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| 1 Hearken, ye Coastlands, unto me, And give ear, ye peoples afar off,–Yahweh, called me, from my birth, From my nativity, made he mention of my name; |
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| 2 And he made my mouth, like a sharp sword, In the shadow of his hand, he concealed me,–And made of me a polished arrow, In his quiver, he hid me; |
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| 3 And said to me, My Servant, thou art,–Israel, in whom I will get myself glory. |
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| 4 But, I, said, To no purpose, have I toiled, For waste and mist–my vigour, have I spent,–Surely, my vindication, is, with, Yahweh, And, my recompence, with my God. |
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| 5 Now, therefore, said Yahweh–Fashioning me from birth, To be Servant to him, To restore Jacob unto him, And that, Israel, unto him, might be gathered, And I be honourable in the eyes of Yahweh, And, my God, be proved to have been my strength; |
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| 6 Yea he said–It is too small a thing, for being my, Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And, the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore,–So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as, the end of the earth. |
It is a light thing – The raising up of Israel is a "light thing," only a small part of the entire restitution work. R542:1*, R353:4*
For a light – The hope of a resurrection. R751:2*
Not yet dawned, but waiting for the completion of the resurrection of The Christ. R751:2*
To the Gentiles – As well as to the Jews. A59
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| 7 Thus, saith Yahweh–the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised of the soul, To the abhorred of the nation, To the servant of rulers, Kings, shall see and arise, Princes, lo! they have bowed themselves down,–Because of Yahweh, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, lo! he hath chosen thee. |
Whom man despiseth – "He was despised and rejected of men." (Isa. 53:3) E156
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| 8 Thus, saith Yahweh–In a time of acceptance, have I answered thee, In a day of salvation, have I helped thee,–That I may preserve thee, And give thee as the covenant of a people, To establish the land, To bring into possession the desolate heritages; |
An acceptable time – Throughout the Gospel age. R858:6
Interpreted by the Apostle Paul: "Now is the accepted time ... now is the day of salvation" (See comments on 2 Cor. 6:2). R5536:5
Have I heard thee – Christ Jesus and the Church, his Body. R536:5, R858:3, R4542:2, R5536:5
Day of salvation – The great salvation to the divine nature. R4542:2, R859:1
Have I helped thee – The Body of Christ is helped or succored in its day of salvation in order that it may be the instrument of God for the blessing and releasing of those who are in the prison-house of death. HG337:1
Give thee – The entire Christ, Head and Body. R4542:2
For a covenant – As soon as the last member of the Church shall have died the New (Law) covenant with Israel will be sealed. R4453:3
By which God will bring the whole world anew into covenant relationship with himself. R4542:3
All God's people during this Gospel age serve that New covenant by getting themselves and each other ready for the future work of glory. R4542:2, R4453:2
Messiah, as a living sacrifice for sinners. R4715:1
Of the people – The world of mankind, not the Church. R4542:1
Establish the earth – Order, or rule, the earth. R536:5
Institute general Times of Restitution of all things. R4542:2
Cause to inherit – Our Lord has not yet received the heathen for an inheritance. R4542:1; SM435:2
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| 9 Saying To them who are bound, Go forth, To them who are in darkness, Shew yourselves,–By the roads, shall they graze, And, on all bare places, shall be their pasture: |
Thou – The Christ, Head and Body. R858:3
To the prisoners – Death's captives. R4793:2, R536:5, R858:6; SM30:1; A112
To all the world, locked up in the prison-house of death. SM30:1; R4793:2
Go forth – The great prison-house will give up the prisoners; He who died on Calvary obtained the key of hades. OV363:5; Q329:3
"The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God ... and shall come forth." (John 5:25,2 9) R4793:2
That – The Church class is chosen for the special work of accomplishing the salvation of the world in the next age--that will also be a day of salvation, for all the world. R859:2
In darkness – In the tomb. R858:6; SM31:T
Shew yourselves – A pictorial way of stating the resurrection of the dead. HG137:1
Their coming forth will be that they may manifest their real sentiments, either for righteousness or for unrighteousness. SM31:T
Come to the light, the truth. R536:5
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| 10 They shall neither hunger, nor thirst, Nor shall smite, them the glowing sand, or the glaring sun,–For, he that hath compassion upon them, will lead them, And, unto springs of water, will he conduct them. |
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| 11 Then will I make of all my mountains, a road, And, my highways, shall be upraised. |
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| 12 Lo! these, from afar, shall come in,–And lo! these, from the North and from the West, And, these, from the land of Sinim. |
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| 13 Shout in triumph–O heavens! And exult–O earth! And break forth, ye mountains, into shouts of triumph,–For Yahweh hath comforted his people, And, on his humbled ones, taketh he compassion. |
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| 14 But Zion, had said, Yahweh hath forsaken, me,–Even, My Lord, hath forgotten me! |
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| 15 Can, a woman, forget, her sucking child, Past taking compassion on the son of her womb? Even these, may forget, Yet will, I, not forget, thee: |
Can a woman forget – From the standpoint of the divine nature, know that parental affection will have its widest scope as well as its greatest power to bless. R1211:5*
Sooner can a woman forget her infant child. R957:5
Will I not forget thee – Zion, the Church. R957:4
An assurance of tenderest love on the part of our Heavenly Father. R957:1
Service to the saints in any way the Lord will not forget. R957:4
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| 16 Lo! on the palms of my hands, have I portrayed thee,–Thy walls, are before me continually. |
Palms of my hands – "Before the throne my surety stands; My name is written on his hands." R1829:5
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| 17 In haste, are thy sons,–They who have been tearing thee down and laying thee waste, out of thee, let them go forth! |
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| 18 Lift up, round about, thine eyes, and see, All those, have gathered themselves together–have come to thee! As I live, Declareth Yahweh,–Surely, all those–as an ornament, shalt thou put on, And bind them about thee for a girdle, as a bride. |
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| 19 Surely, as for thy wastes, and thy desolations, and thy land of ruins, Surely, now, shalt thou be too strait for thine inhabitants, And, far off, shall be they who have been swallowing thee up. |
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| 20 The children of whom thou wast bereaved, shall yet, say in thine ears,–Too strait for me, is the place, Make room for me, that I may settle down. |
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| 21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart,–Who hath borne me, these, Seeing, I, have been bereaved, and unfruitful, a captive and banished? These, therefore, who, hath brought them up? Lo! I, was left, alone, These, where were, they? |
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| 22 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh–Lo! I will lift up, unto nations, my hand, Yea, unto peoples, will I raise high my banner,–And they shall bring in thy sons in their bosom, And, thy daughters, on the shoulder, shall be borne; |
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| 23 And, kings, shall be, thy foster-fathers, And, their queens, thy nursing mothers, With face to the ground, shall they bow down to thee, The dust of thy feet, shall they lick,–So shalt thou know that, I, am Yahweh, In that, they shall not be put to shame, Who were waiting for me. |
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| 24 Shall prey, be taken from a mighty one? Or, the captive of one in the right, be delivered? |
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| 25 Surely, thus, saith Yahweh–Even the captive of the mighty one, shall be taken away, And, the prey of the tyrant, be delivered; And, thine opposers, I, will oppose, And, thy children, I, will save; |
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| 26 Then will I feed thy tormentors with their own flesh, And, as with new wine–with their own blood, shall they be drunk,–So shall all flesh, know, that, I–Yahweh, am thy Saviour, And, thy Redeemer, is the Mighty One of Jacob. |
And thy Redeemer – Jehovah is the center of the entire plan of salvation, and of its every feature. F397
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