PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Isaiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 475,677 words · 701 reading sections
Isaiah 40:6
Isaiah 40:6 Ver. 6. The voice said, cry,.... Not the same voice as in Isa 40:3, nor the voice of an angel, as Aben Ezra; but a voice from the Lord, as Jarchi; the voice of prophecy, says Kimchi; it is the Lord's voice to the prophet, or rather to any and every Gospel minister, giving them an order to prophesy and prea…
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Isaiah 40:7 Ver. 7. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth,.... And so does man, and all his glory and goodliness: because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: alluding to some impetuous and blasting wind blowing upon herbs and flowers, to the withering and fading of them; see Ps 103:15, legal ordinances ceased up…
339 wordsSECTION 423Isaiah 40:8
Isaiah 40:8 Ver. 8. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth,.... Which is repeated, to raise attention to it, as being a matter of importance, and for the confirmation of it: but the word of our God shall stand for ever; the Apostle Peter adds, by way of explanation, and this is the word, which by the Gospel is preac…
226 wordsSECTION 424Isaiah 40:9
Isaiah 40:9 Ver. 9. O Zion, that bringest good tidings,.... Or, "O thou that bringest good tidings to Zion {n}"; which rendering of the words is more agreeable to the latter part of the verse, say unto the cities of Judah, &c. and to some parallel places, Isa 41:27 and to the type, the deliverance of the Jews from Ba…
619 wordsSECTION 425Isaiah 40:10
Isaiah 40:10 Ver. 10. Behold, the Lord God will come with a strong hand,.... Some understand this of the second coming of Christ, which coming is certain, such assurances being given of it by promise and prophecy; and will be attended with power, which will be requisite to raise the dead, summon all nations before him…
593 wordsSECTION 426Isaiah 40:11
Isaiah 40:11 Ver. 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd,.... Christ has a flock, a flock of men, a distinct and peculiar people, and it is but one, and that a little one, and yet a beautiful one, though often a flock of slaughter; which is his by his Father's gift, and his own purchase, and appears manifest in t…
6,204 wordsSECTION 427Isaiah 41:1
Isaiah 41:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 41 This chapter contains a summons to the enemies of Christ to come and try the cause between God and them before him; words of comfort to true believers, promising them help, protection, and provision; full conviction of idolaters, and their practices; and is closed with a promise …
632 wordsSECTION 428Isaiah 41:2
Isaiah 41:2 Ver. 2. Who raised up the righteous man from the east,.... The Targum interprets this of Abraham; and so the Talmud {h}; and this way go most Jewish and Christian commentators, and to him the characters agree; he was a righteous man, believed in Christ for righteousness, had the righteousness of faith when…
1,016 wordsSECTION 429Isaiah 41:3
Isaiah 41:3 Ver. 3. He pursued them, and passed safely..... Went on in his work, pursued his great design in subduing the souls of men, and bringing them to the obedience of Christ; and though he had so many enemies, he "passed on safely"; God did not suffer them to set upon him, to do him any harm, even though he was…
171 wordsSECTION 430Isaiah 41:4
Isaiah 41:4 Ver. 4. Who hath wrought and done it,.... Contrived and effected it, formed the scheme, and brought it to pass; namely, raising up the righteous man from the east, and succeeding him in the manner described: calling the generations from the beginning? or rather here begins the answer to the above question…
407 wordsSECTION 431Isaiah 41:5
Isaiah 41:5 Ver. 5. The isles saw it, and feared,.... Not the victory which Abraham got over the kings; nor Cyrus's expedition against Babylon, and other nations, and his deliverance of the Jews; but the progress of the Gospel, through the ministry of the Apostle Paul: the idolatrous inhabitants of the Gentile nations…
210 wordsSECTION 432Isaiah 41:6
Isaiah 41:6 Ver. 6. They helped everyone his neighbour,.... By advice and counsel, by the best arguments they could make use of, to withstand the new religion, and defend the old one; to prevent the embracing the one, and relinquishing the other: and everyone said to his brother, be of good courage: or, "be strong" {…
