PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Isaiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 475,677 words · 701 reading sections
Isaiah 45:10
Isaiah 45:10 Ver. 10. Woe unto him that saith unto his father, what begettest thou?.... That quarrels with him, and complains of him, because he was not of the other sex, or not so wise, or so rich, or so handsome, as others: or to the woman; disdaining to call her mother: what hast thou brought forth? equally as ab…
116 wordsSECTION 482Isaiah 45:11
Isaiah 45:11 Ver. 11. Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker,.... He whose name alone is Jehovah, who is glorious in holiness, the Sanctifier of his people, and the Maker of them, both as creatures, and new creatures: ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands…
833 wordsSECTION 483Isaiah 45:12
Isaiah 45:12 Ver. 12. I have made the earth,.... The Targum adds, "by my Word"; the essential Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; see Heb 11:3, this, with what follows, is said to show that the Lord was able to bring to pass things to come, concerning his children, and the works of his hands, which he allowed his people to i…
238 wordsSECTION 484Isaiah 45:13
Isaiah 45:13 Ver. 13. I have raised him up in righteousness,.... Though this may be said with some respect to Cyrus, yet chiefly to Christ, of whom Cyrus was a type; him the Lord appointed and determined to be the Saviour and Redeemer of his people; him he sent forth in time for that purpose, in righteousness or faith…
5,300 wordsSECTION 485Isaiah 46:1
Isaiah 46:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 46 This chapter contains a prophecy of the taking of Babylon by Cyrus, and of the deliverance of the Jews; who are encouraged to expect the divine protection, and a continuance of it; are dehorted from idolatry, and directed to look to the Lord alone for righteousness and salvation.…
911 wordsSECTION 486Isaiah 46:2
Isaiah 46:2 Ver. 2. They stoop, they bow together,.... Either the beasts under their burdens, or other idols besides those mentioned; or rather the Babylonians themselves, who were obliged to submit to the conquerors: they could not deliver the burdens; the idols could not save themselves from being laid as burdens u…
222 wordsSECTION 487Isaiah 46:3
Isaiah 46:3 Ver. 3. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob,.... The Jews, the descendants of Jacob: and all the remnant of the house of Israel; those that remained of the ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago. These may, in a spiritual sense, design those who are Israelites indeed; the household of the God of …
467 wordsSECTION 488Isaiah 46:4
Isaiah 46:4 Ver. 4. And even to your old age I am he,.... The same he ever was, the eternal and unchangeable Jehovah; the same in his love and affections; in his sympathy and care; in his power and protection; in his promises, truth, and faithfulness to his people, in their last days, as at the first moment of their c…
277 wordsSECTION 489Isaiah 46:5
Isaiah 46:5 Ver. 5. To whom will ye liken me?.... Was it lawful that any likeness might be made, which yet is forbidden, Ex 20:4 what likeness could be thought of? is there any creature in heaven or earth, among all the angels or sons of men, to whom God can be likened, who has done such works of power, and acts of gr…
244 wordsSECTION 490Isaiah 46:6
Isaiah 46:6 Ver. 6. They lavish gold out of the bag,.... As if it was of no value and account; that is, the Heathen idolaters, some of them, who are excessively devoted to idolatry; these, being rich, take out their bags of gold, and give it in a very profuse manner to a workman to make a golden image for them, not ca…
372 wordsSECTION 491Isaiah 46:7
Isaiah 46:7 Ver. 7. They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him,.... That is, the idol; men carry him upon their shoulders in procession, and expose him to the view and veneration of the people, just as the host is carried in procession by the Papists; or the idol being made, the workman or his men lift it up, for…
383 wordsSECTION 492Isaiah 46:8
Isaiah 46:8 Ver. 8. Remember this,.... Or "these things", as the Syriac version, concerning the matter of which, and the manner in which idols are made; their impotency to move themselves, and their inability to help their votaries, and the difference between them and the true God: and show yourselves men; and not br…
