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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; Our Lord Jesus, that great Prophet of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Listen, O isles, unto me, and hearken, ye people from, far; The LORD hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; and said unto me, Thou art my servant, O...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; There are no words anywhere so piercing as the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. When you are giving quotations from various authors, you need never write the name “Jesus” at the bottom of any of his words, for they proclaim their own origin. “Never man spake like this man.” Isa_49:2. In the shadow of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, Above all others, Christ is the servant of God. He is a Son by nature, a servant by his condescension, a servant for our sakes. Isa_49:3. O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. It is very wonderful that the Redeemer should here be called “Israel.” It is not more wonderful, however, than that in another place...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. It is wonderful condescension on Christ’s part to take the name of his Church so that he himself is called “Israel” in this passage; and there is another passage, equally remarkable, where the Church is allowed to take one of the names of Christ: “This is the name...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. The Messiah, prophetically looking forward, complained that, during his life on earth, he seemed to labour in vain. The nation was not saved: “he came unto his own, and his own received him not.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. Our Saviour did, in his earthly ministry, to a large extent labour in vain. “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” He was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, yet how few...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. The Jews, as a nation, were not gathered unto Christ, the highly favoured people, as a whole, did not believe in him. He was expressly sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, yet John was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. Even though the Jewish nation be not yet gathered to Christ, his labour was not in vain. God will not suffer his Son to spend his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. What though the Jews still reject the Messiah, their sin does not affect his honour. His glory is still as great as ever it was in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...