Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away- NET = "Captives will be taken from a warrior." toward the future glorious kingdom. 9No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there.

The Messiah is here in view as the head or representative of ideal Israel.

This is the reasonthis is one reason that is given in Scripturefor conjugal love, because the woman was taken out of the man, and she is bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh; and when our blessed Second Adam fell asleep in death, God took his Church out of his side, and the Church is bone of Christs bone and flesh of his flesh. 33:21; Jdg. Then was it surely, when the executioner with the hammer smote the tender hands of the loving Jesus, that He engraved our names upon the palms of His hands. He remembers Noah and the animals in the ark. -------------------------- For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. Even now perhaps you feel like David who cried out to God his Rock, "Why have you forgotten me?" And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears; Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see; 3. Taabis translated here in the Septuagint with an "ugly," strong verbbdelusso [word study](derived frombdeo= to stink or reek) which means literally to emit a foul odor or to render foul and figuratively means to strongly detest something on the basis that it reeks andis abominable (as used inRev 21:8-note) (abominable = quite disagreeable, worthy of disgust, whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses).
Charles Ryrie summarizes Isaiah49:14-26 writing that "Here the Lord encourages His people who will be in captivity. Beloved, see the Savior spread out His hands before us with our very name inscribed in His scarred palms. The LORD has comforted - The Hebrew verb naham/nachamis used in Isaiah 40:1 (Comfortcomfort) and in the several passages that speak of Jehovah's future comfort to His Chosen People Isaiah 51:3 Indeed, the LORD will comfort (naham/nacham)Zion; He will comfort (naham/nacham)all her waste places. Now I am conscious, that I cannot work out the beauty of this passage. Verse 1. Solid Joys. Context of Isa 49:16 - Israel (depicted as "Zion") was in an hour of distress and discouraged by her exile to Babylon cried out "The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me. (Isa 49:14). The finite mind of man cannot constantly be occupied, if it is to engage in other pursuits, with any one thought; but the gigantic mind of God can allow of a million trains of thought at once. Here, indeed, we have a theme for marvelling. This same word bound is used in Isaiah 61:1+ in the phrase "to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners (asar)."

Talk about "schizophrenic hermeneutics! Oh, the antiquity of this inscription! The Lord graciously adopts the figure to confirm His assurance. Behold, I was left alone; From where did these come? He holds the future in His hands. (Be Comforted). From everlasting to everlasting Thou art God; from everlasting to everlasting Thou art the same, and Thy peoples names are written on Thy hands! It follows that this must referto a future time and the most logical time isthe coming Messianic Kingdom, the day when Christ will return to establish His kingdom on earth. The hands, of course, are constantly in union with the body. 14:22; Jer. Take the next word. A ring of reality sounds forth from this statement, reminding us of other utterances equally exciting: "I have chosen," "I have called," "I have made," "I have given" and such like, all of which we cherish dearly. See the fulness of this! 35:9; Ps. (The Blood Covenant - Online). Constable comments that "Part of the salvation to appear in that favorable time will involve the liberation of captives, physical and spiritual (cf. 39:11; Ps. Bow downto Him and surrender your heart to Him today while it is still called today! These words are a singularly bold metaphor, drawn from the strange and half-savage custom, which lingers still among sailors and others, of having beloved names or other tokens of affection and remembrance indelibly inscribed on parts of the body. In marks of indelible grace, Yes, I to the end shall endure 7 Thy righteousness my robe shall be, You cannot do any work but you see it there; and God cannot do any work without seeing his childrens names. Far greater the joy when the unfolding comes than if there had been no mystery, no darksome circumstances, and far greater the glory of His grace. But remember reality. It is interesting that this same word kairos is used in Eph 1:10which speaks of "the fullness of the times," paraphrased as "And this is the plan: At the right time He (THE FATHER) will bring everything together under the authority of Christ (THE MESSIAH)-- everything in heaven and on earth." Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. Isaiah 49:16. We know he has a tattoo, and we know what it says. Whereas you have been forsaken ('azab) and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation. He must be fastened to the cross, that his people might be truly graven on the palms of his hands. Moment by moment, her thoughts centered on her five-week-old son. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Of God it is said, "He careth for you." This is certainly an allusion, says Bishop Lowth, to some practice, common among the Jews at that time, of making marks on their hands or arms by punctures on the skin, rendered indelible by fire or staining, with some sort of sign, or representation of the city or temple, to show their affection and zeal for it. Is it a pain, a burden, to carry Christ in our thoughts about the world? Ellicott -The over population of the future is contrasted with the depopulation of the past (Isaiah 3:6;Isaiah 4:1). MacArthur -This speaks to the humiliating treatment of the Servant at His first advent, a theme emphasized by Isaiah (50:6-9; 52:14, 15; 53:3). Jer. But faithful thou art O fountain of love! NET -"At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to You." Here is the opposite of the normal practice. ", NIV Isaiah 49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Our comforts may vary, our frames may decline; 2 Chronicles These words apply, first of all, to Gods ancient people, the Jews, but they are equally true of all believers. The Servant-Messiah begins with another court scene that calls on all the peoples of the world to pay attention. The return of such a large group described in Isa 49:19-21 must look beyond the relatively small group that returned from Babylon to the second coming of Christ (Mt24:31). (The Collected Writings of W. E. Vine). (Oswalt). Human thoughts that cluster and cling so warmly and closely around us today, before many weeks are past, attracted by new objects of interest, or absorbed by new engagements of time, have fled and gone, and we are alone and forgotten. He keeps us before him, in order that he may do for us exceeding abundantly more than we ask or think.R.T. The language here is highly figurative.

