Isaiah 48:17 KJV

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:17

PROFITABLE TEACHING‘I am the Lord Thy God which teacheth thee to profit.’ Isaiah 48:17 I. I understand the text to mean, not that God teaches us in a profitable way, but that He instructs us how to get the profit in all things; that He gives that faculty—the power to take the good and refuse the evil; to imbibe the honey and reject the poison. II. Consider how God does ‘teach to profit.’—(1) The first thing which God will probably teach and which we must receive is a general confidence that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:1-22

YAHWEH IS ABOUT TO ACT SO AS TO ESTABLISH HIS PEOPLE AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR HIS SERVANT (Isaiah 44:24 to Isaiah 48:22 ). As with what has gone before it is necessary for us to determine the viewpoint from which we will see these narratives, and in order to do so we must put ourselves in the shoes of Isaiah. Chapters 1-39 were mainly behind him, Hezekiah was dead, and what lay before him was the future in terms of Manasseh’s reign. That reign had not had a promising beginning. Manasseh had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:12-19

Yahweh’s Plea To His People To Listen to the Voice Of Isaiah, And Take Their Place As God’s Servant (Isaiah 48:12-19 ). Isaiah 48:12 “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called, I am he, I am the first, I am also the last, Yes, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, And my right hand has stretched out the heavens, When I call to them they stand up together. Having assured them that in spite of all they are His called ones, God opens His further appeal to Israel by describing what He... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:17-19

Isaiah 48:17-Psalms : . Had Israel but Obeyed Yahweh!— This is a later passage, looking forward to a grey future far other than the glowing picture painted by Isaiah 48:2 Is. Yahweh saith, “ I am thy God, O Israel, and would fain lead thee in paths of prosperity. Hadst thou but followed My leading thou wouldst have enjoyed perpetual peace, like a perennial stream; a prosperity beyond measure and a posterity beyond counting. Nor would thy name have been cut off.” Isaiah 48:18 . righteousness:... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 48:17

Which teacheth thee to profit; which from time to time have made known unto thee, not vain and frivolous things, but all necessary and useful doctrines; which, if believed and observed by thee, would have been infinitely profitable to thee, both for this life and that to come. So that it is not my fault, but thine own, if thou dost not profit. Which leadeth; which acquainteth thee with thy duty and interest in all the parts and concerns of thy life; so that thou canst not pretend ignorance. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 48:16-19

THE UNITY OF THE GODHEADIsaiah 48:16. Come ye near Me, hear ye this, &c. [1483][1483] Some refer this whole verse to Isaiah (Kimchi, Hitzig, Knobel), and many the second clause of it alone (Calv., Zuingl., Musculus, Gesen., Meyer, Hengst., Umbr., Hahn). Others think there is a confusion of style (Jarchi, Rosenm.) But the only consistent view makes the Son of God the Speaker here, as in the last verse (Augustine, Basil, Jerome, Œcolamp., Vitr., Alex., Herd., Stier). The same is true... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:17

Isaiah 48:17 It is not only the commercial world which has to make its calculations of profit and loss. All life is made up of profit and loss. And if there is not profit, there is loss; and if there is not loss, there is profit. I. I understand the text to mean, not that God teaches us in a profitable way, but that He instructs us how to get the profit in all things; that He gives that faculty the power to take the good and refuse the evil; to imbibe the honey and reject the poison. II.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 48:17-18

DISCOURSE: 948GOD’S TENDER CONCERN FOR HIS PEOPLEIsaiah 48:17-18. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the leaves of the sea.THE reducing of religion to a system is not without some use; because, by an orderly arrangement of all its parts, we are enabled to... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 48:17

redeemer Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob.Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel ( Isaiah 48:1 ),You are called by the name of Israel.The name of Israel literally means governed by God. Beautiful name. A man governed by God, Israel. It was a name that was given to Jacob by the Lord after Jacob had wrestled all evening and finally surrendered weeping... read more