1 Christ being sent to the Jews, complains of them
5 He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises
13 God's love is perpetual to his church
18 The ample restoration of the church
24 The powerful deliverance out of captivity

listen Isa 41:1 42:1-4,12 45:22 51:5 60:9 66:19 Zep 2:11

and hearken Isa 55:3 57:19 Eph 2:17 Heb 12:25

the Lord Isa 49:5 Ps 71:5,6 Jer 1:5 Mt 1:20,21 Lu 1:15,31-31 2:10,11 Joh 10:36 Ga 1:15 1Pe 1:20

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

he hath made Isa 11:4 Ps 45:2-5 Ho 6:5 Heb 4:12 Re 1:16 2:12 19:15

in the Isa 42:1 51:16 Ps 91:1 Lu 23:46

made me. The polished shaft, says Bp. Lowth, denotes the same efficacious word which is before represented by the sharp sword. The doctrine of the gospel pierced the hearts of its hearers, 'bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.' Isa 50:4 61:1-3 Ps 45:5 Jer 1:18 15:19,20

3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

Isa 42:1 43:21 44:23 52:13 53:10 Zec 3:8 Mt 17:5 Lu 2:10-14 Joh 12:28 13:31,32 15:8 17:1,4 Eph 1:6 Php 2:6-11 1Pe 2:9

4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

I have laboured Isa 65:2 Eze 3:19 Mt 17:17 23:37 Joh 1:11 Ro 10:21 Ga 4:11

spent Le 26:20 2Co 12:15

yet Isa 53:10-12 Ps 22:22-31 Lu 24:26 Joh 17:4,5 2Co 2:15 Php 2:9 Heb 12:2

work. or, reward Isa 40:10 62:11

5 And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

that formed Isa 49:1

to bring Isa 46:8 Mt 15:24 Ac 10:36 Ro 15:8

though, etc. or, that Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc. Israel Mt 21:37-41 23:37 Lu 19:42 1Th 2:15,16

yet Ps 110:1-3 Mt 3:17 11:27 17:5 28:18 Joh 3:35 5:20-27 Eph 1:20-22 1Pe 3:22

6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

It is a light thing that. or, Art thou lighter, than that, 2Ki 3:18 20:10

preserved. or, desolations. I will also Isa 42:6 60:3 Lu 2:32 Joh 1:4-9 Ac 13:47 26:18

that thou mayest Isa 11:10 24:14-16 46:13 51:20 Ps 98:2,3 Lu 24:46,47

7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

the redeemer Isa 48:7 Re 3:7

to him whom man despiseth. or, to him that is despised in soul Isa 53:3 Ps 22:6-8 69:7-9,19 Zec 11:8 Mt 26:67 27:38-44 Lu 23:18,23 Joh 18:40 19:6,15

to a Mt 20:28 Lu 22:27

kings Isa 49:23 52:15 60:3,10,16 Ps 2:10-12 68:31 72:10,11 Re 11:15

and he Isa 42:1 Lu 23:35 1Pe 2:4

8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

in an Ps 69:13 Joh 11:41,42 2Co 6:2 Eph 1:6 Heb 5:7

have I helped Isa 42:1 50:7-9 Ac 2:24-32

give thee Isa 42:6 Mt 26:28 Heb 8:6 12:24

establish. or, raise up Isa 51:16 Ps 75:3

to cause Isa 49:19 51:3 54:3 58:12 61:4 Ps 2:8 Eph 2:12-19

9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

to the Isa 42:7 61:1 Ps 69:33 102:20 107:10-16 146:7 Zec 9:11,12 Lu 4:18 Col 1:13 1Pe 2:9

to them Isa 9:2 42:16 60:1,2 Lu 1:79 Joh 8:12 Ac 26:18 2Co 4:4-6 Eph 5:8,14 1Th 5:5,6

they shall feed Isa 5:17 55:1,2 65:13 Ps 22:26 23:1,2 Eze 34:13-15,23,29 Joe 3:18 Joh 6:52-58 10:9

high De 32:13

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

shall not Mt 5:6 Joh 6:35 Re 7:16,17

neither Isa 4:6 25:4 32:2 Ps 121:5,6

he that Isa 54:10 Ps 23:2-5 Jer 31:9 Eze 34:23 Joh 10:3,4

11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Isa 11:16 35:8-10 40:3,4 43:19 57:14 62:10 Ps 107:4,7 Lu 3:4,5 Joh 14:6

12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

these shall Isa 2:2,3 11:10,11 43:5,6 60:9-14 66:19,20 Ps 22:27 72:10,11,17 Mic 4:2 Zec 2:11 8:20-23 Mt 8:11 Lu 13:29 Re 7:9 11:15

