イザヤ書 43:9-13 JC

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:8-10

Isaiah 43:8-10. Bring forth the blind, &c.— Vitringa renders the 9th verse, Let, &c. Who among them could declare this? Either let them tell us what shall first happen, and bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them [be content to] hear, and say, this is truth. The scope of this period is, to confirm the people of God in their belief of the true Divinity, from those remarkable events so clearly foretold by the prophet; and to instruct them, to convince the degenerate... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:11-13

Isaiah 43:11-13. I, even I, am the Lord, &c.— I even I, &c. Isaiah 43:12. I have declared and saved, and foreshewed, and not any strange god among you [hath done so]; therefore, &c. The argument of this whole discourse is so consistent in all its parts, that nothing heterogeneous is mixed with it. God is here introduced, as in the discourses immediately following, determined to vindicate the truth of his essence and divinity against idolaters and unbelievers, and to call them from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:9

9. who . . . can declare this—who among the idolatrous soothsayers hath predicted this; that is, as to Cyrus being the deliverer of Israel? former—predictions, as in Isaiah 42:9 [MAURER]. Or, things that shall first come to pass (see on Isaiah 42:9- :) [BARNES]. let them bring forth their witnesses—as I do mine (Isaiah 42:9- :). justified—declared veracious in their pretended prophecies. or—rather, "and"; let men hear their prediction and say, from the event, It is verified (see on Isaiah 43:4). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:10

10. Ye—the Jews, to whom I have given predictions, verified by the event; and in delivering whom I have so often manifested My power (see Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 43:4; Isaiah 44:8). and my servant—that is, the whole Jewish people (Isaiah 41:8). believe—trust in. formed—before I existed none of the false gods were formed. "Formed" applies to the idols, not to God. Revelation 1:11 uses the same language to prove the Godhead of Jesus, as Isaiah here to prove the Godhead of Jehovah. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:11

11. Lord—Jehovah. saviour—temporally, from Babylon: eternally, from sin and hell (Hosea 13:4; Acts 4:12). The same titles as are applied to God are applied to Jesus. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:12

12. declared—predicted the future (Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 41:23). saved—the nation, in past times of danger. showed—namely, that I was God. when . . . no strange god, &c.—to whom the predictions uttered by Me could be assigned. "Strange" means foreign, introduced from abroad. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:13

13. before—literally, from the time of the first existence of day. let—Old English for "hinder" (Isaiah 14:27). Rather, translate, "undo it" [HORSLEY]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:8-20

The witness to redemption 43:8-44:20Isaiah continued to show that Yahweh was both willing and able to deliver His people, a theme begun in Isaiah 42:10. He confronted the gods, again (cf. Isaiah 41:21-29), but this time he challenged them to bring forth witnesses to their deity, namely, people who could confirm their ability to predict the future. The captive Judeans were Yahweh’s witnesses. They would, despite their spiritual blindness and deafness, give witness to His ability to predict their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:9

Isaiah pictured all the nations in this courtroom. Some had already assembled, and others were on their way. Who among them, the prophet asked, could proclaim former things? These "former things" probably refer to things predicted in the past that had since come to pass. [Note: See A. Schoors, I Am God Your Savior: A Form-Critical Study of the Main Genres in Is. XL-LV, pp. 94, 225.] No one among the nations, none of their gods, could predict the future and then bring it into existence. Only... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:10

Yahweh pointed to the people of Israel, His servant, as those who would be His witnesses that He could predict the future and bring it to pass. For example, He had promised to make Abraham a great nation, to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage, to give them Canaan, and to make David’s dynasty secure. He had fulfilled all these promises and more. In the process He had made the Israelites His witnesses so they would learn that He alone is the true God (cf. Exodus 3:14). Similarly, Jesus... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:8-10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:11-13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:8-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 43:10

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