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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:11

How should my Name be polluted? i.e. how should I allow of its pollution or desecration (see the comment on Isaiah 48:9 )? I will not give my glory unto another (comp. Isaiah 42:8 ). God would have ceded his glory to some god of the nations, had he under existing circumstances forsaken Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12

O Jacob and Israel (comp. Isaiah 40:27 ; Isaiah 41:8 , Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 43:1 , Isaiah 43:22 ; Isaiah 44:1 , Isaiah 44:21 ; Isaiah 46:3 ; Isaiah 48:1 ). The figure is used which rhetoricians call hendiadys. The two names designate one and the same object. My called . "Called" and "chosen" from of old, out of all the nations of the earth (comp. Isaiah 41:9 ; Isaiah 44:1 , Isaiah 44:2 , etc.); therefore bound to " hear " and to attend. Still more bound,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12

God the First and the Last. It is readily intelligible, though not by finite minds conceivable, that "God is the First." Something must have existed from all eternity, or nothing could ever have existed. The first existence must either have been matter or spirit, or both. But it could not have been matter alone, since matter could never have produced spirit; and it was not matter and spirit, since the "things that are seen were not made of things that do appear" ( Hebrews 11:3 ). It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12-15

THE SECOND ADDRESS . The tone of complaint is now dropped. Israel is invited to reflect seriously on the chief points urged in the preceding chapters. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12-22

The new revelation. The verses contain a summary of the contents of Isaiah 40-47. God is the First and the Last—the sole Creator. Prophecy is an evidence of his claims; and so is the mission of Cyrus. I. THE REVELATION CONCERNING GOD . First Jacob and Israel, the chosen people, are called to listen. Jehovah is the Alpha and the Omega of the universe. The First Cause and Reason of things; he gave the first impulse to their course, the goal of which will still be himself. Before... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:11

For mine own sake - (See Isaiah 48:9). The expression here is repeated to denote emphasis. He had thrown them into the furnace of affliction on his own account, that is, in order that his own name should not be profaned by their irreligion and idolatry, and that the glory which was due to him should not be given to idols.For how should my name be polluted? - The sense is, that it would be inconsistent with his perfections to see his name profaned without endeavoring to correct and prevent it;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:12

Hearken unto me - This is a solemn call on the Jews in Babylon to attend to what he was now about to say. It is the commencement of a new part of the argument, containing the assurance that he would deliver them, and utterly destroy the Chaldeans. He begins, therefore, by asserting that he is the only true God, and that he is able to accomplish all his purposes.My called - The people whom I have chosen, or called.I am he - I am the same; or I am the true and only God.I am the first - (See the... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:12-13

Isaiah 48:12-13. Hearken unto me, Israel, my called Whom I have called out of the world to be my peculiar people, to serve, and glorify, and enjoy me; and therefore you, of all others, have least cause to forsake me, or to follow after idols. My right hand hath spanned, or doth span, the heavens Or, hath meted them out with a span, as the phrase is, Isaiah 40:12; hath stretched them out by an exact measure, as the workman sometimes metes out his work by spans. See also the margin. ... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:12-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:12

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

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