284 wordsSECTION 493Isaiah 46:9
Isaiah 46:9 Ver. 9. Remember the former things of old,.... The things that were from the beginning, or the ancient things done by the Lord, whether as the effects of power, wisdom, and goodness, or in wrath, or in mercy; such as the creation of the heavens, and the earth, and all things in them; the destruction of the…
161 wordsSECTION 494Isaiah 46:10
Isaiah 46:10 Ver. 10. Declaring the end from the beginning,.... The end of the Jewish state, both as a church, and a commonwealth, from the first settlement of it in the times of Moses, and by him, De 32:29. The end of the world, and all things in it, as early as the times of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, Jude 1:14. T…
2,207 wordsSECTION 495Isaiah 47:1
Isaiah 47:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 47 This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, and of the Chaldeans, and declares the causes of it. The mean, low, ignominious, and miserable condition Babylon and the Chaldeans should be brought into by the Lord, the Redeemer of his people, is described, Isa 47:1, the…
461 wordsSECTION 496Isaiah 47:2
Isaiah 47:2 Ver. 2. Take the millstones, and grind meal,.... Foretelling that the Chaldeans should be taken captives, and used as such, and sent to prison houses, where they should turn the mill, and grind corn into meal; a very servile work, and which used to be done by captives and slaves, even by female ones, Ex 11…
192 wordsSECTION 497Isaiah 47:3
Isaiah 47:3 Ver. 3. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen,.... Not only stripped of their garments, and have nothing to cover their naked bodies, being spoiled of all by the soldiers; but should have nothing to cover those parts which women are most ashamed should be exposed to view, and which…
307 wordsSECTION 498Isaiah 47:4
Isaiah 47:4 Ver. 4. As for our Redeemer,.... Or, "saith our Redeemer", as it may be supplied {e}: or, "our Redeemer" will do this; inflict this punishment on Babylon, even he who has undertook our cause, and will deliver us from the Babylonish yoke, and return us to our land: these are the words of the Lord's people, …
143 wordsSECTION 499Isaiah 47:5
Isaiah 47:5 Ver. 5. Sit thou silent,.... Here the speech is directed again to Babylon, which used to be a place of noise and hurry, as well as famous and much talked of all the world over; but now there should be a deep silence in it, no voice to be heard, the inhabitants being gone, and no discourse concerning it; no…
229 wordsSECTION 500Isaiah 47:6
Isaiah 47:6 Ver. 6. I was wroth with my people,.... The people of Israel, for their sins and transgressions, particularly their idolatries. Here begin the reasons and causes of the destruction of Babylon, and the first mentioned is their cruelty to the people of God; for though he was angry with them himself, yet he r…
210 wordsSECTION 501Isaiah 47:7
Isaiah 47:7 Ver. 7. And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever,.... That her monarchy would continue in a succession of kings, that should rule over all nations to the end of the world. So mystical Babylon, when near her ruin, will say, "I sit a queen----and shall see no sorrow", Re 18:7: so that thou didst not lay …
270 wordsSECTION 502Isaiah 47:8
Isaiah 47:8 Ver. 8. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures,.... To carnal lusts and pleasures; gratifying her sensual appetite; indulging herself in everything that was agreeable to the senses; abounding in delicacies, and living deliciously; as is said of mystical Babylon, Re 18:4, particularly giv…
313 wordsSECTION 503Isaiah 47:9
Isaiah 47:9 Ver. 9. But these two things shall come to thee in a moment on one day,.... Suddenly, at once, at one and the same time. The destruction of Babylon was very sudden; the city was taken by surprise, before the inhabitants were aware of it, while the king and his nobles were regaling themselves at a feast; th…
424 wordsSECTION 504Isaiah 47:10