183 wordsSECTION 433Isaiah 41:7
Isaiah 41:7 Ver. 7. So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,.... The carpenter, when he had made a wooden image, encouraged and hastened the goldsmith, or the "finer", as some render it, to do his part, in covering it with plates of gold or silver: and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil; he …
217 wordsSECTION 434Isaiah 41:8
Isaiah 41:8 Ver. 8. But thou, Israel, art my servant,.... As the great spread and success of the Gospel could not fail of drawing the resentment of the idolatrous Heathens on those who embraced and professed it, and by whom they were grievously persecuted under the Roman emperors; wherefore, to support them under thes…
218 wordsSECTION 435Isaiah 41:9
Isaiah 41:9 Ver. 9. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,.... Meaning not Abraham, nor his natural seed; but such who believed in Christ, who dwelt in the furthest parts of the earth, to whom the Gospel came, and by which they were laid hold upon, and apprehended by Christ as his own: and called thee fro…
205 wordsSECTION 436Isaiah 41:10
Isaiah 41:10 Ver. 10. Fear thou not, for I am with thee,.... Not merely by his essence or power, who is every where; or by his providence supporting, preserving, observing, ordering, and overruling all things; but in a way of special grace, to guard and protect his people, support and supply them, comfort and strength…
6,371 wordsSECTION 437Isaiah 42:1
Isaiah 42:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 42 This chapter begins with a prophecy concerning the Messiah, under the character of the servant of the Lord, and his elect, whom he supported, and was well pleased with; whose work is pointed at, and for which he was well qualified with the Spirit without measure, Isa 42:1 and is …
975 wordsSECTION 438Isaiah 42:2
Isaiah 42:2 Ver. 2. He shall not cry,..... According to Aben Ezra and Kimchi, as a judge in court is obliged to extend his voice that he may be heard: the Evangelist Matthew renders it, "he shall not strive"; or contend in a disputatious way, about mere words and things to no profit, or litigate a point in law; he sha…
278 wordsSECTION 439Isaiah 42:3
Isaiah 42:3 Ver. 3. A bruised reed shall not break,.... The tenderness of Christ to weak and ignorant persons is here and in the next clause expressed; by whom young converts or weak believers seem to be designed; who are compared to a "reed", because worthless with respect to God, whom they cannot profit; and in the …
600 wordsSECTION 440Isaiah 42:4
Isaiah 42:4 Ver. 4. He shall not fail,.... For want of strength to go through the work of redemption: or, "grow dim" {i} and dark, as a lamp for want of oil, or as the wick of a candle ready to go out. Hence the Septuagint version, "he shall shine {k}"; in the glory of his person, as the Son of God; in the fulness of …
383 wordsSECTION 441Isaiah 42:5
Isaiah 42:5 Ver. 5. Thus saith God the Lord,.... The God of the world, as the Targum. This, with what follows, is a preface to the call of Christ, to the great work of redemption; setting forth the greatness of God as a Creator, that calls him to it, and thereby encouraging him as man and Mediator in it, as well as th…
277 wordsSECTION 442Isaiah 42:6
Isaiah 42:6 Ver. 6. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,.... Not the Prophet Isaiah, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it; nor the people of Israel, as Kimchi; but the Messiah, whom Jehovah called to the office of Mediator, in a righteous way and manner, consistent with his own perfections; and not against th…
477 wordsSECTION 443Isaiah 42:7
Isaiah 42:7 Ver. 7. To open the blind eyes,.... Of the idolatrous Gentiles, who were spiritually blind, and knew not the wretchedness of their case; the exceeding sinfulness of sin; their need of a Saviour, and who he was; as they did, when their eyes were opened by means of the Gospel sent among them, through the ene…
185 wordsSECTION 444Isaiah 42:8
Isaiah 42:8 Ver. 8. I am the Lord, that is my name,.... Jehovah, a name expressive of his self-existence, eternity, and immutability; a name by which be made himself known to Israel of old, and which is peculiar to him, and does not belong to another, and so distinguishes him from all false gods; see Ex 3:14 or, "Hu […