60:14; Jer. My Sermon Notes: A Selection From Outlines of Discourses Delivered at The Metropolitan Tabernacle.

Behold, I was left alone; from where have these come? 106:4; Ps. My name is written on His hands. How I may glory unto Thee bring! Faith is the Grace - . And so the Lamb Who was slain has not forgotten our name, for He cannot forget what is immutably inscribed in the palm of His hands throughout eternity! Once she was bereaved and barren but now is "bountiful! They pour effectual prayers; they strongly plead for me: (Commentary on Ezekiel 36). There is no sorrow to which our text is not an antidote. He is teaching that He will come to earth as a Man, born of a woman (See Mt 1:20-21, Mk 1:10-11, Mk 9:7). ESV Isaiah 49:19 "Surely your waste and your desolate places and your devastated land-- surely now you will be too narrow for your inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up will be far away. "I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands.". This is a horrible picture of how the Chosen People viewed theHoly One of Israel Who was sent to be their Savior and Redeemer!!! 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God now gives a second strong symbol to assure Israel that He has not forgotten her or rejected her! Im not the Lord, you know. No, Your Highness, replied one of the group. 41:14; Isa. It is not an outline sketch, you see; it is a full picture, as though the man himself were there. Deeply graven 106:13), lets praise him and celebrate his goodness to us. 1. Our gravers press upon their tools; they tell us how stern the labour when they cut the hard metal to mark each line, and God has thus graven; with the whole strength of Omnipotence he has leaned upon the tool to cut our names into his flesh. I should have known I was secure. NLT Isaiah 49:25 But the LORD says, "The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved. And surely You, O Beloved, are engraved on the table of this longing heart. That settles it whether we believe it or not! " What a contrast between Zion's wail about being forsaken and forgotten, and God's tender regard! But on the hand which made the worlds, the hand which was transfixed on Calvary, the hand of might and love; I have engraved you there! Life, in its quality, is "empty" or "vacuous" (and thus unsubstantial), and in its quantity is "transitory." The LORD called Me - This is the Messiah, the Son, describing His calling by God the Father. The suggestiveness of the figure expresses eternal election; it indicates inseverable identity; it intimates an ineffable immortality; yea, the very fashion of its design foretells an unending union with an incomparable Lover. WEST. I have graven thee in; I have not merely printed thee, stamped thee on the surface, but I have permanently cut thee into My hand with marks which never can be removed. Isaiah knows that God will be the victor, and that not only his own people but all people will be the beneficiaries." Clearly God has not yet restored the land to Israel. Amen.

Then, though in darkness, loneliness, and sorrow you are led to exclaim, "Has the Lord forgotten to be gracious?" But even if mothers were to suddenly abandon their children, the Lord would never forsake Zion. MacArthur "This remarkable statement pictures Christ, at His return, ministering as a servant to believers.".

"My purpose shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.". That is a fascinating comment by Young because he does see the present verse (Isa 49:3) as connected to the previous passages.

But faithful thou art O fountain of love! (Keil and Delitzsch) The Chosen People are coming from all around, from all over the world. It is immutable and eternaljust as He is (As I live), Young on as I live - The oath formula is a common one, and means, So true as it is that I live, saith the Lord, etc.. (The Complete Biblical Library Isaiah). We will begin with the word, Behold. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands. Behold is a word of wonder; it is intended to excite admiration. Because the palms where our names are written are pierced palms, and our names are written in the blood that flowed from the prints of the nails. (Ge 15:2NET)The Jews, out of a superstitious reverence for the name Jehovah, always pronounce Adonai where Jehovah is written. Philemon Premillennialists view this chapter, and most of chapters 5057, as revealing Messiahs restoration of Israel to her land at the beginning of the Millennium. (Hebrews 12:2+), Ortlund -Jesus saw the joy set before Him, He clung to it by faith, and that faith preserved Him in His arduous mission. Wiersbe adds that Isaiah 49:10-12 "look beyond the deliverance from Babylon in 536 B.C. if you can render itHe hath graven me, me, me upon the palms of his hands, if your soul can know that God hath you daily in remembrance, and neither can, nor will forget you, then you will dance before the ark of the Lord, and if Michal mocks, you may answer her as David didThe God that chose me, made me to dance. Eternal Election and Indissoluble Union, are truths which make believers rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. I was left here all alone. The Servant would fulfill Gods covenants with Israel.". 10:15; Jer. He is explaining why the Servant could be assured thatbecause of the faithfulness of His Father, the Holy One of Israel,kings would rise from their golden thronesand princes would prostrate themselves before the true King, indeed, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

"I have engraved you on the palms of My hands." The most popular modern translations render this verse "pierced" but the careful student will at least be aware of the background that has led to their translation.

