Isaiah 43:24-25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

This charge (and a high charge it is which is here exhibited against Jacob and Israel, God's professing people) comes in here, 1. To clear God's justice in bringing them into captivity, and to vindicate that. Were they not in covenant with him? Had they not his sanctuary among them? Why then did the Lord deal thus with his land? Deut. 29:24. Here is a good reason given: they had neglected God and had cast him off, and therefore he justly rejected them and gave them to the curse (Isa. 43:28);... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:24

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money ,.... Or "calamus" F18 קנה "calamum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "calamum odoratum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Vitringa. , which was used in the anointing oil, and for the perfume or incense, Exodus 30:7 , this they thought too expensive, and so left it out of the composition, or neglected the whole this being put a part for the whole. Jarchi gives it as the sense, that they had no need to buy it, since it grew in great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:25

I, even I am he, that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake ,.... The same with "sins" in the next clause; original sin, and actual sins; which are transgressions of the law of God, of which the law accuses, for which it pronounces guilty, curses, and condemns; which are contrary to the nature of God, strike at his deity, and must be abominable to him; they are many, yea infinite, and yet all pardoned for Christ's sake; which is here expressed by a "blotting" them out, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am he - The original is extremely abrupt: הוא אנכי אנכי anochi anochi hu , "I, I, He." Is there any mystery in this form? Does it refer to a plurality of persons in the Godhead? For mine own sake - In the pardon of sin God can draw no reason but from his own infinite goodness. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-25

Righteousness, guilt, mercy. We notice here— I. THE REASONABLENESS OF GOD 'S SERVICE . "I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense." God's service is not a servitude, a slavery; nor is it a burdensome task, hard and heavy to be borne. Under the Mosaic Law, special provision was made for the poor, so that the sacrifices asked of them should be within their reach (Le Isaiah 5:7 ; Isaiah 12:1-6 :8; Isaiah 14:21 ). Women and children were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

A REPROACH ADDRESSED TO CAPTIVE ISRAEL FOR ITS PAST OMISSIONS AND SINS . The thought of Israel in the future, redeemed, restored, and "telling out God's praise" ( Isaiah 43:21 ), raises naturally the con-trusted thought of Israel in the present and the past, disobedient, full of shortcomings ( Isaiah 43:22-24 ), too often guilty of overt acts of sin ( Isaiah 43:24-28 ). While reproaching his people, and reminding them that the exile is the wellmented punishment of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

The folly of self-justification before God. Self-justification, addressed by man to God, is doubly foolish— I. AS HAVING NO BASIS IN TRUTH , AND THEREFORE EASILY CONFUTED . There is no fact more certain, whether we accept the statements of Scripture as authoritative, or pin our faith on our own observation and experience, than that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" ( Romans 3:23 ). Each man is conscious to himself of sin, and no one claims... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

Memories of exile. I. THE FAITHLESSNESS OF THE PEOPLE . They have forgotten the covenant of their God. They have neglected one of its first duties—prayer, which marks dependence; or they had prayed to other gods; or their prayers had been merely ritual and formal. And this was the less excusable as the burden of sacrifices had not laid upon them during the exile. II. THE MINDFUL MERCY OF JEHOVAH . He promises to blot out their sins; and this simply for his own sake. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:24

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money . "Sweet cane" is mentioned in the Law only in connection with the "holy anointing oil" ( Exodus 30:23 ). But the present passage raises a suspicion that it was practically used in the burnt offerings of private persons (see the next clause). That it was anciently used in Babylonia in sacrifice, appears from the Deluge Tablets. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins . "The sins of Israel," as Delitzsch observes, "pressed upon Jehovah, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions (comp. Psalms 51:1 , Psalms 51:9 ). The idea is based on that of sins being "noted in a book" ( Psalms 56:8 ; Revelation 20:12 ). For mine own sake ; i.e. purely from the love that I bare thee. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 43:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 43:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:22-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 43:25

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