“ And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. ”
And I will make all my mountains a way - I will make all the mountains for a highway; or an even, level way. That is, he would remove all obstructions from their path. The image is taken from the...
The Glorious Home-Coming of the Exiles. To Israel, despised and oppressed, Yahweh promises a reversal of fortune so wonderful that kings in astonishment shall do homage to Israel, recognising him a...
highways. See note on Isaiah 7:3 .
11. And I will place all my mountains. Here he directly and expressly treats of the return of the people; for in vain would he have promised so great happiness to the Church, if the people w...
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Thus saith the Lord— In this period the general promises given to the Messiah and his mystical body, Isaiah 49:7 are more fully explained. In the first place, the desirable success of the Gospel,...
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. My - all things are God's. Mountains a way - I will remove all obstructions out of the way ( Isaiah 40:4 ). Hi...
My mountains... my highways... — The pronoun asserts the universal lordship of Jehovah. The whole earth is His.
CHAPTER XVI THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 41:8-20 ; Isaiah 42:1-7 ; Isaiah 42:18 ; Isaiah 43:5-10 ; Isaiah 49:1-9 ; Isaiah 1:4-10 ; Isaiah 52:13-15 With chapter 42, we reach a distinct...
“A Light to the Gentiles” Isaiah 48:17-22 ; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22 , with the phrase there is no peace to the wicked . The sec...
We now commence the section in which the Prince of Peace is most clearly seen. He is revealed first as sustained through suffering (Chapter s 49-53), and then as singing in triumph (Chapter s 54-57)....
How sweetly do these verses follow what was said before: Jehovah having guaranteed to the glorious Head of the church, everything needful for his personal safety and honour, here engageth to bless an...
And I will make all my mountains a way ,.... Or "for", or "into a way" e; signifying that they should be dug through or levelled, and a way made through them, over them, or upon them, for his people...
And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Ver. 11. And I will make all my mountains. ] I will remove all rubs, and lay all level: pacifica erunt omnia, faecunda et...
That thou mayest say Namely, with power and effect, as when God said, Let there be light; to the prisoners To the Gentiles, who are fast bound by the cords of their sins, and taken captive by the...
Encouragement to the Gentiles. B. C. 706. 7 Thus saith the L ORD , the Redeemer of Isr...
I will remove all hinderances, and prepare the way for them, by levelling high grounds, and raising low grounds; of which see on Isaiah 40:3,4 .
The Triumph of the Servant Out of Humiliation ( Isaiah 49:7-13 ). Isaiah 49:7 ‘Thus says Yahweh, the redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, To him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhor...
CHRIST’S FUTURE REIGN Isaiah 49:7 . Thus saith the Lord, &c. In this and the subsequent verses we have a direct promise from Jehovah to the Messiah, of the ultimate success of His mediatoria...
In this chapter, we have not merely Isaiah speaking concerning the Christ of God; but it is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah, who here speaks concerning himself. Isaiah 49:1 . Listen, O isles, u...
Isaiah 49:1 . Listen, oh isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people from far. The Hebrews reckoned among the isles, not only those of Greece, but the gentile nations generally, who are represented as...
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time The world given to Christ The prophet was looking forward to the Messiah and His times. It was customary for some kings to grant to favoured ones wha...
SECTION III . THE MISSION OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD ( CH . 49-53). EXPOSITION The connection of the present section is especially with Isaiah 42:1-23 , where the mission of...
The Testimony of Jehovah's Servant
Isaiah 11:16 ; Isaiah 35:8-10 ; Isaiah 40:3 ; Isaiah 40:4 ; Isaiah 43:19 ; Isaiah 57:14 ; Isaiah 62:10 ; John 14:6 ; Luke 3:4 ; Luke 3:5 ; Psalms 107:4 ; Psalms 107:7
A way — I will remove all hindrances, and prepare the way for them, by levelling high grounds, and raising low grounds.