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John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:7-12

Past Deliverances and Present NeedsIsaiah 63:7-14. Commemoration of Jehovah’s mercies to Israel in the past. Isaiah 64:5 a. Prayer that He will interpose to deliver His people from their present calamities.Isaiah 64:5-12. Acknowledgment that these are due to their sins. Appeal to Jehovah that He will look upon the pitiable state of His people and sanctuary. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:7-19

8. Lie] RV ’deal falsely.’9. He was afflicted] so Heb. traditional reading, meaning that He felt His people’s pains as His own (Judges 10:16). But Heb. written text ’he was no adversary’ (RM), but, on the contrary, their deliverer. The angel] see Exodus 23:20; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 33:2.Bare them] see Deuteronomy 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:11.10. Cp. Psalms 78:40. 11. He (Israel) remembered] The thought of past mercies evoked penitence (Psalms 78:35). Shepherd] RV ’shepherds.’ Within him] i.e. Israel,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 63:9

(9) In all their affliction . . .—Literally, there was affliction to Him. So taken, the words speak of a compassion like that of Judges 10:16. The Hebrew text gives, In all their affliction there was no affliction: i.e., it was as nothing compared with the salvation which came from Jehovah. The Authorised Version follows the Kĕri, or marginal reading of the Hebrew. It may be inferred, from the strange rendering of both clauses in the LXX. (“neither a messenger, nor an angel, but He himself... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 63:1-19

Isaiah 63:1 How is this free salvation to be appropriated so that it shall have a practical influence on our hearts and lives? How are we to lay hold of it individually? I. Grasp the Meaning of Your Baptism. God Almighty applied this free salvation to each of us at our baptism. God chose you: He elected you into Jesus Christ at your baptism. He gave you His Holy Word, and He gave you the Holy Spirit to dwell in your heart and to reveal to you clearly what is taught in that Bible about your... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-19

CHAPTER XXVA LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENTIsaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1-24WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been considering the prophecy of Israel’s Redemption had reached its summit and its end. The glory of Zion in sight, the full programme of prophecy owned, the arrival of the Divine Saviour hailed in the urgency of His feeling for His people, in the sufficiency of His might to save them, -what more, we ask, can the prophecy have to give us? Why does it not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 63:7-19

CHAPTER 63:7-19-64:12 The Great Intercessory Prayer 1. Jehovah’s loving kindness and power in the past remembered (Isaiah 63:7-14 ) 2. Their deepest need (Isaiah 63:15 ) 3. The cry of faith, Thou art our Father (Isaiah 63:16 ) 4. The increasing plea (Isaiah 63:17-19 ) 5. The prayer for Jehovah’s manifestation (Isaiah 64:1-4 ) 6. Confession and humiliation (Isaiah 64:5-7 ) 7. The cry for mercy and help (Isaiah 64:8-12 ) This is one of the greatest prayers in the Bible. The... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 63:9

63:9 In all their affliction he was {i} afflicted, and the angel {k} of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.(i) He bore their afflictions and griefs as though they had been his own.(k) Which was a witness of God’s presence, and this may be referred to Christ, to whom belongs the office of salvation. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:1-19

MEETING OF THE AGES We are drawing to the end of the present, and the opening of the Millennial age. The prophet’s eye rests on the time when Israel is back in her land, the majority still unconverted to Christ and worshiping in a restored temple. There is a faithful remnant waiting for Him, though enduring the persecution of the false christ. This persecution may often be felt at the hands of their own brethren after the flesh. These facts must be assumed in the interpretation of these... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-9

The subject is here changed, as well as the Person speaking. The Prophet, probably contemplating what had passed, begins to celebrate the divine goodness, and especially with an eye to the Church's mercies in time past. It is worthy to be observed, how often the redemption of the church from Egypt, and the blessings in the wilderness, are alluded to, in different parts of the word of God. The Holy Ghost thus taught the Church to exercise faith for all that was to come, in recounting the Lord's... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:9

Presence, in high authority, Exodus xxxiii. 20. (Calmet) --- The angel guardian of the Church. Particular guardians also see God's face, Matthew xviii. (Worthington) read more

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