Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 43:3
Egypt, etc.] The meaning is that these nations shall take the place of Israel as vassals. Jehovah is willing to give the richest lands as ransom for His people.
Egypt, etc.] The meaning is that these nations shall take the place of Israel as vassals. Jehovah is willing to give the richest lands as ransom for His people.
Verse Isaiah 43:3. _I GAVE EGYPT_ FOR _THY RANSOM_] This is commonly supposed to refer to the time of Sennacherib's invasion; who, when he was just ready to fall upon Jerusalem, soon after his enteri...
FOR I AM THE LORD THY GOD - This verse continues the statement of the reasons why he would protect them. He was Yahweh their God. He was not only the true God, but he was the God who had entered into...
CHAPTER 43 Jehovah Speaks in Comfort to His People 1. _What Jehovah is and will be to Israel (Isaiah 43:1)_ 2. _Second address to the blind and deaf people (Isaiah 43:8)_ 3. Jehovah deals with their...
HAVING CHASTISED, YAHWEH WILL REDEEM HIS PEOPLE. Since Yahweh has sent Israel into exile, He can bring her back. He bids her be of good courage. His people shall not be overwhelmed by the calamities H...
I AM THE LORD THY GOD. I Jehovah am thy God (Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4). Note the three titles. He was Israel's God by covenant (note the others in the next clause): THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, in contrast...
Israel, though blind and deaf (ch. Isaiah 42:18 ff.), is precious in the sight of Jehovah its Creator, who is now about to shew Himself as its Redeemer. _But now_ Introducing the contrast to Isaiah 4...
_thy Saviour_ or, "Deliverer"; a favourite designation of Jehovah with this prophet; Isaiah 43:11, ch. Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 49:26 ...
DISCOURSE: 930 GOD’S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 43:1. Now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for 1 have redeemed thee; I have called thee by t...
FOR I AM THE LORD THY GOD— The Almighty by his prophet proceeds to assure his church of his particular affection towards her, by a remarkable proof of that affection; which is, that the evils and cala...
4. CALL, CHAPTER 43 a. TO BE A POSSESSION TEXT: Isaiah 43:1-7 1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have...
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. I GAVE EGYPT FOR THY RANSOM. Either Egypt or Israel must perish: God chose t...
43:3 Seba (e-22) Mero in African Ethiopia (Upper Egypt)....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 43 Chapter 42 reminded the people from Israel that they had totally neglec...
God reminds his people that he has saved them from their enemies in the past. He rescued them from Egypt (see Exodus 3:15). He rescued them from foreign countries like Cush and Seba (see Isaiah 11:11-...
I GAVE EGYPT FOR THY RANSOM... — Speaking after the manner of men, the prophet paints Jehovah as surrendering Egypt and other kingdoms to the arms of Cyrus, as if they were a price paid to him for lib...
כִּ֗י אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ קְדֹ֥ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל...
CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES Isaiah 43:1-13 The magnificent conception of Isaiah 43:1-28 underlies this. We have still the convocation of mankind, summoned to decide whether Jehovah or some idol god shall be...
Following the manifesto, we have in the next three Chapter s a series of messages of Jehovah. The first declares His perpetual purpose for His people. His constant attitude of love is affirmed in prom...
For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave (d) Egypt [for] thy ransom, Cush and Seba for thee. (d) I turned Sennacherib's power against these countries, and made them su...
_Ethiopia. Hebrew, "Chus," the isle of Meroe, (Grotius) or the country bordering on the Red Sea, chap. xlv. 14. These were given to indemnify Cyrus. They obtained their liberty to return home, after 4...
Mark well the causes of the divine love; Jacob and Israel are the objects of God's care, from every consideration: Jehovah created them, and hath newly created them in Christ; he hath redeemed them al...
3._For I am Jehovah thy God. _He confirms the preceding statement by the experience of the past; for the Lord had formerly assisted his people in such a manner that it was reasonable and proper that b...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...
FOR I AM THE LORD THY GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, THY SAVIOUR,.... The Lord is the covenant God of his people, holy in himself, and the sanctifier of them, and their Saviour in time of trouble; and t...
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 Senna...
_I gave Egypt for thy ransom_ Some think this was fulfilled when God smote the firstborn and others in Egypt, and afterward drowned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for the safety and benefit of h...
JEHOVAH'S LOVE PROTECTS AND GATHERS HIS PEOPLE...
For I am the Lord, thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior, the outstanding names of the true God in the Old Testament, the very mention of which is a guarantee of His friendship, especially that...
1-7 God's favour and good-will to his people speak abundant comfort to all believers. The new creature, wherever it is, is of God's forming. All who are redeemed with the blood of his Son, he has set...
I GAVE EGYPT FOR THY RANSOM: this was fulfilled either, 1. When God smote the Egyptians, both first-born and others, in Egypt, and drowned Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for the safety and bene...
Isaiah 43:3 LORD H3068 God H430 One H6918 Israel H3478 Savior H3467 (H8688) gave H5414 (H8804) Egypt...
GOD HAS CREATED AND REDEEMED A PEOPLE FOR HIMSELF WHOM HE WILL LOVE AND PROTECT (ISAIAH 43:1). Isaiah 43:1 ‘But now thus says Yahweh who created you, O Jacob, And he who formed you, O Israel, Do n...
Isaiah 43:1 In this text we have I. A charge given "Fear not." A righteous, godly fear the believer may have; but the cowardice of the world, which is loud to boast, and slow to act, and quick to do...
Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I hove redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine._ Observe th...
Isaiah 43:1. _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._ «Fear not,...
In this chapter the Lord comforts his people. By his divine foresight he perceives that there are great and varied trials a little way ahead, and therefore he prepares them for the ordeal. They are to...
Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel,_ The Lord reminds us that he first created us, and that he afterwards molded us; we are like J...
Isaiah 43:1. _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._ I cannot p...
CONTENTS: The chosen nation redeemed and restored. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel is God's peculiar people, distinguished from all others, and having the promise that they shall never h...
Isaiah 43:1. _The Lord that created thee, oh Jacob._ Not only in the first creation, but when Sarah, and when Rebecca were barren, I gave them power to become mothers. I have also created and formed t...
_For I am the Lord thy God_ JEHOVAH’S VALUATION OF HIS PEOPLE I. THE LORD’S DECLARATION OF HIS OWN NAME. “I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.” He gives His name thus to disting...
_But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob_ THE TRUE RELATION OF ISRAEL TO JEHOVAH The main subject of this chapter is the true relation of Israel to Jehovah, and its application in the...
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....
CHEERING WORDS FOR THE AFFLICTED Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, &c._ These cheering words were addressed by God to His peculiar people the Jews; but He has a peculiar pe...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 43:1 A RENEWED PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE. Severe rebuke (Isaiah 42:18) is followed, as so often in I
But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration. 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...
2 Chronicles 14:9; Exodus 10:7; Hosea 13:4; Isaiah 30:11; Isaiah 41:
I gave Egypt — This was fulfilled when the king of Assyria, Esar — haddon, who designed to revenge his father's disgrace, upon the Jews, was diverted and directed by God to employ his forces against E...