ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:1 FEAR NOT. Knowing what they deserve, the
people should fear. Because of their Redeemer’s choice and promise,
though, there is no need to fear. REDEEMED. See note on 41:14. YOU ARE
MINE. What defines God’s people is not their guilty blindness
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:2 YOU designates the whole people (v.
Isaiah 43:1).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:3 God’s people are secured by his love. I
GIVE EGYPT AS YOUR RANSOM. Isaiah uses the idea of a ransom price,
which is sometimes conveyed by “redeemed” (v. Isaiah 43:1; see
note on 41:14). God will direct history for the sake of his people.
“Egypt” refers to the exodus.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:7 WHOM I CREATED FOR MY GLORY. God’s
people become living proof and demonstration of his glory, which is
his ultimate goal in their salvation (see Ephesians 1:3).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:10 In this great trial (vv. Isaiah 43:8),
God’s people are his WITNESSES that he alone is God. Nineteen words
in the Hebrew text of these verses are in a first-person singular form
(I, ME, MY). Israel’s exclusive loyalty to the Lord, and their
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:16 Isaiah’s language recalls the exodus
through the Red Sea (see Exodus 14:21). MAKES... BRINGS. The
present-tense verbs imply that the great exodus is an example of what
God still can do for his people.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:18 The original exodus did not exhaust
God’s power but was merely an example of how he could deliver his
people from distress. The Jewish exiles should not live in the past
but should look for God to bring them home from Babylon through
another “exodus.”
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:20 God’s final objective is THAT his
people MIGHT DECLARE his PRAISE.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:22 God promises to pour his life-giving
Spirit upon his weary people.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:23 While in Babylonian exile, the Jewish
people were unable to continue the Mosaic sacrificial system. God did
not demand impossible observances during that time, but they BURDENED
him with their spiritual indifference.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:25 I, I AM HE. God declares that he alone
can save Israel. FOR MY OWN SAKE. God will help his people even though
they do not deserve it.
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