Chapter 51:
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Isaiah 51
Abraham, our pattern to trust in Christ, in his promises, and
righteous salvation: this is constant, but men are transitory, ver. 1-8. A prayer of the Godly in affliction, ver. 9-11. The Lord's answer, ver. 12-17. He bewails Jerusalem, ver. 18-20. The bitter
cup taken from her, and given to her enemies, ver. 21-23.
Verse 1. Look - Consider the state of Abraham and Sarah, from whom
all of you sprang.
Verse 2. Him alone - To follow me to an unknown land: him only of all
his kindred. Increased - Into a vast multitude, when his condition
was desperate in the eye of reason. And therefore God can as
easily raise his church when they are in the most forlorn
condition.
Verse 3. Therefore - For the sake of Abraham, and of that covenant
which I made with him. Garden - Flourishing as the garden of
Eden.
Verse 4. My people - Ye Jews, whom I chose to be my peculiar people.
A law - A new law, even the doctrine of the gospel. Judgment -
Judgment is here the same thing with law, the word of God, or the
evangelical doctrine, of which he saith that he will make it to rest,
that is settle and establish it. The people - People of all nations.
Verse 5. 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. Judge - Shall subdue the Gentiles to my
authority, and rule them by my word and spirit. Isles - The remote
countries shall expect this salvation from me, and from me only.
Verse 6. The heavens - The heavens and earth shall pass away, in regard
of their present state, and properties, and use, as smoak is said to
vanish, tho' the substance of it be not destroyed.
Verse 7. Know - That love and practice it.
Verse 8. Like wool - Like a woollen garment, which is sooner corrupted
by moths or such creatures, than linen.
Verse 9. Put on - Put forth thy strength. Rahab - Egypt, from its pride or
strength. The dragon - Pharaoh so called, Psalm 7iv, 13.
Verse 11. Therefore - This verse contains an answer to the prophet's
prayer. I did these great things, and I will do the like again. Joy -
Like a crown of glory.
Verse 13. Where is the fury - Is it not all gone? He speaks of the thing as
if it were already done, because it should certainly and suddenly
be done.
Verse 16. I have - These words are spoken by God to his church and
people, to whom he speaks both in the foregoing and following
verses. For God's word is frequently said to be put into the
mouths, not only of the prophets, but of the people also. Covered -
Have protected thee by my almighty power, that I may bring thee
to that perfect and blessed estate which is reserved for the days of
the Messiah, which in scripture phrase is called a making of new
heavens, and a new earth, chap. lxv, 17.
Verse 17. Awake - Hebrew. Rouse up thyself: come out of that forlorn
condition in which thou hast so long been. Stand up - Upon thy
feet, O thou who hast been thrown to the ground. Drunk - Who
hast been sorely afflicted. The cup - Which strikes him that drinks
it with deadly horror. And wrung - Drunk every drop of it.
Verse 18. None to guide - When thou wast drunk with this cup, and not
able to go.
Verse 19. These things - Those which follow, which tho' expressed in
four words, may fitly be reduced to two things, the desolation or
devastation of the land, and the destruction of the people by
famine and sword. So famine and sword are not named as new
evils, but only as the particular ways of bringing the destruction.
By whom - I cannot find any man who is able to comfort and
relieve thee.
Verse 20. Fainted - They are so far from being able to comfort thee, that
they themselves faint away. They lie - Dead by famine or the
sword. As a bull - Those of them who are not slain are struggling
for life.
Verse 21. Not with wine - But with the cup of God's fury.
Verse 22. That pleadeth - Who, tho' he has fought against thee, is now
reconciled to thee, and will maintain thy cause against all thine
adversaries.
Verse 23. Go over - That we may trample upon thee.
Chapter 51:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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