Isaiah 43:14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 43:14-21

To so low an ebb were the faith and hope of God's people in Babylon brought that there needed line upon line to assure them that they should be released out of their captivity; and therefore, that they might have strong consolation, the assurances of it are often repeated, and here very expressly and encouragingly. I. God here takes to himself such titles of his honour as were very encouraging to them. He is the Lord their Redeemer, not only he will redeem them, but will take it upon him as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:14

Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer ,.... That redeemed Israel out of Egypt, and would redeem the Jews from Babylon in a short time, and be the author of a greater redemption to his people than either of these, even a spiritual and eternal one: the Holy One of Israel ; see Isaiah 43:3 , holy in himself, holiness to Israel, and faithful to his promises: for your sake I have sent to Babylon : Cyrus and his army to take it, in order to deliver the Jews from their captivity in it. The... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 43:14

The Chaldeans, whose cry is on the ships "The Chaldeans exulting in their ships" - Babylon was very advantageously situated both in respect to commerce, and as a naval power. It was open to the Persian Gulf by the Euphrates, which was navigable by large vessels; and being joined to the Tigris above Babylon by the canal called Naharmalca or the Royal River, supplied the city with the produce of the whole country to the north of it, as far as the Euxine and Caspian seas, Herod. 1:194.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:14

For your sake I have sent to Babylon . For Israel's sake God has already, in his counsels, sent to Babylon the instruments of his vengeance—Cyrus and his soldiers—and by their instrumentality has brought down all their nobles; or rather, has brought them all down ( to be fugitives (comp. Isaiah 15:5 ); and the Chaldeans ; or, even the Chaldeans. The Chaldeans are not in Isaiah, as in Daniel ( Daniel 2:2 ; Daniel 4:7 ; Daniel 5:7 ), a special class of Babylonians, but, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:14

God the Redeemer. Proof of the existence of God is not the proper subject of a revelation made to man in a book. The being of God is assumed by making a revelation in a book. The proper subject of a book-revelation is not God creating. That we might learn from the things created. Not God providing. That we could sufficiently understand by due observation of life. Not God ruling. That would be impressed upon us with ever-increasing force by the history of the ages as they accumulated.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:14-21

A DECLARATION AGAINST BABYLON , AND A PROMISE OF ISRAEL 'S RESTORATION . Having wound up the preceding "controversy" with a reference to his own power to work great results ( Isaiah 43:13 ), Jehovah now brings forward two examples—the discomfiture of Babylon ( Isaiah 43:14 , Isaiah 43:15 ), and the recovery and restoration of Israel ( Isaiah 43:16-21 ), both of which he is about to accomplish. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 43:14

Thus saith the Lord your Redeemer - This verse commences another argument for the safety of his people. It is the assurance to the Jews in Babylon that he had sent to them a deliverer, and would bring down the pride of the Chaldeans, and demolish their city.Your Redeemer - (See the note at Isaiah 43:1).I have sent to Babylon - That is, the Persians and Medes, under the command of Cyrus (compare the note at Isaiah 13:3). This implies that God had command over all their armies and had the power... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 43:14

Isaiah 43:14. For your sake I have sent to Babylon I have sent Cyrus, and the Medes and Persians with him, to war against Babylon, to this very end, that he might deliver you out of captivity, and restore you to your land, according to my promise. I have brought down From that height of power and glory to which they were advanced; all their nobles Their princes and great commanders. Bishop Lowth prefers the reading of the margin, (the word בריחים properly signifying bars,) and renders... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:1-28

Redemption through God’s grace (43:1-28)Despite Israel’s failure and subsequent punishment, God has not cast off his people for ever. God used the power of foreign nations to enslave them and bring sufferings and hardships upon them, but he will now destroy the power of those nations. He will make them pay the ransom price for the redemption of captive Israel. They will fall so that Israel can go free (43:1-4). Wherever the captives are, they are still God’s people, and he will bring them back... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 43:14

Redeemer = Kinsman- Redeemer. Hebrew. Go'el . See note on Exodus 6:6 . Babylon. This is the first occurrence of the name in Isaiah. their nobles = all of them in flight. Whose cry is in the ships = the ships which resound with loud outcries (compare Lamentations 2:19 . Numbers 24:24 ). read more

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