“And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.”—Isaiah 66:21.
This chapter is surrounded with critical difficulties, and yet it is full of spiritual instruction. The verse before us is by some referred to Gentiles, and supposed to mean that the Lord promises that he will take out of the [...]
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“As soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”–Isaiah 66:8.
Israel had fallen into the lowest condition, but an inward yearning of
heart was felt in the midst of God’s people for the return of the divine
blessing; and no sooner had this anxious desire become intense, than
God heard the voice of its cry, and the blessing [...]
“Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my [...]
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“Then he remembered the days of old Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water [...]
“Mighty to save.”—Isaiah 63:1.
This, of course, refers to our blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who is described as “coming from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah,” and who, when it is questioned who he is, replies, “I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” It will be well, then, at the commencement of our discourse to [...]
“I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”—Isaiah 62:6-7.
In the opening verses of this chapter our Lord [...]
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“Thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee:
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.” — Isaiah 62:4, 5
In the midst of many blessed promises that God makes to his church — in this and the [...]
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“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.”—Isaiah 61:3.
When soldiers are on the march, or [...]
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”—Isaiah 55:7.
Some years ago, (sermon “Abundant Pardon) I preached from the last four words of this verse, laying special stress upon [...]
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“Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”—Isaiah 55:1.
You see, I have something to sell this evening, I have to invite you to come and buy that which, in the gospel will this night be proclaimed. Now, it is usual when persons have anything to sell, to exhibit the article, to describe [...]
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”—Isaiah 54:17.
This is the fifth of November, a day very notable in English history. The [...]
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Isaiah 54:5 – “For thy Maker is thy Husband.”
Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into [...]
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“He was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and
made intercession for the transgressors.”-Isaiah 53:12.
A vague notion is abroad in the world that the benefit of Christ’s passion is
intended only for good people. The preaching of some ministers, and the [...]
“Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.”—Isaiah 53:10.
Both Jews and Gentiles knew pretty well what an offering for sin meant. The Gentiles had been in the habit of offering sacrifices. The Jews, however, had by far the clearer idea of it. And what was meant by a sin-offering? Undoubtedly, it was taken for [...]
“He shall see his seed.”—Isaiah 53:10.
The first thought suggested by this text is, that Jesus is still alive; for to see anything is the act of a living person. Our Lord Jesus died. We know that he died. We are glad that there is overwhelming evidence that, not in appearance, but in fact, he died. [...]
“Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou
shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall
prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”-
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“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”—Isaiah 53:6.
The verse opens with a confession of sin common to all the persons intended in the verse. The whole of the elect people of God seem to [...]
With his stripes we are healed—Isaiah 53:5.
Ever since the fall, healing has been the chief necessity of manhood.
There was no physician in paradise, but outside that blissful enclosure professors of the healing art have been precious as the gold of Ophir. Even in Eden itself there grew the herbs which should in after days yield [...]
“Who are you that…live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?” [Isaiah 51:12-13]
Things often influence us out of proportion to their value because of their closeness. For instance, the moon is a very small insignificant body [...]
“The Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.”—Isaiah 52:12.
The Church of Christ is continually represented under the figure of an army; yet its Captain is the Prince of Peace; its object is the establishment of peace, and its soldiers are men of a peaceful disposition. The spirit of [...]
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