Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Isaiah 45:15
Verse Isaiah 45:15. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself] At present, from the nations of the world.
O God of Israel, the Saviour] While thou revealest thyself to the Israelites and savest them.
Verse Isaiah 45:15. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself] At present, from the nations of the world.
O God of Israel, the Saviour] While thou revealest thyself to the Israelites and savest them.
VERILY THOU ART A GOD THAT HIDEST THYSELF - That is, that hidest thy counsels and plans. The idea is, that the ways of God seems to be dark until the distant event discloses his purpose; that a long s...
CHAPTER 45 The Word of Jehovah to Cyrus, to Israel and to the Ends of the Earth 1. _Thus saith Jehovah to Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)_ 2. _Thus saith Jehovah: Israel shall be saved (Isaiah 45:14)_ 3. Thus sa...
HEATHEN PEOPLES SEE IN THE DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL THE MIGHT OF ISRAEL'S GOD. The passage is obscure, but possibly represents captives whom Cyrus has taken from the nations delivered up to him in exchan...
VERILY, THOU ART A GOD— The church or chorus of believers which are here introduced cry out, and interrupt, as it were, the divine discourse with exultation; which may be divided into three articles....
c. ORDER TEXT: Isaiah 45:14-19 14 Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they s...
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. VERILY THOU (ART) A GOD THAT HIDEST THYSELF. Horsley, after Jerome, explains this as the confession of Egypt, etc., that God...
An exclamation of wonder on the prophet's part at the unsearchable ways of God. Some have understood the words as an expression of the wondering adoration of the nations. HIDEST] refers to the period...
THE MEANING OF THE CONQUESTS OF CYRUS 1-13. The conquests of Cyrus are ordained by Jehovah for His purposes. Let not Israel Criticise the manner of its deliverance. 14-17. Great honour awaits Israel...
God hides himself. That is, *human beings cannot see him....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 45 THE *LORD APPOINTS CYRUS v1 The *Lord has chosen Cyrus as his champio...
VERILY THOU ART A GOD THAT HIDEST THYSELF... — The words have been variously taken: (1) as continuing the wondering homage of the heathen; (2) as spoken by the prophet as he surveys the unsearchable w...
אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל...
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
A CALL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Isaiah 45:14-25 As the prophet reviews God's method of delivering His people-so unexpected and so wonderful-he cannot restrain the ejaculation: _Thou art a God that hi...
The fifth of these messages of Jehovah is a charge to Cyrus. First of all, it utters to him the promises of God which are intended to be his strength in carrying out the divine purpose. These all emph...
Verily thou [art] a God that (t) hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. (t) By this he exhorts the Jews to patience, though their deliverance is deferred for a time: showing that they would no...
_Saviour. We confess that thou hast delivered the Jews; or rather, we acknowledge that thou, O Christ, art true God under the veils of thy human nature, and Saviour of all. Cyrus was only a feeble rep...
What a beautiful contrast is here drawn, between the Lord Jehovah, in his plan of grace and salvation, and the trumpery of idol-worship. Reader! you and I shall do well to keep in remembrance what the...
_A CONCEALING GOD_ ‘Thou art a God that hidest Thyself.’ Isaiah 45:15 I. IN HUMAN NATURE THERE IS A CURIOUS MIXTURE OF CANDOUR AND CONCEALMENT.—Whilst there is a hiding of ourselves arising from a...
15._Truly thou art a God that hidest thyself. _Isaiah now exclaims, that there is need of long exercise of patience, that we may enjoy the promises of God; for the people might have been prompted to d...
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...
VERILY THOU ART A GOD THAT HIDETH THYSELF,.... Who hid himself from the Gentile world for some hundreds of years, who had no knowledge of the true God, lived without him in the world, and whose times...
Verily thou [art] a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. Ver. 15. _Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself._] _a_ As thou art invisible, and dwellest in light inaccessible; so in...
_Verily_, &c. These are the words of the prophet, drawn from him by the consideration of the great and various works and dispensations of God toward his church, and in the world; _thou art a God that...
THE GLORIFICATION OF ISRAEL AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD...
Verily, thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior, that is, the God of Israel, whom even the heathen must acknowledge as the only God, keeps Himself hidden, His essence is above...
11-19 Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common to hear God called to account for his dealings with man! Cyrus provided for the return...
These are the words of the prophet, drawn from him by the contemplation of the great and various works and dispensations of God towards his church, and in the world. THAT HIDEST THYSELF, to wit, from...
Isaiah 45:15 Truly H403 God H410 hide H5641 (H8693) God H430 Israel H3478 Savior H3467 (H8688) a God -
YAHWEH'S FINAL VICTORY FOR HIS TRUE PEOPLE (ISAIAH 45:14). After his brief moment of glory Cyrus is now left behind and Isaiah moves on to the final victory of God's people through the work of the Se...
Isaiah 45:15 We have to consider the truth that God's hiding of Himself is in order that He may be better known, and that His great end in all is that all the ends of the earth may look to Him and be...
Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates;...
While we are reading this chapter, and thinking of Cyrus, the Lord's anointed deliverer for Israel, let us not forget the greater Deliverer of whom the hymn writer sings, «Thus saith God of his Anoin...
The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God raised him up. Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations befor...
CONTENTS: Promises to Cyrus for Israel's sake. Proof of God's eternal power and sovereignty. Encouragement to believing Jews. Doom of idol worshippers. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Cyrus. CONCLUSION: Bes...
Isaiah 45:1. _Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden;_ a figure of Christ, the anointed of the Father. This anointing equalled Cyrus with David. Before him God w...
_Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself_ THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S WAYS 1. Isaiah’s mind is impressed with the fact that if God is “the God of Israel and the Saviour,” He does some things scarcely in...
HOW GOD HIDES Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself. Isaiah 45:15. We have all had our days of wondering what God was like. When we were very young we pictured Him as a giant. Long ago, that ide...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 45:15 How God achieves his saving purpose will cause wonder. ⇐ ⇔...
THE CONCEALMENT OF GOD Isaiah 45:15. _Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour_. This is one of many similar declarations (Psalms 18:11; Psalms 97:2;...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 45:1 GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS. This direct address of God to a heathen king is without a parallel in Scripture. Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, Abimelech, were warned t...
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings (Isaiah 45:1), You remember I told you he prophesied that...
2 Peter 3:18; Acts 13:23; Acts 5:31; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 43:11;...
Verily — These are the words of the prophet, on contemplation of the various dispensations of God towards his church, and in the world. Hidest — Thy counsels are deep and incomprehensible, thy ways ar...