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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 42:14-25

a Deaf and Blind Messenger Isaiah 42:14-25 There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is only temporary , however. Then God comes forth out of the silence, and shows Himself “strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him.” He brings the blind “by a way that they knew not,” and makes “the crooked places straight.” These wonderful things are wrought not for the wise and holy alone, but... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 42:1-25

The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1) , His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1) , His method is described (verses Isa 42:2-3 ), and His might is affirmed (verse Isa 42:4 ). Then His relation to Jehovah is indicated in the words of Jehovah. He is called, held, kept, and given, and all that for purposes of deliverance. The ultimate purpose is the glory of Jehovah. The prophet immediately... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:19-20

MERCY BLIND‘Who is blind, but My servant? or deaf, as My messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant? Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.’ Isaiah 42:19-Proverbs : I. As Mediator, ‘the Man Christ Jesus’ came to be God’s ‘Servant,’ ‘to finish the work which He gave Him to do,’ and to be His ‘ messenger,’ speaking ‘not His own words but the words of Him that sent Him.’ It is of Christ, then, in His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:18-25

The Sad Present State of God’s Servant, The Seed of Abraham (Isaiah 42:18-25 ). The glory of the future is now brought down to earth by a recognition of the present condition of God’s servant. In contrast to the glorious future depicted for the Servant, ‘his’ present condition is seen as disastrous. The advancement of God’s purposes through Abraham have almost come to a halt. Abraham is not advancing forward triumphantly in his seed, instead they are stumbling along blindly (what a contrast... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:18-25

Isaiah 42:18-Lamentations : . Israel’ s Piteous Plight, a Punishment from Yahweh.— The prophet bids the people, who have not recognised Yahweh’ s working in their distresses, look beneath the surface. To all appearance they are captives whom none can deliver. Will none of them see that Yahweh Himself is the author of their misfortune? He has chastised them, though they have not understood the discipline. Isaiah 42:19 . A gloss, identifying the “ blind” and “ deaf” of Isaiah 42:18; a second... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 42:19

Who is blind, but my servant? but no people under heaven are so blind as the Jews, who call themselves my servants and people, who will not receive their Messiah, though he be recommended to them with such evident and illustrious signs and miraculous works, as force belief from the most unbelieving and obstinate Gentiles. My messenger; my messengers, the singular number being put for the plural, as it is commonly in Scripture. That I sent; the priests and other teachers whom I appointed to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 42:18-21

BLIND IN THE SUNLIGHTIsaiah 42:18-20. Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, &c.Thus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has reason to expostulate with us. We succeed them, both in religious privileges and in the abuse of those privileges. Where does the light of the Gospel shine more clearly? But do we excel other people in knowledge and virtue, in faith and patience, in temperance and goodness, as we surpass them in the means of acquiring these Christian graces? No!... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:1-25

Chapter 42Now God speaks of another servant. This is His righteous servant, even Jesus Christ. And now Isaiah begins to prophesy concerning Christ, the servant of God.Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth ( Isaiah 42:1 );You remember when Jesus was baptized that there came the voice from heaven saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him" ( Matthew 17:5 ). God declares, "In whom my soul delights."I have put my Spirit upon him (... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 42:1-25

Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant. In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17-20. All other applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Christ took upon him the form of a servant, as the great minister of his Father’s kingdom, which kingdom he must deliver up at the end of time. Isaiah 42:4 . He shall not fail till he hath set judgment in the earth. The LXX, He shall shine out; that is, the Messiah shall proceed with his work, till... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:18-20

Isaiah 42:18-20Hear, ye deafDivine expostulationThus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has reason to expostulate with us.1. We are deaf, in a spiritual sense, when we do not attend to the Divine admonitions, or give earnest heed to the word of instruction; and we are blind, in the same sense, when we do not perceive the glory of the Gospel, and the force and beauty of Divine truth. 2. Before one step in the way of salvation can be taken, this hindrance must be removed.... read more

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