Cyrus has already taken control of other territories. In these places, he found many people that earlier enemies had taken away from their own countries. Cyrus allowed them to return home.
• The *Lord tells his people that they must not delay. They are to return home when Cyrus gives them the opportunity.
Verse Isaiah 48:20. _TELL THIS _- "Make it heard"] _Twenty-seven_ MSS. of _Kennicott's_, (_ten_ ancient,) many of _De Rossi's_, and two ancient, of my own, with the _Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee_, and...
GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON - The prophet now directly addresses those who were in exile in Babylon, and commands them to depart from it. The design of this is, to furnish the assurance that they should be...
CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
THE JOYOUS SONG OF THE RETURNING EXILES. The exiles on their return exhort one another to publish the salvation which Yahweh has brought, how, repeating the wonders of the Exodus, He miraculously prov...
HIS SERVANT. See note on Isaiah 37:35....
GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON— Hitherto the Son of God had proceeded with reproof, but the most gentle of its kind. In the mean time, the Chaldeans, in this part of the prophetic vision, are supposed to have...
c. PRACTICE TEXT: Isaiah 48:17-22 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go....
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. GO YE FOR...
LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...
The exiles are bidden to prepare to leave Babylon....
GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON... — The sorrow and sighing are past, and the prophet speaks to the remnant that shall return. They are to act without fear on the promises of God, on the decree of Cyrus, and t...
צְא֣וּ מִ בָּבֶל֮ בִּרְח֣וּ מִ כַּשְׂדִּים֒ ב
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
“A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES” Isaiah 48:17-22; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22, with the phrase _there is no peace to the wicked_. The second divisi...
This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
(y) Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. (y)...
How gracious the preface to all these sweet promises; and how sure they become, in the name of the great Promiser! Reader! let it be our earnest study and delight to come under the teaching of this al...
20._Go out of Babylon. _This is the second clause of this remonstrance, in which the Lord solemnly declares that he will be the Redeemer of his people, though they have been unworthy and ungrateful. A...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...
GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON,.... Which the Jews had leave to do by the proclamation of Cyrus; and so the people of God will be called to come forth out of mystical Babylon before its destruction, to which...
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. Ver. 20....
_Go ye forth of Babylon_ The imperative is here, as it is very frequently, put for the future, _ye shall go forth_, &c. For the words do not so much contain a command as a promise. This form of speaki...
Go ye forth of Babylon, leaving the house of bondage, FLEE YE FROM THE CHALDEANS WITH A VOICE OF SINGING, over the deliverance which they received; DECLARE YE, TELL THIS, UTTER IT EVEN TO THE END OF T...
An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word...
16-22 The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those may speak boldly, whom God and his Spirit send. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and he had the Spirit without measure. Whom God re...
GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON: the imperative is here, as it is very frequently, put for the future, Ye _shall go forth_, &c.; for this is not so much a command as a promise; although this form of speech may...
Isaiah 48:20 forth H3318 (H8798) Babylon H894 Flee H1272 (H8798) Chaldeans H3778 voice H6963 singing H7440 Declare...
THE CALL TO FLEE FROM BABYLON (ISAIAH 48:20). As we come to the end of the section from chapter 40 to 48 we find God's final charge. It is to ‘flee from Babylon.' Babylon with all that it stood for wa...
CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the microscop...
REDEEMED Hebrew, "goel," Redemption (Kinsman type). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _...
Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah continues here to be the speaker, and...
_Go ye forth of Babylon_ SUMMONED TO AN EXODUS There has never been an era in which God’s people have not been face to face with a great principle of evil, embodied in a city, confederation, or cons...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:20 THEY DID NOT THIRST. The return of the exiles is a second exodus, marked again by God’s miraculous provision (see Exodus 17:1;...
THE RIGHT USE OF THE HISTORY OF GOD’S DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 48:20. _Go forth from Babylon! Flee ye from the Chaldeans! With the voice of joy tell this, &c._ Isaiah had prophesied that his f...
EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
2 Samuel 7:23; Exodus 15:1; Exodus 19:4; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 26:1;...
Singing — With joy and songs of praise. Declare — Publish God's wonderful works....