403 wordsSECTION 445Isaiah 42:9
Isaiah 42:9 Ver. 9. Behold, the former things are come to pass,.... Which the Lord had foretold in former times, as to Abraham, concerning the affliction of his posterity in Egypt, the bringing them out from thence, and settling them in the land of Canaan; and other things by Moses and Joshua, and other prophets; and …
4,908 wordsSECTION 446Isaiah 43:1
Isaiah 43:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 43 Is this chapter the Lord comforts his own people, under their afflictions, with many precious promises; asserts his deity against the idols of the nations; promises deliverance from Babylon, and a greater redemption than that; one branch of which is forgiveness of sin; and closes…
751 wordsSECTION 447Isaiah 43:2
Isaiah 43:2 Ver. 2. When thou passest through the waters; I will be with thee,.... The Targum and Jarchi apply this to the Israelites' passage through the waters of the Red sea, as a thing past; and Kimchi to Sennacherib's army, compared to the waters of a river strong and many, Isa 8:7. Jerom says, that the Jewish wr…
422 wordsSECTION 448Isaiah 43:3
Isaiah 43:3 Ver. 3. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour,.... The Lord is the covenant God of his people, holy in himself, and the sanctifier of them, and their Saviour in time of trouble; and therefore need no doubt of his presence and support amidst all their afflictions; and besides they s…
282 wordsSECTION 449Isaiah 43:4
Isaiah 43:4 Ver. 4. Since thou wast precious in my sight,.... As the saints are; not that they are valuable in themselves; they have no intrinsic worth in them; they are in no wise better than others; they are of the same mass and lump with others; they are of the fallen race of Adam, and are earthly and simple as he …
526 wordsSECTION 450Isaiah 43:5
Isaiah 43:5 Ver. 5. Fear not, for I am with thee,.... With thy ministers that preach the everlasting Gospel, to make it effectual to the conversion of many everywhere, as well as to bear thee up under all trials, and to cause thee to stand against all opposition: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee f…
211 wordsSECTION 451Isaiah 43:6
Isaiah 43:6 Ver. 6. I will say to the north, give up: and to the south, keep not back,.... That is, give up, and not retain, those that belong to the Lord; here the winds are spoken to by a personification; or the inhabitants of the northern and southern climates are called upon to deliver up the Lord's people to him,…
317 wordsSECTION 452Isaiah 43:7
Isaiah 43:7 Ver. 7. Even everyone that is called by my name,.... That is called by the name of God, a son or daughter of his; or by the name of Christ, a Christian; whoever belongs to the Lord, whom he calls by his name; and who, being called by his grace, call upon his name, make a profession of his name, and serve a…
151 wordsSECTION 453Isaiah 43:8
Isaiah 43:8 Ver. 8. Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears,.... The Targum applies this to the bringing of the people of Israel out of Egypt; and others understand it of their deliverance from the Babylonish captivity; and some of the exclusion of them from the kingdom of heaven, and …
155 wordsSECTION 454Isaiah 43:9
Isaiah 43:9 Ver. 9. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled,.... In one place, if it could be, in an open court of judicature; that their whole strength might be united together, and the most cogent arguments any of them are able to produce might be brought out; and that all might hav…
282 wordsSECTION 455Isaiah 43:10
Isaiah 43:10 Ver. 10. Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,.... The people of Israel, who could testify that the Lord had foretold their affliction in Egypt, their coming from thence, and settling in the land of Canaan, many hundreds of years before they came to pass, and which were exactly fulfilled; and so the apostl…
312 wordsSECTION 456Isaiah 43:11
Isaiah 43:11 Ver. 11. I, even I, am the Lord,.... Jehovah, the self-existing, eternal, and immutable Being; this is doubled for the confirmation of it, and to exclude all others: and besides me there is no Saviour; either in a temporal or spiritual sense; the gods of the Heathens could not save them out of their pres…
