イザヤ書 48:1-2 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

Lessons from the past to the future. Those addressed are the people "named from Israel and sprung from Judah's spring;" who swear by Jehovah's Name and render homage to Israel's God—not, alas! so sincerely as they should. Still, they have learned to find their true reliance in Zion and in Jahveh. Let them, then, hear the exhortation of Jehovah. I. THE ORACLE OF THE PAST . Jehovah has in former times predicted events by the mouth of his prophets which came to pass. Those... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:2

For they call themselves of the holy city . It is an indication of their real want of truth and righteousness, that they lay such stress upon what is so entirely outward and formal, as the fact of their belonging to" the holy city," Jerusalem. Compare the boast of the Jews in our Lord's time, "We be Abraham's seed" ( John 8:33 ). Stay themselves upon the God of Israel. Not resting upon him in real faith and true humble dependence, as those Israelites who are mentioned in Isaiah 10:20 .... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:1

Hear ye this - This is an address to the Jews regarded as in Babylon, and is designed to remind them of their origin, and of their privileges as the descendants of Jacob, and having the name of Israel (compare the notes at Isaiah 43:1).And are come forth out of the waters of Judah - This metaphor is taken from a fountain which sends forth its streams of water, and the idea is, that they owed their origin to Judah, as the streams flowed from a fountain. A similar figure is used by Balaam in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:2

For they call themselves of the holy city - Of Jerusalem (see Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1; Matthew 4:5; Matthew 27:53; Revelation 21:2-27). The word rendered ‘for’ here, (כי kı̂y) means, as it often does, “although”; and the sense is, although they call themselves of the holy city, they do not worship God in sincerity and truth. Jerusalem was called ‘the holy city,’ because the temple, the ark, and the symbol of the divine presence were there, and it was the place where God was worshipped. It... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:1-2

Isaiah 48:1-2. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob For your conviction and humiliation; that, acknowledging God to be just, and even merciful, in what he has brought upon you, you may give glory to him, and take shame to yourselves; which are called by the name of Israel Who are Israelites in name, but not in truth; and are come out of the waters of Judah From the lineage of your progenitor, Judah, as waters flow from a fountain; which swear by the name of the Lord Who profess the true... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

The past and the future (48:1-22)Before returning to their homeland, the people are reminded of the sins that led the nation into captivity. They must not repeat former errors. The people’s chief failing was that they honoured God with their words but not with their conduct (48:1-2). Knowing their tendency towards idolatry, God gave his people advance revelations of his will, to prevent them from turning to idols for guidance. But they still stubbornly rejected his teaching (3-5).Nevertheless,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 48:1

waters. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "days". swear by the name, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 6:13 ). App-92 . the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. the God of Israel. See note on Isaiah 29:23 . in truth. See note on Isaiah 10:20 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 48:1

"Here we have a recapitulation of the preceding eight chapters, closing with a summons to flee Babylon, and a solemn declaration excluding the ungodly from a share in the promises."[1] The chapter falls into three divisions: "Each commencing with a call on Israel to pay attention: (1) `Hear ye this ...' (Isaiah 48:1-11); (2) `Hearken unto me ...' (Isaiah 48:12-15), and (3) `Come ye near unto me, hear ye this ...' (Isaiah 48:16-22)."[2]The chapter is definitely addressed to two classes of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 48:1-2

Isaiah 48:1-2. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob— These verses contain a just and solemn address to the Jewish people; who, though by their profession and external worship seeming to cultivate the true religion, to call God their God, and to depend upon him, yet were obstinately incredulous, extremely inclined to idolatry, and little regardful of those prophesies which Isaiah and other true prophets delivered to them. The meaning of the phrase, Are come forth out of the waters of Judah, is very... read more