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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 50:1-3

Those who have professed to be the people of God, and yet seem to be dealt severely with, are apt to complain of God, and to lay the fault upon him, as if he had been hard with them. But, in answer to their murmurings, we have here, I. A challenge given them to prove, or produce any evidence, that the quarrel began on God's side, Isa. 50:1. They could not say that he had done them any wrong or had acted arbitrarily. 1. He had been a husband to them; and husbands were then allowed a power to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:2

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man ?.... The Targum is, "why have I sent my prophets, and they are not converted?' And so Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it of the prophets that prophesied unto them, to bring them to repentance: the Lord might be said to come by his prophets, his messengers; but they did not receive them, nor their messages, but despised and rejected them, and therefore were carried captive, 2 Chronicles 36:15 , but it is best to understand it of the coming of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 50:2

Their fish stinketh "Their fish is dried up" - For תבאש tibaosh , stinketh, read תיבש tibash , is dried up; so it stands in the Bodl. MS., and it is confirmed by the Septuagint, ξηρανθησονται , they shall be dried up. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 50:1-3

Explanation of exile. The Lord would impress on his exiled people that their calamities found their explanation not in him but in themselves; and we shall find, when we look, that this is the account of our estrangement and distance from God. I. WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR ISRAEL 'S EXILE ? 1 . It was not any fickleness in God. He had not acted toward Israel as a husband often acted toward the wife of whom he was weary; there had been no changeableness on his part. 2 . It was ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 50:2

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? Such being the condition of things; Judah having rejected me, not I them—why, "when I came" and announced deliverance from Babylon, was there no response? Why did no champion appear? Is it that my power was doubted? that it was feared my hand was shortened, so that it could not redeem or deliver? But I am he who has power with his rebuke to dry up the sea ( Exodus 14:21 ), to make rivers a wilderness ( Exodus 7:20 ; Joshua 3:16 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 50:2-3

God's power over nature. Modern pseudo-science, or "un-science," as it has been called, seems to hold that nature, having been once for all arranged and ordered by God, was thenceforth left to itself, being an automatic machine, bound to work in a certain way, needing no superintendence, and brooking no interference thenceforward. Hence miracles are regarded as impossible, or at any rate as non occurrent; and we are invited to ascribe to the combined influence of priestcraft and credulity... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:2

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? - That is, when I came to call you to repentance, why was there no man of the nation to yield obedience? The sense is, that they had not been punished without warning. He had called them to repentance, but no one heard his voice. The Chaldee renders this, ‘Wherefore did I send my prophets, and they did not turn? They prophesied, but they did not attend.’When I called, was there none to answer? - None obeyed, or regarded my voice. It was not, therefore,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:2-3

Isaiah 50:2-3. Wherefore, &c. The general accusation, delivered in the last words, he now proves by particular instances: When I came was there no man. How comes it to pass, that, when I sent to you by my servants the prophets, there was no man that regarded my message and offer of grace, and complied with my will? Whereby he implies that the generality of the Jews were guilty of gross infidelity and obstinate disobedience, and therefore might justly be rejected. When I called them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:1-3

Israel rebuilt (49:8-50:3)Once more God promises the return of the captive Jews to their homeland. God will protect them along the journey and help them as they rebuild their ruined country (8-10). Whether exiled in Babylon or scattered in other places, the people will return home amid much rejoicing (11-13).Some of the Jews thought God had forgotten them. God now shows that for him this is impossible (14-16). Israel will return and rebuild its homeland. Opponents who try to ruin Israel’s work... read more

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