92 wordsSECTION 457Isaiah 43:12
Isaiah 43:12 Ver. 12. I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed,.... The Targum is, "I have showed to Abraham your father what should come to pass; I redeemed you out of Egypt, as I swore to him between the pieces; and I caused you to hear the doctrine of the law at Sinai.'' But the sense is, that God had…
199 wordsSECTION 458Isaiah 43:13
Isaiah 43:13 Ver. 13. Yea, before the day was I am he,.... Before there was a day, before the first day of the creation; that is, before time was, or from all eternity, I am he that resolved upon and contrived this method of saving men; "and ever since that day was" {k}, as it may be rendered, I am he that have spoken…
364 wordsSECTION 459Isaiah 43:14
Isaiah 43:14 Ver. 14. Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer,.... That redeemed Israel out of Egypt, and would redeem the Jews from Babylon in a short time, and be the author of a greater redemption to his people than either of these, even a spiritual and eternal one: the Holy One of Israel; see Isa 43:3, holy in himself…
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Isaiah 44:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 44 In this chapter the Lord comforts his people with the promise of the effusion of his Spirit, and the blessings of his grace upon them; the consequence of which would be fruitfulness in them, and the conversion of others, who should profess themselves the Lord's people, Isa 44:1, …
485 wordsSECTION 461Isaiah 44:2
Isaiah 44:2 Ver. 2. Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb,.... Which is not to be understood of the forming of the people of Israel into a commonwealth or church state, for this is not said of the body of them; nor of the natural creation and formation of these individuals, but of their new…
417 wordsSECTION 462Isaiah 44:3
Isaiah 44:3 Ver. 3. For I will pour water oh him that is thirsty,.... Or rather upon the thirsty land, as the Targum; and so the Syriac version, "in a thirsty place"; as a dry land is a thirsty land; it thirsts for water, gapes and opens for it: see Ps 63:1 "and floods upon the dry ground"; large quantities of rain to…
392 wordsSECTION 463Isaiah 44:4
Isaiah 44:4 Ver. 4. And they shall spring up as among the grass,.... That is, such on whom the Spirit of the Lord shall be poured with his gifts and grace, and with the blessings of it: by the "grass" may be meant common believers, comparable to green grass, for their numbers, being many; for their weakness in themsel…
234 wordsSECTION 464Isaiah 44:5
Isaiah 44:5 Ver. 5. One shall say, I am the Lord's,.... This expresses the success of the apostles' ministry, not only among the Jews, but more especially among the Gentiles, who were not called by the name of Jacob and Israel; but now should call themselves by those names, as the following clauses show, being called …
812 wordsSECTION 465Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 44:6 Ver. 6. Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel,.... The King of the whole world, and Governor among the nations; and in a peculiar manner King of Israel, that nation being a theocracy; and especially King of spiritual Israel, or King of saints, be they of what nation they will: and his Redeemer, the Lord …
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Isaiah 44:7 Ver. 7. And who as I shall call,.... Which of the idols of the Gentiles can do as the king of Israel, the Lord of hosts has done? call things that are not, as though they were? call all creatures into being? call men by their names before they were born, as Isaac; Josiah, and Cyrus, of whom mention is made…
866 wordsSECTION 467Isaiah 44:8
Isaiah 44:8 Ver. 8. Fear ye not, neither be afraid,.... Of the accomplishment of prophecies and promises, and of professing the true God, and of adhering to Jesus Christ, the only Redeemer and Saviour; or of the gods of the Heathens, and of persecuting tyrants, and what they can do against you, and in favour of their …
353 wordsSECTION 468Isaiah 44:9
Isaiah 44:9 Ver. 9. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity,.... They show themselves to be vain men, by making such vain things as graven images are; both images, makers, and worshippers of them are all vain, yea vanity itself: and their delectable things shall not profit; their idols made of gold and s…
