Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:18-25
Isaiah 45:18-Lamentations : . Yahweh will Deliver All who Look to Him.— Yahweh created the earth to be, not desolate, but a dwelling-place for man. Nor has He concealed Himself in some remote mysterious shrine, like the oracles of some heathen deities. He has declared the truth when He has been inquired of. Even now the end of the conquests of Cyrus is not that the earth, apart from the land of Israel, shall become a desolation instead of a dwelling-place. The survivors are bidden approach.... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:18-25
So Yahweh Calls Men Around The World To Repent (Isaiah 45:18-25 ). God then points out that He did not create the world to be empty, but to be inhabited. It was not just Jerusalem that He wanted to be inhabited with His own (Isaiah 44:26), it was the world. Nor did He proclaim His word in secret, as in a secret society. His words were not empty of meaning, like stilted phrases of a cult. His world was intended for all, and so were His words, that all might live in it and know righteousness,... read more