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Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 48:12-22

An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word v. 12. Hearken unto Me, O Jacob and Israel, My called, the form of address once more being in the usual cordial style used by the Lord in speaking to the people of His choice, here identical with His Church; I am He: I am the First, I also am the Last, this fundamental truth being repeated also here, where Jehovah prepares to preach salvation. v. 13. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spanned the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 48:1-22

HOMILETICAL HINTS1. On Isaiah 48:1-2. “We, for our part, are also quite fallen into Jewish security. For we take great comfort from this, that we know, that we have God’s word simple and pure, and the same is indeed highly to be praised and valued. But it is not enough for one to have the word. One ought and must live according to it, then will God make account of us. But where one lives without the fear of God and in sin, and hears the word without amendment, there God will punish all the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 48:20-21

5. SUMMONS TO ISRAEL TO FLEE OUT OF BABYLONIsaiah 48:20-2120          Go ye forth of Babylon.Flee ye from the Chaldeans, with voice of singingDeclare ye, tell this,Utter it even to the end of the earth;          Say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.21     And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts:He caused waters to flow out of the rock for them:He clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALBoth these verses bear entirely the character of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 48:22

6. THE CONTRASTIVE CONCLUSIONIsaiah 48:2222     There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALThese words do not fit on to Isaiah 48:20-21. They could better connect with Isaiah 48:19 as the negative proof of the thought, that Israel, had it hearkened to the commandments of the Lord, would have found abundant salvation (comp. especially “thy peace had been as a river,” Isaiah 48:18). But if Isaiah 48:22 were only to belong to Isaiah 48:17-19, then the words would not... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 48:17-22

“A Light to the Gentiles” Isaiah 48:17-22 ; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22 , with the phrase there is no peace to the wicked . The second division of part 2 closes with a similar phrase, Isaiah 57:21 . The first division here ends with the proclamation for Israel to leave Babylon. They need never have gone there. If only they have been obedient in every particular theirs would have been the happy lot of Isaiah 48:18 , as contrasted... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:1-22

This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11 ). He has had to do with a failing people, a people mentioning His name, but not in truth. His method has been that of prophecy and swift performance on account of their obstinacy, and to prevent them attributing to idols the things wrought by Jehovah. All this He has done for His own name's sake. This method... 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 48:20-22

The Call To Flee From Babylon (Isaiah 48:20-22 ). As we come to the end of the section from chapter 40 to 48 we find God’s final charge. It is to ‘flee from Babylon.’ Babylon with all that it stood for was the opposite of the Servant. It represented all that was at enmity with God. That was why it had to be destroyed for ever, and why all men had to flee from it as from danger and peril (compare Revelation 18:4). After this Babylon will not again be mentioned. Her influence is over. But the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 48:20-22

Isaiah 48:20-Song of Solomon : . The Joyous Song of the Returning Exiles.— The exiles on their return exhort one another to publish the salvation which Yahweh has brought, how, repeating the wonders of the Exodus, He miraculously provides them with water as they pass through the desert to Jerusalem. Isaiah 48:20 . from: out of the midst of, not fearing the Chaldeans, but escaping so as not to be involved in their ruin. Isaiah 48:22 . An insertion from Isaiah 57:21. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 48:21

This is part of the matter which the Jews are obliged to declare to all people, as they have opportunity, to wit, that God took the same care of them in their return from Babylon to Canaan, which was through many dry and desolate places, as he did in their march from Egypt to Canaan. They thirsted not, & c., i.e. they shall not thirst. He speaks of things to come, as if they were already past or present, as the prophets commonly do. read more

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