Isaiah 45:22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:20-25

What here is said is intended, as before, I. For the conviction of idolators, to show them their folly in worshipping gods that cannot help them, and neglecting a God that can. Let all that have escaped of the nations, not only the people of the Jews, but those of other nations that were by Cyrus released out of captivity in Babylon, let them come, and hear what is to be said against the worshipping of idols, that they may be cured of it as well as the Jews, that Babylon, which had of old been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me ,.... And not to idols, nor to any creature, nor to the works of your hands; to your own righteousness and doings; to your wounds; to your tears and humiliations; to your own hearts and frames; to your graces and the exercise of them; all must be looked off of, and Christ only looked unto by a direct act of faith, for righteousness, for pardon, for all supplies of grace, and for glory and eternal happiness. He is to be looked unto as the Son of God, whose glory is the glory of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me, and be ye saved, etc. - This verse and the following contain a plain prediction of the universal spread of the knowledge of God through Christ; and so the Targum appears to have understood it; see Romans 14:11 ; Philemon 2:10 . The reading of the Targum is remarkable, viz., למימרי אתפנו ithpeno lemeymri , look to my Word, ὁ Λογος , the Lord Jesus. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:14-23

The conversion of the Gentiles gradual, but ultimately complete. Three stages in the conversion of the Gentiles seem to be marked—one in Isaiah 45:3 ; another in Isaiah 45:20 ; a third in Isaiah 45:23 . I. THE FIRST STAGE . The nations within a certain moderate radius of Palestine are naturally the first to come in—Egypt and Ethiopia, in Africa; and by parity of reasoning, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor, in Asia; Greece, Italy, and Southern Gaul, in Europe. This was very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:14-25

THE CONVERSION ' OF THE GENTILES A CONSEQUENCE OF THE RESTORATION AND SALVATION OF ISRAEL . "With the prospect of the release of the exiles is associated," says Delitzsch, "in the prophet's perspective, the prospect of an expansion of the restored Church, through the entrance of the fulness of the Gentiles." Egypt, Ethiopia, and Saba are especially mentioned here, as in Isaiah 43:3 , as among the first to come in ( Isaiah 43:14 , Isaiah 43:15 ). Later on, a more... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:18-25

God, Israel, and the world. Again, with solemn iteration, Jehovah declares that he is Creator and God alone. The earth was framed and fitted to be the habitation of man, and the theatre of providential manifestations. I. THE REALITY OF THE ETERNAL . The truth is open, and may be published to all; it is no thing of mystery, secrecy, like heathen esoteric rites or knowledge. "Jehovah's Law is not to be obtained by any occult arts from the under-world." He has not been a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:18-25

Jehovah: his nature and purposes. I. HIS SOLE DEITY . He is the Creator, and to say this is to say that his is "the Godhead." This truth is repeated "line upon line," and "precept upon precept." Simple truths have an emphasis peculiar to them. They need to be iterated , because the memories of men are unfaithful, their imaginations vagrant, their affections prone to wander from their true and central Object. It was so in ancient times; it is so still. Then men were tempted to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:21-25

Our great hope: a missionary sermon. The view of the prophet is "exceeding broad." He sees that which is "afar off." He looks across the countries and across the centuries, and he has a more glorious vision than statesman ever pictured, than poet ever dreamed. We look at this— I. OUR SUPREME HOPE FOR THE HUMAN WORLD . Isaiah has before his mind a time when "all the ends of the earth will be saved;" when "every knee will bow" to God, and every tongue solemnly invoke his holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me ; rather, turn unto me (as in Psalms 25:16 ; Psalms 69:16 ; Psalms 86:16 ); i.e; "Be converted—turn unto the Lord your God." It is implied that all can turn, if they will. And be ye saved . On conversion, salvation will follow. It will extend even to all the ends of the earth (comp. Psalms 98:3 , "All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God"). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 45:22

The eye of the soul. Look unto me, and be ye saved." Faith can look! We have the spiritual vision and the spiritual object. "Blessed are your eyes, for they see." We look, and are saved! Yes; and we look in hours of sorrow and unrest, and our burdens are lightened. This is no dream of the quietist; no meditation of the mystic. We do not look into infinity, and feel awe. We do not merely set religious imagination to work. We have a loving Lord and Saviour, to whom we look. "Sir, we would ... read more

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