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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. What a blessed word of cheer this is for us poor Gentiles! The favored children of Israel thought...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. What a blessed passage this is for you and for me, beloved! Strangers to the commonwealth of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,.... These are all the titles of the Father of Christ, who is the Jehovah, the self-existent Being, and from whom all have their Being; "the redeemer of Israel", being concerned with his Son in the redemption, of his people, in the contriving and settling the method of it, and bringing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, Who is this but our Divine Lord, Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of God? These words are spoken of him whom man despised, of him who was despised and rejected of men, of him whom the nation abhorreth, for that favored nation...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, — What a true picture this is of the way in which the Jews still treat the promised Messiah! To this day, they gnash their teeth at the very mention of the name of Jesus of Nazareth; and the bitterest words of blasphemy that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus saith the Lord,.... These are the words of God the Father to his Son continued; the Jews themselves interpret them of the Messiah (z): in an acceptable time have I heard thee: this was the time when Christ was here on earth, when he became incarnate, and suffered and died for his people: this was an acceptable time to God the Father; his very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; It is the Lord Jesus Christ who shall establish all that is good, and cast down everything that is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; that thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages, That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. This is Christ’s work today, to call out the forgotten ones who are hidden away in the oubliettes, of the Bastille...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, go forth,.... God's covenant people, while unconverted, are prisoners; they are in the prison of sin, under the power and dominion of it, and under the guilt of it, and obligation to punishment for it; and they are in the prison of the law, they are transgressors of it, and are accused and convicted by it,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. When Christ leads his flock, wherever they go they shall feed; and even if he leads them to the very tops of the hills, he shall make the pastures grow there for them. There is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall feed in the ways,- On their way to the one great fold on the hill-tops of glory, they shall find suitable and sufficient pasture: “They shall feed in the ways,”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And their pastures shall be in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. Now recall those verses from the Revelation that we read just now, and note what blessings the good Shepherd has prepared for...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
They shall not hunger nor thirst,.... Being fed in the ways and high places of Gospel ordinances with the love of God, with covenant mercies and precious promises, with Christ, the bread of life, and his grace the water of life, and with the doctrines of the Gospel; they do not desire carnal things, as formerly, but spiritual ones, which they have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I will make all my mountains a way, Where, naturally, there could not be a way, on those pathless summits of the loftiest Alps, the Lord says, “I will make all my...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They shall not hunger nor thirst; — To the woman at the well, Christ said, “Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” That is a parallel to this passage: “They shall not hunger nor thirst; “ — Isa_49:10. Neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I will make all my mountains a way,.... Or "for", or "into a way" (e); signifying that they should be dug through or levelled, and a way made through them, over them, or upon them, for his people to pass: very probably the allusion is to the mountains that lay between Babylon and Judea; and which the Lord calls his, because of his making and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And my highways shall be exalted. “I will throw up causeways.” God will make a way for you to get at him if you want to get at him. If you are willing to make a way for God, he will make a way for you; the gulf shall be bridged, the mountain shall be leveled.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. From far-away China, they must come to Christ; the result of his death is not left to haphazard. Some say that his death did something or other, which,...