear their own rags of righteousness, and not his robe; only they desire to be called by the name of Christians, to take away the reproach of being reckoned Pagans or infidels. All Rights Reserved. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. But this is a small event, compared with that pointed out by the Holy Ghost in the New Testament, when John the Baptist proclaimed the approach of Christ. saying, we will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; which used to be provided for wives by their husbands, and that according to law, Exodus 21:10 but rather than be without a husband, they promise, in order to engage him to marry them, to provide food and raiment for themselves, by their own labour. (12-17) The folly of idolatry. Of one man; because few men shall survive that dreadful stroke. When I am anxious about some risky new venture or meeting, I regularly battle unbelief with one of my most often-used promises, Isaiah 41:10. The glad tidings of the coming of Christ were to be sent forth to the ends of the earth. In that day — Of which he has hitherto been speaking, chap. Isaiah 41:10. .—The chapter division wrongly separates this verse from the foregoing. Shall take hold - Shall apply to. Fear not 19; Isaiah 35:4; 41:10,14; Matthew 28:5,10; Mark 16:6; Luke 1:13,30; 2:10; 24:38; Acts 18:9,10; 27:24; Revelation 1:17 from Daniel, as Bp. Isaiah 41:10 - `Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. Marcia there presents a similar request to Cato: Connubii; liceat tumulo scripsisse, Catonis Marcia. And they bore these names as a people in covenant with Him. Leviathan Slain - On that day the LORD with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. A remarkably similar expression occurs in Lucan (B. ii. For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I will help you!' Home > Study Desk. More resources, better tools and easier navigation Test drive it and tell us about your experience. (c) For so they thought it to be without a head and husband. Read and study Isaiah 41 with the Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary What are all that belongs to fallen man, or all that he does, but as the grass and the flower thereof! Jesus commissioned His disciples to go into all the world and preach the gospel. It was in Jerusalem that the ungodly glory which was ripe for judgment was concentrated; and it was in Jerusalem also that the light of the true and final glory would concentrate itself. Isaiah 44:2 - Thus says the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, ‘Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen. 3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. on StudyLight.org A sanctuary from evils, Isaiah 4:6. A certain number for an uncertain. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Isaiah 61:1-3 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "THE GOOD NEWS" I. 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