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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:5-10

God here asserts his sole and sovereign dominion, as that which he designed to prove and manifest to the world in all the great things he did for Cyrus and by him. Observe, I. How this doctrine is here laid down concerning the sovereignty of the great Jehovah, in two things:?1. That he is God alone, and there is no God besides him. This is here inculcated as a fundamental truth, which, if it were firmly believed, would abolish idolatry out of the world. With what an awful, commanding, air of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:11-19

The people of God in captivity, who reconciled themselves to the will of God in their affliction and were content to wait his time for their deliverance, are here assured that they should not wait in vain. I. They are invited to enquire concerning the issue of their troubles, Isa. 45:11. The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, though he does not allow them to strive with him, yet encourages them, 1. To consult his word: ?Ask of me things to come; have recourse to the prophets and their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:10

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, what begettest thou ?.... That quarrels with him, and complains of him, because he was not of the other sex, or not so wise, or so rich, or so handsome, as others: or to the woman ; disdaining to call her mother: what hast thou brought forth ? equally as absurd and impious it was in the Jews to quarrel with Christ for his conversation with sinners, and the reception of them; or for the regeneration of such persons; or to find fault with God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:11

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker ,.... He whose name alone is Jehovah, who is glorious in holiness, the Sanctifier of his people, and the Maker of them, both as creatures, and new creatures: ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me ; these words are not spoken to idolaters, or the idolatrous Jews, or those of them that were inclined to idolatry; directing them to ask of the Lord, and not of their idols,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:11

Ask me of things to come "And he that formeth the things which are to come" - I read ויוצר veyotser , without the ו vau suffixed; from the Septuagint, who join it in construction with the following word, ὁ ποιησας τα επερχομενα . "Do ye question me." - תשאלוני tishaluni , Chald. recte; praecedit ת tau ; et sic forte legerunt reliqui Intt. - Secker. "The Chaldee has, more properly, תשאלוני tishaluni , with a ת tau preceding; and thus the other interpreters... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-11

Murmuring against God's arrangements at once foolish and wicked Man is very apt to consider himself wiser than God, if not altogether, at any rate in this or that particular matter. There are few who do not at times imagine that, had the arrangement of the universe been committed to them, they could have improved it in many respects. Some would have had no sin; almost all would have had no suffering. Every one would have made some change or other. Bishop Butler suggests that such... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-12

The argument for acquiescence. No doubt there are circumstances in which men find— I. A TEMPTATION TO REBEL . 1 . Men are bitterly disappointed , or they are greatly distressed ; their high hopes are dashed to the ground, or their chief treasures are taken from their grasp. 2 . Then they think themselves aggrieved ; they imagine that the Almighty is dealing with them as he does not with their fellows—that he is acting ungraciously and even unjustly toward them. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-13

ISRAEL WARNED NOT TO CALL IN QUESTION GOD 'S MODES OF ACTION . Apparently, Isaiah anticipates that the Israelites will be discontented and murmur at their deliverer being a heathen king, and not one of their own body. He therefore warns them against presuming to criticize the arrangements of the All-Wise, reminding them of his unapproachable greatness (verse 12), and once more assuring them that the appointment of Cyrus is from him (verse 13). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:9-13

The sovereignty of God. I. THE MURMURER AGAINST PROVIDENCE . He is compared to a "potsherd among potsherds on the ground." "Woe unto him who, though made of earth, and with no intrinsic authority over others of his race, presumes to find fault with the Maker!" (cf. Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 64:8 ; Jeremiah 18:1-6 ; Jeremiah 19:1 , Jeremiah 19:10 , Jeremiah 19:11 ; Romans 9:20-24 ). In the account of the Creation, the Almighty is conceived as making man out of the dust of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:10

Woe unto him that saith unto his father, etc.! A change is made in the metaphor, the relationship of a father and his child being substituted for that of a potter and his clay. What would a man think of a child murmuring against his parent for not having made him stronger, handsomer, cleverer? Would not such a child be regarded as most unnatural, and as deserving to have woe denounced upon him? read more

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