That frustrateth the (c) tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
(c) He arms them against the soothsayers of Babylon, who would have said that they knew by the stars that God would not deliver Israel, and that Babylon would stand.
THAT FRUSTRATETH - Hebrew, ‘Breaking:’ that is, destroying, rendering vain. The idea is, that that which necromancers and diviners relied on as certain demonstration that what they predicted would be...
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 44:24 TO ISAIAH 45:8. YAHWEH'S COMMISSION TO CYRUS. Yahweh reminds Israel of His power as sole Creator of the universe. What He created He still controls, so that He falsifies the predictions d...
TOKENS. signs. See note on Isaiah 7:11. LIARS: i.e. the false prophets of the heathen. DIVINERS: i.e. the astrologers, &c, of Assyria. See note on Isaiah 47:13. WISE. Figure of speech _Antiphrasis_...
THUS SAITH THE LORD THY REDEEMER, &C.— The prophet here continues the discourse of God, after having called upon the whole creation, in the preceding verse, to praise him for the blessing of that grea...
c. SHOWS THE FRUSTRATION OF FOOLISH COUNSEL TEXT: Isaiah 44:21-28 21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have found thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shal...
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; THAT FRUSTRATETH THE TOKENS - prognostics; the pretended miracle...
He frustrates false prophets, but pledges Himself to fulfil the predictions of His own prophets as to the restoration of Jerusalem (Isaiah 44:26)....
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...
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...
THAT FRUSTRATETH THE TOKENS OF THE LIARS. — Better, _of the praters_ — _i.e.,_ the false prophets of Babylon. It is implied that they, after the manner of the false seers of Judah (Jeremiah 23:16), pr...
מֵפֵר֙ אֹתֹ֣ות בַּדִּ֔ים וְ קֹסְמִ֖ים יְהֹולֵ֑ל...
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;...
THE PROMISE OF REDEMPTION Isaiah 44:21-28 What divine comfort there is in these gracious words! Notwithstanding all their wanderings and sins, the Chosen People were Jehovah's elect race. Nothing cou...
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...
_Mad. That people may be no longer deluded._...
Here is a renewed instance of Jehovah's claiming the distinguishing prerogative of his sovereignty; and a most blessed one it is. And when we consider the reasons for which the Lord thus reveals himse...
25._Frustrating the signs. _The Prophet expressly added this, because Babylon surpassed other nations not only in the force of arms, and in troops and resources, but likewise in some remarkable sagaci...
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...
THAT FRUSTRATETH THE TOKENS OF THE LIARS,.... Struck dumb the oracles of the Heathens, disappointed their lying priests, and made void all the signs and tokens they gave the people, that such and such...
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; Ver. 25. _That frustrateth the tokens of the liars._] Their fa...
_I am the Lord that maketh all things_ And therefore I can save thee without the help of any other gods, or any creature; _that frustrateth the tokens of the liars_ Of the magicians and astrologers, w...
The Promise to have Jerusalem Rebuilt This section, according to a careful analysis, belongs to the next chapter, for it takes up the deliverance of Israel as effected in consequence of the decree of...
that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, of the vain talkers, especially the necromancers, AND MAKETH DIVINERS MAD, so that they appear as fools with their false prophecies; THAT TURNETH WISE MEN BAC...
21-28 Return unto me. It is the great concern of those who have backslidden from God, like the Jews of old, to hasten their return to him. The work of redemption wrought for us by Christ, encourages...
THAT FRUSTRATETH THE TOKENS OF THE LIARS; of the magicians, and astrologers, and sorcerers, who were numerous, and greatly employed and esteemed in Babylon, ISAIAH 47:12,13 DA 2:2,48, and who had fore...
Isaiah 44:25 frustrates H6565 (H8688) signs H226 babblers H907 diviners H7080 (H8802) mad H1984 (H8779) turns...
YAHWEH WILL RAISE UP CYRUS TO REBUILD JERUSALEM AND LAY THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NEW TEMPLE (ISAIAH 44:24 TO ISAIAH 45:13). In the Near East of Isaiah's day there were not many major powers. Egypt had bee...
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...
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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 44:24 God names Cyrus the Great as the one through whom he will restore postexilic Jerusalem. ⇐...
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 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 2 Chronicles 18:11;...
Liars — Of the magicians, and astrologers, who were numerous, and greatly esteemed in Babylon, and who had foretold the long continuance and prosperity of the Chaldean empire. Mad — With grief for the...