isaiah-44:26-27-nkjv,nlt

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

In these verses we have, I. The duty which Jacob and Israel, now in captivity, were called to, that they might be qualified and prepared for the deliverance designed them. Our first care must be to get good by our afflictions, and then we may hope to get out of them. The duty is expressed in two words: Remember and return, as in the counsel to Ephesus, Rev. 2:4, 5. 1. ?Remember these, O Jacob! Remember what thou hast been told of the folly of idolatry, and let the convictions thou art now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers ,.... Who, as he confirmed the word of Isaiah and other prophets, and fulfilled their predictions concerning the captivity of the Jews, and their deliverance from it; so he has confirmed and established the word preached by his servants, the Gospel, which is the counsel of God, delivered out by his messengers, the apostles, and first preachers of it; it being attended with the demonstration of the spirit,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, be dry ,.... The Targum is, "that saith to Babylon, be desolate;' and most interpreters, Jewish and Christian, understand it of Babylon, which was situated in a watery place, by rivers of water, particularly the river Euphrates, and in a low valley: and I will dry up thy rivers ; some think the allusion is to the stratagem of Cyrus, made use of, under a divine direction, to drain the river Euphrates, and make it passable for his army; by which means he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry "Who saith to the deep, Be thou wasted" - Cyrus took Babylon by laying the bed of the Euphrates dry, and leading his army into the city by night through the empty channel of the river. This remarkable circumstance, in which the event so exactly corresponded with the prophecy, was also noted by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 50:38 ; Jeremiah 51:36 . "A drought shall be upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: - I will lay her sea dry And I will scorch up her... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-28

Jehovah and the images. I. SELF - MANIFESTATION OF JEHOVAH . He is the First and the Last, Alpha and Omega. Existing before the creation, he will endure when it shall have passed away ( Isaiah 48:12 ). It is a thought which strikes us at once by its sublimity, anal, what is better, with its truth. Men sometimes speak of the material world as real, of the world of faith and imagination as dreamy. Not so the greatest prophets and poets. Shakespeare describes the globe and all its... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

ISRAEL ONCE MORE PROMISED DELIVERANCE , AND THE DELIVERER MENTIONED BY NAME . Israel, having been exhorted never to forget the impotency of idols ( Isaiah 44:21 ), is promised forgiveness and deliverance ( Isaiah 44:21 , Isaiah 44:22 ). Then, heaven and earth are called upon to join in rejoicing over the announcement ( Isaiah 44:23 ). Finally, in a noble burst of poetry, God is represented as solemnly declaring his intention of frustrating all the false sayings of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23-28

Joy in God's redeeming power. We have here— I. THE REACH OF ALMIGHTY POWER . It extends: 1 . Over all visible nature. ( Isaiah 44:24 .) He makes "all things." The heavens and the earth are the work of his hand. 2 . Over individual men. He can 3 . Over men in their collective capacity. Jehovah had fashioned Israel, making her all she had become, giving her strength to do all she had accomplished; it was he that "formed" her from the beginning, that shaped her... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant ; that is, of Isaiah himself, whom God calls "my Servant" in Isaiah 20:3 . The "messengers" are the prophets generally. Before the return from the Captivity took place, it had been prophesied, not only by Isaiah, but by Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 29:10-14 ), by Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 39:25-28 ), by Joel 3:1 ), by Amos ( Amos 9:11-15 ), by Obadiah ( Obadiah 1:20 ), by Micah ( Micah 4:10 ), and by Zephaniah ( Zephaniah 3:14-20 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:27

That saith to the deep, Be dry (comp. Isaiah 42:15 ). "The flood" here is probably the main stream of the Euphrates, while "the rivers" are the various side streams which branched off from it and again united themselves with it. Some commentators regard the drying of Euphrates as a mere metaphor for the exhaustion and ruin of Babylon (Kay); but (with Delitzsch) I should be inclined to understand a reference to the action of Cyrus in drawing off the water of the river (see the comment on ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 44:26

That confirmeth the word of his servant - Probably the word ‘servant’ here is to be taken in a collective sense, as referring to the prophets in general who had foretold the return of the Jews to their own land, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Or it may be, that the prophet refers more particularly to himself as having made a full prediction of this event. The parallel expression, ‘his messengers,’ however, is in the plural number, and thus it is rendered probable that the word here refers to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 44:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 44:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:6-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:21-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:23-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 44:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 44:26

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