Isaías 49:14-25 NTV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 49:13-17

The scope of these verses is to show that the return of the people of God out of their captivity, and the eternal redemption to be wrought out by Christ (of which that was a type), would be great occasions of joy to the church and great proofs of the tender care God has of the church. I. Nothing can furnish us with better matter for songs of praise and thanksgiving, Isa. 49:13. Let the whole creation join with us in songs of joy, for it shares with us in the benefits of the redemption, and all... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 49:18-23

Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in the reviving of the Jewish church after its return out of captivity, but more fully in the planting of the Christian church by the preaching of the gospel of Christ; and we may take the comfort of these promises. I. That the church shall be replenished with great numbers added to it. It was promised (Isa. 49:17) that her children should make haste; that promise is here enlarged upon, and is made very encouraging. It is... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 49:24-26

Here is, I. An objection started against the promise of the Jews? release out of their captivity in Babylon, suggesting that it was a thing not to be expected; for (Isa. 49:24) they were a prey in the hand of the mighty, of such as were then the greatest potentates on earth, and therefore it was not likely they should be rescued by force. Yet that was not all: they were lawful captives; by the law of God, having offended, they were justly delivered into captivity; and by the law of nations,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:14

But Zion said ,.... By way of objection, as some think, to the above prophecies of glorious and comfortable times; she being now in a very disconsolate condition, and could not tell how to take it in, how it should thus be, when the case was with her as it was; though I rather think the words should be rendered, "for Zion had said"; and which is mentioned to show the uncomfortable condition she had been in, and to observe the method the Lord took to comfort her, as he before promises.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb ?.... This is the Lord's answer to the church's complaint, instancing in the care and affection of a mother to her child, thereby illustrating his love to his people; he instances in a "woman", the tender sex; in a "child" of her's, an infant, not one grown up, from which her affections might be alienated by disobedience; her suckling child, she had in her arms, and on her knees, and whom her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ,.... Not upon his thick clouds, the clouds of heaven under him, always in view, as R. Saadiah Gaon, mentioned by Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi: much better the Targum, "lo, as upon the hands thou art engraven before me;' signifying that his people were always in his sight, his eyes were ever upon them, and never withdrawn from them; as anything held in the hand, or tied to or wore upon it, as a signet or ring that has the name of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:17

Thy children shall make haste ,.... Regenerate persons, young converts, such as are born again of incorruptible seed by the word; these shall flock to the church, as doves to the windows ; join themselves to her, and submit to Gospel ordinances, and make haste, and delay not, to keep the Lord's commandments ; which is no small pleasure, joy, and comfort to the church of God. Some render it, "thy builders" F13 בניך "structores vel aedificatores tui", Munster, Montanus, Calvin,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:18

Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold ,.... Look east, west, north, and south, and behold the flocking converts from all parts; see on Isaiah 49:12 . The words are spoken to the church, and for her comfort; and so the Targum, "lift up thine eyes round about, O Jerusalem, and see all the children of the people of thy captivity:' all these gather themselves together, and come to thee ; though of different nations, and come from different quarters, yet coalesce together, make one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:19

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction ,.... Or "thy land of destruction, or thy destroyed land" F14 ארץ הריסתך "terra tua destructa", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, De Dieu; "et terram destructionis tuam", Cocceius; "et terram tuam quae destructa est", Vitringa. ; laid waste and desolate by the enemy, without inhabitants; such countries in which there were few professors of the true religion: shall even now be too narrow, by reason of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:20

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other ,.... Which "other lost" are not the Jews, the broken branches, rejected and cut off for unbelief; and the "children after" them not the Gentiles converted, which took their place; but "the other" are such who have been destroyed by the Heathen persecutions, and especially by the antichristian cruelties; and the "children after", the great numbers of converts upon the fall of antichrist. The words may be rendered, "the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 49:13-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 49:18-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 49:24-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 49:20

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