Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 41:11-16
Isaiah 41:11-Nehemiah : . All the Enemies of Israel shall Perish.— This section is eschatological, and probably later, perhaps much later, than its context. All Israel’ s foes shall perish. Yahweh’ s people shall destroy their enemies as a threshing-sledge so powerful that it tears in pieces the threshing-floor itself, and even the hill upon which— to catch the breezes— the floor is situated. Isaiah 41:14 . ye men o f: read, “ thou worm,” thus restoring the same pair of synonyms as in Isaiah... read more
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 41:8-16
God’s Assurance of Success To His People, Weak Though They Are (Isaiah 41:8-16 ). Isaiah 41:8 “But you Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The seed of Abraham, the one who loved me.” He now declares Israel’s unique position. They are His chosen, but not because of what they themselves are, but because they are the seed of Abraham, the one who loved Him, the one who came from the east. They are His chosen ones in Abraham. They are begotten through Jacob. Thus do they enjoy the unique... read more