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Chiastic Structure taken from below book Figure11 P.136
dEwEy comment….
So you can see the structure of alternating motifs of a
return to chaos and a new creation
I rearranged the order of the Chiastic Structure from…
A1
B1
C1
… Center Piece !!!! Hidden and Most Important!!!!
C2
B2
A2
To this
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
… O1
Center Piece… !!!! Hidden and Most Important!!!!
O2
(Isaiah chapters 41 thru 46:12)
Creation
A1—The Lord raises up righteousness from the east (41:2).
A2—The Lord brings righteousness from the east, fulfilling his word (46:10-13b).
Chaos
B1—Idolatrous nations and rulers turn into dust and stubble (41:2-7):
mountains and hills become dust and chaff (41:15).
B2—Idolatrous nations live in darkness and chaos (45:19-20);
their idolatry causes weariness and exile (46:1-4).
Creation
C1—Jacob/Israel is not forsaken (41:17); Israel's Holy One
regenerates and creates the wilderness (41:17-20).
C2—The Creator of heaven and earth saves Jacob/Israel (45:17-18).
Chaos
D1—Idolaters are an abomination, worth nothing (41:21-24).
D2—Idolaters retire in shame and disgrace (45:16).
Creation
E1—The Lord raises up the Warrior figure from the sunrise (41:21ab).
E2—The Lord, Creator of heaven and earth, raises up
the Cyrus figure (45:12-13).
Chaos
F1—Dignitaries are trodden down as mud and clay (41:25cd);
false diviners are but wind and chaos (41:29).
F2—Those who dispute what the Lord makes and
begets are but shards and day (45:9-11).
Creation
G1—The Creator of heaven and earth creates the Servant figure,
endows him with his Spirit, appoints him as a light
—the subject of nonweariness (42:1-6).
G2—The Creator of light and peace names and girds the Cyrus
figure (45:4-7); the Lord creates righteousness
by implication, the Cyrus figure (45:8).
Chaos
H1—The Lord desolates the earth and its vegetation, dries up lakes
and rivers—the Lord's victory over his enemies (42:13-15).
H2—The Lord dries up the deep and its rivers (44:27).
Creation
I1—The Lord guides the blind by his light, levels the uneven ground (42:16),
I2—The Lord creates Jacob/Israel, removes his people's
sins like a cloud of mist (44:21-24).
Chaos
J1—Idolaters retreat in confusion (42:17).
J2—Idolaters and their works are but chaos and ashes (44:9, 20).
Creation
K1—Jacob/Israel magnifies the law and becomes illustrious,
because of the Lord's righteousness (42:21).
K2—The Lord creates and succors Jacob/Israel (44:1-2); the Lord
pours out his Spirit, regenerates the wilderness (44:3-4);
Jacob/Israel are the Lord's witnesses (44:5-8).
Chaos
L1—Jacob/Israel is a prey, consumed by fire for
transgressing the Lord's law (42:22-25).
L2—Jacob/Israel's weariness and sins bring execration (43:22-28).
Creation
M1—The Lord creates Jacob/Israel (43:1);
the Lord's people are immune to the elements
as they return from exile (43:2-7).
M2—The Lord regenerates the wilderness through which his people
travel (43:19-20); the Lord creates Jacob/Israel (43:21).
Chaos
N1—Babylon's citizens come down as fugitives (43:14).
N2—Babylon's armies of men, chariots,
and horses are snuffed out (43:17).
Creation
O1—The Lord, Israel's Holy One and King, creates Israel (43:15).
….Center piece below….
O2—The Lord provides a way through the Sea,
through the mighty waters (43:16).
