“ But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. ”
But Zion said - On the word ‘Zion,’ see the note at Isaiah 1:8 . The language here is that of complaint, and expresses the deep feeling of the people of God amidst many calamities, afflictions,...
But Zion said, The LORD hath (t) forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. (t) He objects what the faithful might say in their long affliction and answers to comfort them with a most proper compar...
Jerusalem shall be Forthwith Rebuilt and Repeopled. Zion has believed herself forgotten of Yahweh. But though a mother should forget her babe He will not forget Zion. His plan for rebuilding it He...
Zion said. Figure of speech Prolepsis . This sets at rest the conflicting interpretations. forsaken. See note on Isaiah 1:4 . my LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim changed "Jeh...
14. But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me. In order to magnify his grace the more, God complains that the hearts of the Jews were so narrow and close, that the road was almost shut against...
DISCOURSE: 952 GOD WILL NOT FORGET HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 49:14-16 . But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not...
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. The Lord (יהוה Yehovah) hath forsaken me, and my Lord (אדני Adonai) hath forgotten me - But a multitude of MSS. and several an...
But Zion said— The Holy Spirit here proceeds to comfort the afflicted church more particularly, taking occasion from the consolatory period immediately preceding, with which the present is connecte...
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me - The literal Israel's complaint, as if God had forsaken her in the Babylonia...
But Zion said... — In the midst of all that Jehovah was doing for his people they were still showing their little faith, and thinking of themselves as forsaken. They shared the misgivings which wer...
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...
the Lord Cannot Forget His Own Isaiah 49:14-26 These assurances were given to the chosen race on the eve of their return from Babylon. They were timid and reluctant to quit the familiar scenes...
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)....
The distress of Zion only makes way for the display of divine love; and if the people of God, in their several exercises (be they what they may) could but be brought to consider the unceasing and eve...
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 i...
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. Ver. 14. But Zion said. ] The Church hath her vicissitudes of joy and sorrow; mercies and crosses are interwoven; God che...
But Zion said , &c. This is an objection against all these glorious predictions and promises. How can these things be true when the condition of God's church is now so sad and desperate? Most co...
Encouragement to Zion. B. C. 706. 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and brea...
This is an objection against all these glorious predictions and promises hitherto mentioned. How can these things be true, when the condition of God's church is now so sad and desperate? as it was wh...
The Despair of the People And Their Final Hope ( Isaiah 49:14-26 ). The picture now reverts. Yahweh's call to them was to be His Servant, but instead they are sitting moaning on the ground. Here t...
GOD’S CARE FOR HIS CHURCH Isaiah 49:13-17 . Sing, O heavens, &c. I. Nothing can furnish us with better matter for songs of praise and thanksgiving than the tender care God has of the Church...
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...
They shall not hunger nor thirst Promise of Christ to His people The people of God are represented as a flock of sheep travelling under the care of their good shepherd, in the heat of summer, t...
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...
But Zion, the capital of the chosen people as type of the Church of God, said, The Lord hath forsaken me, the God of the covenant having apparently turned against her, and my Lord hath forgotten m...
Isaiah 40:27 ; Jeremiah 23:39 ; Lamentations 5:20 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 31:22 ; Psalms 77:6-9 ; Psalms 89:38-46 ; Romans 11:1-5
But — This is an objection. How can these things be true, when the condition of God's church is now so desperate?