E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:8
the blind People = a blind People: i.e. Israel (See Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 42:19 , Isaiah 42:20 . Jeremiah 5:21 .Ezekiel 12:2 .Matthew 13:14 .Acts 28:26 , Acts 28:27 ). read more
the blind People = a blind People: i.e. Israel (See Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 42:19 , Isaiah 42:20 . Jeremiah 5:21 .Ezekiel 12:2 .Matthew 13:14 .Acts 28:26 , Acts 28:27 ). read more
them. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "you". read more
saith the LORD = is Jehovah's oracle. My Servant: i.e. Israel. See note on Isaiah 37:35 . chosen. See note on Isaiah 1:29 . I am He: or, "I [am] He [Who is]". read more
no strange god. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:12 , Deuteronomy 32:16 ). See App-92 . read more
let it = avert it. See Amos 1:3 , Amos 1:6 , Amos 1:9 , Amos 1:11 , Amos 1:13 ; Amo 12:1 , Amo 12:4 , Amo 12:6 . read more
Redeemer = Kinsman- Redeemer. Hebrew. Go'el . See note on Exodus 6:6 . Babylon. This is the first occurrence of the name in Isaiah. their nobles = all of them in flight. Whose cry is in the ships = the ships which resound with loud outcries (compare Lamentations 2:19 . Numbers 24:24 ). read more
maketh a way in the sea. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:16 , Exodus 14:21 , Exodus 14:22 .Psalms 77:19; Psalms 77:19 ). read more
together: or, at once. tow = wick. Hebrew flax. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the wick made of it. read more
a new thing. The future deliverance of Israel will be with greater marvels than at the Exodus. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:5-6
east. . . west . . . north . . . south. This contemplates a wider and greater deliverance than that from Babylon, even from "the ends of the earth". read more