Isaiah 47:10 Ver. 10. For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness,.... In wealth and power wickedly obtained; in political schemes wickedly contrived; in her ambition and pride, tyranny and cruelty; and especially in her wicked arts of astrology, divination, and magic: thou hast said, none seeth me; lay her schemes of po…
241 wordsSECTION 505Isaiah 47:11
Isaiah 47:11 Ver. 11. Therefore shall evil come upon thee,.... The evil of punishment, a great calamity; so Nebuchadnezzar foretold, as Abydenus relates {o}, that sumforh, a calamity, should come upon the Babylonians; a day of evil, because of the above sins Babylon was guilty of: thou shall not know from whence it r…
1,594 wordsSECTION 506Isaiah 48:1
Isaiah 48:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 48 The prophecy of this chapter is concerning the deliverance and salvation of the Jews, and is addressed unto them; who are described by their natural descent and lineage, and by their hypocrisy in religious things, Isa 48:1. By their obstinacy and impudence, and by their proneness…
610 wordsSECTION 507Isaiah 48:2
Isaiah 48:2 Ver. 2. For they call themselves of the holy city,.... The city Jerusalem, so called because the temple, the place of divine worship, was in it, the residence of the Holy One of Israel: they valued themselves, not only upon their being of the family of Jacob, and of the tribe of Judah, but that they were i…
216 wordsSECTION 508Isaiah 48:3
Isaiah 48:3 Ver. 3. I have declared the former things from the beginning,.... From the time of their first ancestors, from the time of Abraham their father, to whom was declared what should befall his posterity; that they should sojourn in Egypt, be afflicted there, and come out from thence with great substance; that …
178 wordsSECTION 509Isaiah 48:4
Isaiah 48:4 Ver. 4. Because I knew that thou art obstinate,.... Or "hard" {a}, hard hearted, an obdurate and rebellious people, contradicting and gainsaying: and thy neck is as an iron sinew; stiffnecked, inflexible, not compliant with the will of God, and his commands; unwilling to admit his yoke, and bear it: and …
131 wordsSECTION 510Isaiah 48:5
Isaiah 48:5 Ver. 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 …
214 wordsSECTION 511Isaiah 48:6
Isaiah 48:6 Ver. 6. Thou hast heard, see all this: and will ye not declare it?.... You have heard of all these things, how they were foretold before they were; how they came to pass exactly as they were predicted; now look over these prophecies, and compare them with the events; see the exact completion of them; and w…
215 wordsSECTION 512Isaiah 48:7
Isaiah 48:7 Ver. 7. They are created now, and not from the beginning,.... Not that they were now done or brought into being, for as yet Cyrus was not born; though the raising of him up, and holding his right hand, and his executing the counsel of God, are spoken of as if they were already done, because of the certaint…
311 wordsSECTION 513Isaiah 48:8
Isaiah 48:8 Ver. 8. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened,.... This, as Kimchi rightly observes, is said by way of reproof; showing that they were so far from knowing these things before the prophecy of them was given out, that when it was, they did not hearken…
449 wordsSECTION 514Isaiah 48:9
Isaiah 48:9 Ver. 9. For my name's sake will I defer mine anger,.... From age to age, for those sins which had been committed, and continued in ever since they were a people. The above account of them shows that it was not for any merits of theirs, or any works of righteousness done by them, that he showed favour to th…
243 wordsSECTION 515Isaiah 48:10
Isaiah 48:10 Ver. 10. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver,.... But it is not usual to refine with silver; not silver with silver, nor any other metal with it; that itself is what is refined; this therefore cannot be the sense of the words; wherefore they are, by others, differently rendered; by some, "not…
927 wordsSECTION 516Isaiah 48:11
Isaiah 48:11 Ver. 11. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it,.... Defer his anger, not cut off his people and destroy them, but redeem and save them: this, in the literal sense, respects the redemption and deliverance of the Jews by Cyrus from the Babylonish captivity; which the Lord did, not for any …
207 wordsSECTION 517Isaiah 48:12
