Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 44:11
Men — They are of mankind, and therefore cannot possibly make a god. Together — Tho' all combine together, they shall be filled with fear and confusion, when God shall plead his cause against them.
Men — They are of mankind, and therefore cannot possibly make a god. Together — Tho' all combine together, they shall be filled with fear and confusion, when God shall plead his cause against them.
Verse Isaiah 44:11. _HIS FELLOWS_] חבריו _chaberaiv_: but עבדיו _abadaiv,_ _his servants_ or _worshippers_, is the reading of one of _De Rossi's_ MSS., and of the _Chaldee_. _AND THE WORKMEN, THEY_...
BEHOLD, ALL HIS FELLOWS - All that are joined in making, and in worshipping it, are regarded as the fellows, or the companions (חברין _chăbērâyn_) of the idol-god (see Hosea 4:17 - ‘Ephraim is join...
CHAPTER 44 Jehovah Continues to Speak 1. _Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah 44:1)_ 2. _Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6)_ 3. _Idolatry rebuked (Isaiah 44:9)_ 4...
ISAIAH 44:6; ISAIAH 44:21. THE INCOMPARABLENESS OF YAHWEH, WHO REDEEMS ISRAEL. Yahweh of (the heavenly) Hosts (Genesis 2:1 *, 1 Samuel 1:3 *) asserts Hi
Isaiah 44:6-23. The Reality of Jehovah's Godhead, evinced by His Predictions, and contrasted with the manifold absurdities of Idolatry The passage, which is merely a restatement of ideas already expr...
The argument opens with the assertion of the nothingness alike of the idol and its makers. Fear on the part of Israel would be justified if other gods besides Jehovah had any power to influence the co...
now meditated were actually taken....
b. SHOWS THE FRAUDULENCE OF FALSE GODS TEXT: Isaiah 44:9-20 9 They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses...
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. BEHOLD, AL...
THE IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS 1-23. The reproach of God's people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the futile gods of the heathen. 24-28. This...
ALL HIS FELLOWS] RM 'all that join themselves thereto.' THEY _are_ OF MEN] i.e. of human origin, and, therefore, cannot make God. Bead, 'The smith sharpeneth a _tool_ and worketh,' etc. (RM)....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 44 The connection between Chapter s 43 and 44 is similar to the connection...
Isaiah laughs at foolish people who are serious about *idols....
Someone makes an *idol to be his god. But all that he is doing is to make a god to suit his desires. He wants a god that he can control. That shows that he has lost all sense of reality. The one real...
BEHOLD, ALL HIS FELLOWS... — The noun has a half-technical sense, as describing a member of a religious guild or fraternity, such as were attached to heathen temples. In this sense “Ephraim was _joine...
הֵ֤ן כָּל ־חֲבֵרָיו֙ יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ וְ חָרָשִׁ֥ים...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
“BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD” Isaiah 44:1-11 What gracious promises are given throughout Scripture, not only to God's children, but to their seed! Here the thirsty soul, longing for love, sympathy, Go...
The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5) contains the gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come to...
Behold, all his (q) fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they [are] of men: let them all be gathered together, let them (r) stand up; [yet] they shall fear, [and] they shall be ashamed together....
What a fine contrast does this view of the dung-hill god of a man's own creating, form with what went before, in which the glory of Jehovah is so sublimely set forth! If there were not facts existing...
11._Lo, all his companions shall be ashamed. _Not only does he attack the workers and makers of idols, but he likewise attacks generally all their worshippers, because they are so dull and stupid, tha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45. Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb, encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring up as...
BEHOLD, ALL HIS FELLOWS SHALL BE ASHAMED,.... Either such who join with them in the worship of the molten graven image, or god formed, when they find it is profitable for nothing; so the Targum, "beh...
_Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they [are] of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; [yet] they shall fear, [and] they shall be ashamed together._ Ver....
_They that make a graven image are vanity_ Hereby discover themselves to be vain, empty, and foolish men. _And their delectable things shall not profit_ Their idols, in which they take so much pleasur...
THE VANITY OF IDOLATRY OVER AGAINST JEHOVAH...
Behold, all his fellows, the entire guild of idol-makers, SHALL BE ASHAMED, AND THE WORKMEN, those who direct the work, THEY ARE OF MEN, themselves creatures and therefore unable to make a real god. L...
9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man grea...
ALL HIS FELLOWS; either, 1. The workmen, as it follows, who in this work are companions or partners with him, by whose cost and command the work is done. Or, 2. Those who any way assist and encourage...
Isaiah 44:11 companions H2270 ashamed H954 (H8799) workmen H2796 men H120 together H6908 (H8691) up H5975 ...
ISAIAH REVEALS THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY (ISAIAH 44:10). Note the contrast of this passage with what precedes it. Isaiah brings out that while it is Yahweh Who formed Israel, the idol is merely fashioned...
In this chapter, God encourages his Church by a promise of the visitation of his Spirit. Oh, that it may be fulfilled to us also! Isaiah 44:1. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I hav...
This evening, we will read two Chapter s from Isaiah's prophecy, the forty-fourth and the fifty-fifth, and a few verses from the twenty-third chapter of the second Book of Samuel. May the Lord bless a...
Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;...
Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my Servant;...
CONTENTS: The promise of the Spirit and the coming restoration. The folly of idolatry. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite and therefore...
Isaiah 44:5. _Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord._ This phrase is somewhat obscure; it is not said whether they signed a covenant, or imprinted some mark on their hand. The latter sen...
_They that make a graven image_ THE VANITY OF GRAVEN IMAGES Substituting homely prose for glowing poetry we may, after a fashion, reduce the prophet’s thought to propositions like the following-- 1...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 44:9 THEIR WITNESSES are the worshipers of idols, in contrast with “my witnesses” in v. Isaiah 44:8. put to shame... put
IDOL-MAKERS Isaiah 44:9. _They that make a graven image, &c._ What have we in this section of this chapter? An effective exposure of the folly of a practice that was almost universal! A fact in itsel...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 44:1 A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1; of which it ought to form
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesh...
1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 6:5