Isaiah 45:18-25 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:11-19

The people of God in captivity, who reconciled themselves to the will of God in their affliction and were content to wait his time for their deliverance, are here assured that they should not wait in vain. I. They are invited to enquire concerning the issue of their troubles, Isa. 45:11. The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, though he does not allow them to strive with him, yet encourages them, 1. To consult his word: ?Ask of me things to come; have recourse to the prophets and their... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:20-25

What here is said is intended, as before, I. For the conviction of idolators, to show them their folly in worshipping gods that cannot help them, and neglecting a God that can. Let all that have escaped of the nations, not only the people of the Jews, but those of other nations that were by Cyrus released out of captivity in Babylon, let them come, and hear what is to be said against the worshipping of idols, that they may be cured of it as well as the Jews, that Babylon, which had of old been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:18

For thus saith the Lord, that created the heavens ,.... These words, and what follow, are the words of the Son of God, of the Lord the Saviour, in whom Israel is saved with an everlasting salvation; and this is said to assure them of it, as well as to distinguish himself from the gods of the Gentiles, who made not the heavens and the earth, as he had done; for by the Word of the Lord, the essential Word of God, were the heavens made in the beginning; see Psalm 33:6 , God himself, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth ,.... In a private whisper, in a muttering manner, and out of the belly, as the Heathen priests did; and from out of cells, dens, and caverns of the earth, from whence the oracles of Heathen deities were delivered; but in a free, open, clear, and public manner, before multitudes, in the face of all men, or where there was a great concourse of people: so Christ delivered the law on Mount Sinai, in an audible manner, attended with a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:20

Assemble yourselves, and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations ,.... Not that escaped the sword of Cyrus's army, the Chaldeans; nor the Jews that escaped out of Babylon and other countries, by his means; but the remnant, according to the election of grace among the Gentiles; such who were called out of Heathenish darkness into the marvellous light of the Gospel, and escaped the idolatries that others continued in; these are called and summoned together, as to observe... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:21

Tell ye, and bring them near, and let them take counsel together ,.... Tell them what I say of their ignorance and stupidity; and gather them all together, their gods, their makers, and their worshippers, and let them lay their heads together, and consult what proof they are able to give of their divinities, particularly by foretelling things to come: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time ? that is, who of all their gods or priests have ever declared... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:22

Look unto me ,.... And not to idols, nor to any creature, nor to the works of your hands; to your own righteousness and doings; to your wounds; to your tears and humiliations; to your own hearts and frames; to your graces and the exercise of them; all must be looked off of, and Christ only looked unto by a direct act of faith, for righteousness, for pardon, for all supplies of grace, and for glory and eternal happiness. He is to be looked unto as the Son of God, whose glory is the glory of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:23

I have sworn by myself ,.... Christ being the true God, he could swear by no greater, Hebrews 6:13 , this shows that what follows, and is here sworn unto, is of great importance, and strictly true, and would certainly be accomplished: the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness ; both what goes before, that such that look unto him shall be saved; and also what follows, concerning the subjection of every creature to him; this was what he had resolved in his mind, and declared in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:24

Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength ,.... That is, one and everyone of these that shall be brought to submit to Christ, and to confess him, shall declare it as their faith, that in Christ alone is their "righteousness or righteousnesses" F6 צדקות "justitiae", Montanus; "omnis justitia", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; that they have a full and complete righteousness in him, and which serves for many; consisting of the holiness of his nature, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified ,.... All the spiritual Israel of God, whether Jews or Gentiles; all the spiritual seed and offspring of Christ, to whom he stands in the relation of the, everlasting Father and federal Head; these being given to him, and being in him, are justified in him from all things; and these, all and everyone, shall be brought to see their need of his righteousness, and look to him for it, and receive it from him by faith; and be manifestatively... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:11-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 45:20-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 45:25

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