Isaiah 45:17

But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. (BUT) ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED IN THE LORD () - contrasted with the idols which cannot give even temporary help (). WITH AN EVERLASTING SALVATION. In Yahweh there is everlasting salvation (). YE SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED - opposed to the doom of the idolaters, who, in the hour of need, shall be "ashamed" (note, )....

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 returning Jews. Those redeemed by Christ shall be provided for. The restoration would convince many, and convert some; and all that truly join the Lord, find his service perfect freedom. Though God be his people's God and Saviour, yet sometimes he lays them under his frowns; but let them wait upon the Lord who hides his face. There is a world without end; and it will be well or ill with us, according as it shall be with us in that world. The Lord we serve and trust, is God alone. All that God has said is plain, satisfactory, and just. As God in his word calls us to seek him, so he never denied believing prayers, nor disappointed believing expectations. He gives grace sufficient, and comfort and sat...

BUT ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED - Referring primarily to the Jews in Babylon, but affirming the universal truth that the true Israel (compare Romans 2:28), that is, the people of God, shall be saved from all their trials, and shall be brought to his everlasting kingdom. IN THE LORD - By Jehovah - ביהוה _bayohvâh_; Septuagint, Ἀπὸ κυρίου _Apo_ _kuriou_. It shall be done by the power of Yahweh, and shall be traced to him alone. No more human power could have saved them from their captivity in Babylon; no human power can save the soul from hell. WITH AN EVERLASTING SALVATION - It shall not be a temporary deliverance; but it shall be perpetual. In heaven his people shall meet no more

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 through dreams. Nebuchadnezzar was even promised Divine aid (Ezekiel 30:24, Ezekiel 30:25). But no heathen monarch had previously been personally addressed by God, much less called "his anointed," and spoken to _by his name _(Isaiah 45:4). Three motives are mentioned for this speci

BUT ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED IN THE LORD,.... Not the carnal seed of Israel, or the natural posterity of Jacob, for only a remnant of them were saved; indeed, in the latter day, when there will be a general conversion of them, there will be a general salvation of them, ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED; but here the spiritual Israel of God are meant, such as God has appointed unto salvation; who are taken into the covenant of his grace, in which their salvation is secured; who are his spiritual people, whom Christ saves from their sins; who are redeemed by the blood of Christ, and are called by his grace; who believe in him, and hope in the Lord: these "shall be saved": there is a certainty of their salvation, and not a mere probability and possibility of it only. It is not they "may be", but they "shall be" saved; it is the will of God they should, whose will cannot be resisted; they are the purc...

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 Anointed; He shall let my people go Tis the work for him appointed, Tis the work that he shall do; And my city He shall found, and build it, too.» 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; and the gates shall not be shut;_ It was thought impossible for any foreign troops to enter Babylon; yet the gates were found open, and the army of Cyrus marched in, and took possession of the city....

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 saith Jehovah to the ends of the earth: Every knee to bow (Isaiah 45:18) _ Cyrus is called in this chapter God's anointed (Messiah). Jehovah called him by name, but it was for the sake of Israel. But it is well to bear in mind that Cyrus, God's instrument, called and prepared to make the restoration of a remnant possible, is likewise a type of Christ, through whom alone the promises of God to the nation can be accomplished. Note the statements “Israel shall be saved in Jehovah with an everl

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 exchange for Israel as passing the returning exiles, and entreating, through Israel, Israel's God; for plainly the contrast of their fates shows that it is with Israel alone that God abides. (Read, With thee God hides Himself; Israel's God is a deliverer.) All idol-worshippers and enemies of Yahweh are brought to ruin, whereas Israel shall never be confounded. ISAIAH 45:14. Corrupt; read perhaps, The captives of Egypt, the exiles of Cush, and the tall Sabæ ans, shall pass before thee. LXX reads, there is no God except thee. Isaiah 45:16. Render, are ashamed, are gone. all of them, togeth

EVERLASTING SALVATION. See note on "ancient" people (Isaiah 44:7). WORLD WITHOUT END. the ages of futurity....

DISCOURSE: 941 THE EXTENT AND CERTAINTY OF ISRAEL’S SALVATION Isaiah 45:17. _Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end._ AS in the dispensations of God’s providence we behold a mixture of mercy and judgment, so in the records of his grace we see promises and threatenings continually interwoven. Declarations so opposite, standing in immediate contrast with each other, give to each other a double force and energy, more especially when, as in the passage before us, compared with the preceding verse, they are expressed in similar terms. In this view the promise in the text deserves particular attention. In considering it we shall shew, 1. Who they are that are comprehended under the name “Israel”— We are not to limit this name to the Jews; nor even to comprehend all the Jews under it;