Isaiah 41:1-29. We can almost see them borne into the arena by their attendant priests, resplendent in gold and tinsel, flashing with jewels, bedizened in gorgeous apparel. isa. To the Hebrew all distant places were islands. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". 1. 8. 1. The conversion of thousands, the overthrow of error, the spread of the Redeemer’s kingdom. The decisive authority is reason, which must acknowledge the state of the case and the conclusions following therefrom. Israel is summoned on the one hand (Isaiah 43:8); the nations on the other (Isaiah 43:9). In silence, too, let us renew our strength by remembering His promises. In the introduction to Isaiah 41:1. the book of the prophet isaiah commentary by a. r. fausset chapter 41 isa 41:1-29.additional reasons why the jews should place confidence in god's promises of delivering them; he will raise up a prince as their deliverer, whereas the idols could not deliver the heathen nations from that prince. Yet we need not wonder that the people, overtaken by many terrors, trembled so that they scarcely received solid consolation; for we have abundant experience how much we are alarmed by adversity, because amidst; this depravity and corruption of our nature, every man labors under two diseases. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfb/isaiah-41.html. Isaiah 38:1-22 Conclusion of Hezekiah’s Reign. Charles Whitaker Searching for Israel (Part Eight): The Scattering of Ten-Tribed Israel See those scriptures, Ecclesiastes 5:2; Proverbs 16:1; James 1:17. and Psalms 62:1 as the margin renders it, silent before God. Can any man make such a survey, however imperfectly, without shame? In that silence LET US RENEW OUR STRENGTH. The universal desire is to make a strong set of gods who will be able to meet the Divine challenge--much as if a Roman Catholic priest were to regild and repaint the images of the saints on the time-worn altar of a fishing hamlet, in the hope of securing from them greater help in quelling the winter storms. It is well, it is proper, to pause and think of what our emotions should be, and of what we should say, before God (compare Genesis 28:16-17). isaiah chapter 41. isaiah 41:1. isa 41:1. additional reasons why the jews should place confidence in god's promises of delivering them; he will raise up a prince as their deliverer, whereas the idols could not deliver the heathen nations from that prince. Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? Isaiah 41:1-16 God’s Protection of Israel. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". They were afar, scattered and lonely. Spurgeon.). How comes it that Papists are so obstinate and headstrong in their errors, but because they refuse to listen to God? The Prophet continues his sermon through this Chapter, which he had begun in the former. Let the advocates of other doctrines than that of salvation through Christ, bring their arguments. Men roar and murmur against God; some, swelling with their pride, openly despise his word; while others, through some kind of slothfulness, disregard him, and, in consequence of being buried in earthly delights, take no concern about aspiring to the heavenly kingdom. For it is already seen that the judgment goes against them by default: that these gods can show no plans, can do nothing good or bad; and that they and their worshippers have neither right nor power to break up the designs of Almighty wisdom. 1801-1803. Its object is to lead those who were addressed, to put confidence in God. Isaiah 42:10-25 Discipline of the Servant. © 2020 Christianity.com. he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow. The consternation of the nations at the approach of Cyrus, and their excited and agitated fleeing to their idols is described Isaiah 41:5-7. But coming near to God and speaking to Him will relieve any soul, however burdened. Keep silence that God may speak to you. And let the people renew their strength - On the word ‹renew,‘ see the note at Isaiah 40:31. I. 1865-1868. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/rbc/isaiah-41.html. Not, as in Elijah’s case, would the appeal be made to the descending flame; but to the fitting of prophecy and historical fact. INTRODUCTION TO DIVISION VI (Isaiah 40-66). And God will render their barren souls fruitful in the grace of his Spirit, that all who behold may consider it. Are we doing that? Isaiah 41:10 says, Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Truly, God is good to Israel, and His mercy endureth for ever. Redemption by Christ, Isaiah 41:25-29. islands — including all regions beyond sea (Jeremiah 25:22), maritime regions, not merely isles in the strict sense. (M. Lets break this verse down so that we can see more clearly the blessings and assurance of what it says. Our silence of awe should deepen into that of shame; for, though it is true that the cause of God has not prospered, whoso fault is this? The "coastlands" were the farthest reaches of the Gentile world: the ends of the earth then known. The summons now is, to the heathen world also to gather as best they can, and come into