Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; These seven verses should have been appended to last chapter, and the new cha... [ Continue Reading ]
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: I WILL ... MAKE THE CROOKED PLACES STRAIGHT - (Isaiah 40:4.) So the Qeri' reads [ 'ªyasheer (H3474)]: so Isaiah 45:13, margin. But the Kethibh ['owsheer, or... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. I WILL GIVE THEE THE TREASURES OF DARKNESS - i:e., hidden in subterranean places: a common Oriental practice. Sorcerers p... [ Continue Reading ]
For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. FOR JACOB, MY SERVANT'S SAKE, AND ISRAEL MINE ELECT, I HAVE EVEN CALLED THEE BY THY NAME - (note, ; Isaiah 43:14.) I HAVE SURNAMED THEE - i:e., designat... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: I (AM) THE LORD, AND (THERE IS) NONE ELSE - (; ; ; ; .) I GIRDED THEE - whereas "I will loose (the girdle off) the loins of kings" (), strengthening thee, but enfeebling them before the... [ Continue Reading ]
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. THAT THEY MAY KNOW FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN, AND FROM THE WEST, THAT (THERE IS) NONE BESIDES ME - from the rising to the setting of the sun - i:e., from East t... [ Continue Reading ]
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. I FORM THE LIGHT, AND CREATE DARKNESS - Yaatsar (H3335), to give "form" to previously existing matter. Bara, to "create" from nothing the chaotic dark material. LIGHT ... DARKNESS - in the lit... [ Continue Reading ]
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. DROP DOWN YE HEAVENS - namely, the fertilizing rain (Psalms 65:12). LET THE SKIES - clouds... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? WOE UNTO HIM THAT STRIVETH WITH HIS MAKER! - anticipating the objections which the Jews might raise as... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH UNTO (HIS) FATHER, WHAT BEGETTEST THOU? If it be wrong for a child, born in less favourable circumstances, to upbraid his parents with having given him birth; a for... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. THUS SAITH THE LORD ... ASK ME OF THINGS TO COME ... COMMAND YE ME. Instead of striving with me in regard to my purposes, your wisdom is in... [ Continue Reading ]
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, AND CREATED MAN UPON IT. The same argument for prayer, drawn from God's omnipotence and consequent power to grant any request, occurs, . I... [ Continue Reading ]
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. I HAVE RAISED HIM UP ... HE SHALL BUILD MY CITY, AND HE SHALL LET GO MY CAPTIVES, NOT FOR PRICE NOR REWARD - Cyrus,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, sayin... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. VERILY THOU (ART) A GOD THAT HIDEST THYSELF. Horsley, after Jerome, explains this as the confession of Egypt, etc., that God is concealed in human form in the person of Jesus. Rather, connected with Isaiah 45:9, the prophet... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED - disappointed in their expectation of help from their idols (note, ; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. (BUT) ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED IN THE LORD () - contrasted with the idols which cannot give even temporary help (). WITH AN EVERLASTING SALVATION. In Yahweh there is ever... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD THAT CREATED THE HEAVENS - (note, .) HE CREATED IT NO... [ Continue Reading ]
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN IN SECRET, IN A DARK PLACE OF THE EARTH - not like the pagan oracles which gave their responses fro... [ Continue Reading ]
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. DRAW NEAR TOGETHER, YE (THAT ARE) ESCAPED OF THE NATIONS - those of the nations who shall have escaped the... [ Continue Reading ]
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. TELL YE, AND BRING (THEM) NEAR - Announce my s... [ Continue Reading ]
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. LOOK UNTO ME, AND BE YE SAVED. The second imperative expresses the result which will follow obedience to the first (; 'by looking unto me ye shall be saved,' John 3:14; , "if a serpent had bitten any m... [ Continue Reading ]
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. I HAVE SWORN BY MYSELF - equivalent to, "As I live," as Romans 14:11 quotes it. So Numbers 14:21. God could swear by no greater, therefore... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. SURELY, SHALL (ONE) SAY, IN THE LORD HAVE I RIGHTEOUSNESS AND STRENGTH - or, as the Chaldaic, 'Only in Yahweh shall men say of me (this clause... [ Continue Reading ]
In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. ALL THE SEED OF ISRAEL - the spiritual Israel (Romans 2:29) and the literal Israel - i:e., the final remnant which shall all be saved (Isaiah 45:17; Romans 11:26). BE JUSTIFIED - treated as if they were just, through Chris... [ Continue Reading ]