~Big Picture Overview of OT – Understanding Isaiah in Its OT Context~
(Part 10)
~The Covenant of God’s Peace, Everlasting <<=>> New Covenant~
Isaiah 54:10
connected with all of Is. 51-55, particularly with 54:13ff., as well as 54:1-4
“For the mountains may depart & the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace shall not be removed,” says the LORD, Who has compassion on you.
Ezekiel 37:26
“I will make acovenant of peacewith them. It shall be aneverlasting covenantwith them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.”
Romans 11:26-27
[quoting specifically Isaiah 59:20-21]
And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; “and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
Hebrews 9:15 & 13:20-21
Therefore He [Christ] is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
~Noahic Covenant, an Everlasting Covenant (of Peace) – Genesis 9:1-18~
God’s Covenant of Peace with Phineas: Covenant of an Everlasting Priesthood (Numbers 25)
Numbers 25:10-13And the LORD said to Moses, “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy. Therefore say,
‘Behold, I give to himmy covenant of peace,And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Hebrews 7:14-22 For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, Who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever.’” This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
~The Covenant of God’s Peace – Isaiah 54 (see the back of this page)~
Further New Covenant in Isaiah – See Chapters 55 & 59, etc., and future studies.
Covenant of Peace in Hosea (see also Micah, to whom we will turn later in our Isaiah Series & Studies)
2:18-20 “And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the LORD.”
~New Covenant in Jeremiah – includes:~
31:31-34 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,not likethe covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband,” declares the LORD.“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD: “ will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
~New Covenant in Ezekiel – includes:~
16:59-63
“For thus says the Lord GOD [Adonai YHWH]: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, andI willestablishan everlasting covenantwith you.Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you.I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the LORD, so that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done,” declares the Lord GOD.
34:25-26 “I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
37:26(see Introductory Passages on Page 1)
~See Hebrews 8 on The New Covenant –~
quoting Jeremiah 31 directly & extensively, as well as Jer. 24 & Isaiah 43, and alluding to Isaiah 54 & 59
Isaiah 54 (English Standard Version)
The Eternal Covenant of Peace
54“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
2“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
3For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your [seed] offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.
4“Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name;
and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
the God of the whole earth he is called.
6For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
7For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
8In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.
9“This is like the days of Noah[a] to me:
as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you.
10For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
11“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.[b]
12I will make your pinnacles of agate,[c] your gates of carbuncles,[d]
and all your wall of precious stones.
13All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
14In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
15If anyone stirs up strife, it is not from me; whoever stirs up strife with you shall fall because of you.
16Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;
17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication[e] from Me,” declares the Lord.
a a. Isaiah 54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah
b b. Isaiah 54:11 Or lapis lazuli
c c. Isaiah 54:12 Or jasper, or ruby
d d. Isaiah 54:12 Or crystal
e e. Isaiah 54:17 Or righteousness
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