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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 51:16 - 51:16
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Addressed to Israel, embodied in “the servant of Jehovah” (Isa 42:1), Messiah, its ideal and representative Head, through whom the elect remnant is to be restored.
put my words in thy mouth - true of Israel, the depository of true religion, but fully realized only in Israel’s Head and antitype, Messiah (Isa 49:2; Isa 50:4, Isa 50:5; Isa 59:21; Deu 18:18; Joh 3:34).
covered ... in ... shadow of ... hand - protected thee (see on Isa 49:2).
plant - rather, “fix” as a tabernacle; so it ought to be rendered (Dan 11:45). The “new creation,” now going on in the spiritual world by the Gospel (Eph 2:10), and hereafter to be extended to the visible world, is meant (Isa 65:17; Isa 66:22; compare Isa 13:13; 2Pe 3:10-13).
Zion - Its restoration is a leading part in the new creation to come (Isa 65:17, Isa 65:19).