Isaiah 63:10-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-14

The prophet is here, in the name of the church, taking a review, and making a thankful recognition, of God's dealings with his church all along, ever since he founded it, before he comes, in the latter end of this chapter and in the next, as a watchman upon the walls, earnestly to pray to God for his compassion towards her in her present deplorable state; and it was usual for God's people, in their prayers, thus to look back. I. Here is a general acknowledgment of God's goodness to them all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled ,.... Against the Lord, not withstanding he thought so well of them; did so many good things for them; sympathized with them, and showed them so many favours; wretched ingratitude! they rebelled against the Lord in the times of Moses, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, by their murmurings, unbelief, and idolatry; wherefore he calls them a rebellious people, and says they were such from the day he had been with them; and so in later times, in the times of the judges, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 63:11

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people ,.... Which may be understood either of the Lord, who remembered his lovingkindnesses towards these people, and his tender mercies which had been ever of old; the covenant he made with their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; the wonders he did for them in Egypt, at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, by the hand of Moses; his intercession to him on their behalf, and the many great and good things he did for them; and therefore... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:10

And he fought against them - Twenty-six MSS. (ten ancient) and the first edition, with another, add the conjunction ו vau , והוא vehu , and he. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 63:11

Moses and his people "Moses his servant" - For עמו ammo , his people, two MSS. (one of them ancient) and one of my own, (ancient), and one of De Rossi's, and the old edition of 1488, and the Syriac, read עבדו abdo , his servant. These two words have been mistaken one for the other in other places; Psalm 78:71 , and Psalm 80:5 , for עמו ammo , his people, and עמך ammecha , thy people, the Septuagint read עבדו abdo , his servant, and עבדך abdecha , thy servant. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:7-14

SECTION X.— AN ADDRESS OF THE EXILES TO GOD , INCLUDING THANKSGIVING , CONFESSION OF SIN , AND SUPPLICATION ( Isaiah 63:7 -64.). GOD PRAISED FOR HIS MERCIES . The address opens with pure and simple thanksgiving of the most general kind, God being praised for his loving-kindness, compassion, and sympathy with his people ( Isaiah 63:7-9 ). An historical survey is then commenced, and Israel's shortcomings contrasted with God's mercies, but with a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled . The rebellions of Israel against God commenced in the wilderness. They rebelled at Sinai, when they set up the golden calf; at Meribah ( Numbers 20:24 ); at Shittim, when they consorted with the daughters of Moab ( Numbers 25:6 ). Under the Judges, their conduct was one long rebellion ( 2:11 ; 3:7 , 3:12 ; 4:1 ; 6:1 ; 8:33 ; 10:6 ; 13:1 ). They rebelled in Samuel's time by asking for a king ( 1 Samuel 8:5 , 1 Samuel 8:19 , 1 Samuel 8:20 ). The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:10

Grieving the Spirit. "But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit." Dean Plumptre says, "Here we may note a foreshadowing of the truth of the trinal personality of the unity of the Godhead, which was afterwards to be revealed. That which "vexed" the Holy Spirit was, in the nature of the case, the unholiness of the people, and this involved a change in the manifestation of the Divine love, which was now compelled to show itself as wrath." I. THE SPIRIT IS HOLY ; EVERYTHING ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:10-14

The remembrance of the past. I. THE MEMORY OF GOD . If God is thought of, as he must be thought of, after the analogy of human experiences, he must be thought of as remembering, calling the past to mind, and as undergoing changes of mind in consequence. These are ways of representing first to thought, then in language, an infinite love, which must be capable of all the scale and gamut of feeling—anger, wrath, jealousy, and the revulsion almost to the tenderness of tears. So in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 63:10-14

How God feels and why he acts. The revolt or disobedience of Israel is said to have "vexed [grieved] his Holy Spirit." We learn from this and from a similar expression in Ephesians 4:30 — I. THE GRIEF TO WHICH GOD IS SUBJECT . Men have argued thus. God is a blessed or happy Being; he is infinite in all his attributes; therefore he is infinitely, perfectly happy; therefore there is no possibility of sorrow in his Divine nature. But such reasoning is very precarious and... read more

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