Isaiah 48:12 Ver. 12. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called,.... Called before out of Egypt, and now out of Babylon, and who had the name of God called upon them, and who called upon the name of the Lord; so such who are called with a holy calling, according to the purpose and grace of God, by the Spirit and …
3,408 wordsSECTION 518Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 49:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 49 This is a prophecy concerning Christ, and redemption by him; and of the enlargement of the church in the latter day, by the conversion of Jews and Gentiles; which the isles, and people afar off, are exhorted to listen and hearken to, delivered out by the prophet, in the person of…
1,007 wordsSECTION 519Isaiah 49:2
Isaiah 49:2 Ver. 2. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword,.... Or, "he hath put his words in my mouth as a sharp sword,'' as the Targum; namely, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and is sharper than a twoedged sword, and is said to come out of the mouth of Christ, Eph 6:17, with which he pier…
426 wordsSECTION 520Isaiah 49:3
Isaiah 49:3 Ver. 3. And said unto me,.... Both in the everlasting council, and when he made a covenant with him in eternity; when he found him and anointed him, and laid help on him; and also when he brought him, his first begotten, into the world, at his incarnation: thou art my servant; of his choosing, appointing,…
463 wordsSECTION 521Isaiah 49:4
Isaiah 49:4 Ver. 4. Then I said,.... The Messiah said, by way of objection, in a view of what treatment he should meet with, or when entered on his work, and which he found by experience, what follows: I have laboured in vain; this is not to be understood of the travail of his soul, or of his sufferings and death, wh…
313 wordsSECTION 522Isaiah 49:5
Isaiah 49:5 Ver. 5. And now, saith the Lord,.... Jehovah the Father, in confirmation of the call, office, and work of Christ, which he hath declared, Isa 49:1: that formed me from the womb to be his servant; who preordained him to this service before the world began, and prepared him for it from the womb of his mothe…
564 wordsSECTION 523Isaiah 49:6
Isaiah 49:6 Ver. 6. And he said,.... Or "even he said"; namely, the Lord his God, that called, appointed, and strengthened him for his service: it is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; the tribes of Jacob and the preserved of Israel…
859 wordsSECTION 524Isaiah 49:7
Isaiah 49:7 Ver. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,.... These are all the titles of the Father of Christ, who is the Jehovah, the self-existent Being, and from whom all have their Being; "the redeemer of Israel", being concerned with his Son in the redemption, of his people, in the contr…
8,608 wordsSECTION 525Isaiah 50:1
Isaiah 50:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 50 This chapter is a prophecy of the rejection of the Jews, for their neglect and contempt of the Messiah; and of his discharge of his office as Mediator, and fitness for it. The rejection of the Jews is signified by the divorce of a woman from her husband, and by persons selling th…
675 wordsSECTION 526Isaiah 50:2
Isaiah 50:2 Ver. 2. Wherefore, when I came, was there no man?.... The Targum is, "why have I sent my prophets, and they are not converted?'' And so Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it of the prophets that prophesied unto them, to bring them to repentance: the Lord might be said to come by his prophets, his messengers;…
473 wordsSECTION 527Isaiah 50:3
Isaiah 50:3 Ver. 3. I clothe the heavens with blackness,.... With gross and thick darkness; perhaps referring to the three days' darkness the Egyptians were in, Ex 10:12, or with thick and black clouds, as in tempestuous weather frequently; or by eclipses of the sun; there was an extraordinary instance of great darkne…
178 wordsSECTION 528Isaiah 50:4
Isaiah 50:4 Ver. 4. The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned,.... These are not the words of the prophet, as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and others think; though what is here said is applicable to ministers of the word, who have to do with weary souls, and it is their work to comfort and refresh them; and which wor…
743 wordsSECTION 529Isaiah 50:5
