Isaiah 42:13-16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 42:13-17

It comes all to one whether we make these verses (as some do) the song itself that is to be sung by the Gentile world or a prophecy of what God will do to make way for the singing of that song, that evangelical new song. I. He will appear in his power and glory more than ever. So he did in the preaching of his gospel, in the divine power and energy which went along with it, and in the wonderful success it had in the pulling down of Satan's stronghold, Isa. 42:13, 14. He had long held his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:13

The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man ,.... In the ministry of the word, conquering and to conquer ; girding his "sword" on his thigh; causing his "arrows" to be sharp in the hearts of his enemies; clothing the word with power; making the weapons of warfare , put into the hands of his ministering servants, mighty , to pull down the "strong holds" of sin and Satan, to cast: down the proud "imaginations" of men's hearts, and to bring into captivity every thought to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:14

I have long time holden my peace ,.... For many hundred years the Lord suffered the Gentile world to walk in their own ways, to worship their idols, and took no notice of them; he winked at and overlooked their times of ignorance, and did not bring down his vengeance upon them, nor stir up all his wrath; nor indeed did he send any among them, to reprove and convince them of their errors, and threaten them with "ruin", in case of their continuance in them: I have been still, and refrained... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:15

I will make waste mountains and hills ,.... Kingdoms, greater and lesser; kings and governors, as Jarchi interprets it; and so Kimchi understands it of the kings of the nations; by them are meant the emperors of Rome, and their governors under them, that set themselves against Christ and his Gospel, but were overcome by him; these mountains and hills became a plain before him: "every mountain and island were moved out of their places, and the kings of the earth, and the great men, &c.;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:16

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not ,.... The Targum interprets this of the people of Israel, thus, "I will lead the house of Israel, which are like to the blind, in a way which they knew not.' But it is better to understand it of the Gentiles, who, before the light of the Gospel came among them, were blind as to the true knowledge of God, and especially as in Christ; and of Christ, and the way of peace, life, and salvation by him; and of themselves, and their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:14

I have been still "Shall I keep silence for ever" - After מעולם meolam , in the copy which the Septuagint had before them, followed the word הלעולם , heleolam , εσιωπησα απ ' αιωνος· Μη και αει σιωπησομαι· according to MSS. Pachom. and 50. D. 2 and Edit. Complut., which word, הלעולם haleolam , has been omitted in the text by an easy mistake of a transcriber, because of the similitude of the word preceding. Shall I always keep silences like that of Juvenal: Semper ego auditor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:15

I wilt make the rivers islands "I will make the rivers dry deserts" - Instead of איים iyim , islands, read ציים tsiim ; a very probable conjecture of Houbigant. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:16

In paths - The Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, and nine MSS., (two ancient), read ובנתיבות ubenotiboth . Will I do unto them - עשיתם asitem . This word, so written as it is in the text, means "thou wilt do, "in the second person. The Masoretes have indeed pointed it for the first person; but the י yod in the last syllable is absolutely necessary to distinguish the first person; and so it is written in forty MSS., עשיתים asithim . Jarchi, Kimchi, Sal. ben Melec, etc., agree... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:9-17

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMING DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL FROM BABYLON , AND CALL ON THE NATIONS FOR A SONG OF PRAISE AND JUBILATION . Jehovah is still the speaker. He begins by promising a new revelation ( Isaiah 42:9 ). Then, before the revelation is made, he calls upon the nations—especially those in the vicinity of Palestine—to rejoice at what is about to happen ( Isaiah 42:10-12 ). After this he proceeds to make the announcement promised in Isaiah 42:9 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:10-25

A new song to Jehovah. Caught up in his ecstasy to a high place of vision, the prophet sees all the nations of mankind deriving blessing from the ministry of Israel, and calls upon them to join in a song of praise. God's goodness in providing a Redeemer demands the thanksgiving of all the world. I. THE SONG AND THE SINGERS . The new song is named in the Psalter ( Psalms 96:1 ; Psalms 98:1 ), meaning a song inspired by the sense of new mercies. All parts of the earth are to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 42:13-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 42:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 42:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:9-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 42:10-25

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