イザヤ書 48:9-20 JC

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:17

Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer ,.... A character peculiar to Christ, who engaged in covenant to be the Redeemer of his people; was promised and prophesied of as such; and who came into this world for this purpose, and has obtained eternal redemption: the Holy One of Israel ; who came of Israel as man, and as such was holy, and without any spot or stain of sin and who, as God, is the most holy, in his nature and works; and, as Mediator, the Sanctifier of Israel, and is in the midst of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:18

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ,.... Which the Jews did not, but slighted and despised them, and were not obedient to them. So, in the times of Christ, they disregarded his doctrines, though so profitable; and despised his ordinances and commands, which were not grievous; they neither hearkened to them themselves, nor would suffer others; wherefore our Lord expresses his great concern at it, and his desire, as man, after their welfare; see Matthew 23:13 , then had thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:19

Thy seed had also been as the sand ,.... Upon the sea shore, as numerous as that, as was promised to Abraham, Genesis 22:17 , and the offspring of thy bowels as the gravel thereof ; that is, of the sand; the little stones that are in it, which lie in great numbers on the sea shore; the same thing expressed in different words, denoting the number of their posterity, as it would have been, had they received the Messiah, his doctrines and ordinances: it may be rendered, "and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:20

Go ye forth of Babylon ,.... Which the Jews had leave to do by the proclamation of Cyrus; and so the people of God will be called to come forth out of mystical Babylon before its destruction, to which these words are applied, Revelation 18:4 perhaps this, in the figurative sense, may be a call to the Christians in Jerusalem, now become another Babylon for wickedness, to come out of it a little before its ruin; and may be applied to the call of persons, by the Gospel, from a state of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:9

And for my praise "And for the sake of my praise" - I read תהלתי ולמען ulemaan tehillathi . The word למען lemaan , though not absolutely necessary here, for it may be understood as supplied from the preceding member, yet seems to have been removed from hence to Isaiah 48:11 ; where it is redundant, and where it is not repeated in the Septuagint, Syriac, and a MS. I have therefore omitted it in the latter place, and added it here. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:10

I have chosen thee "I have tried thee" - For בחרתיך becharticha , "I have chosen thee," a MS. has בחנתיך bechanticha , "I have tried thee." And so perhaps read the Syriac and Chaldee interpreters; they retain the same word בחרתך bechartach ; but in those languages it signifies, I have tried thee. ככסף kecheseph , quasi argentum, "as silver." Vulgate. I cannot think בכסף becheseph , With silver, is the true reading. ככסף kecheseph , Like silver, as the Vulgate... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:11

For how should my name be polluted "For how would my name be blasphemed" - The word שמי shemi , my name, is dropped out of the text; it is supplied by a MS. which has שמי shemi ; and by the Septuagint, ὁτι το εμον ονομα βεβηλουται . The Syriac and Vulgate get over the difficulty, by making the verb in the first person; that I may not be blasphemed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:12

O Jacob "O Jacob, my servant" - After יעקב yaakob , a MS. of Kennicott's, two of De Rossi's, and the two old editions of 1486 and 1488, add the word עבדי abdi , "my servant," which is lost out of the present text; and there is a rasure in its place in another ancient MS. The Jerusalem Talmud has the same word. I also am the last "I am the last" - For אני אף aph ani , "even I," two ancient MSS. and the ancient Versions, read ואני veani , "and I;" more properly. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:14

Which among them hath declared these things "Who among you hath predicted these things" - For בהם bahem , "among them," twenty-one MSS., nine ancient, and two editions, one of them that of the year 1488, fourteen of De Rossi's, and one ancient of my own, have בכם bachem , "among you;" and so the Syriac. The Lord hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon "He, whom Jehovah hath loved, will execute his will on Babylon" - That is, Cyrus; so Symmachus has well rendered it: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:16

Come ye near unto me - After the word קרבו kirbu , "draw near," a MS. adds גוים goyim , "O ye nations;" which, as this and the two preceding verses are plainly addressed to the idolatrous nations, reproaching their gods as unable to predict future events, is probably genuine. Hear ye this "And hear ye this" - A MS. adds the conjunction, ושמעו vashimu ; and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate. I have not spoken in secret - The Alexandrine copy of the Septuagint adds... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:16

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