Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot.(called him to care for, watch over, attend to the Creator's steps, His plan at the time; called him to attend to the Creator's guidance), gave the nations before him and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword and as driven stubble to his bow.

Who could this be? could it today be the remarkable Grigori Grabovoi? or was it ancient Cyrus or maybe refers to both the past and the present?

Isaiah 41:4 Who has wrought and done it.(comprised from.Clarke's Commentary:.the word 'elleh' is lost out of the text. It is supplied by an ancient manuscript and by these translations, the Septuagint 'tauta', the Vulgate 'haec', the Chaldee 'elin', which all have the same meaning, so now reading 'who has performed and made these things', for who has wrought and done it'), calling the generations from the beginning? I am God, the first and with the last. I am he.

God is irrespective of this thing we call time.

Isaiah 41:6 They helped every one his neighbour and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

Psalms 27:14; 31:24.

Isaiah 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith and he that smoothes with the hammer.(a blacksmith, a metal worker).him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering.(joining as if with solder).and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

Isaiah 41:8 But you, Israel, are my servant Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham.my friend.

Why was he the friend of the Creator?

Isaiah 41:9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the Earth and called you from the chief men thereof and said unto you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away.

Hebrews 13:5.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yea, I will help you.(Hebrews 13:5), yea, I will uphold you. Yes and I'll help you by upholding you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 42:6.

Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded. They shall be as nothing and they that strive with you shall perish.

Isaiah 41:12 You shalt seek them and not find those that contended with you, those that warred against you. They are now as nothing.

How could they be as nothing unless they were permanently gotten rid of. How?

Isaiah 41:13 For I God will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not, I will help you.

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, you worm Jacob and you men of Israel. I will help you, says God your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, you worm Jacob.(speaking here of the tribe of Jacob and those having descended forth from it).(re word 'worm' as comprised from Barnes Notes: poor and afflicted and as objects of contempt in view of their enemies implying that in themselves they were unable to defend or deliver themselves and in this state of helplessness God offers to aid them and assures them that they have nothing to fear, as God will make them be as a sharp instrument and not a helpless worm; also Job 25:4-6).and you men of Israel. I will help you, says God and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth. You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small and shall make the hills as chaff.

Isaiah 41:17 When the poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue fails for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel.(who's Israel today?).will not forsake them.

More on the poor amongst you:.John 12:8.

Isaiah 41:18,19 I will open rivers in high places and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree.(a fragrant tree, the wood used in the Ark of the Covenant:.Exodus 25:10).and the myrtle and the oil tree. I will set in the desert the fir tree and the pine and the box tree.(probably a type of cedar, fir or poplar tree).together;

Isaiah 41:20 That they may see and know and consider together, that the hand of God has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Isaiah 41:22 Let them bring them forth and show us what shall happen. Let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them and know the latter end of them or declare us things for to come. 

Isaiah 41:23 Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are Gods. Yea, do good or do evil.(don't sit on your ass and do nothing), that we may be dismayed.(original means 'to look', that is see and comprehend the reasons for such contrasts, so we learn) and behold it together.(so that both of us can evaluate it). 

Isaiah 41:24 Behold, you are of nothing and your work of nought. An abomination is he that chooses you.

Isaiah 41:25 I have raised up one from the north and he shall come. From the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name. And he shall come upon princes as upon morter and as the potter treads clay. 

Isaiah 41:26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? Yea, there is none that shows, yea, there is none that declares, yea, there is none that hears your words. 

Isaiah 41:27-29 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them. And I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.

Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him. He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Prophesy.fulfilled:.Matthew 12:18; Ephesians 3:6; Colossians 1:27; Acts 13:45-48.

Original for verse is: 'servant.-.grasp.or.hold.-.chosen.or.elect.-.soul.-.give.-.spirit.-.out.or.bring.or come.-.judgment, decision.-.nation). Here's how I put it together:.Servants, grasp that you are a chosen soul and give the spirit out.(the oneness).to judge the nation..In other words, meditate on the truth of judgment for the nation and be an example of this in your life. It will bring peace. See what you can do with the original.

