Isaiah 46:13 NIV

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 46:12-13

Isaiah 46:12-13. Hearken unto me— God had addressed those kindly, who had suffered themselves, through imprudence, to be seduced from the right way, and whose conversion might more reasonably be expected; but he speaks more severely to the hypocrites, the incredulous, the fierce and proud in heart, who obstinately doubted the completion of his excellent promises: "O you," says he, "who are yourselves far from faith, truth, integrity, and all propriety, full of deceit, hypocrisy, incredulity,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 46:13

13. near—antithetical to "far" (Isaiah 46:12; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 61:11; Romans 10:6-8). righteousness—answering to "salvation" in the parallel clause; therefore it means here, "my righteous deliverance"; righteous, because proving the truth of God's promises, and so contrived as to not compromise, but vindicate, His righteousness (Isaiah 42:21; Romans 3:26). Zion . . . my glory—rather, "I will give salvation in Zion; to Israel (I will give) my glory" [HORSLEY].... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 46:8-13

God as righteous 46:8-13The last segment of this section (Isaiah 45:14 to Isaiah 46:13) returns to the subject of God as the righteous deliverer (cf. Isaiah 45:14-19). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 46:13

God would be faithful to His covenant promises and bring salvation to Zion (cf. Isaiah 44:26-28; Romans 3:21-25; Romans 5:8; 1 Corinthians 1:30). He would soon bring the righteousness that His people lacked. This deliverance would glorify His name. Some have interpreted the "stubborn-minded" in Isaiah 46:12-13 as the Babylonians, rather than the Israelites, but this is a minority view. [Note: E.g., J. Martin, p. 1101.] "This proves to be Isaiah’s final appeal to Israel to accept the Lord’s... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

The Contrast between Jehovah and the Deities of Babylon1, 2. The idols of Babylon will be borne away by the conquerors amongst the spoil, the gods being powerless to save their images. i. Bel] the chief Babylonian deity (Jeremiah 50:2).Boweth.. stoopeth] before the conqueror.Nebo] son of Bel, the Babylonian Mercury. The name means ’revealer.’ Your carriages, etc.] RV ’the things that ye carried about in processions are made a load,’ of spoil for the conquerors: see on Isaiah 10:28. 3, 4. So far... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 46:1-13

Religious Uses of Memory Isaiah 46:9 Of all the powers that God has given us, none is more wonderful than memory. For what is memory? It is a twofold power. It is the power that gathers in the past, and crowds into some secret cabinet here the twice ten thousand things that we have learned. And then it is the power that out of that crowded storehouse brings the things forth again, calls them to mind. I. There is no religion which lays such an emphasis on memory as Christianity. What do we call... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

CHAPTER XIBEARING OR BORNEIsaiah 46:1-13CHAPTER 46. is a definite prophecy, complete in itself. It repeats many of the truths which we have found in previous chapters, and we have already seen what it says about Cyrus. But it also strikes out a new truth, very relevant then, when men made idols and worshipped the works of their hands, and relevant still, when so many, with equal stupidity, are more concerned about keeping up the forms of their religion than allowing God to sustain... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

CHAPTER 46 1. Babylon Is to Fall The Babylonian idols carried by the beasts (Isaiah 46:1-2 ) 2. How Jehovah carries His people (Isaiah 46:3-4 ) 3. The divine reproach (Isaiah 46:5-7 ) 4. A ravenous bird (Cyrus) to come from the east (Isaiah 46:8-11 ) 5. Salvation in Zion (Isaiah 46:12-13 ) The opening verses are comforting. The helplessness of the Babylonian idols is described. They have to be carried. They cannot deliver out of captivity, for they themselves have gone in to... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 46:13

46:13 I bring {m} near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.(m) He shows that man’s incredulity cannot abolish the promise of God, Romans 3:3 . read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

ISAIAH INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO The chapters of Part 2 (chaps. 40-46) are chiefly millennial, and so different from the prevailing themes preceding, as to raise a query whether they were not written by some other author a second, or deutero-Isaiah, as some call him. We do not hold that opinion, the reasons for which are briefly stated in the author’s Primers of the Faith. In Synthetic Bible Studies, it was found convenient to treat this part as a single discourse though doubtless, such is not... read more