223 wordsSECTION 469Isaiah 44:10
Isaiah 44:10 Ver. 10. Who hath formed a god,.... Who ever made one? was such a thing ever known? or can that be a god which is made or formed? who so mad, foolish and sottish, as to imagine he has made a god? or is it possible for a creature to be the maker of a god? or any so stupid as to fancy he had made one? yet s…
161 wordsSECTION 470Isaiah 44:11
Isaiah 44:11 Ver. 11. Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed,.... Either such who join with them in the worship of the molten graven image, or god formed, when they find it is profitable for nothing; so the Targum, "behold all their worshippers shall be confounded;'' or their fellow workmen, who took their several…
282 wordsSECTION 471Isaiah 44:12
Isaiah 44:12 Ver. 12. The smith with the tongs,.... Or, "the worker of iron" {c}; the blacksmith, who had a concern in making of idols, for some were made of iron, Da 5:4, or in making plates to cover them, or nails to fasten them with, or instruments which the carpenter made use of in cutting down trees, and fitting …
5,394 wordsSECTION 472Isaiah 45:1
Isaiah 45:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 45 This chapter contains prophecies concerning Cyrus, the deliverer of the Jews from captivity; and concerning the grace, righteousness, and salvation of Christ; and the conversion of the Gentiles. An account is given of Cyrus, and of the great things God would do for him, and by hi…
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Isaiah 45:2 Ver. 2. I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight,.... Or, "level the hilly places" {c}; as pioneers do. The sense is, that he would remove all impediments and obstructions out of his way, and cause him to surmount all difficulties: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in s…
263 wordsSECTION 474Isaiah 45:3
Isaiah 45:3 Ver. 3. And I will give thee treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,.... What had been laid up in private places, and had not seen the light for many years. The Jewish Rabbins say {f}, that Nebuchadnezzar having amassed together all the riches of the world, when he drew near his end, con…
346 wordsSECTION 475Isaiah 45:4
Isaiah 45:4 Ver. 4. For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name,.... Not so much for the sake of Cyrus, and to do honour to him, was it that he so long before he was born called him by his name; but to assure the people of the Jews, the Lord's chosen people, and who were his…
311 wordsSECTION 476Isaiah 45:5
Isaiah 45:5 Ver. 5. I am the Lord, and there is none else,.... Whom thou, O Cyrus, for the words are directed to him, ought to own, serve, and worship: there is no God besides me; in heaven or earth, in any of the countries conquered by thee, and thou rulest over; for though there were gods and lords many, so called,…
170 wordsSECTION 477Isaiah 45:6
Isaiah 45:6 Ver. 6. That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west,.... That all the inhabitants of the world, from east to west, which takes in the habitable part of the world, that from north to south not being entirely so; that all within this compass, by hearing what great things God did by Cyrus…
145 wordsSECTION 478Isaiah 45:7
Isaiah 45:7 Ver. 7. I form the light, and create darkness,.... Natural light, or that light which was produced at the first creation, and of which the sun is the fountain and source; or day which is light, and night which is darkness, the constant revolutions of which were formed, appointed, and are continued by the L…
597 wordsSECTION 479Isaiah 45:8
Isaiah 45:8 Ver. 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness,.... Or, "the righteous One", as the Vulgate Latin version; the Lord our righteousness, Christ the author of righteousness, who was to bring in an everlasting one; and whose coming was to be, and was, as the rain, as the f…
478 wordsSECTION 480Isaiah 45:9
Isaiah 45:9 Ver. 9. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker,.... That contends with him, enters into a controversy, and disputes with him, or litigates a point with him; quarrels with his purposes and decrees; murmurs and repines at his providences, and finds fault with his dispensations: this seems to have respect …
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