Isaiah 42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up.(lift up as on a soapbox or a stage, so others could see the individual speaking; what was important was kindly exposing others to the message of the good news), nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

Wouldn't be out in the street flogging religion, shouting at people 'Do you know the Lord brother? here, read all about itand take this with you'.

Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break and the smoking flax shall he not quench. He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Emmanuel was prophesied to be kind and humble and to adhere to principles good for all and He was:.Matthew 12:20.

Isaiah 42:5 Thus says God, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the Earth.(*).and that which comes out of it, he that gives breath unto the people upon it and spirit to them that walk therein.

Zechariah 12:1.

Isaiah 42:6 I God have called you in righteousness.(Isaiah 54:17).and will hold your hand and will keep you and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.

"called you in righteousness".You, your presence here on Earth, was saved right from the start:.2Timothy 1:9.

"give you for a covenant of the people".Barnes Notes: The meaning is, 'I will give or appoint you as the medium or means by which a covenant shall be made with the people or a mediator of the new covenant which God is about to establish with men'.

Isaiah 41:10,13.

Genesis 15:6,

Isaiah 42:7 To open the blind eyes.(2Peter 1:4), to bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

The unawakened low consciousness of humanity keeping one locked in a syndrome of selfishness away from the treasures of a life lived by love.

Isaiah 42:8 I am God; that is my name and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass and new things do I declare. Before they spring forth I tell you of them.(how?).

Isaiah 42:13 God shall go forth as a mighty man. He shall stir up jealousy like a man of war. He shall cry, yea, roar. He shall prevail against his enemies.

"his enemies".They are his enemies. The only true loving kind compassionate God of all things, created his great plan of salvation, the saving of.all.humanity. It has always been playing out:.2Timothy 1:9.

Isaiah 42:14 I have long time held my peace. I have been still and refrained myself. Now will I cry like a travailing.(original 'ready to bring forth birth').woman. I will destroy and devour at once.

Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not. I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight.(once knowledge is gained toward good and lessons of life are learned, all things will straighten out for you and the world, from the evils afflicting humanity, the evils of the dark side; the 'med beds' are here to help in this regard). These things will I do unto them and not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:6.

Isaiah 42:17 They shall be turned back and be greatly ashamed, that trusted in graven images and said to the molten images.(*), You are our gods.

Isaiah 42:20 Seeing many things, but you observed not. Your ears were open, but you don't hear.

Zechariah 1:4; Matthew 13:43 "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Isaiah 42:21 God is well pleased for his righteousness.(what's 'his righteousness'?).sake. He will magnify the law and make it honorable.

How did Christ magnify the law? Examples:.Matthew 5:43-45; 22:40.

Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled.(how and by who?). They are all of them snared in holes and they are hid in prison houses.(such are they who have allowed themselves to be subjugated by others who are evil, like bullies were and still are in schools homeschooling your kids is much better; avoid becoming like the evil ones {how?} who hide behind others and who they pay to do their bidding against good people, putting them into various prisons to harm them on purpose {prisons are where you can't do much on your own, such as in one's closed-minded thinking, wars, poisonings, subjugations, etc., but what you can do?}). They are for a prey and none delivers them.(as George Carlin tells us about, no one cares), for a spoil.(the cabal believes that We the People are just for their use and abuse; be very careful who you get involved with:.Matthew 7:13-20) and none says restore.(those in control never wanted you to be free in any way).

We just have to be sure not to put ourselves in a prison of our own making through acceptance of evil ways:.Isaiah 5:13; 9:13; Jeremiah 5:3.

Isaiah 42:25 Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger and the strength of battle and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not.(didn't comprehend why).why it burned him and laid it not to heart.

....continues to Chapter 43

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