Isaiah 41:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 41:10-20

The scope of these verses is to silence the fears, and encourage the faith, of the servants of God in their distresses. Perhaps it is intended, in the first place, for the support of God's Israel, in captivity; but all that faithfully serve God through patience and comfort of this scripture may have hope. And it is addressed to Israel as a single person, that it might the more easily and readily be accommodated and applied by every Israelite indeed to himself. That is a word of caution,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 41:19

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree ,.... Where such trees had not used to grow, but in Lebanon, and such like places. The "shittah tree" is thought to be a kind of cedar; it is the same of which is the "shittim wood" mentioned in Exodus 25:5 and is so called by the Targum here: and the myrtle, and the oil tree ; about the former there is no difficulty, and one would think there should be none about the latter, and that the olive tree is meant; but Kimchi thinks... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 41:19

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar - The two preceding verses express God's mercy to them in their passage through the dry deserts, in supplying them with abundant water, when distressed with thirst, in allusion to the exodus. This verse expresses the relief afforded to them, fainting with heat in their journey through that hot country, destitute of shelter, by causing shady trees, and those of the tallest and most beautiful kinds, to spring up for their defense. The apocryphal Baruch,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:8-20

A PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF GOD 'S PROTECTION AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE TROUBLOUS PERIOD THAT IS APPROACHING . Israel is assured The eye of the prophet travels perhaps, in part, beyond the period of the Captivity; but he is mainly bent on giving the people grounds of comfort and trust during that trying time. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:14-20

God's strength made perfect in weakness. It is when Jacob is brought so low that his only fitting designation is "thou worm," and Israel is so reduced as to be a mere "handful of men," that the promise is made of the triumphant crushing of enemies, and scattering of them "like the chaff of the summer threshing-floor." It is when the nation generally feels itself to be "poor and needy" ( Isaiah 41:17 ), when it is as it were at the last gasp, actually perishing of thirst, that it is raised... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The crowning promise is that of spiritual support and refreshment through' the dull and dreary time of the Captivity, during which Israel dwells as it were in a desert, without water, or shade, or the relief to the eye which is furnished by the greenery of trees and shrubs. God was able to make of this "wilderness a standing water, and water-springs of the dry ground" ( Psalms 107:35 ), and he promises to do so ( Isaiah 41:18 ). The soul that longs for him, that thirsts after him, feeling... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The pity and the purpose of Christ and his Church: a missionary sermon. With what different eyes do we look out on to the world, and how varied a spectacle it presents, according to our views, our spirits, our aims! To the geographer and discoverer it appears in one aspect, to the statesman and the historian in another. The artist sees it in one light, the man of science in a different one. The sportsman and pleasure-hunter has his view of it, the trader has his, etc. But from the standpoint... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-29

The claims of Jehovah. The thought seems to resume the thread broken off at the beginning of the chapter. Jehovah appeals to what he has done and to what he is. I. HIS MERCIFUL DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLE . The scene and state of exile is brought before us. They are dwelling in the "tents of Kedar." They are in the midst of a flourishing commercial empire; yet it is to them as a desert where no water is (cf. Psalms 63:1 ). The true desert is the soul without the sense of God's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:19

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar , etc. The "glory of Lebanon," the "excellency of Carmel and Sharon" ( Isaiah 35:2 ), shall be given to the "wilderness," wherein Israel dwells. The trees named are the choicest of Syria and Palestine, viz. the cedar ( erez ) . the great glory of Libanus; the acacia ( shittah ), abundant in the Jordan valley; the myrtle ( hadas ), which grew on the hills about Jerusalem ( Nehemiah 8:15 ); the olive, cultivated over the whole country; the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 41:19

I will plant in the wilderness - The image in this verse is one that is frequent in Isaiah. It is designed to show that God would furnish for his people abundant consolations, and that he would furnish unanticipated sources of comfort, and would remove from them their anticipated trials and calamities. The image refers to the return of the exiles to their own land. That journey lay through Arabia Deserta - a vast desert - where they would naturally expect to meet with nothing but barren hills,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 41:10-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 41:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 41:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:8-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 41:19

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