Isaiah 44:26-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

In these verses we have, I. The duty which Jacob and Israel, now in captivity, were called to, that they might be qualified and prepared for the deliverance designed them. Our first care must be to get good by our afflictions, and then we may hope to get out of them. The duty is expressed in two words: Remember and return, as in the counsel to Ephesus, Rev. 2:4, 5. 1. ?Remember these, O Jacob! Remember what thou hast been told of the folly of idolatry, and let the convictions thou art now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers ,.... Who, as he confirmed the word of Isaiah and other prophets, and fulfilled their predictions concerning the captivity of the Jews, and their deliverance from it; so he has confirmed and established the word preached by his servants, the Gospel, which is the counsel of God, delivered out by his messengers, the apostles, and first preachers of it; it being attended with the demonstration of the spirit,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, be dry ,.... The Targum is, "that saith to Babylon, be desolate;' and most interpreters, Jewish and Christian, understand it of Babylon, which was situated in a watery place, by rivers of water, particularly the river Euphrates, and in a low valley: and I will dry up thy rivers ; some think the allusion is to the stratagem of Cyrus, made use of, under a divine direction, to drain the river Euphrates, and make it passable for his army; by which means he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:28

That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd ,.... Or Coresh, as his name in the Hebrew language is; and in the Persian tongue signifies the "sun"; from whence he had his name, as Ctesias F17 Excerpta, p. 648. Ed. Gronov. and Plutarch F18 In Vita Artaxerxis, say; to which the Hebrew word "cheres", which signifies the "sun", has some affinity; though Joseph Scaliger F19 Emendat. Temp. I. 6. would have the name of Cyrus to signify "food" in the Persian language, and which answers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry "Who saith to the deep, Be thou wasted" - Cyrus took Babylon by laying the bed of the Euphrates dry, and leading his army into the city by night through the empty channel of the river. This remarkable circumstance, in which the event so exactly corresponded with the prophecy, was also noted by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 50:38 ; Jeremiah 51:36 . "A drought shall be upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: - I will lay her sea dry And I will scorch up her... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:28

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd "Who saith to Cyrus, Thou art my shepherd" - Pastor meus es ; Vulg. The true reading seems to be אתה רעי roi attah ; the word אתה attah , has probably been dropped out of the text. The same word is lost out of the text, Psalm 119:57 . It is supplied in the Septuagint by the word ει , thou art. Saying to Jerusalem - For ולאמר velemor , the Septuagint and Vulgate read האומר haomer . And to the temple - ולהיכל uleheychal ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-28

Jehovah and the images. I. SELF - MANIFESTATION OF JEHOVAH . He is the First and the Last, Alpha and Omega. Existing before the creation, he will endure when it shall have passed away ( Isaiah 48:12 ). It is a thought which strikes us at once by its sublimity, anal, what is better, with its truth. Men sometimes speak of the material world as real, of the world of faith and imagination as dreamy. Not so the greatest prophets and poets. Shakespeare describes the globe and all its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

ISRAEL ONCE MORE PROMISED DELIVERANCE , AND THE DELIVERER MENTIONED BY NAME . Israel, having been exhorted never to forget the impotency of idols ( Isaiah 44:21 ), is promised forgiveness and deliverance ( Isaiah 44:21 , Isaiah 44:22 ). Then, heaven and earth are called upon to join in rejoicing over the announcement ( Isaiah 44:23 ). Finally, in a noble burst of poetry, God is represented as solemnly declaring his intention of frustrating all the false sayings of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23-28

Joy in God's redeeming power. We have here— I. THE REACH OF ALMIGHTY POWER . It extends: 1 . Over all visible nature. ( Isaiah 44:24 .) He makes "all things." The heavens and the earth are the work of his hand. 2 . Over individual men. He can 3 . Over men in their collective capacity. Jehovah had fashioned Israel, making her all she had become, giving her strength to do all she had accomplished; it was he that "formed" her from the beginning, that shaped her... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant ; that is, of Isaiah himself, whom God calls "my Servant" in Isaiah 20:3 . The "messengers" are the prophets generally. Before the return from the Captivity took place, it had been prophesied, not only by Isaiah, but by Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 29:10-14 ), by Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 39:25-28 ), by Joel 3:1 ), by Amos ( Amos 9:11-15 ), by Obadiah ( Obadiah 1:20 ), by Micah ( Micah 4:10 ), and by Zephaniah ( Zephaniah 3:14-20 ). read more

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