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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:7

Isaiah 42:7To open the blind eyesOpening blind eyesWhat a grievous affliction is blindness! It was no frivolous boon which Christ, in the days of His sojourn on earth, thought proper to confer, when, in the external sense, He opened blind eyes.In the paragraph of which the text is a part, Jehovah is describing the Messiah in His spiritual character and work; and, great as the marvel of removing natural blindness was, and great as similar miracles were which Christ performed, their principal... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:8

Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord: that is My nameNamesThe name of a thing, provided it is a true and adequate one, denotes the essential nature of that thing.When a chemist has discovered a new substance, he is, of course, compelled to invent a new name for it; and he seeks a term that will indicate its distinctive properties. When, for instance, that gas which illuminates our streets and dwellings was first discovered, it was supposed to be the constituent matter of heat, and the name “phlogiston” was... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:9

Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things are come to passThe philosophy of promiseOne may observe, in reading Scripture, the general principle that God usually gives a promise of that which He means to bestow.Before Christ came, the Father was continually speaking of His coming. Love meets man as a heralding fragrance before the actual bestowal of blessing. Why are covenant blessings the subject of promises? I. IN ORDER TO DISPLAY GOD’S GRACE. 1. The freeness of His grace. The promise to which the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:10

Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the Lord a new song“New things” and a “new song”The “new things” become the impulse and matter of “a new song,” such as was never yet heard in the heathen world.(F. Delitzsch, D. D.)Joy among the heathenReduced to ordinary prose style, it is a prediction that changes are to take place joyfully affecting the condition of the whole world. (J. A. Alexander.) read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:11

Isaiah 42:11Let the inhabitants of the Rock singChrist the Christian’s RockI.SHOW IN WHAT RESPECT CHRIST MAY BE COMPARED TO A ROCK. 1. Christ is a Rock, in regard of His omnipotent power. 2. Christ is a Rock, in regard of that ineffable glory to which He is now exalted. Rocks may lie low and deep in the ground, but rise with artless grandeur and inimitable beauty, and their lofty heads divide the clouds. 3. Jesus Christ is a Rock in regard of His faithfulness, and the unchangeable nature of His... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:13

Isaiah 42:13The Lord shall go forth as a mighty manJehovah, the Warrior.SaviourThe Lord stirs Himself up to bring in the “new things.” (Prof. A. B. Davidson, D. D.) read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:14

Isaiah 42:14I have long time holden My peaceThe Divine thought and painRemember it is God who speaks these words of Himself, and then think of what they mean of unshareable thought and pain, of solitary yearning and effort.But from the pain comes forth at last the power (Isaiah 42:15). (Prof. G. A. Smith, D. D.)The destruction of sinners sudden and inevitableGod long bears with the provocations of men, and therefore they imagine He pays no attention to their deeds; but they are deceived; the... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:16

Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew notGod leading the blindThe blind are they whom transgression and wickedness have robbed of power of spiritual insight.The unknown ways in which Jehovah leads them are the ways of redemption, known to Him alone and now revealed in the fulness of times. (F. Delitzsch, D. D.)The unknown pathGod would lead Israel by a way that had not yet been trodden; He would redeem her from Babylon, not as He delivered her from Egypt in the distant... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:18-20

Isaiah 42:18-20Hear, ye deafDivine expostulationThus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has reason to expostulate with us.1. We are deaf, in a spiritual sense, when we do not attend to the Divine admonitions, or give earnest heed to the word of instruction; and we are blind, in the same sense, when we do not perceive the glory of the Gospel, and the force and beauty of Divine truth. 2. Before one step in the way of salvation can be taken, this hindrance must be removed.... read more

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The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 42:19

Isaiah 42:19Who is blind, but My Servant?--The Lord’s Servant blind and deafI. CHRIST’S BLINDNESS. How should it be said of the Servant and Messenger of the Lord that He was blind as none other? How should it be said of Him whose eyes are as a flame of fire, whose look struck like a sword? Are not all things naked and open to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do? Yes. 1. But as to the older expositors have pointed out, He was m a sense blind. They dwelt on the fact that His was the blindness... read more

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