Isaiah 44:21-28 WEB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:24

By myself - Thirteen MSS., six ancient, confirm the reading of the Keri, מאתי meittai . read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry "Who saith to the deep, Be thou wasted" - Cyrus took Babylon by laying the bed of the Euphrates dry, and leading his army into the city by night through the empty channel of the river. This remarkable circumstance, in which the event so exactly corresponded with the prophecy, was also noted by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 50:38 ; Jeremiah 51:36 . "A drought shall be upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: - I will lay her sea dry And I will scorch up her... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:28

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd "Who saith to Cyrus, Thou art my shepherd" - Pastor meus es ; Vulg. The true reading seems to be אתה רעי roi attah ; the word אתה attah , has probably been dropped out of the text. The same word is lost out of the text, Psalm 119:57 . It is supplied in the Septuagint by the word ει , thou art. Saying to Jerusalem - For ולאמר velemor , the Septuagint and Vulgate read האומר haomer . And to the temple - ולהיכל uleheychal ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-28

Jehovah and the images. I. SELF - MANIFESTATION OF JEHOVAH . He is the First and the Last, Alpha and Omega. Existing before the creation, he will endure when it shall have passed away ( Isaiah 48:12 ). It is a thought which strikes us at once by its sublimity, anal, what is better, with its truth. Men sometimes speak of the material world as real, of the world of faith and imagination as dreamy. Not so the greatest prophets and poets. Shakespeare describes the globe and all its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21

Remember these ; rather, remember these things ; i.e. the futility of idols and the folly of the idol-worshippers. For thou art my servant. Therefore bound to worship me, and not the idols (comp. Isaiah 41:8 ; Isaiah 41:1 , Isaiah 41:2 ). I have formed thee (so also in Isaiah 43:1 , Isaiah 43:21 ; Isaiah 43:2 , Isaiah 43:24 ). The duty of absolute unquestioning obedience seems contained in the relation of that which is formed to that which has formed it. On the other hand,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

ISRAEL ONCE MORE PROMISED DELIVERANCE , AND THE DELIVERER MENTIONED BY NAME . Israel, having been exhorted never to forget the impotency of idols ( Isaiah 44:21 ), is promised forgiveness and deliverance ( Isaiah 44:21 , Isaiah 44:22 ). Then, heaven and earth are called upon to join in rejoicing over the announcement ( Isaiah 44:23 ). Finally, in a noble burst of poetry, God is represented as solemnly declaring his intention of frustrating all the false sayings of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out … thy sins (comp. Isaiah 43:25 ). The promise there made is here represented as having its fulfilment. Before God reverses his sentence and restores his people, he must first forgive them. As a thick cloud … as a cloud . It would be better to translate, as a cloud … as a thick cloud. The latter of the two Hebrew words used is the more emphatic. Return unto me. This is an underlying condition, both of restoration and of forgiveness. Only the penitent can be received... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:22

God's way of pleading with men. Put in other words, the statement of this text is, "As a cloud is blotted out of the heavens, so have I blotted out thy transgressions." But it is difficult for us to realize what is meant by "blotting out a cloud." So far as we have to do with clouds, we cannot speak of them as "blotted out." Some swiftly hurry by; others move majestically along,—they go out of sight into some other quarter of the heavens; but we do not see them vanish from their place in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O ye heavens . The sympathy of external nature with the fortunes of Israel is assumed throughout Isaiah, as it is throughout the Psalms (see Psalms 11:6 -8; Psalms 24:4-7 ; Psalms 29:1-11 :17; 30:25, 26; Psalms 33:9 ; Psalms 35:1 , Psalms 35:2 , Psalms 35:7 , etc.). If Israel is depressed, the earth must "mourn and languish," the heavens grow dark; the mountains shrink and "be ashamed." If, on the contrary, Israel prospers, heaven and earth, mountain and forest, must... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23-28

Joy in God's redeeming power. We have here— I. THE REACH OF ALMIGHTY POWER . It extends: 1 . Over all visible nature. ( Isaiah 44:24 .) He makes "all things." The heavens and the earth are the work of his hand. 2 . Over individual men. He can 3 . Over men in their collective capacity. Jehovah had fashioned Israel, making her all she had become, giving her strength to do all she had accomplished; it was he that "formed" her from the beginning, that shaped her... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23-28

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