The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:22
The eye of the soul. Look unto me, and be ye saved." Faith can look! We have the spiritual vision and the spiritual object. "Blessed are your eyes, for they see." We look, and are saved! Yes; and we look in hours of sorrow and unrest, and our burdens are lightened. This is no dream of the quietist; no meditation of the mystic. We do not look into infinity, and feel awe. We do not merely set religious imagination to work. We have a loving Lord and Saviour, to whom we look. "Sir, we would ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:22
Look unto me ; rather, turn unto me (as in Psalms 25:16 ; Psalms 69:16 ; Psalms 86:16 ); i.e; "Be converted—turn unto the Lord your God." It is implied that all can turn, if they will. And be ye saved . On conversion, salvation will follow. It will extend even to all the ends of the earth (comp. Psalms 98:3 , "All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God"). read more