Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 51:1-8
Listening to the Servant 51:1-8This section of Isaiah, like the preceding one, reflects on the third Servant Song (Isaiah 50:4-9). Here the emphasis is on the expectations of those who will listen to the Servant, as well as encouragement for those who are followers of righteousness. From this point through Isaiah 52:12, the Servant theme builds to its climax in Isaiah 52:13 to Isaiah 53:12.God directed His people three times, in Isaiah 51:1-8, to listen. They should listen and look back, to... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:8
8. (See on :-; Job 4:18-20). Not that the moth eats men up, but they shall be destroyed by as insignificant instrumentality as the moth that eats a garment. read more