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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 44:1-8

Two great truths are abundantly made out in these verses:? I. That the people of God are a happy people, especially upon account of the covenant that is between them and God. The people of Israel were so as a figure of the gospel Israel. Three things complete their happiness:? 1. The covenant-relations wherein they stand to God, Isa. 44:1, 2. Israel is here called Jeshurun?the upright one; for those only, like Nathanael, are Israelites indeed, in whom is no guile, and those only shall have the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:1

Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant ,.... These words are directed to a remnant according to the election of grace among the Jews, about the time when their princes should be profaned, and the body of the people should be given to curse and reproaches; and who are distinguished from them by the title of the Lord's "servants": who, being called by grace, were made willing to serve him in righteousness and holiness, either by preaching his Gospel, and so had the title of the servants of the most... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:2

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb ,.... Which is not to be understood of the forming of the people of Israel into a commonwealth or church state, for this is not said of the body of them; nor of the natural creation and formation of these individuals, but of their new creation, regeneration, and spiritual formation; which, as it was owing to the grace and power of God, by which the Lord describes himself, who is speaking to them, the consideration of it might... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water oh him that is thirsty ,.... Or rather upon the thirsty land, as the Targum; and so the Syriac version, "in a thirsty place"; as a dry land is a thirsty land; it thirsts for water, gapes and opens for it: see Psalm 63:1 "and floods upon the dry ground"; large quantities of rain to moisten it, and make it fruitful; these figurative expressions are explained in the next clauses: I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring ; by which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:4

And they shall spring up as among the grass ,.... That is, such on whom the Spirit of the Lord shall be poured with his gifts and grace, and with the blessings of it: by the "grass" may be meant common believers, comparable to green grass, for their numbers, being many; for their weakness in themselves; for their flourishing condition; like grass for its greenness, and verdure, and its springing up by clear shining after rain; see Psalm 72:6 and by those that "spring up among them" are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:5

One shall say, I am the Lord's ,.... This expresses the success of the apostles' ministry, not only among the Jews, but more especially among the Gentiles, who were not called by the name of Jacob and Israel; but now should call themselves by those names, as the following clauses show, being called by grace and converted; when they should openly profess their faith in Christ, claim their interest in him, and acknowledge his property in them, and not be ashamed of the name of Christians; and... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:1

Yet now hear ; i.e. "be not dismayed at what has been said. Listen a little longer." O Jacob my servant , etc. A recurrence to the terms of endearment used in Isaiah 41:8 , showing that words of favour and' promise are about to follow. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 44:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:5

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:1

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