WE all believe that our Saviour has very much to do with the covenant of eternal salvation. For I will fight those who fight you, and I will save your children. "It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus," wrote Robert Murray McCheyne. 59:20; Isa. We are inscribed on the palms of Gods hands. I have graven thy person, thine image, thy case, thy circumstances, thy sins, thy temptations, thy weaknesses, thy wants, thy works; I have graven everything about thee, all that concerns thee; I have put thee altogether there. "The Lord reassured Israel not only with the promise that He would remember and restore Israel, but also that He would ultimately exalt Israel." If the author does not here spell out the details of that embodiment, it is nonetheless clear that this is the Servants role.As the embodiment of the covenant, the Servant will do several things: restore the land, apportion desolate heritages, and call forth the prisoners (v. 9). Yet, methinks, there may be a prophetic reference here to a later writing of the names, when Jesus Christ submitted His outstretched palms to those cruel graving-tools, the nails.

And He is the Son of God the God of Covenant! Constant. 1:24; Lk. He speaks to His people and is faithful to keep His Word (Isa 49:26). ", APPLICATION - Have you ever wondered if God has forgotten or abandoned you? God had even engraved their names on his hands, so that his thoughts were continually focused on them. No, for time would fret it, and the letters would not long be legible. Beloved, whatever fluctuation you find in human thought, or change in human affection, God's thoughts of love, and care, and faithfulness, are changeless.

(Pulpit)Drawn from the ancient practice of burning or puncturing figures & other mementoes upon the hand, arm etc., then often rubbing henna, indigo, gun powder, or some other color substance. By such a work of love does God write you and me on His hands, but most of all by the work of Christ upon His cross. He has purchased her at a very dear price, the blood of his Son, Jesus Christ. He will be the Redeemer (see Isa 41:14) of those Israelites who turn to Him in repentance (Isa 59:20). In the context this is Messiah. Be a Berean!

9:10; Prov. By living according to God's law, Israel was to be a model of God's standards of justice to the surrounding nations (Deut 4:68). Isaiah, the son of Amoz, ministered in and around Jerusalem as a prophet to Judah during the reigns of 4 kings of Judah: Uzziah (called "Azariah" in 2 Kings), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah ( 1:1 ), from ca. 17:15; Job 7:16; Job 9:29; Job 21:34; Job 35:16; Ps. John Gill - Not upon his thick clouds, the clouds of heaven under him, always in view, as R. Saadiah Gaon, mentioned by Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi: much better the Targum, "lo, as upon the hands thou art engraven before me;'' signifying that his people were always in his sight, his eyes were ever upon them, and never withdrawn from them; as anything held in the hand, or tied to or wore upon it, as a signet or ring that has the name of a person on it, to which the allusion may be; which shows how near and dear they are to him, what affection he has for them, and care of them; see Song 8:6. Is this not what our God does for all of us today in Christ? Speak of the seven wonders of the world, why this is a wonder in the seventh heavens! This epithet is an ancient one.

Mt 25:34 "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. The section reaches its climax with the announcement that God has won victory and the people are free (Isa 52:7-12). In Pr 8:27 we see a figurative use where God "inscribed a circle on the face of the deep" and in Pr 8:28 where God "marked out the foundations of the earth." Constable - Some servants inscribed the names of their masters on their hands in Isaiah's day, but masters did not write the names of their servants on their hands. Oh! Based on this prophecy from the Non-lying God (cf Titus 1:2), after 1000's of years, Israel would finally and fully possess the possessionpromised to their father Abraham (Ge 15:18+) and then to Isaac and then to Jacob. In Isaiah 49:26 Isaiah says that these incredible events that end this present age as Messiah returns will cause all the people (Jew and Gentile) of the world to know that Jehovah is the true and living god. Normally in ancient times a slave would bear the brand mark of his master, but in Isaiah 49:16 we see an act of ineffable divine condescension in which the Master inscribes the servant's name on His palm! He Who has compassion on them will lead them - Messiah will lead believing Israel, not because they are worthy, but because He has compassion on them. We pass on now to the next word, I. The Divine Artist is none other than God Himself. SPURGEON - Yet it is a sweet thing to be able to trace the hand of God in our affliction, for nothing can come from that hand towards one of his children but that which is good and right. God owns you as His child Yahweh now summons His Servant Who will not fail in His mission!

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