Isaiah 51:16 NIV

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 51:16

And I have put my words in thy mouth ,.... His promises and his truths, either in the mouth of his church, and people for them, both to preserve and transmit to future generations, and to publish and declare to the comfort of each other, Isaiah 59:21 or to the Prophet Isaiah, to make known to the people of Israel; or to Christ himself, the great Prophet in Israel, by whom grace and truth are come, and by whom God has spoken all his mind and will, and in whom all the promises are yea and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:16

That I may plant the heavens "To stretch out the heavens" - In the present text it is לנתע lintoa , "to plant the heavens:" the phrase is certainly very obscure, and in all probability is a mistake for לנטות lintoth . This latter is the word used in Isaiah 51:13 ; just before, in the very same sentence; and this phrase occurs very frequently in Isaiah, Isaiah 40:22 , Isaiah 42:5 , Isaiah 44:24 , Isaiah 45:12 ; the former in no other place. It is also very remarkable, that... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

Expostulation against unbelief. If the Eternal be the Pastor and the Comforter of Israel, what has Israel to fear? I. THE NATURAL TIMIDITY OF THE HEART . We are cravens, all of us. We stand in dread of our own image; we quail before "frail man that dieth, and the son of the earth-born who is given up as grass." A frown makes us tremble; a menace unmans us. We are the slaves of custom and opinion. Anxiety is ever conjuring up dangers which exist not, and forecasting calamities... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:16

And I have put my words in thy mouth . Some commentators detach this verse altogether from the preceding passage, and regard it as a fragment intruded here out of its proper place by some unaccountable accident. From the close resemblance of the expressions used to those in Isaiah 49:2 , they consider that the person addressed must be "the Servant of Jehovah," and hence conclude that the verse "originally stood in some other context" (Cheyne). It is, however, quite possible to regard... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:16

Man, God's agent. "I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand." This statement was most perfectly realized in the ideal Man, the Lord Jesus Christ, who could say, "The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." Possibly the figures in the text are designed to represent the re-establishment of Jerusalem as the centre of a restored Jewish nation, and God likens this to the putting up of a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:16

And I have put my words in thy mouth - That is, he had committed his truth to the Jewish people; to Zion. He had entrusted them with his statutes and his laws; he had given them the promise of the Messiah, and through him the assurance that the true religion would be spread to other nations. He would, therefore, preserve them, and restore them again to their own land.And have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand - That is, I have protected thee (see the notes at Isaiah 49:2).That I may plant... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:14-16

Isaiah 51:14-16 . The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed From his captivity, and may return to his own country from which he is banished. And that he should not die in the pit Die a prisoner, through the inconveniences and hardships of his confinement; nor that his bread should fail The bread or provision allowed to keep him alive in prison. The general sense of the verse is, God is not slack, as you think, but makes haste to fulfil his promise, and rescue his captive and... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 51:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 51:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:14-16

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