Isaiah 45:1-7
THE DELIVERANCE BY CYRUS A PROOF OF JEHOVAH'S POWER... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DELIVERANCE BY CYRUS A PROOF OF JEHOVAH'S POWER... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord to His anointed, the king set apart by the Lord's providence, for His special purpose, TO CYRUS, WHOSE RIGHT HAND I HAVE HOLDEN, to sustain and strengthen him in the work of his calling, TO SUBDUE NATIONS BEFORE HIM, Cyrus being victorious by Jehovah's strength; AND I WILL LOOSE... [ Continue Reading ]
I will go before thee and make the crooked places straight, removing all obstructions and hindrances; I WILL BREAK IN PIECES THE GATES OF BRASS AND CUT IN SUNDER THE BARS OF IRON, as those of the city of Babylon, for the city was taken in spite of its strong defenses;... [ Continue Reading ]
and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, those kept in subterranean vaults, AND HIDDEN RICHES OF SECRET PLACES, where they were stored for safe-keeping, THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW THAT I, THE LORD, WHICH CALL THEE BY THY NAME, namely, to enter His service, AM THE GOD OF ISRAEL, in whose interest C... [ Continue Reading ]
For Jacob My servant's sake and Israel, Mine elect, for the purpose of delivering His people, I HAVE EVEN CALLED THEE BY THY NAME, for this special work; I HAVE SURNAMED THEE, THOUGH THOU HAST NOT KNOWN ME, Long before there was any idea of saving knowledge in the heart of Cyrus, if, indeed, it may... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the Lord, and there is none else, Jehovah's absolute deity being stressed once more; THERE IS NO (other true) GOD BESIDE ME. I GIRDED THEE, giving him strength for battle and victory, THOUGH THOU HAST NOT KNOWN ME;... [ Continue Reading ]
that they may know from the rising of the sun and from the West, throughout the habitable world, THAT THERE IS NONE BESIDE ME, the very heathen realizing, with a sort of instinctive feeling, that God himself was directing the campaigns of Cyrus. I AM THE LORD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
I form the light, he made it at the beginning of the world, AND CREATE DARKNESS, by withdrawing light, which is His creation; I MAKE PEACE AND CREATE EVIL, both good fortune and misfortune being sent by Him; I, THE LORD, DO ALL THESE THINGS. The Lord Himself has ever guided the events of the world's... [ Continue Reading ]
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, in fertilizing rain, AND LET THE SKIES, the clouds of the firmament, POUR DOWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, the fullness of spiritual salvation. LET THE EARTH OPEN AND LET THEM BRING FORTH SALVATION, that coming down from above being eagerly received by the earth, AND LET RIGHTE... [ Continue Reading ]
REBUKING THE REPROBATE PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, an individual person trying to call the great God of heaven and earth to account! LET THE POTSHERD STRIVE WITH THE POTSHERDS OF THE EARTH, that is, man with his equal. SHALL THE CLAY SAY TO HIM THAT FASHIONETH IT, ARGUING WITH THE POTTER, WHAT MAKEST THOU?... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Applied to the Lord, these questions would challenge both His authority and His power. Therefore He now makes a majestic statement concerning His glory amid supremacy.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, He who has chosen and established Israel as His peculiar people, ASK ME OF THINGS TO COME CONCERNING MY SONS AND CONCERNING THE WORK OF MY HANDS COMMAND YE ME, literally, "The future demand of Me; concerning My Sons and the creatures of My... [ Continue Reading ]
I have made the earth and created man upon it, making him with His own hands; I, EVEN MY HANDS, HAVE STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS, LIKE A GREAT TENT, AND ALL THEIR HOST HAVE I COMMANDED, His omnipotence as well as his wisdom being in evidence everywhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
I have raised him, Cyrus, up in righteousness, in accordance with His covenant with Israel, AND I WILL DIRECT ALL HIS WAYS, removing all obstructions which might hinder him; HE SHALL BUILD MY CITY, Jerusalem, AND HE SHALL LET GO MY CAPTIVES, the exiled Jews, NOT FOR PRICE NOR REWARD, SAITH THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, in foretelling the overthrow of the Gentiles everywhere, THE LABOR OF EGYPT, that which the Egyptians had gained by their labor, AND MERCHANDISE OF ETHIOPIA, what the Ethiopians gathered by their commercial activities, AND OF THE SABEANS, MEN OF STATURE, the inhabitants of Meroe... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORIFICATION OF ISRAEL AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily, thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior, that is, the God of Israel, whom even the heathen must acknowledge as the only God, keeps Himself hidden, His essence is above and beyond human reason. Cf Romans 11:33; 1 Corinthians 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall be ashamed and also confounded, all of them, the Lord Himself says concerning the makers and worshipers of idols; THEY SHALL GO TO CONFUSION TOGETHER THAT ARE MAKERS OF IDOLS, heaped with shame and disgrace on account of the foolishness of their actions. Note that throughout this section... [ Continue Reading ]
But Israel, as typifying and representing the Church of God, SHALL BE SAVED IN THE LORD WITH AN EVERLASTING SALVATION, namely, in the spiritual Israel, the kingdom of the Messiah, by the redemption of Christ; YE SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED NOR CONFOUNDED WORLD WITHOUT END, be shielded forever from the disg... [ 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, or, with the emphasis of the original tongue: "For thus saith Jehovah, the Creator of the heavens He is God! The Former... [ Continue Reading ]
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth, as the diviners, the necromancers, and the oracle-mongers of the heathen were wont to do; I SAID NOT UNTO THE SEED OF JACOB, SEEK YE ME IN VAIN, on the basis of an empty promise. I, THE LORD, SPEAK RIGHTEOUSNESS, proclaiming the salvation as... [ Continue Reading ]
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, in an organized body, for a formal hearing, YE THAT ARE ESCAPED OF THE NATIONS, the campaigns of Cyrus being regarded as brought to a close in this connection, and the mass of remaining heathen being addressed. THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE THAT SET UP THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Tell ye and bring them near, show proofs; YEA, LET THEM TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER, to consider whether they have any evidence to offer which would equal the testimony of Jehovah for His own divinity: WHO HATH DECLARED THIS FROM ANCIENT TIME? namely, the prophecy of Israel's elevation above the heathen.... [ Continue Reading ]
Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth, the turning to the Lord in true repentance being followed by the imparting of salvation, or, more exactly, as His call produces repentance, it also works faith, thereby granting salvation full and free, and His call goes out to all men: FOR I... [ Continue Reading ]
I have sworn by Myself, the most solemn formula which can be used, THE WORD IS GONE OUT OF MY MOUTH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SHALL NOT RETURN, since it expresses His covenant faithfulness, THAT UNTO ME EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW, in acknowledging His sovereignty, EVERY TONGUE SHALL SWEAR, most solemnly affirm... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely, shall one say, namely, such as turn to the Lord in true repentance and faith, IN THE LORD HAVE I RIGHTEOUSNESS AND STRENGTH, the salvation of the covenant, the Messianic redemption, the strength of the Holy Spirit. EVEN TO HIM SHALL MEN COME, AND ALL THAT ARE INCENSED AGAINST HIM SHALL BE AS... [ Continue Reading ]
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel, the spiritual seed, believers from all nations of the earth, BE JUSTIFIED, possess the salvation assured by the covenant, and shall glory, giving praise and honor to God for His grace and mercy.... [ Continue Reading ]