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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness . It has been recently denied that there is any allusion in these words, or in those which follow, to the Zoroastrian tenets; and it has even been asserted that the religion of the early Achaemenian kings was free from the taint of dualism. But according to some authorities, "a god of lies" is mentioned in the Behistun inscription; and the evidence is exceedingly strong that dualism was an essential part of the Zoroastrian religion long before the time... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:7

In what sense God creates evil. It was to avoid the objections which the human conscience feels against regarding God as in any sense the author of evil, that dualism was invented. The Western Aryans thought it simpler and more natural to explain the phenomena of the physical and moral universe' by a perpetual struggle of two equal, or nearly equal, powers—one a principle of pure goodness, the creator of everything that was bright, sweet, delightful, holy, pure, good; the other, his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:7

One source of evil and good. "I make peace, and create evil." It is an unworthy forcing of Scripture to set this passage in relation to the insoluble difficulty of the origin of moral evil. Two things are often sadly confounded—evil as an unpleasant state of our circumstances; and evil as a wrong condition of our will. The latter is referable to God only in the sense that he gave to man a moral nature and a capacity of choice. The former view of evil is that alluded to in the passage now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:8

THE BLESSED RESULTS OF ISRAEL 'S DELIVERANCE . The restoration of Israel to their own land will be followed by a great increase of righteousness and salvation. They will be, as it were, showered down abundantly from heaven, while at the same time they will spring in profusion from earth's bosom. Jehovah, who has caused the deliverance, will also cause these results to follow from it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:8

Drop down, ye heavens ; literally, distil , ye heavens (camp. Deuteronomy 32:1 ; Job 36:28 ); or rain down on the thirsty earth your gracious influences. Let righteousness, or God's law of right, descend afresh from the skies as a boon to mankind—a boon for which they have been long waiting. And … let the earth open . Let earth make due response, opening her gentle besom, as she does in spring, and blossoming with human righteousness, the fruit and evidence of salvation. To the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive, etc.; rather, woe unto him that striveth with his Maker , a potsherd among potsherds of the ground : All men are equally made of "the dust of the ground" ( Genesis 2:7 ). Israel has no prerogative in this respect. He, too, is "a potsherd among potsherds"—day moulded by the potter; no more entitled to lift up his voice against his Maker than the vessel to rebel against the man who shapes it (comp. Isaiah 29:16 ; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9

The sin and folly of resisting God. The truth of the Divine sovereignty must be clearly and faithfully presented. But we must carefully guard God from all charges of caprice or favouritism. We must liken him to man, in order to apprehend him at all; but we must eliminate from our figure of man all that is weak and self-seeking. The infinite holiness and infinite wisdom of God glorifies his sovereignty. He does what he wills with his own; but what he wills to do is always the absolute best,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-11

Murmuring against God's arrangements at once foolish and wicked Man is very apt to consider himself wiser than God, if not altogether, at any rate in this or that particular matter. There are few who do not at times imagine that, had the arrangement of the universe been committed to them, they could have improved it in many respects. Some would have had no sin; almost all would have had no suffering. Every one would have made some change or other. Bishop Butler suggests that such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-12

The argument for acquiescence. No doubt there are circumstances in which men find— I. A TEMPTATION TO REBEL . 1 . Men are bitterly disappointed , or they are greatly distressed ; their high hopes are dashed to the ground, or their chief treasures are taken from their grasp. 2 . Then they think themselves aggrieved ; they imagine that the Almighty is dealing with them as he does not with their fellows—that he is acting ungraciously and even unjustly toward them. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-13

ISRAEL WARNED NOT TO CALL IN QUESTION GOD 'S MODES OF ACTION . Apparently, Isaiah anticipates that the Israelites will be discontented and murmur at their deliverer being a heathen king, and not one of their own body. He therefore warns them against presuming to criticize the arrangements of the All-Wise, reminding them of his unapproachable greatness (verse 12), and once more assuring them that the appointment of Cyrus is from him (verse 13). read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-13

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