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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:21

This people have I formed for myself - To preserve the remembrance of my name; to transmit the knowledge of the true God to future times, and to celebrate my praise (see the notes at Isaiah 43:1).They shall show forth my praise - They shall celebrate my goodness; or, by their restoration to their own land, they shall show manifestly that they are my people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:20

Isaiah 43:20. The beast of the field shall honour me Shall have cause, if they had abilities, to honour and praise me for their share in this mercy; the dragons, &c. Which live in dry and barren deserts. “The image,” says Bishop Lowth, “is elegant and highly poetical. God will give such an abundant, miraculous supply of water to his people traversing the dry desert, in their return to their country, that even the wild beasts, the serpents, the ostriches, and other animals that haunt... 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 43:20

I give waters, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 17:6 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:21

This People, &c. For Israel (as Birks puts it) "is the keystone of the whole arch of promise". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:18-21

Isaiah 43:18-21. Remember ye not, &c.— Call not to mind former things, &c. Another specimen is here produced of a mighty work of divine providence and grace, of a singular and wonderful benefit to be conferred upon the church, which is here described as greater and more excellent than the former ones. From which work foretold and effected, the truth of the God of Israel is asserted against idolaters, and an argument is drawn for the support and establishment of the hope of believers.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:20

20. beast—image of idolaters, defiled with blood and pollutions, dwelling like dragons, &c., in the wastes of Gentile ignorance: even they shall be converted. Or else, literally, such copious floods of water shall be given by God in the desert, that the very beasts shall (in poetic language) praise the Lord (Psalms 148:10) [JEROME]. dragons—"serpents," or else jackals (see on Isaiah 43:1). owls—rather, "ostriches." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:21

21. This people—namely, The same as "My people, My chosen" (see Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 43:7; Psalms 102:18). my praise—on account of the many and great benefits conferred on them, especially their restoration. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:8-20

The witness to redemption 43:8-44:20Isaiah continued to show that Yahweh was both willing and able to deliver His people, a theme begun in Isaiah 42:10. He confronted the gods, again (cf. Isaiah 41:21-29), but this time he challenged them to bring forth witnesses to their deity, namely, people who could confirm their ability to predict the future. The captive Judeans were Yahweh’s witnesses. They would, despite their spiritual blindness and deafness, give witness to His ability to predict their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:19-20

God was going to do a new thing for Israel, something that would appear unexpectedly, like a sprout from barren soil. The Israelites would become aware of it even though they had no knowledge of it at that time. He would do for the captives in Babylon what He had done for their ancestors in Egypt, namely, make a highway for them through the wilderness and provide them with water (cf. Exodus 17). Instead of turning a sea into dry land, He would turn the dry land into waterways (cf. Isaiah... read more

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