Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 45:9-10
Isaiah 45:9-10. Wo unto him that striveth, &c. Bishop Lowth renders this verse, “Wo unto him that contendeth with the power that formed him, the potsherd with the moulder of the clay! Shall the clay say to the potter, What makest thou? And to the workman, Thou hast no hands.” “The prophet,” he thinks, “answers or prevents the objections and cavils of the unbelieving Jews disposed to murmur against God, and to arraign the wisdom and justice of his dispensations in regard to them; in... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 45:12
I have made the earth - God here asserts that he had made all things, doubtless with a view to show that he was able to hear their cry, and to grant an answer to their requests. His agency was visible everywhere, alike in forming and sustaining all things, and in raising up for them a deliverer. They might, therefore, go before him with confidence, and spread out all their needs.Have stretched out the heavens - (See the notes at Isaiah 40:26).And all their host - The stars (see the notes at... read more