….Center Piece…..
below
Below commentary from
To read online…. http://www.isaiahexplained.com/isaiah_ch_43.html#_16C
43:16
Thus says Jehovah—
who provides a way in the Sea,
a path through the mighty waters,
So, in connection with that creation motif in verse fifteen, of the idea of God who is Creator of his people, he creates them to be a new entity or they’re reborn, as it were. They experience rebirth on a higher rung of the spiritual ladder. Every time you ascend a spiritual ladder you are born again--in connection with that creation motif, or that born-again state, as the exodus motif in verse sixteen, “The Lord who provides a way in the sea, a path through the mighty waters,” like the Exodus out of Egypt. That was the birth of the nation of Israel as a social, political, unit. In Egypt there were merely the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When God manifested his power over Egypt, and destroyed the Egyptian army, then and only then could then could Israel be born. Otherwise Pharaoh would have come and destroyed them because they were still his people; Pharaoh still had some kind of dominion over them. They were Egyptian subjects at that time.
So, Israel’s created, and born again at another Exodus, in the latter days, also through the sea, the mighty waters, the powers of chaos, as this is a conquest of chaos, or over chaos. And they not only come through the waters, as we see here, but also, in verse two, they come through the fire or through whatever elements of opposition that may stand in the way. This is an Exodus motif. And, in chapters forty, through forty-six, where we have this series of chaos and creation motifs, this is the middle of a chiasm of these motifs. There’s’ a great, chiastic structure of chaos and creation motifs that begin in chapter forty and end in chapter forty-six. And this, right here in verses sixteen and seventeen of chapter forty-three is the centerpiece of that chiasm. Why would it be the centerpiece? Because it shows exactly where the creation takes place. It is the heart of creation; it is the exodus from bondage and the creation of a new people of God.
43:17
who dispatches chariots and horses,
armies of men in full strength;
they lie down as one, to rise no more,
they flicker and die, snuffed out like a wick—
Just like Pharaoh’s chariots and horses, and his armies. “They lie down as one, to rise no more, they flicker and die, snuffed out like a wick.” And here we have that identification with the Babylonians and the wick; they’re snuffed out. They all die. Their light was dim anyway. Otherwise they wouldn’t be in that situation. They were the ones who did not respond to the Servant’s light. And so we have that creation and that exodus, or that rebirth, right in the midst of the destruction on either side where the Lord launches an attack on Babylon and brings down the fugitives, the Chaldeans, when he dispatches chariots and horses. And that very birth, that very rebirth is happening at the time that of the death of Babylon. In Isaiah Zion is reborn and rises from the dust at the time that Babylon descends into the dust. Zion ascends her throne, from the dust, and Babylon descends from her throne, into the dust. And that great reversal happens simultaneously. And it shows it right here, also. That which is Babylon is destroyed and that which is God’s covenant people is then delivered. It’s a concurrent set of events.
43:18
Never mind the prophecies of bygone events;
do not dwell on things of the past.
Here, Isaiah is saying, Yes, there was an exodus in the past. It was prophesied and it came to pass. Moses prophesied it and so forth, and there are many things like that, that happened, anciently, that were prophesied. That’s not where it’s at. We’re not dealing with the past, now; we’re dealing with the future, or with present events. “Never mind the prophecies of bygone events; do not dwell on things of the past.”
43:19
See, I do a new thing; it is now springing up.
Surely, you are aware of it:
I am making roads through the desert,
streams in the wasteland.
What happened in the past is only a type and shadow of the future. We don’t have to limit ourselves when we study the prophecies of the Hebrew prophets, saying, “Well, all that happened in the past; it doesn’t concern us, today.” But it does. It concerns us as a prophecy for the future. Because the Lord will do new things, new versions of old events He will do. Just like this new exodus he’s just been talking about. This is not the exodus out of Egypt, verses sixteen and seventeen. It’s a new exodus out of Babylon. Babylon is defined in Isaiah as the whole world and its wicked inhabitants. And that whole world is destroyed in a Sodom and Gomorrah type of destruction, by an Assyrian army who conquers it. That never happened anciently. That’s an event still in the future. So it’s ? in the future, a new thing. “It is now springing up. Surely, you are aware of it: I am making roads through the desert, streams in the wasteland.”
End of commentary....
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