Isaiah 44

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:3-5

Isaiah 44:3-5. For I will pour water— A general promise of help and protection appearing less efficacious, God promises something more great and sublime to his church: for when that church might appear to apprehend nothing but destruction amid so many calamities, the Almighty promises to it, both a remarkable enlargement of its body, that is, the mystical body of Christ, and also the spiritual blessings of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, to be poured forth abundantly upon the enlarged church. This... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:6

Isaiah 44:6.— Vitringa begins the third discourse of the fourth book of this prophesy at this verse, extends it to the 48th chapter, and divides it into four sections; the first section, continuing the thread of the preceding disputation and conviction, from the deliverance of the church to be procured by Cyrus, clearly foretold by Isaiah and subsequent prophets, describes the madness of idolatry, and ascribes this great work, as if it were now present, to God alone. Chap. Isaiah 44:6-28. The... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:7

Isaiah 44:7. And who, as I, shall call, &c.— The meaning is, "Who, of the strange gods, like me, by an efficacious command of his will, orders all causes and events of things to exist according to his good pleasure?" Who sets it in order for me? Who hath been of my counsel, to order and dispose these events? From the time that I appointed, or chose the ancient people, that is to say, "from the time that I called Abraham, to whom and his posterity I gave the tables of covenant." read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:8

Isaiah 44:8. Fear ye not, &c.— The meaning is, "Fear ye not, nor be terrified at the motions of the Medes and Persians rising up against the Babylonish empire, since those motions shall be for your advantage: For have not I clearly foretold that this should come to pass, from the time in which Isaiah and the subsequent prophets have prophesied among you? And are not their prophesies in your hands? So that I can here desire no other witnesses than yourselves." Vitringa renders the next... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:9

Isaiah 44:9. They that make a graven image— They that form the graven image are all of them vanity; and their most curious works shall not profit. Yea, their works themselves bear witness to them, that they see not and that they understand not: Isa 44:10 that every one may be ashamed, that he hath formed a god, &c. Lowth. The prophet (still making God the speaker) passes to the other part of his reproof; wherein he sets forth at large the folly and madness of idolatry. His discourse may be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:12

Isaiah 44:12. The smith with the tongs, &c.— From this verse to the 20th the folly of idolatry is set forth in the most lively colours, and the whole scheme of idol worshippers exposed in an elegant strain of refined irony. There is no need of any exposition. The prophet here describes the instruments necessary for the carpenter to form the image. The 14th verse may be rendered, He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the teil or the pine-tree, and the oak, which he reareth up for himself,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:21-22

Isaiah 44:21-22. Remember these— This whole exhortation, which is subjoined to the preceding reproof, is founded on this presumption, that, according to the prediction of Moses and the prophets, the Jewish and Israelitish nation, when carried into captivity, would turn themselves to God; namely, the faithful of that nation, the seed of the future church, after God had punished the contumacious transgressors of his law. These are the persons here addressed, and the address, together with the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:23

Isaiah 44:23. Sing, O ye heavens— The prophet here, by an elegant apostrophe, calls upon all creatures to glorify God for his singular blessing to his people, in delivering them from their captivity in Babylon; which also has a further respect to the great and spiritual deliverance of mankind by the Messiah. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:24-27

Isaiah 44:24-27. 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 great redemption from Babylon, concerning which he treats in these verses; and therefore he prefixes to this period a new and solemn preface, Thus saith the Lord, &c. The false prophets and diviners, mentioned in Isa 44:25 are those astrologers, with whom Chaldea particularly... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:28

Isaiah 44:28. That saith of Cyrus— Here at length the prophet clearly discovers the grand scope of his discourse. He speaks of Cyrus by name, as foreknown and decreed by the divine counsel, for the performance of the great work designed by providence, at least 170 years before the event. This is one of the most remarkable prophesies in Scripture; of the same kind with that 1 Kings 13:1-2. He is called God's shepherd, as he was to be the instrument of gathering God's people together, and leading... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:3-5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:21-22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:24-27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 44:28

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