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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom l have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. Let us, for the time being, forget the people to whom this message was addressed, and see whether it might not be spoken to ourselves. Come, my friend, art thou truly God’s servant? Dost thou delight to do his will, and to walk in his ways? If so, then thou...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,.... Meaning not Abraham, nor his natural seed; but such who believed in Christ, who dwelt in the furthest parts of the earth, to whom the Gospel came, and by which they were laid hold upon, and apprehended by Christ as his own: and called thee from the chief men thereof; from among the great men...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. To many here this verse will come home very sweetly. God is your God. and you are God’s servants. he has chosen you; he will never repent of his choice; his election is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. May the Lord just now say that to each one of you who are his servants! Especially, may he say the latter part of it, “I have not cast thee away”! Many times, he might...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Fear thou not, for I am with thee,.... Not merely by his essence or power, who is every where; or by his providence supporting, preserving, observing, ordering, and overruling all things; but in a way of special grace, to guard and protect his people, support and supply them, comfort and strengthen their hearts; wherefore they need not fear any of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: What cause for fear now? If I am with thee, thou needest not fear all the men on earth, nor all the demons of the pit. Fear thou not, for I am with thee.” Isa_41:10. Be not dismayed; for I am thy God: “Thy God.” Lay the stress there if you will, or “thy God, therefore thine all-sufficient helper — thine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: Where God is, there is no cause for fear: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee.” That is a grand argument. “Be not dismayed; for I am thy God.” Everything we need lies within the compass of those words. Isa_41:10. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: Oh, the riches of that word, “I am thy God”! That is more than “Thy Friend, thy Helper.” “I am thy God.” Isa_41:10. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; — First, “I will give thee strength, and then I will use my own strength on thy behalf: ‘I will strengthen thee;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee,.... For rejecting their idols, and idol worship; for receiving the Gospel, and professing it: shall be ashamed and confounded; their idols not being able to help them, nor they to defend the worship of them: the same is said with respect to Christ, Isaiah 45:24: they shall be as nothing, and they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Your sins, your temptations, everything that would keep you out of heaven, and drive you away from God, the Lord will overcome all these enemies of yours, and deliver you.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. The Lord Jesus Christ will put to rout all the enemies of his people. Their sins and their sorrows, their foes and their woes, shall alike be scattered to the wind.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 12 Thou shall seek them, and shalt not find them,.... They not existing, or being fled into holes and corners, to rocks and mountains, to hide themselves from the wrath of the Lamb, Revelation 6:15: even them that contended with thee; or, "the men of thy contention" (p); who contended with them, not by words and arguments, but by severe...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. That is the second time that we have had that precious promise to forbid our fear; first in verse...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. You know how it happened to Pharaoh and all his hosts; the Israelites could not find them after the Lord had overthrown them in the Red Sea. The psalmist sang, long afterwards, concerning the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand,.... Take hold of it, join in league and alliance with his people as it were, go hand in hand with them; and having such an one with them, and on their side, they need fear no enemy: or it is expressive of great freedom, familiarity, and friendship, which may assure believers of the strong affection...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, Poor worm! How can it take care of itself? Even a bird can destroy it. “Fear not, thou worm Jacob.” You know what a worm does for its defense. It is all that it can do: it hides itself in the earth. Hide thyself in thy God. Get...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. You must not miss those charming words, dear friends. Let me read them again. Some of you will want them, so do not miss them....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Fear not, thou worm Jacob,.... Being like a worm, exposed to danger, and liable to be trampled upon and crushed, mean and despicable in their own eyes, and in the esteem of others; and it may be Jacob, or the true Israelites, are so called, because of their impurity in themselves, of which they are sensible; and chiefly because of their weakness...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. How many times the Lord puts it, “I will help thee”! How again and again, he saith, “Fear not”! For despondency is deeply graven in some spirits. There are some minds that seem to gravitate that way again and again, and again; and even the divine...