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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:1-28

; Isaiah 44:1-28; Isaiah 45:1-25; Isaiah 46:1-13; Isaiah 47:1-15; Isaiah 48:1-22CHAPTER IXFOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGIONIsaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22WE have now surveyed the governing truths of Isaiah 40:1-31; Isaiah 41:1-29; Isaiah 42:1-25; Isaiah 43:1-28; Isaiah 44:1-28; Isaiah 45:1-25; Isaiah 46:1-13; Isaiah 47:1-15; Isaiah 48:1-22: the One God, omnipotent and righteous; the One People, His servants and witnesses to the world; the nothingness of all other gods and idols before Him; the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 44:1-28

CHAPTER 44 Jehovah Continues to Speak 1. Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah 44:1-5 ) 2. Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6-8 ) 3. Idolatry rebuked (Isaiah 44:9-20 ) 4. Remember! Return! Sing! (Isaiah 44:21-23 ) 5. The faithful Jehovah, the Redeemer (Isaiah 44:24-27 ) 6. Cyrus named (Isaiah 44:28 ) The outpouring of the Spirit upon Israel’s seed promised in the beginning of the chapter has not yet taken place. Compare with Isaiah 32:15 and Isaiah... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 44:11

44:11 Behold, all his {q} fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they [are] of men: let them all be gathered together, let them {r} stand up; [yet] they shall fear, [and] they shall be ashamed together.(q) That is, who in any way consent either to the making or worshipping.(r) Signifying, that the multitude will not then save the idolaters, when God will take vengeance, although they excuse themselves by it among men. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:1-28

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

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 44:9-20

What a fine contrast does this view of the dung-hill god of a man's own creating, form with what went before, in which the glory of Jehovah is so sublimely set forth! If there were not facts existing to prove it, would it ever be credited, that any man, much less multitudes of men, should be found weak enough in intellect to form an image of wood, and fall down before it in worship? But, Reader! remark from it, to what an awful state is man reduced by the fall. Oh! how truly blessed is it here... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:9-20

9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters. Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man greatly dishonours God, when he represents him after the image of man. Satan blinds the eyes of unbelievers, causing absurd reasonings in matters of religion. Whether men seek happiness in worldly things, or run into unbelief, superstition, or any false system, they feed on ashes. A heart deceived by... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 44:9-23

The Vanity of Idolatry over against Jehovah v. 9. They that make a graven image, those who manufacture idols, are all of them vanity, nothingness, desolation; and their delectable things, the idols for which they profess such a deep affection, shall not profit, not being able to help them in any way; and they are their own witnesses; they see not nor know, the idol-worshipers themselves testifying that their gods are both blind and ignorant, that they, the idolaters, may be ashamed, for... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 44:1-28

5. THE COMPLETION OF THE REDEMPTION BY DELIVERING FROM SIN IS THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRITIsaiah 44:1-51          Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant;And Israel, whom I have chosen:2     Thus saith the Lord that made thee,And formed thee from the womb, which will help thee;Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;And thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.3     For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty,And floods upon the dry ground:I will pour my spirit upon thy seed,And my blessing upon thine... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 44:1-11

“Besides Me There Is No God” Isaiah 44:1-11 What gracious promises are given throughout Scripture, not only to God’s children, but to their seed! Here the thirsty soul, longing for love, sympathy, God, is promised an abundant supply. See John 4:13-14 ; Revelation 22:17 . But notice the extreme beauty of the further response, which shall be made by the young followers of our Lord: One shall say, I am the Lord’s , Isaiah 44:5 . What ecstasy such a declaration causes to a parent’s heart! Young... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 44:1-28

The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5 ) contains the gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come to Israel, and the consequent influence on other people. In this message the power of Jehovah is compared with that of idols. Jehovah begins by declaring Himself to be the first and the last, the only God, knowing, and declaring, and appointing. Because these things are so, appeal is made to the... read more

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