Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:24
We have sinned "They have sinned" - For חטאנו chatanu , "we have sinned," first person; the Septuagint and Chaldee read חטאו chateu , "they have sinned," in the third person. read more
イザヤ書 42:19-24 Jc
Adam Clarke
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:10-25
A new song to Jehovah. Caught up in his ecstasy to a high place of vision, the prophet sees all the nations of mankind deriving blessing from the ministry of Israel, and calls upon them to join in a song of praise. God's goodness in providing a Redeemer demands the thanksgiving of all the world. I. THE SONG AND THE SINGERS . The new song is named in the Psalter ( Psalms 96:1 ; Psalms 98:1 ), meaning a song inspired by the sense of new mercies. All parts of the earth are to... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:18-25
ADDRESS TO CAPTIVE ISRAEL , CALLING UPON THEM TO TURN TO GOD , AND REMINDING THEM THAT THEY HAVE DESERVED THEIR AFFLICTIONS . By some critics the earlier verses of this passage ( Isaiah 42:19-21 ) are regarded as having reference to the "Servant of the Lord" depicted in Isaiah 42:1-7 , and as calling on the captive Jews to consider his voluntary humiliation, and the object of it. But this view seems to be strained. It requires "deaf" and "blind' to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:18-25
The blindness of Israel. The "blindness" of Israel is a subject of continual remark in Scripture from the time of Moses ( Deuteronomy 28:28 , Deuteronomy 28:29 ) to that of St. Paul ( Romans 11:25 ). Four things may be noted of it. I. IT IS SELF - CAUSED . The Israelites "blinded themselves," and so became blind ( Isaiah 29:9 , with the comment). They "winked with their eyes," closed them against the light which shone on them from on high, and thus gradually by disuse... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:19
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger? God's original "servant" and "messenger" to the nations was his people Israel. It was only through their default that he needed to send another and truer messenger. He now asks, having regard to their opportunities, who are so blind and deaf as they are? The object of the question is to wake a feeling of shame in the hearts of those who are not shameless among the Israelites. That I sent ; rather, whom I will send. Israel's... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:19-20
Spiritual blindness. "Who is blind, but my servant?" It is said, "None are so blind as those that won't see." Can any be so blind as those who have been illumined of the Spirit, and who have seen the beauties of holiness, and the deformities of sin, whilst yet they turn back to their old paths? I. THE BLINDNESS OF INDIFFERENCE . The heart has lost its first love, and the King is not "beautiful" now. Like human love sometimes, which does not know how blessed it is in its estate... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:19-25
(latter part) The hidden hurt. I. THERE ARE PENALTIES WHICH ARE PALPABLE TO EVERY EYE . When vice or crime leads down to poverty, or to serious sickness, or to desertion and consequent loneliness, or to confinement in prison, there is no possibility of mistake. God is "pouring out his anger" against the transgressors of his Law; he is "magnifying his Law, and making it honourable" ( Isaiah 42:21 ). But— II. THERE ARE PENALTIES WHICH ARE UNDETECTED EVEN ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:20
Seeing many things , but, etc. Israel had "seen many things;" i.e. passed through a long experience, but not profited by it—not been "observant," as they should have been. They had had their ears open in a certain sense, and heard the words that the prophets addressed to them, but had not taken in their true import. (The mixture of persons is like that in Isaiah 1:29 and Isaiah 14:30 .) read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:21
The Lord is well pleased ; rather, the Lord was pleased , or it pleased the Lord. For his righteousness' sake ; "because of his own perfect righteousness." He will magnify the Law ; rather, to magnify the Law— to set it forth in its greatness and its glory before his people. It is not the original giving of the Law at Sinai only that is meant, but also its constant inculcation by a long series of prophets. Israel's experience (verse 29) had included all this; but they had not... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:22
They are all of them snared in holes "All their chosen youths are taken in the toils" - For הפח hapheach read הופחו huphachu , in the plural number, hophal; as החבאו hochbau , which answers to it in the following member of the sentence. Le Clerc, Houbigant. הפח huppach , Secker. read more