Isaiah 51:13-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 51:9-16

In these verses we have, I. A prayer that God would, in his providence, appear and act for the deliverance of his people and the mortification of his and their enemies. Awake, awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord! Isa. 51:9. The arm of the Lord is Christ, or it is put for God himself, as Ps. 44:23. Awake! why sleepest thou? He that keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps; but, when we pray that he would awake, we mean that he would make it to appear that he watches over his people and is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:13

And forgettest the Lord thy Maker ,.... That he is thy Maker, and therefore is able to protect and preserve thee; when the fear of man prevails God is forgotten, his power, his providence, his promises, and past instances of divine favour and goodness; were these more frequently recollected, considered, and thought of, they would prove an antidote against the fear of men; and especially when it is observed, that he that is our Maker is he that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:14

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed ,.... The time hastens on, or God will hasten the time, for the release either of the captive Jews in literal Babylon, or of his people in mystical Babylon; or they that are in exile and captivity, as soon as ever opportunity offers for their release, will take it, and make no delay: though some understand the words by way of complaint, as if the persons spoken of were impatient, and could not wait the proper time of their deliverance: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:15

But I am the Lord thy God that divided the sea, whose waves roared ,.... Referring to the dividing of the Red sea by a violent wind, at which time the waves of it doubtless roared till they were made to stand quietly, as a wall on the right and left, for the Israelites to pass through, as in Isaiah 51:10 . Or this is to be understood of the power of God at any time in stilling and quieting the sea when it rages; which signification the word F19 רגע "qui tranquillat" Gakater; "faciens... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:13

Of the oppressor, as if he, etc. - "The כ caph in כאשר keasher seems clearly to have changed its situation from the end of the preceding word to the beginning of this; or rather, to have been omitted by mistake there, because it was here. That it was there the Septuagint show by rendering המציקך hammetsikech θλιβοντος σε , of him, that oppressed thee. And so they render this word in both its places in this verse. The Vulgate also has the pronoun in the first instance; furoris... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:14

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed "He marcheth on with speed, who cometh to set free the captive" - Cyrus, if understood of the temporal redemption from the captivity of Babylon; in the spiritual sense, the Messiah, who comes to open the prison to them that are bound. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:7-13

A sure criterion of character, etc. This address of Jehovah to the good and worthy among his people contains— I. A SURE CRITERION OF CHARACTER . 1 . It is well to be hearers of God's Word. All the Jews were that; they were all the children of privilege. This, however, was by no means sufficient to prove that they were the children of God. 2 . It is better to know his Word and to understand his will. It says something for us if we can be thus addressed, "Ye that know... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:7-13

Fear, and Fear not. "Fear ye not the reproach of men;" "Afraid of a man that shall die;" "Forgettest the Lord thy Maker." It has been said, "Fear God, and thou shalt have none else to fear." And the apostle, glorifying the fear of God by calling it love , says, "Perfect love casteth out fear." The immediate connection of the passage is Israel's fear of the Babylonians. But they need not have feared if they had looked to the "Lord as their Defence, and to the God of Jacob as their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

AN ADDRESS OF GOD TO HIS CAPTIVE PEOPLE . There is no very clear connection between this passage and the preceding, to which it is certainly not an answer. God comforts the captives under the oppression which they are suffering read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

A just confidence in God is a security against cowardly fears. Men "fear continually every day" because of the emnity, or fury, or malignity, or cunning, of those who oppress them, or of those who would fain oppress them. They tremble before the wrath of men; they give little thought to the wrath of God. Half the sins that are committed spring from cowardice—a short-sighted cowardice, which consists in fearing those who can, at most, "kill the body," and not fearing him who after death can... read more

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