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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:8

Thou heardest not … thou knewest not . Again we seem to hear the voice of complaint, as in Isaiah 48:1 , Isaiah 48:2 , Isaiah 48:4 . Israel had not "ears to hear" to any purpose such highly spiritual truths as those of the coming section. They had not profited by what was taught concerning Christ in the Law and the Psalms. From that time that thine ear was not opened ; rather, from that time thine ear hath not been open. "From that time" means "from of old," or "from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:9

For my Name's sake will I defer mine anger . Israel's insincerity ( Isaiah 48:1 ), obstinacy ( Isaiah 48:4 ), addiction to idols ( Isaiah 48:5 ), blindness ( Isaiah 48:8 ), and general resistance to God's will ( Isaiah 48:8 ), could not but have provoked God's "anger." He will, however, "defer" it, "refrain" himself, not "cut Israel off, for his Name ' s sake. " God, having selected one nation out of all the nations of the earth to be his "peculiar people" ( Deuteronomy 14:2 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:9

God's supreme motive. "For my Name's sake I defer mine anger, and for my praise I am temperate towards thee, not to cut thee off" (Cheyne's translation). It may seem strange that God did not utterly destroy the Jews as a nation, in his just indignation at their unfaithfulness, hypocrisy, and rebellion. God here explains the supreme reason which led him to deal so considerately with them. He was under covenant engagements with them. His Name and honour were pledged to the maintenance of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:8

Yea, thou heardest not - This verse is designed to show not only that these events could not have been foreseen by them, but that when they were actually made known to them, they were stupid, dull, and incredulous. It is not only re-affirming what had been said in the previous verses, but is designed to show that they were characteristically and constantly a perverse, hardened, and insensible people. The phrase, ‘thou heardest not,’ therefore means that they did not attend to these things when... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:9

For my name’s sake - (See the notes at Isaiah 43:25; compare Isaiah 66:5). It is possible that the design of this verse may be, to answer an objection. ‘If the character of the nation is such, it might be said, ‘why should God desire to restore them again to their own land? If their sins have been so great as to make these heavy judgments proper, why not suffer them to remain under the infliction of the deserved judgment? Why should God interpose? why raise up Cyrus? why overthrow Babylon? why... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:6-8

Isaiah 48:6-8. Thou hast heard, see all this As thou hast heard all these things, from time to time, seriously consider them. And will not ye declare it I call you to witness: must you not be forced to acknowledge the truth of what I say? I have showed thee new things from this time And I have now given thee new predictions of secret things, such as till this time were wholly unknown to thee, concerning thy deliverance out of Babylon by Cyrus. They are created now Revealed to thee by... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:9-11

Isaiah 48:9-11. For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger Although thou dost justly deserve my hottest anger and most dreadful judgments, which also, if thou repentest not, I will in due time inflict, yet at present I will spare thee, and deliver thee out of captivity, not for thy sake, but merely for my own sake, and for the vindication of my name, that I may be praised for my power, faithfulness, and goodness. Behold, I have refined thee Although I will not cut thee off, yet I will put... 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