Bible Commentary

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. 1 3. The call and equipment of the Servant by Jehovah. The nations of the world are addressed, because the great announcement that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:1”

[There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. 22. The words are taken from ch. Isa 57:21, where, however, they stand in their proper connexion. Here they are either a gloss or an editorial insertion intended to mark the close of a division of the prophecy. see the Introduction, p. x. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:22”

And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 21. These are still words of the ransomed people. The allusions are to the miracles in the wilderness of Sinai (cf. Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:21”

Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it [even] to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. Go ye forth of Babylon – The prophet now directly addresses those who were in exile in Babylon, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:20”

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 19. as the sand ] A common comparison; see ch. Isa 10:22; Gen 22:17; Hos 1:10 &c. like the gravel thereof ] Lit. the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:19”

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 18. O that thou hadst hearkened &c. ] This is the strict rendering of the Hebr. idiom, which properly expresses a wish that has not been realised (see Driver, Tenses, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:18”

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go. 17. The introduction is in the prophet’s usual manner; cf. ch. Isa 41:14, Isa 43:14, Isa 49:7. which teacheth thee to profit ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:17”

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there [am] I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 16. I have not spoken in secret ] Cf. ch. Isa 45:19. from the beginning; from the time … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:16”

I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. I, even I, have spoken – The word I is repeated to give emphasis, and to furnish the utmost security that it should be certainly accomplished. It means, that Yahweh, and he alone, had … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:15”

All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans. 14. All ye ] The summons is addressed, not as in ch. Isa 41:1-4 &c. to the nations, but to the people … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 48:14”