Isaiah 50:5 Ver. 5. The Lord God hath opened mine ear,.... To hear most freely, and receive most fully, what is said by him, and to observe and do it: the allusion seems to be to the servant that had his ears bored, being willing to serve his master for ever, Ex 21:5 which phrase of boring or opening the ear is used o…
264 wordsSECTION 530Isaiah 50:6
Isaiah 50:6 Ver. 6. I gave my back to the smiters,.... To Pontius Pilate, and those he ordered to scourge him, Mt 27:26 and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; of the beard; which, is painful, so a great indignity and affront. The Septuagint renders it, "and my cheeks to blows"; eiv rapismata, a word used by…
334 wordsSECTION 531Isaiah 50:7
Isaiah 50:7 Ver. 7. For the Lord God will help me,.... As he promised he would, and did, Ps 89:21, which is no contradiction to the deity of Christ, nor any suggestion of weakness in him; for he is the true God, and has all divine perfections in him; is equal to his Father in power, as well as in glory, and therefore …
438 wordsSECTION 532Isaiah 50:8
Isaiah 50:8 Ver. 8. He is near that justifieth me,.... His Father was "near" him in his whole state of humiliation; he left him not alone; he was at his right hand, and therefore he was not moved; and "justified" him from all the calumnies of his enemies, or the false charges they brought against him, and from all the…
244 wordsSECTION 533Isaiah 50:9
Isaiah 50:9 Ver. 9. Behold, the Lord God will help me,.... This is repeated from Isa 50:7, See Gill on "Isa 50:7"; to show the certainty of it, the strength of his faith in it, and to discourage his enemies: who is he that shall condemn me? make me out a wicked person {c}, prove me guilty, and pass sentence upon me, …
1,093 wordsSECTION 534Isaiah 51:1
Isaiah 51:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 51 This chapter gives the church and people of God reason to expect comfortable times and certain salvation, though they had many enemies. They are directed to look to Abraham and Sarah, signified by the rock and hole of the pit, and observe how he was called alone, blessed and incr…
846 wordsSECTION 535Isaiah 51:2
Isaiah 51:2 Ver. 2. Look unto Abraham your father,.... Not only the father of the Jewish nation, but of all them that believe: this explains what is meant by the rock, in the former verse, who is to be looked unto for imitation in the exercise of faith, and performance of duty, and for encouragement in distressed time…
276 wordsSECTION 536Isaiah 51:3
Isaiah 51:3 Ver. 3. For the Lord shall comfort Zion,.... The church, by his Spirit, in the ministration of the word, and administration of ordinances; by the donation of the blessings of grace, and by the application of Gospel promises; by the discoveries of his love; by granting his gracious presence; by blessing his…
521 wordsSECTION 537Isaiah 51:4
Isaiah 51:4 Ver. 4. Hearken unto me, my people,.... His special people, whether Jews or Gentiles, chosen by him, taken into covenant with him; given to Christ, redeemed by him as a peculiar people, and called by his grace; these are exhorted to hearken to him; to his word, as the Targum; see Isa 51:1: and give ear un…
455 wordsSECTION 538Isaiah 51:5
Isaiah 51:5 Ver. 5. My righteousness is near,.... These are either the words of God the Father, and to be understood not of his essential righteousness, nor of his vindictive justice; but of the righteousness of his Son, which he calls his own, because he approves and accepts of it, imputes and reckons it to his peopl…
485 wordsSECTION 539Isaiah 51:6
Isaiah 51:6 Ver. 6. Lift up your eyes to the heavens,.... And observe their beauty and order, the constant and regular motion of the heavenly bodies, the firmness and solidity of them: and look upon the earth beneath; how stable and well founded it is: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke; though they are so…
591 wordsSECTION 540Isaiah 51:7
Isaiah 51:7 Ver. 7. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness,.... The righteousness of God, and of his law; the purity of his nature, what righteousness is agreeable to him, and required by him; the imperfection and insufficiency of a man's own righteousness, and the glory and fulness of Christ's righteousness, rev…
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