controversy with God. In chapter40 Isaiah spoke of God in the third person, but in this chapter, God Himself speaks. BibliographyCoffman, James Burton. We have very little silent worship, I fear. God has provided comforts to supply all their wants, and to answer all their prayers. He specifies that he will raise up a man from the east - who should be able to overcome the enemies of the Jews, and to effect their deliverance Isaiah 41:2-4. II. 3. Thus, in order to support the Cyrus interpretation of this paragraph, men have not only changed the meaning of "righteous man" but also have perverted the truth on the direction from which Cyrus came. 5. The relief will be in proportion to the entireness of the outpouring and to the nearness to God. How could we be nearer? Because they were the children of Abraham, his friend, and be was bound in covenant faithfulness to protect them Isaiah 41:8-9. 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 5 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1956) Isaiah speaks of heavenly bodies (v. 4), as do some of the most calamitous OT prophecies against nations, but also as do the Lord’s prophecies about the end times, especially those in Revelation. Go further than this, and keep the silence of consideration. He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. “Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? The good tidings the Lord will send in the gospel, is a mystery hid from ages and generations. Chapter 41 makes it clear that they are not *Jewish people. SPEECH TO GOD FOLLOWING UPON THE SILENCE. Go to. 7. Isaiah 41:1-16 God’s Protection of Israel. Would not this do more for us than any urging of ourselves or any kind of activity and noise whatever? 1828. Let us come near together to judgment. The language is that which is used of two parties who come together to try a cause, or to engage in debate; and the sense is, that God proposes to enter into an argumentation with the entire pagan world, in regard to his ability to save his people; that is, he proposes to show the reasons why they should trust in him, rather than dread those under whose power they then were, and by whom they had been oppressed. Let them speak; I will give them free liberty to say what they can on their own behalf. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". Its object is to lead those who were addressed, to put confidence in God. Islands — Poetical variation for lands — all maritime lands and countries round about: here, the whole heathen world. I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he. We are going to speak with God about the weakness of His Church, and the slowness of its progress. He might have given all the covenant blessings without prayer; wherefore does He compel us to use entreaties, unless it be that He loves to hear the voices of His children? 4. The felt presence of God revives memory, prevents besetting self-deception, and turns the survey of the future from chaotic dreams into earnest outlook. (Sir E. Strachey, Bart. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/isaiah-41.html. Thinking of self becomes sincere and profitable when it goes on consciously in God's presence. I will open rivers of grace, rivers of living water, which Christ spake of the Spirit, John 7:38,39. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". There needs no more to show the folly of sin, than to bring to notice the reasons given in defence of it. (134). Shame makes him silent. The gods of the nations were to predict events in the near future, or to show that they had had a clear understanding of the events of former days. Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? It means that Abraham, by Divine grace, was made like to God, and that he was admitted to communion with Him. Unless we can bear to be silent and brood, the thought of God will not rise before us in fulness and splendour. Let us be silent, now, for a minute, and consider what it is that we desire of the Lord. II. Keep silence before me, O islands "Let the distant nations repair to me with new force of mind" - Εγκαινιζεσθε, Septuagint. (Bristow, anot. I will uphold thee with that right hand which is full of righteousness, dealing forth rewards and punishments. Art thou weak? Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. (Zechariah 2:13). They help every one his neighbor; and everyone saith to his brother, Be of good courage. Yet they shall have a constant supply, where one would least expect it. Isaiah 1:2). 5. A single word of God must be worth more to us than all other words. Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. BibliographyBenson, Joseph. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, and if He chooses to conceal it, let it be concealed. 3. Silent waiting upon the Lord, at his footstool, when drawing nigh, in and through Jesus, being the way to renew the spiritual strength; it were to be wished, that this humbleness of soul, and waiting for the Lord's preparation to approach his throne, were more considered than it is; for it is very awful to rush into the presence of the Lord, as the unthinking horse rushed to the battle. It appears to us that the Cyrus interpretation requires entirely too much fiddling with the Scriptures. Isaiah 41:1. