Isaiah 43:1-7

Isaiah 43:1-7
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Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
- IV.XIV.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- I.9, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- V.III, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- XII.28, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- An Address to Demetrianus -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
  - "When you see dangers and conspiracies on all sides, remember this benefit and the love of your God, and it will encourage you."
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
  - "God's favour and good-will to his people speak abundant comfort to all believers."
- From Wesley's Notes.
  - "I have not only created them out of nothing, but I have also formed and made them my peculiar people."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Isaiah 43:1-7 (Baptism of our Lord), Charles L. Aaron, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
  - "If we think of the prophets as thundering proclaimers of collective sin, which they often were, this passage shows the capacity of one prophet to offer reassurance."
- "Shalll We Gather At the River (But Not Just Any River)," Chris Ayers, ReThinkDoChurch, 2019.
- "You Are Mine," Glenn Monson, Law & Gospel Everywhere, 2019.
- "God's Claim, God's Protection," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2019.
- "Through the Waters," Art and Faith Matters Lynn Miller, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- Commentary, Isaiah 43:1-7 (Baptism of our Lord), Patricia Tull, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
  - "Believers in every generation have seen in fire and flood all that is larger than ourselves, all that consumes not only hope but life and limb as well. Yet Scripture, including Isaiah 43:1-7, transforms these elements from threats into sources of healing through adversity."
- "Passing On The Faith," the Rev. Dr. Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2013.
  - "Can you imagine that Jesus heard the echo of these words on the day of his baptism? What other passages might he have been remembering then?"
- Commentary, Isaiah 43:1-7 (Baptism of our Lord), Anathea Portier-Young, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
  - "In preaching this passage I would keep God's broader plan of salvation in view, while focusing attention on the shocking particularity of God's love for this one people, Israel, for whom God would pay any price."
- Isaiah 43:1-7, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Isaiah 42:18-43:12, Bible Study by Anthony Bartlett at Preaching Peace.
- 1 Epiphany, Year C: Isaiah 43:1-7, Biblische Ausbildung, Dr. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary. Part 2.
  - "The good news of the salvation oracle in Isaiah 43 is that God directly addresses this experience of exile."
- Isaiah 43:1-7, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
  - "One could expect the declaration of guilt at the end of ch. 42 to be followed by a ?sentence? of judgment, but it is not. As one writer puts it, the logic of grace takes over and the people are told to ?fear not?."
- "Hello, My Name Is..." Paige G. Evers, Sabbatheology, The Crossings Community, 2010.
  - "Confident that you are more than your name, that you are first and foremost a baptized and beloved child of God, you can look at the world, and even around your neighborhood, with new eyes."
- Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Isaiah 43:1-7. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
  - "Reading Isaiah emboldens us as we pass through our next water of redemption to find a glory not fully dreamed. Can you imagine living already redeemed, already glorious?"
- "Who is Battering Whom?" by Dr. David R. Blumenthal, Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University.
  - "However, in a remarkable little book entitled, Batter My Heart, Gracia Fay Ellwood has gathered together most of the violent and abusive passages in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. I thought I had read them all but Ellwood showed me some new ones, as well as some old ones in a new light. God is the abusive husband who goes through the well-known fight-beat-reconcile cycle. God wounds, heals, and wounds again."
Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Albertz, Rainer, "Darius in Place of Cyrus: the First Edition of Deutero-Isaiah in 521 BC," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2003.
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- Croatto, J. Severino, "The 'Nations' in the Salvific Oracles of Isaiah," Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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- "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2009. (Section on this text begins on page 413)
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- Keiser, Thomas A., "The Song of Moses as a Basis for Isaiah's Prophecy," Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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Sermons:
With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Baptism of Our Lord, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013.
- "When You Cross Deep Rivers, I Will Be With You," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
Drama:
Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymn Selections, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
  - Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
  - My Jesus, I Love Thee
Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Isaiah
Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah