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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:2

Succor in sorrow. It is bad indeed for us when our best friends become our worst enemies. Fire and water are two of our best friends so long as we have them under control: they warm, cleanse, nourish, fertilize, convey. But when they gain the mastery' over us they overturn and. consume, they injure and destroy both property and life; they thus become striking illustrations as well as fruitful sources of trial and distress. I. THE GREATER AFFLICTIONS OF HUMAN LIFE . The terms... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:2

Safety for the soul in times of trouble. The first figure in this verse is a very familiar one; the second needs such explanations as are given by writers on Eastern customs. It seems that the setting of the grass and undergrowth on fire, in the East, was commonly practised to annoy enemies, and it sometimes occasioned great terror and distress. Hawkesworth relates that the wild inhabitants of New South Wales endeavoured to destroy some tents and stores belonging to Captain Cook's ship, when... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3

The Holy One of Israel (comp. Isaiah 41:14 , Isaiah 41:20 , with the comment). Thy Saviour. He who had saved them front Pharaoh ( Exodus 14:23-31 ), from Jabin ( 4:1-24 .), from Midian ( 7:1-25 .), from the Philistines ( 2 Samuel 8:1 ), from Zerah ( 2 Chronicles 14:9-15 ), from Sennacherib ( Isaiah 37:36 ). The term is first used of God by David in 2 Samuel 22:3 and Psalms 106:21 (if that psalm be Davidical). It is also applied to God once in Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 14:8 ),... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3

God the Savior. "I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour." As we know God, he is a Triune Being—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and Scripture traces the whole work of salvation to God thus apprehended. Salvation is not the work of one Person of the Trinity, but the work of the whole personality of God. This is the truth which may be unfolded from the expression in this text. I. SALVATION IS THE WORK OF THE DIVINE TRINITY . This is variously taught in Holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3-7

The goodness of God to man. The abounding grace of God to the children of men is brought out very strikingly here. It is seen in— I. THE HIGH PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE CREATES US . "I have created him for my glory." There is no end so lofty in itself and so elevating in its influence for which God could have made mankind as this. It is for this, primarily, that the very highest intelligences in the heavenly spheres have their being. II. THE PROFOUND INTEREST HE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:4

Since thou wast precious . "Since" probably means "from the time that" ( LXX ; ἀφ οὗ ), not "because," as Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne render. Israel became "precious" from the time that the promise was given to Jacob that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed ( Genesis 28:14 ). Thenceforward God placed the interests of Israel above those of "men" generally, and markedly above those of any other "people." People ; rather, peoples— as Mizraim, Cush, Seba ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:5

Fear not: for I am with thee (comp. Isaiah 41:10 ). I will bring thy seed from the east … from the west . The actual extent of the Jewish diaspora in Isaiah's day has been greatly exaggerated by some modern critics, who say that there were at that date "bands of Jewish exiles in the far lands of the Mediterranean, and even in China" (Cheyne). Israel had been carried captive into Mesopotamia and into Media ( 2 Kings 17:6 ; 1 Chronicles 5:26 ), perhaps, also, into other regions... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:2

When thou passest through the waters - This is a general promise, and means that whenever and wherever they should pass through water or fire, he would protect them. It had been true in their past history as a people; and the assurance is here given in order that they might be comforted in view of the calamities which they were then suffering in Babylon. Fire and water are often used in the Scriptures to denote calamity - the latter because it overwhelms; the former because it consumes; see... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:3

For I am the Lord thy God - This verse continues the statement of the reasons why he would protect them. He was Yahweh their God. He was not only the true God, but he was the God who had entered into solemn covenant with them, and who would therefore protect and defend them.The Holy One of Israel - It was one of his characteristics that he was the God of Israel. Other nations worshipped other gods. He was the God of Israel; and as it was presumed that a god would protect his own people, so he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:4

Since thou wast precious in my sight - This verse contains another reason why God would defend and deliver them. That reason was, that he had loved them as his people; and he was willing, therefore, that other people should be overcome in order that they might be saved.Thou hast been honorable - This does not refer so much to their personal character, as to the fact that they had been honored by him with being the depository of the precious truths of his religion. It means that he had made them... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:3-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:4

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