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. Isaiah 41:1 "Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment." The chief points here dwelt upon, are the proofs of God's power and grace, in testimony of his Godhead, both in creation and redemption, in opposition to all the idols which the corruption of man's fallen nature hath set up. VI. He who cannot, has no claim to that honour. Then with purpose and intensity they come near to God. Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. Isaiah 41:3,4 could have been said of Abraham, but not of Cyrus, there being no record whatever that he ever pursued anyone! "[5] What is it that "moderns" have learned that generations of earlier scholars did not know? He demands only that he shall be heard in his own cause, and that there shall be no confusion or disorder in the proceedings, which would be altogether at variance with a court of justice. God's people are the seed of Abraham his friend. Some pursuit! IV. III. They have been trying to do this by those oppressions of Israel which were only permitted for a time, because they fell into and formed a part of God’s own plan. This is certainly the highest title ever given to a mortal. (J. Leckie, D. D.). Let them come near unto me, that we may stand together, and plead our cause before any indifferent judge. Therefore, after this consolatory parenthesis, he continues or renews his disputation against idolaters by an argument taken from God's certain foreknowledge and foretelling of future events: from which he selects that remarkable one respecting Cyrus, as the deliverer of the people of God, and the destroyer of Babylon: an event utterly unknown to idols and idolaters, and, therefore, an astonishment to the nations; and yet an event which God so long time before exactly foretold in every circumstance by our prophet. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/ebc/isaiah-41.html. Submitted by admin on Tue, 2012-07-31 13:07. The phrase, Let the people renew their strength, signifies, “Let them prepare themselves, and come forth to the cause, furnished with all the strength of argument and reason they can collect; let them unite all their powers, and set their cause in the best light possible.”. Of course, there is no doubt whatever of Isaiah's prophesying the rise of Cyrus and of his reporting his very name over a century before he appeared upon the historical scene; but that certainty, in our opinion, falls far short of injecting Cyrus into this particular passage. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". Note this oscillation in the chapters that follow. 2. "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". 4. 1983-1999. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". The convictions that gather in silence will be strengthened by speech. Isaiah 41:17-29 God’s Challenge to The Idols. Renew — Strengthen themselves to maintain their cause against me; let them unite all their strength together. It has been said that the comforting words, Fear Not, appear in the bible 366 times, one for each day of the year, plus one for leap year. 2. He will meet them in their desolate condition, and will give them consolation as if fountains were opened in deserts, and trees producing grateful shade and fruit were planted in the wilderness Isaiah 41:17-20. Let us think of that, and however difficult the enterprise may be, and however dark our present prospects, we shall not dare to doubt when Jehovah has spoken and pledged His Word. God is about to argue the case; therefore let the nations listen in reverential silence. The prophet the rather makes use of this argument, because paganism so much gloried in its false prophecies and oracles. It is the worm Jacob; so little, so weak, so despised and trampled on by every body. The solemn pause thus allowed--“Keep silence . Notice here, that this great man of God spoken of in Isaiah 41:2 would be from "the east." Let us speak in the way of dedication. He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone by his feet. BibliographyExell, Joseph S. "Commentary on "Isaiah 41:1". SILENCE BEFORE GOD. Keep silence before me - (Compare Zechariah 2:13) The idea is, that the pagan nations were to be silent while God should speak, or with a view of entering into an argument with him respecting the comparative power of himself and of idols to defend their respective worshippers. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/isaiah-41.html. 6. 