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

O heavens Isa 42:10,11 44:23 52:9 55:12 Ps 96:11-13 98:4-9 Lu 2:13,14 15:10 Re 5:8-13 7:9-12

the Lord Isa 12:1 40:1,2 51:3 61:2,3 66:13,14 Jer 31:13 2Co 7:6 2Th 2:16

14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

The Lord Isa 40:27 Ps 22:1 31:22 77:6-9 89:38-46 Ro 11:1-5

my Lord Ps 13:1 Jer 23:39 La 5:20

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

a woman 1Ki 3:26,27 Ps 103:13 Mal 3:17 Mt 7:11

that she should not have compassion. Heb. from having compassion. they may. Le 26:29 De 28:56,57 2Ki 6:28,29 11:1,2 La 4:3,10 Ro 1:31

yet Isa 44:21 Jer 31:20 Ho 11:1 Ro 11:28,29

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

I have Ex 13:9 So 8:6 Jer 22:24 Hag 2:23

thy walls Isa 26:1 54:12 60:18 Re 21:10-21

17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

children Isa 51:18-20 62:5 Ezr 1:5 Ne 2:4-9,17 Eze 28:24

haste. Or, by a slight change of the points, 'Thy builders shall make haste;' those appointed to build the city and walls of Zion, shall speedily begin and accomplish the work. Thy destroyers. Isa 49:19 51:13,22,23

18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.

lift up Isa 60:4 Ge 13:14 Mt 13:41,42 Re 22:15

all these Isa 49:12,22 43:5,6 54:1-3 60:5-11 66:12,13,20 Jer 31:8 Ga 3:28,29

as I live Isa 54:9 Ge 22:16 Heb 6:13-18

thou shalt Isa 61:10 Pr 17:6

as a bride Jer 2:32 Re 21:2

doeth. Bp. Lowth adds from the LXX., her jewels.

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

thy waste Isa 49:8 51:3 54:1,2 Jer 30:18,19 33:10,11 Eze 36:9-16 Ho 1:10,11 Zec 2:4,11 10:10

they that Isa 49:17,25,26 Ps 56:1,2 124:3 Pr 1:12 Jer 30:16 51:33,44 Eze 36:3

20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

children Isa 60:4 Ho 1:10 Mt 3:9 Ga 4:26-28

the place Isa 51:3 54:1,2 Jos 17:14-16 2Ki 6:1

21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

seeing Jer 31:15-17 Ro 11:11-17,24 Ga 3:29 4:26-29

am desolate Isa 3:26 51:17-20 52:2 54:3-8 60:15 62:4 64:10 La 1:1-3 Mt 24:29,30 Lu 21:24 Ro 11:26-31

22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

behold Isa 49:12 2:2,3 11:10,11 42:1-4 60:3-11 66:20 Ps 22:27 67:4-7 72:8,17 86:9 Mal 1:11 Lu 13:29

arms. Heb. bosom

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

king. Cyrus, Darius, Artaxerxes, and other Persian monarchs, as well as Alexander the Great, and his successors, particularly Demetrius, conferred many privileges and immunities on the Jewish people, and were munificent benefactors to their temple. But the prophecy was more remarkably and fully fulfilled in the favour which Constantine the Great, and other Christian princes and princesses from his time to the present day, have shewn to the church of Christ; though it cannot be disputed, that the grand and signal accomplishment of these predictions is yet future. Isa 49:7 52:15 60:3,10,11,16 62:2 Ezr 1:2-4 6:7-12 7:11-28 Ne 2:6-10 Es 8:1 9:1 10:1 Ps 2:10-12 68:31 72:10,11 138:4 Re 21:24-26

nursing fathers. Heb. nourishers Heb 11:12

queens. Heb. princesses. Bow Isa 45:14 60:14 Ge 43:26 Ps 72:9 Re 3:9

lick up Mic 7:17

for they Isa 25:9 64:4 Ps 25:3 34:22 69:6 Ro 5:5 9:33 10:11 1Pe 2:6

24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

shall Eze 37:3,11

prey Isa 42:22 53:12 Ps 124:6,7 126:1-3 Mt 12:29 Lu 11:21,22

lawful captive. Heb. captivity of the just Ezr 9:9,13 Ne 9:33,37 Jer 25:6-9,11-14

25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

even Isa 10:27 52:2-5 Jer 29:10 50:17-19,33,34 Zec 9:11 Heb 2:14,15 1Jo 3:8

captives. Heb. captivity. I will contend Isa 41:11,12 54:15-17 Ge 12:3 Nu 23:8,9 Jer 51:35,36 Zec 9:13-16 12:3-6 14:3,12 Ro 8:31-39 Re 18:20

I will save Isa 54:13 Ga 4:26

26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

I will feed Isa 9:20 Jud 7:22

drunken Re 14:20 16:6 17:6

sweet wine, or, new wine. and all Isa 41:14-20 45:6 60:16 Ps 9:16 58:10,11 83:18 Eze 39:7 Re 15:3