Isaiah 43:2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 43:1-7

Isaiah 43:1-Judges : . Having Chastised, Yahweh will Redeem His People.— Since Yahweh has sent Israel into exile, He can bring her back. He bids her be of good courage. His people shall not be overwhelmed by the calamities He brings upon them. He will ransom them, compensating the conqueror with Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sheba. The sons of Israel shall be gathered from their dispersion. Isaiah 43:1 b. The verbs are futures. Isaiah 43:2 . Read, “ and rivers shall not.” Isaiah 43:3 . Seba: not... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 43:2

Though I will chastise thee for thy sins, yet I will not suffer thine enemies utterly to destroy thee: compare Jeremiah 30:11. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-3

CHEERING WORDS FOR THE AFFLICTEDIsaiah 43:1-3. But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, &c.These cheering words were addressed by God to His peculiar people the Jews; but He has a peculiar people now, and all who partake of their faith and love may consider this Scripture as written for the purpose of imparting comfort and strength to their troubled hearts. It suggests four subjects for consideration: the afflictions to which the people of God are liable; the exhortation addressed to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-3

Isaiah 43:1-3 In this text we have I. A charge given "Fear not." A righteous, godly fear the believer may have; but the cowardice of the world, which is loud to boast, and slow to act, and quick to doubt which is prone to distrust even the Almighty and disbelieve the All-true this he must never know. It becomes neither the dignity of his calling nor the faithfulness of his God. II. A reason assigned "Thou art Mine." These words were spoken to Israel after the flesh, and to them they still... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:2

Isaiah 43:2 (with Daniel 3:0 ) The text contains I. A pre-intimation of trouble. Although we have not in it a distinct assertion or prediction of particular trials, yet it is most clearly and strongly implied that the chosen people would have to go through them. God never deceives us. He never foresees one thing for us and tells us to expect another. He meets us, so to speak, in plainness and candour, and He says, My ways are ways of ultimate happiness, but not of proximate. Tribulation is... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 43:1-3

DISCOURSE: 930GOD’S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLEIsaiah 43:1-3. Now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for 1 have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name: thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 43:2

DISCOURSE: 932THE SAINTS ARE WITNESSES FOR GODYe are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.GOD is a jealous God, and cannot endure that any other should be put in competition with him. Hence he takes frequent occasion to reprove the idolatry into which his people were ever prone to relapse. He shews them the folly of cutting down a tree, and kindling a fire with part of the wood, and roasting their food with it, and then fashioning another part of the same tree into the image of a man,... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Isaiah 43:2

Fire! Fire! Fire! June 23rd, 1861 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." Isaiah 43:2 . Before we explain the metaphor of the text, it may be well for us to remark that we are not sufficiently grateful, I fear, for the preservation which God affords to us from fire. To be startled at the dead of night with the alarming cry, and to find one's self and children and goods in danger of being... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-28

But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration.But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, and the Holy One... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:1-28

Isaiah 43:1 . The Lord that created thee, oh Jacob. Not only in the first creation, but when Sarah, and when Rebecca were barren, I gave them power to become mothers. I have also created and formed thee into a nation; thy disobedience therefore is left without excuse. Isaiah 43:3 . I gave Egypt for thy ransom. Those nations were nearly destroyed, in order to effect the emancipation of Israel. God most remarkably diverted the Assyrian invasion from Judea to an attack upon Egypt. Isaiah... read more