Isaiah 48:5

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-8

We may observe here, I. The hypocritical profession which many of the Jews made of religion and relation to God. To those who made such a profession the prophet is here ordered to address himself, for their conviction and humiliation, that they might own God's justice in what he had brought upon them. Now observe here, 1. How high their profession of religion soared, what a fair show they made in the flesh and how far they went towards heaven, what a good livery they wore and what a good face... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 48:5

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee ,.... From the beginning of their being a people, even before they were formed into a body politic; yea, from the original of them, from the time of Abraham their ancestor, as before observed: before it came to pass I showed it thee ; some hundreds of years before; first to Abraham, then to Isaac, then to Jacob, then to Joseph, and then to Moses, and by him to the children of Israel: lest thou shouldest say, mine idol hath done them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-9

Things worth heeding concerning God and man. "Hear ye this:" this is something well worth the earnest attention of men; their truest worth and their lasting interests are bound up in the knowledge and regard of it. I. MAN 'S CRIMINAL INCONSISTENCY WITH HIMSELF . ( Isaiah 48:1 , Isaiah 48:2 .) Men may go very far in conduct which is quite at variance with "the spirit which is in them:" they may say or do one thing, and be the very opposite. One might think that though... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

"Hear ye this," etc.; Isaiah 48:12-15 , "Hearken unto me," etc.; Isaiah 48:16-22 , "Come ye near unto me, hear ye this," etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

THE FIRST ADDRESS consists mainly of expostulation and complaint. Israel has not called on God "in truth and righteousness" ( Isaiah 48:1 ). They have had "necks of iron" and "brows of brass" ( Isaiah 48:4 ). God has given them prophecies of different kinds ( Isaiah 48:3-7 ); yet they have neither "heard" nor "known;" they have "dealt treacherously" and been "transgressors from the womb" ( Isaiah 48:8 ). God might justly have "cut them off" for their rebellion, but he has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-11

Lessons from the past to the future. Those addressed are the people "named from Israel and sprung from Judah's spring;" who swear by Jehovah's Name and render homage to Israel's God—not, alas! so sincerely as they should. Still, they have learned to find their true reliance in Zion and in Jahveh. Let them, then, hear the exhortation of Jehovah. I. THE ORACLE OF THE PAST . Jehovah has in former times predicted events by the mouth of his prophets which came to pass. Those... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:1-22

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 48:5

I have even from the beginning declared it (comp. Isaiah 48:3 ). The declaration here made is that God rendered his prophecies more than ordinarily marvellous on account of Israel's obstinacy, not punishing them for it, lint seeking graciously and lovingly to overcome it by adding to the weight of the evidence to which he would fain hare had it yield. Had his prophecies been less astonishing, had they in a less degree transcended ordinary human experience, Israel might conceivably have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 48:5

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee - He had foretold future events, so that they had abundant demonstration thai he was the true God, and so that they could not be under a mistake in regard to the source of their deliverances from danger.Mine idol hath done them - The idols and molten images had not foretold these events and when they came to pass, it could not, therefore, be pretended that they had been produced by idols. By predicting them, Yahweh kept up the proof that he was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 48:3-5

Isaiah 48:3-5. I have declared That is, predicted; the former things Those things which are already come to pass. These, opposed to new things, (Isaiah 48:6,) seem to intend the events foretold by Isaiah in the former part of this book, relating to the two confederate kings of Syria and Israel, (chap. 7.,) and to Sennacherib, (chap. 10,) as the new things, and things to come, (Isaiah 41:22,) respect the Babylonian captivity, and their return from thence, as figures of gospel times. ... read more

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