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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:8

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears ,.... The Targum applies this to the bringing of the people of Israel out of Egypt; and others understand it of their deliverance from the Babylonish captivity; and some of the exclusion of them from the kingdom of heaven, and casting them into outward darkness, according to Matthew 8:12 , but it is rather to be understood of the conviction of them; though better of the Gentiles, and of the enlightening of them, who... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:9

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled ,.... In one place, if it could be, in an open court of judicature; that their whole strength might be united together, and the most cogent arguments any of them are able to produce might be brought out; and that all might have an opportunity of hearing the cause fairly argued, and the point decided, and judge for themselves on which side truth lies: who among them can declare this, and show us former things ? what... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:10

Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord ,.... The people of Israel, who could testify that the Lord had foretold their affliction in Egypt, their coming from thence, and settling in the land of Canaan, many hundreds of years before they came to pass, and which were exactly fulfilled; and so the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the word, and all Christian people in all nations, are witnesses of the prophecies concerning Christ, his birth, miracles, obedience, sufferings, death, resurrection,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:11

I, even I, am the Lord ,.... Jehovah, the self-existing, eternal, and immutable Being; this is doubled for the confirmation of it, and to exclude all others: and besides me there is no Saviour ; either in a temporal or spiritual sense; the gods of the Heathens could not save them out of their present troubles, and much less save them with an everlasting salvation; none but God can do this, and this is a proof that Christ is God, since none but God can be a Saviour. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:12

I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed ,.... The Targum is, "I have showed to Abraham your father what should come to pass; I redeemed you out of Egypt, as I swore to him between the pieces; and I caused you to hear the doctrine of the law at Sinai.' But the sense is, that God had declared by his prophets, long before the Messiah came, that he would send him; that he should come and save his people by his obedience, sufferings, and death; accordingly he was come, and was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was I am he ,.... Before there was a day, before the first day of the creation; that is, before time was, or from all eternity, I am he that resolved upon and contrived this method of saving men; "and ever since that day was" F11 מיום אני הוא "ex quo dies fuit ", Gataker; "ex quo dies esse coepit", Vatablus; "inde a tempore diei", Piscator. הוא "Hu", may be considered here as one of the names of God, who from eternity to eternity is, αυτος , "he", the same... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:14

Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer ,.... That redeemed Israel out of Egypt, and would redeem the Jews from Babylon in a short time, and be the author of a greater redemption to his people than either of these, even a spiritual and eternal one: the Holy One of Israel ; see Isaiah 43:3 , holy in himself, holiness to Israel, and faithful to his promises: for your sake I have sent to Babylon : Cyrus and his army to take it, in order to deliver the Jews from their captivity in it. The... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:15

I am the Lord, your Holy One ,.... And therefore need not doubt of the performance of those promises: the Creator of Israel, your King ; and therefore both able and willing to protect them. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:16

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea ,.... Who did make a way in the Red sea, when he led Israel through it as on dry land; this, with what follows, is observed to encourage the faith of the Lord's people in the performance of what he had promised, to bring them out of Babylon; for he that had done this, and the rest that are mentioned, could easily remove all difficulties that lay in the way of their deliverance: and a path in the mighty waters ; either of the Red sea, or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:17

Which bringeth forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the power ,.... Who brought forth the chariots and horses, and the mighty army of Pharaoh, out of Egypt, to pursue the Israelites into the Red sea, where they were drowned. The present tense is put for the future, as in the preceding verse; the future is put for the past tense in the next clause: they shall lie down together, they shall not rise ; they lay down in the Red sea, where they sunk to the bottom, and perished, and... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:17

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