Isaiah 51:11

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:1-23

Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8 ), in which they are charged to look back to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity, to look around and be without fear in the presence of opposition. The next is a cry of courage (verses Isa 51:9-11 ), in which they first look up to the arm of the Lord, and then look back and remember how He has delivered, and, finally, look on in the assurance that He will deliver. The last... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:1-23

Chapter 51 Exhortations To The People To Respond To God. We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen’ (Isaiah 51:1) - ‘attend’ (Isaiah 51:4) - ‘listen’ (Isaiah 51:7). They have heard the voice of the Servant (Isaiah 50:10), now it is open to them to respond. And how are they to appreciate the truth about the Servant? They are to look back to Abraham, and to recognise how when he was but one God blessed him and made him many, and then they are to recognise in this new... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:9-16

The First Call to Awake - Spoken To The Arm Of Yahweh (Isaiah 51:9-16 ). Note that each call to awake is followed by Yahweh speaking to His people. It is a cry for Yahweh to awaken and act on behalf of His people. Isaiah 51:9-11 ‘Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh. Awake as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Are you not it that cut Rahab in pieces, that pierced the monster? Are you not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, Who made the depths... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:9-23

Yahweh Is Called On To Awake and Reveal His Power and Israel Are To Awake To The Power And Holiness Of Their Redeeming God (Isaiah 51:9 to Isaiah 52:12 ). God having given to His faithful people the commands to ‘listen -- attend -- listen’ the prophet now calls on Yahweh also to awaken on behalf of His people, for Him too there is a plea that He listen to the call of His people. It is then followed by a call to all His people to awake. Thus there is a threefold call to ‘awake, awake’, in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:9-11

Isaiah 51:9-1 Kings : . An Appeal to Yahweh to Display His Might as of Old.— Let Yahweh’ s strong arm manifest its power as it did in slaying the dragon Rahab, the personification of the mighty deep regarded as the power of Chaos ( Job 9:13 *). This thought naturally suggests another work of Yahweh’ s arm, the drying up of the Red Sea, the more easily that Rahab was an emblem for Egypt ( cf. Isaiah 30:7 *). Isaiah 51:10 . great deep: this expression makes it clear that the reference to the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 51:11

Therefore; or, So; Heb. And. This verse contains an answer to the prophet’s prayer. It is true, I did these great things, and I will do the like again. Everlasting joy shall be upon their head, like a crown of glory. But for the accomplishment of this magnificent promise we must needs look beyond their return from Babylon into their own land, when they met with many discouragements, and troubles, and calamities, and extend it unto the coming of Christ, by whom these great things were procured... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 51:11

THE GLAD HOME-GOINGIsaiah 51:11. Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, &c. [1569][1569] See Outlines on Isaiah 35:8-10, in vol. i. pp. 409–413.The words of the text, fulfilled in the history of the return from captivity, are in our case awaiting the richer, fuller interpretation of death.I. THOSE WHO ARE DESTINED TO THIS GLORIOUS HOME-GOING. “The redeemed of the Lord.”The expression is one which grows out of the Levitical law, and means one set free by the payment of a price. The... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:1-23

Tonight we have a marvelous study as we look at Isaiah, chapters 51-55, in which the prophet sees so clearly the suffering and the rejection of God's provision for man in sending His Son to die for our sins. In fact, these prophecies of Isaiah so clearly describe what did happen to Jesus Christ in His rejection, in His suffering, in His death, it is as though they were written after it happened rather than 600 years before it happened.The Lord is calling unto the nation of Israel, unto His... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:1-23

Isaiah 51:4 . A law shall proceed from me. The gospel law of liberty and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31. No other law ever emanated from Jerusalem. Isaiah 51:5 . My righteousness is near. Christ, the Just and Holy one, the Lord our righteousness. The isles shall wait upon me. Better thus, the distant lands shall expect me, the desire of all nations. Christ was the earnest expectation of the whole creation. Romans 8:19. Isaiah 51:6 . They that dwell therein shall die in like... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 51:11

Isaiah 51:11Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall returnGreat deliverancesThe return of the light of morning after the darkness of the night; of a fine summer after a cold and cheerless winter; of health and strength after a season of sickness and pain, is refreshing and delightful, and demands the gratitude of the heart.The deliverance of a nation from temporal slavery or subjection has often kindled a fire in the breast of the patriot, the painter, the poet and the historian; but what are... read more

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