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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:15

I am the Lord - I am Yahweh - proved to be such, as the connection demands that we should interpret this, by sending to Babylon and bringing down your oppressors. This interposition in destroying Babylon would be a demonstration that he was Yahweh, the only true God, and their God.The Creator of Israel - (See the note at Isaiah 43:1).Your King - Ruling over you, and showing the right to do it by delivering you from your foes. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:16

Thus saith the Lord - This verse contains a reference to the deliverance from Egyptian servitude - the great storehouse of argument and illustration with the sacred writers; the standing demonstration of God’s merciful interposition in behalf of their nation, and proof that he was their God.Which maketh - Whose characteristic it is to open a path of safety for his people even when deep and rapid floods are before them The standing roof of this which undoubtedly the prophet had in his eye, was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:17

Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse - The reference here is, undoubtedly, to the occurrences which are recorded in Exodus 14:4, following, when Pharaoh and his host are said to have followed the Israelites, but were all submerged in the sea. God is said to have brought them forth in accordance with the general statement so often made, that he controls and directs princes and nations (see the note at Isaiah 10:5-6).They shall lie down together - They shall sink together to death, as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:16-17

Isaiah 43:16-17. Which maketh a way in the sea, &c. Who, as he formerly made a way for Israel through the Red sea, will, in a no less wonderful manner, remove all impediments out of the way of his people when they return from Babylon. Which bringeth forth Or, rather, who brought forth, the chariots, &c. That is, Pharaoh and his chariots, horses, and army. They shall lie down, &c. They lay down together In the bottom of the sea, whence they never rose again to molest the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-28

Redemption through God’s grace (43:1-28)Despite Israel’s failure and subsequent punishment, God has not cast off his people for ever. God used the power of foreign nations to enslave them and bring sufferings and hardships upon them, but he will now destroy the power of those nations. He will make them pay the ransom price for the redemption of captive Israel. They will fall so that Israel can go free (43:1-4). Wherever the captives are, they are still God’s people, and he will bring them back... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:16

maketh a way in the sea. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:16 , Exodus 14:21 , Exodus 14:22 .Psalms 77:19; Psalms 77:19 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:17

together: or, at once. tow = wick. Hebrew flax. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the wick made of it. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:14-15

Isaiah 43:14-15, Thus saith the Lord— In these verses the prophet foretels, and typically describes the benefit of deliverance from the Babylonish captivity, which God would perform for his people. The meaning, is, "I have sent to Babylon the Medes and Persians, with Cyrus at their head, who shall besiege Babylon, and that with so great consternation of the citizens and soldiers, that all of them, prepared for flight, and among the rest the Chaldeans, who were esteemed the best soldiers, shall... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:16-17

Isaiah 43:16-17. Thus saith the Lord— The prophet in these words confirms what he had advanced respecting the deliverance from Babylon, by the former deliverance which God had wrought for his people from Egypt; thus, from the view of the past, strengthening the faith and hope of believers in what was to come. Some, however, suppose that these words are a kind of preface to the following period, in which the new work of grace is foretold. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:15

15. creator of Israel— ( :-). your—proved to be specially yours by delivering you. read more

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