Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:21
21. Ezra, in describing the return, makes no mention of God cleaving the rock for them in the desert [KIMCHI]. The circumstances, therefore, of the deliverance from Egypt (Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11; Psalms 78:15; Psalms 105:41) and of that from Babylon, are blended together; the language, while more immediately referring to the latter deliverance, yet, as being blended with circumstances of the former not strictly applicable to the latter, cannot wholly refer to either, but to the mystic... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 48:22
Isaiah 48:22. There is no peace, &c.— "There is no peace, no serenity of mind and conscience,—more desirable than every earthly blessing, superior to all conception;—there is no durable prosperity on earth, no eternal salvation, or hope of salvation to the hypocrites, unbelievers and profane, the despisers of God and his prophetic word, they who honour him with their lips, but in their heart are far from him: because they have no part in the favour of God, which, without faith, reverence of... read more