Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 51:7-8
Here is another gracious call of the Lord, in which the subject is carried to its height: for it is to such as have not only sought the Lord, and followed after his righteousness, but have also found him. And these are the people, who, according to my apprehension, both know Christ as the Christ of God, and live upon him. The Lord himself defines their characters: The people in whose heart, saith the Lord, is my law: that is, Christ, the end of the law for righteousness, to everyone that... read more
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:1-23
THE MESSIAH REVEALED The thirty-two chapters deal particularly with the Person and work of the Messiah. Isaiah has sometimes been called the evangelical prophet because of the large space he gives to that subject a circumstance the more notable because of the silence concerning it since Moses. The explanation of this silence is hinted at in the lesson on the introduction to the prophets. In chapter 49, the Messiah speaks of Himself and the failure of His mission in His rejection by His... read more