Isaiah 48:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:1-2

Isaiah 48:1-2. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob For your conviction and humiliation; that, acknowledging God to be just, and even merciful, in what he has brought upon you, you may give glory to him, and take shame to yourselves; which are called by the name of Israel Who are Israelites in name, but not in truth; and are come out of the waters of Judah From the lineage of your progenitor, Judah, as waters flow from a fountain; which swear by the name of the Lord Who profess the true... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 48:1-2

Isaiah 48:1-2. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob— These verses contain a just and solemn address to the Jewish people; who, though by their profession and external worship seeming to cultivate the true religion, to call God their God, and to depend upon him, yet were obstinately incredulous, extremely inclined to idolatry, and little regardful of those prophesies which Isaiah and other true prophets delivered to them. The meaning of the phrase, Are come forth out of the waters of Judah, is very... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:2

2. For—Ye deserve these reproofs; "for" ye call yourselves citizens of "the holy city" (Isaiah 52:1), but not in truth (Isaiah 48:1; Nehemiah 11:1; Daniel 9:24); so the inscription on their coins of the time of the Maccabees. "Jerusalem the Holy." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 48:1-2

The Lord called on His people to pay attention to what He had to say to them and to respond appropriately (cf. Isaiah 42:18; Isaiah 46:12). The many descriptions of the Israelites in these verses reminded them of their origins and their identity, their commitments to and their appreciation for Yahweh, and their present relationship with Him. In view of all this, they needed to heed what He said. They had not done that as they should have in the past. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 48:1-5

Israel’s inveterate unbelief 48:1-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 48:1-11

The former failure 48:1-11This section recapitulates the revelation that Yahweh predicts the future, so that when the event He predicts happens, people will recognize that He is the only true God. He can cause new things to happen because He alone is the Creator. This prophecy has been the source of much critical attack on Isaiah. [Note: See Oswalt, The Book . . . 40-66, pp. 270-72, for discussion.] Again, the critics’ disbelief in God’s ability to predict the future and then bring it into... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:1-22

Let the Exiles trust in Jehovah, and come out of Babylon1-11. Jehovah’s purpose will be executed, but not for Israel’s merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and learn to obey Him.1. The prophet here addresses those whose professions of allegiance to Jehovah are hollow (Isaiah 46:8), and who in the land of exile had in their hearts apostatised: cp. Isaiah 42:17. Come.. waters] i.e. are descended from Judah (Psalms 68:26).3-5. Events of their history had been... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 48:2

(2) They call themselves of the holy city . . .—The words of praise are spoken, as the preceding words show, with a touch of irony. Those who so boasted were not true citizens of Zion (Psalms 15:1; Matthew 3:9). They did not enter into all that was implied in their confession of Jehovah Sabaoth. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

CHAPTER XIIITHE CALL TO GO FORTHIsaiah 48:1-22On the substance of chapter 48, we have already encroached, and now it is necessary only to summarise its argument, and to give some attention to the call to go forth from Babylon, with which it concludes.Chapter 48 is addressed, as its first verse declares, to the exiles from Judah: "Hear this, Oh House of Jacob, that call yourselves by the name of Israel, and from the waters of Judah have come forth": that is, you so-called Israelites, who spring... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 48:1-2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 48:1-2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 48:1-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 48:1-11

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:1-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 48:2

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

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