Isaiah 44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers ,.... Who, as he confirmed the word of Isaiah and other prophets, and fulfilled their predictions concerning the captivity of the Jews, and their deliverance from it; so he has confirmed and established the word preached by his servants, the Gospel, which is the counsel of God, delivered out by his messengers, the apostles, and first preachers of it; it being attended with the demonstration of the spirit,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, be dry ,.... The Targum is, "that saith to Babylon, be desolate;' and most interpreters, Jewish and Christian, understand it of Babylon, which was situated in a watery place, by rivers of water, particularly the river Euphrates, and in a low valley: and I will dry up thy rivers ; some think the allusion is to the stratagem of Cyrus, made use of, under a divine direction, to drain the river Euphrates, and make it passable for his army; by which means he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:28

That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd ,.... Or Coresh, as his name in the Hebrew language is; and in the Persian tongue signifies the "sun"; from whence he had his name, as Ctesias F17 Excerpta, p. 648. Ed. Gronov. and Plutarch F18 In Vita Artaxerxis, say; to which the Hebrew word "cheres", which signifies the "sun", has some affinity; though Joseph Scaliger F19 Emendat. Temp. I. 6. would have the name of Cyrus to signify "food" in the Persian language, and which answers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44

This chapter, besides promises of redemption, of the effusion of the Spirit, and success of the Gospel, Isaiah 44:1-5 , sets forth, in a very sublime manner, the supreme power and foreknowledge, and absolute eternity, of the one true God; and exposes the folly and absurdity of idolatry with admirable force and elegance, Isaiah 44:6-20 . And to show that the knowledge of future events belongs only to Jehovah, whom all creation is again called to adore for the deliverance and reconciliation... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:2

Jesurun - Jeshurun means Israel. This name was given to that people by Moses, Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Deuteronomy 33:5 , Deuteronomy 33:26 . The most probable account of it seems to be that in which the Jewish commentators agree; namely, that it is derived from ישר yashar , and signifies upright. In the same manner, Israel, as a people, is called משלם meshullam , perfect, Isaiah 42:19 , They were taught of God, and abundantly furnished with the means of rectitude and perfection... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:4

They shall spring up as among the grass "They shall spring up as the grass among the waters" - חציר בבין bebeyn chatsir , "They shall spring up to the midst of, or rather, in among, the grass. "This cannot be right: eleven MSS., and thirteen editions, have כבין kebeyn , or כבן keben . Twenty-four MSS. read it without the י yod , בבן beben , in the son of the grass; and so reads the Chaldee; בבן beben , in the son of the grass. Twenty-four MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:5

Shall call himself "Shall be called" - Passive, יקרא yikkare ; κληθησεται , Symmachus. Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord "This shall inscribe his hand to Jehovah" - Και ἑτερος επιγραψει χειρι ( χειρα , Ag., Sym.) αυτου, Του Θεου ειμι· "And another shall write upon his hand, I belong to God." - Sept. They seem to have read here, as before, אני ליהוה laihovah ani , I belong to Jehovah. But the repetition of the same phrase without any variation is not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:7

Let them show unto them "Let them declare unto us" - For למו lamo , unto them, the Chaldee reads לנו lanu , unto us The Septuagint read לכם lachem , unto you; which is preferable to the reading of the text. But למו lamo , and לנו lanu , are frequently mistaken one for the other, see Isaiah 10:29 ; Psalm 80:7 ; Psalm 64:6 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:8

Fear ye not - to - תרהו tirehu never occurs. Perhaps it should be תיראו tireu , fear ye. Two MSS. read תירהו tirehu , and one of mine תהרו taharu . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:9-10

That they may be ashamed. Who hath formed a god "That every one may be ashamed, that he hath formed a god" - The Bodleian MS., one of the first extant for its antiquity and authority, instead of מי mi , at the beginning of the tenth verse, has כי ki , which greatly clears up the construction of a very obscure passage. Doederlein approves of this reading. The Septuagint likewise closely connect in construction the end of Isaiah 44:9 ; with the beginning of Isaiah 44:10 ; and... read more

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