But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called [thee] by thy name; thou [art] mine. Ver. 1. _But now, thus saith the Lord._] Here the prophet comforteth those with the gospel whom he had frighted with the... [ Continue Reading ]
When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Ver. 2. _When thou passest through the waters._] Fire and water, we say, have no... [ Continue Reading ]
For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Ver. 3. _I gave Egypt for thy ransom._] _Quasi victimam piacularem a Sennacheribo mactandam loco Iudcea,_ in exchange for thee; so the Septuagint render it. This was done whe... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; Ver. 5. _I will bring thy seed from the east._] From all coasts and quarters. This was a type of the Church in the New Testament; see Mat 8:11 2 John 1:10 :16 Galatians 3:28; this was also a type of... [ Continue Reading ]
I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; Ver. 6. _I will say to the north, Give up._] I will do it with a word of my mouth, _Ipse dixit, et facta sunt._ He himself said and is was done. _a_ Bring my sons... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah 43:7 [Even] every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. Ver. 7. _Even every one that is called by my name,_] _i.e., _ My sons and my daughters, Isaiah 43:6 2Co 6:18 such as have Christian for their name, and Catholic for... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears._ Ver. 8. _Bring forth the blind people._] Such as were blind and ignorant, but now are enlightened. _ And the deaf._] Such as were cross and rebellious, but now are tractable and obsequious. Isaiah 42:7 _; _ Isa 42:16... [ Continue Reading ]
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, [It is] truth. Ver. 9. _Let all the nations._] See Isaiah 41:1 . _ And... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Ver. 10. _Ye are my witnesses._] He taketh to witness of this great truth in question, not he... [ Continue Reading ]
I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour. Ver. 11. _I, even I, am the Lord._] This redoubled I is emphatic and exclusive. _ And beside me there is no Saviour._] They are gross idolaters, therefore, that set up for saviours the saints departed.... [ Continue Reading ]
I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when [there was] no strange [god] among you: therefore ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I [am] God. Ver. 12. _I have showed, when there was no strange God among you._] See Deuteronomy 32:12. _See Trapp on "_ Exo 34:14 _"_ Therefore ye... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, before the day [was] I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? Ver. 13. _Yea, before the day was I am he._] The "Ancient of days," yea, the eternal The God of Israel was long before Israel was in being. _ And there is none that can deli... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in the ships. Ver. 14. _Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer._] For their greater comfort and confirmation, the prophet purposely... [ Continue Reading ]
I [am] the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. Ver. 15. _I am their Lord._] More of God's holy attributes are here heaped up for like reason, as in Isaiah 43:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; Ver. 16. _Which maketh a way in the sea._] Or, That made a way in the sea, &c. - _sc., _ When your fathers came out of Egypt. Why, then, should you doubt about deliverance?... [ Continue Reading ]
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. Ver. 17. _Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse._] Or, Who brought forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power, viz, Pharao... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Ver. 18. _Remember ye not the former things,_] _sc., _ In comparison of those things I shall now do for you by Cyrus, but especially by Christ, who is that way in the wilderness, and that running rock. 1Co 10:4 Isa 43:14... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert. Ver. 19. _Shall ye not know it?_] Or, Do ye not perceive it? He speaketh of it as present and under view. _ And rivers in a desert._] As once when I... [ Continue Reading ]
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. Ver. 20. _The beasts of the field shall honour me,_] _i.e., _ In their kind they shall. So shall brutish and savage persons w... [ Continue Reading ]
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. Ver. 21. _This people have I formed for myself._] Even the Gentiles now as well as the Jews. _ They shall show forth my praise._] They shall "preach forth (εξαγγειλητε) the virtues, or praises, of him who hath called them out o... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Ver. 22. _But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob._] During the captivity they prayed not to any purpose, as Daniel also acknowledgeth: Isa 9:13 "All this evil is come upon us, yet made we not our prayer before t... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Ver. 23. _Thou hast not brought me, &c._] Not me, but a god of thine own framing, _a_ Such a one as w... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. Ver. 24. _Thou hast bought me no sweet cane._] Or, Calamus, whereof see Plin., lib. xii. cap. 22. _ Ne... [ Continue Reading ]
I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Ver. 25. _I, even I, am he._] _Gratuitam misericordiam diligentissime exprimit._ God diligently setteth forth his own free grace, and greatly glorieth in it, showing how it is that he freeth... [ Continue Reading ]
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. Ver. 26. _Put me in remembrance,_] _sc., _ Of thy merits, if thou hast any to plead. Justiciaries are here called into judgment, because they slighted the throne of grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. Ver. 27. _Thy first father._] Adam, or Abraham, say some. _ And thy teachers._] Heb., Thine interpreters, orators, ambassadors - that is, thy priests and prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. Ver. 28. _Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary._] Or, Of holiness; that is, those that under a pretence of religion affected a kind of hierarchy, as did the scribes... [ Continue Reading ]