5. We have noted one commentator who mentioned Cyrus fifteen times in his writings on these seven verses, but the text does not even mention him at all! This can be a reference only to Abraham's utter rejection of idols; because, "There was nothing in the character of Cyrus to cause any such alarm among idolaters. We should expect times of silence before God--times in which speaking to God is not indeed absent, but in which silence is the dominating element. ), If Jehovah is a party, who then is the presiding judge? https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dcc/isaiah-41.html. John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. Are you employing it? Amidst the excitement of this vast convocation the idols are dumb. Consequently, if we are led astray from God, we must not throw the blame on others, but ought rather to accuse ourselves of not having been sufficiently attentive and diligent when he spoke to us; for falsehoods would not have power over us, nor would we be carried away by any cunning attempt of Satan to deceive us, or by the force of any attack, if we were well disposed to listen to God. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. 1871-8. "Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable". "Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary". the great sluice is raised, and away rushes the pent-up flood in immense volume. There is nothing like this that may be said of Cyrus. Moreover, there is this further consideration; the Lord loves to be pleaded with. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. By heeding Him they would gain new strength, the same strength that was Israel"s privilege (cf. )by the nations employing their carpenters and goldsmiths m make a particularly good and strong set of gods, because there is a general alarm that the emergency is great. [Note: Delitzsch, 2:157.]. 1870. (1) Shall we not be silent in the endeavour to realise that God is, and what He is? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. Unless we can bear to be silent and brood, the thought of God will not rise before us in fulness and splendour. Summons to the contest: “Be silent to me, ye islands; and let the nations procure fresh strength: let them come near, then speak; we will enter into contest together.” The words are addressed to the whole of the heathen world, and first of all to the inhabitants of the western islands and coasts. And let the people collect their strength. 1. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. Cyrus is not mentioned here; and when Isaiah introduced him in Isaiah 45:1ff, there is no notice whatever of his having already been introduced. How sweet to think that there should be a Saviour at all. And it may be remarked here, that the same reasons will apply to all approaches which are made to God. There may be true speaking to God which seems to break forth at once and immediately from the soul. He cannot submit either to men or to angels, so as to render an account to them; but, for the purpose of taking away every excuse, he declares that victory is in his power, even though he were constrained to plead his cause; and, consequently, that it is highly unreasonable to dispute among ourselves, and not to yield to him absolute obedience; that we are ungrateful and rebellious, in not listening to him, and in not considering how just are his demands. And much more than freedom from pressure will be experienced. 5. In short, speaking to God of the things that have lain on the soul in its silence is a necessity at once for relief, for understanding, for intensity, for permanence, and for growth, It would be a wrong inference to draw from this passage that one ought not to speak to God without consciously going through these stages of the text. But before that could happen, they had to meet with the Lord and arrive at a decision (cf. Douglas affirmed flatly that interpreting Isaiah 41:2 as a reference to Cyrus "breaks the unity of the chapter."[6]. We cannot expect Him to hear us if We will not hear Him. Verse 1 Our note on Isaiah 41:1 says, ‘The islands are any places with coasts.’ The note then says that islands is therefore a word, for ‘people in the nations’. 1874-1909. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". Can they tell of a cure for human depravity? Think in your minds what the blessings are which your soul pants after. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". They examine the soldering to see if it will stand, and drive great nails to render the idols steadfast. he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow. (Isaiah 41:1-29) Test of Supremacy = Who Calls the Shots-Challenge to False Gods to Prove Themselves. The series of injunctions begins with silence and ends in speech. Our way to heaven lies through the wilderness of this world. If we but realise with ourselves that we have to do with an Infinite One, that there is One Being of spotless perfection, almighty power, unchangeableness, boundless love, complete and earnest opposition to evil, what an effect this will produce on us! Isaiah 39:1-8 Isaiah’s Prophecy. For a comprehensive study of the passage, download the Study Guide (PDF download) . Joseph Benson's Commentary. That they may have no excuse if they are defeated, they are to put on fresh strength; just as in Isaiah 40:31 believers are spoken of as drawing fresh strength out of Jehovah's fulness. BibliographyNicoll, William R. "Commentary on Isaiah 41:1". I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good tidings. 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