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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:10

Ye are my witnesses , saith the Lord ; i.e. "Ye, Israel, are the witnesses that I cite"—ye can prove the antiquity of the historical books of Scripture by the ordinary modes by which antiquity is proved, and also the exact dates of the prophetical sues. Ye can show what clear and unambiguous prophecies have been delivered centuries before the event, as the destruction of Jerusalem by a nation in whom none can fail to recognize the Romans ( Deuteronomy 28:49-57 ), prophesied by Moses;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:10

The witness of God's servants. "Ye are my witnesses." God summoned his people Israel to bear witness to him; he challenged them to come forward and testify that I. THOSE WHO ARE TO BEAR IT . We know who they are to whom God says," Ye are," etc. They are those who have themselves returned unto him in true penitence and faith. All others are unsuited by their character and their spirit (see Psalms 50:16 ; Psalms 51:12 , Psalms 51:13 ; Romans 2:21 ; Isaiah 52:11 ).... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:11

Beside me there is no saviour . None but God can save men. Man cannot make atonement for his fellows; "for it cost more to redeem their souls, so that he must let that alone for ever" ( Psalms 49:8 , Prayer-book Version). The human "saviours" whom God raises up to deliver his people out of the hand of their enemies ( 3:9 ; 2 Kings 13:5 ; Nehemiah 9:27 , etc.), are "saviours" in quite a secondary and inferior sense. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:12

I have declared , etc. Translate, I announced , and delivered , add proclaimed ( the deliverance ), when there was no strange god among you ; i . e I did what the idol-gods cannot do—announced deliverance, and effected it, and further proclaimed (or published) it, at the time when you Israelites had no idolatry among you. The allusion is to the deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib, which God announced by the mouth of Isaiah ( Isaiah 37:33-35 ), effected by the hand of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was I am he . So the LXX ; Jerome, and Stier; but most moderns translate, "Yea, from this time forth I am he" (setup. Ezekiel 48:35 ). Kay, however, thinks that the translation of the Authorized Version may stand. Who shall let it? literally, as in Isaiah 14:27 , who shall turn it back ? i.e. "reverse it, undo it." Surely no one . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:10

Ye are my witnesses - They were his witnesses, because, first, he had given in them predictions of future events which had been literally fulfilled: secondly, by his power of delivering them so often manifested, he had shown that he was a God able to save. Neither of these had been done by the idol-gods (compare Isaiah 44:8).And believe me - Or rather, confide in me.Before me there was no God formed - I am the only true, the eternal God. In this expression, Yahweh says that he was the first... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:11

I, even I, am the Lord - The repetition of the pronoun ‘I’ makes it emphatic. The design is, to affirm that there was no other being to whom the name ‘Yahweh’ pertained. There was no other one who had the attributes which the name involved; there was, therefore, no other God. On the meanins of the word Yahweh, see the note at Isaiah 1:2.And beside me there is no Saviour - There is no one who can deliver from oppression, and captivity, and exile, such as the Jews suffered in Babylon; there is no... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:12

I have declared - I have announced or predicted future events; I have warned of danger; I have marked out the path of safety. He had thus shown that he was the true God (see the note at Isaiah 41:22-23).And have saved - I have delivered the nation in former times of danger, and have thus shown that I would protect them.And have showed - Hebrew, ‘Caused to hear.’ I have made known future events, and have thus showed that I was God.When there was no strange god among you - Before the time when... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was - Before the first day, or before the beginning of time; from eternity. The Septuagint renders it correctly, Ἀπ ̓ ἀρχης Ap' archēs, and the Vulgate (Ab initio), ‘From the beginning.’I am he - I am the same Isaiah 43:10.I will work - I will accomplish my designs.And who shall let it? - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘Turn it back.’ The meaning is, ‘Who can hinder it?’ And the doctrine taught here is:1. That God is from everlasting, for if he was before time, he must have been... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:8-10

Isaiah 43:8-10. Bring forth the blind people, &c. O ye idolatrous Gentiles, bring forth your false gods, which have eyes but see not, and ears but hear not. Let the people be assembled To plead the cause of their idols with me. Who among them can declare this This wonderful work of mine in bringing my people out of captivity. And show us former things Such things as shall happen long before the return from the captivity, which yet your blind idols cannot foresee. See on Isaiah... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:8-10

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