Isaiah 45:5-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me ,.... And not to idols, nor to any creature, nor to the works of your hands; to your own righteousness and doings; to your wounds; to your tears and humiliations; to your own hearts and frames; to your graces and the exercise of them; all must be looked off of, and Christ only looked unto by a direct act of faith, for righteousness, for pardon, for all supplies of grace, and for glory and eternal happiness. He is to be looked unto as the Son of God, whose glory is the glory of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by myself ,.... Christ being the true God, he could swear by no greater, Hebrews 6:13 , this shows that what follows, and is here sworn unto, is of great importance, and strictly true, and would certainly be accomplished: the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness ; both what goes before, that such that look unto him shall be saved; and also what follows, concerning the subjection of every creature to him; this was what he had resolved in his mind, and declared in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:24

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength ,.... That is, one and everyone of these that shall be brought to submit to Christ, and to confess him, shall declare it as their faith, that in Christ alone is their "righteousness or righteousnesses" F6 צדקות "justitiae", Montanus; "omnis justitia", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; that they have a full and complete righteousness in him, and which serves for many; consisting of the holiness of his nature, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified ,.... All the spiritual Israel of God, whether Jews or Gentiles; all the spiritual seed and offspring of Christ, to whom he stands in the relation of the, everlasting Father and federal Head; these being given to him, and being in him, are justified in him from all things; and these, all and everyone, shall be brought to see their need of his righteousness, and look to him for it, and receive it from him by faith; and be manifestatively... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness - It was the great principle of the Magian religion, which prevailed in Persia in the time of Cyrus, and in which probably he was educated, that there are two supreme, co-eternal, and independent causes always acting in opposition one to the other; one the author of all good, the other of all evil. The good being they called Light; the evil being, Darkness. That when Light had the ascendant, then good and happtness prevailed among men; when Darkness had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:8

Drop down, ye heavens - The eighty-fifth psalm is a very elegant ode on the same subject with this part of Isaiah's prophecies, the restoration of Judah from captivity; and is, in the most beautiful part of it, a manifest imitation of this passage of the prophet: - "Verily his salvation is nigh unto them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land. Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring from the earth, And... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:9

Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker "To unto him that contendeth with the power that formed him" - The prophet answers or prevents the objections and cavils of the unbelieving Jews, disposed to murmur against God, and to arraign the wisdom and justice of his dispensations in regard to them; in permitting them to be oppressed by their enemies, and in promising them deliverance instead of preventing their captivity. St. Paul has borrowed the image, and has applied it to the like purpose... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:11

Ask me of things to come "And he that formeth the things which are to come" - I read ויוצר veyotser , without the ו vau suffixed; from the Septuagint, who join it in construction with the following word, ὁ ποιησας τα επερχομενα . "Do ye question me." - תשאלוני tishaluni , Chald. recte; praecedit ת tau ; et sic forte legerunt reliqui Intt. - Secker. "The Chaldee has, more properly, תשאלוני tishaluni , with a ת tau preceding; and thus the other interpreters... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:13

I have raised him up - This evidently refers to Cyrus, and to what he did for the Jews; and informs us by whom he was excited to do it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:14

The labor of Egypt "The wealth of Egypt" - This seems to relate to the future admission of the Gentiles into the Church of God. Compare Psalm 68:32 ; Psalm 72:10 ; Psalm 60:6-9 . And perhaps these particular nations may be named, by a metonymy common in all poetry, for powerful and wealthy nations in general. See note on Isaiah 60:1 . The Sabeans, men of stature "The Sabeans, tall of stature" - That the Sabeans were of a more majestic appearance than common, is particularly... read more

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