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Honest Prayer in Hard Times
The cry "Awake, awake" doesn't mean God is literally asleep. Commentators explain this is honest, human language for when God feels distant or inactive. John Calvin notes that God allows us to pray "according to the feeling of our weakness," showing that we can bring our raw emotions and desperation to Him in prayer.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 51:9
18th Century
Theologian
Awake, awake - This verse begins a new subject (see the analysis of the chapter). It is the solemn and impassioned entreaty of those who wer…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 51:9
19th Century
Bishop
Awake, awake. — Who is the speaker that so bursts into this grand apostrophe? (1) The redeemed and ideal Israel, or (2) t…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 51:9–10
19th Century
Preacher
Are you not it that has cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Are you not it which has dried the sea, the waters of the great deep;…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 51:9
16th Century
Theologian
Awake, awake. Here the Prophet instructs us that when God cheers us by His promises, we ought also to pray earnestly that He would perform…
John Gill
On Isaiah 51:9
17th Century
Pastor
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord
The Septuagint and Arabic versions take the words to be an address to Jerusal…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 51:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The people whom Christ has redeemed with His blood, as well as by His power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He who designs such j…