Isaiah 41:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 41:10-20

The scope of these verses is to silence the fears, and encourage the faith, of the servants of God in their distresses. Perhaps it is intended, in the first place, for the support of God's Israel, in captivity; but all that faithfully serve God through patience and comfort of this scripture may have hope. And it is addressed to Israel as a single person, that it might the more easily and readily be accommodated and applied by every Israelite indeed to himself. That is a word of caution,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst ,.... This is to be understood not literally, but spiritually; not of their outward circumstances, though the people of God are for the most part the poor of the world, and in need of the good things of it, hungry and thirsty, and naked; but of their spiritual estate: as in Christ they need nothing; but in themselves, and at different times, and in different frames, want many things; as larger... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:8-20

A PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF GOD 'S PROTECTION AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE TROUBLOUS PERIOD THAT IS APPROACHING . Israel is assured The eye of the prophet travels perhaps, in part, beyond the period of the Captivity; but he is mainly bent on giving the people grounds of comfort and trust during that trying time. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:14-20

God's strength made perfect in weakness. It is when Jacob is brought so low that his only fitting designation is "thou worm," and Israel is so reduced as to be a mere "handful of men," that the promise is made of the triumphant crushing of enemies, and scattering of them "like the chaff of the summer threshing-floor." It is when the nation generally feels itself to be "poor and needy" ( Isaiah 41:17 ), when it is as it were at the last gasp, actually perishing of thirst, that it is raised... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17

The poor and needy ; i.e. primarily, Israel in captivity; but secondarily, also, the "poor in spirit," and those that feel the need of God's grace, everywhere and at all times. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The crowning promise is that of spiritual support and refreshment through' the dull and dreary time of the Captivity, during which Israel dwells as it were in a desert, without water, or shade, or the relief to the eye which is furnished by the greenery of trees and shrubs. God was able to make of this "wilderness a standing water, and water-springs of the dry ground" ( Psalms 107:35 ), and he promises to do so ( Isaiah 41:18 ). The soul that longs for him, that thirsts after him, feeling... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The pity and the purpose of Christ and his Church: a missionary sermon. With what different eyes do we look out on to the world, and how varied a spectacle it presents, according to our views, our spirits, our aims! To the geographer and discoverer it appears in one aspect, to the statesman and the historian in another. The artist sees it in one light, the man of science in a different one. The sportsman and pleasure-hunter has his view of it, the trader has his, etc. But from the standpoint... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-29

The claims of Jehovah. The thought seems to resume the thread broken off at the beginning of the chapter. Jehovah appeals to what he has done and to what he is. I. HIS MERCIFUL DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLE . The scene and state of exile is brought before us. They are dwelling in the "tents of Kedar." They are in the midst of a flourishing commercial empire; yet it is to them as a desert where no water is (cf. Psalms 63:1 ). The true desert is the soul without the sense of God's... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water - Water is often used in the Scriptures as an emblem of the provisions of divine mercy. Bursting fountains in a desert, and flowing streams unexpectedly met with in a dry and thirsty land, are often also employed to denote the comfort and refreshment which the gospel furnishes to sinful and suffering man in his journey through this world. The ‘poor and needy’ here, doubtless refer primarily to the afflicted captives in Babylon. But the expression of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 41:17-20

Isaiah 41:17-20. When the poor and needy seek water, &c. When my poor people are come to the greatest extremity of danger and misery, then will I appear for their relief. I will open rivers in high places Upon the hills and mountains, where, by the course of nature, there are no rivers; and fountains in the midst of valleys Or, in the valleys, namely, in such of them as are not well watered. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, &c. Those people who are like a dry... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 41:10-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 41:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:8-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 41:17-29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 41:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 41:17-20

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