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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:24

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength ,.... That is, one and everyone of these that shall be brought to submit to Christ, and to confess him, shall declare it as their faith, that in Christ alone is their "righteousness or righteousnesses" F6 צדקות "justitiae", Montanus; "omnis justitia", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; that they have a full and complete righteousness in him, and which serves for many; consisting of the holiness of his nature, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified ,.... All the spiritual Israel of God, whether Jews or Gentiles; all the spiritual seed and offspring of Christ, to whom he stands in the relation of the, everlasting Father and federal Head; these being given to him, and being in him, are justified in him from all things; and these, all and everyone, shall be brought to see their need of his righteousness, and look to him for it, and receive it from him by faith; and be manifestatively... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:16

They shall be ashamed "They are ashamed" - The reader cannot but observe the sudden transition from the solemn adoration of the secret and mysterious nature of God's counsels in regard to his people, to the spirited denunciation of the confusion of idolaters, and the final destruction of idolatry; contrasted with the salvation of Israel, not from temporal captivity, but the eternal salvation by the Messiah, strongly marked by the repetition and augmentation of the phrase, to the ages of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:18

He formed it to be inhabited "For he formed it to be inhabited" - An ancient MS. has כי ki before לשבת lashebeth ; and so the ancient Versions. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken tn secret, in a dark place of the earth - In opposition to the manner in which the heathen oracles gave their answers, which were generally delivered from some deep and obscure cavern. Such was the seat of the Cumean Sybil: - Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum . Virg. Aen. 6:42. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:21

Bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together - For יועצו yoatsu or yivvaatsu , let them consult, the Septuagint read ידעו yedau , let them know. but an ancient MS. has יועדו yoedu , let them come together by appointment; which may probably be the true reading. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, etc. - This verse and the following contain a plain prediction of the universal spread of the knowledge of God through Christ; and so the Targum appears to have understood it; see Romans 14:11 ; Philemon 2:10 . The reading of the Targum is remarkable, viz., למימרי אתפנו ithpeno lemeymri , look to my Word, ὁ Λογος , the Lord Jesus. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by myself - במימרי bemeymri , by my Word: and the word - פתגם pithgam , or saying, to distinguish it from the personal substantial Word meymra , mentioned before. See the Targum. The word is gone out of my mouth "Truth is gone forth from my mouth; the word" - So the Septuagint distinguish the members of the sentence, preserving the elegance of the construction and the clearness of the sense. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:24

Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have I righteousness and strength "Saying, Only to Jehovah belongeth salvation and power" - A MS. omits לי li , unto me; and instead of אמר לי li amar , he said or shall say unto me, the Septuagint read, in the copy which they used, לאמר lemor , saying. For יבא yabo , He shall come, in the singular, twelve MSS. three ancient) read יבאו yabeu , plural; and a letter is erased at the end of the word in two others: and so the Alexandrine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:14-17

The conversion of Egypt. In this conversion of the nations to true religion the Divine goodness and providence will be at last recognized. They are represented as going over to Israel of their own accord, and surrendering to her their wealth. And they will be brought at last to the great confession, "Of a truth God is in thee, and there is none beside—no Godhead at all." I. HISTORY AS THE CONCEALMENT OF GOD . So it often appears. The weak are down-trodden; the proud and... read more

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