The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) / The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I

by Robert Aitkin Bertram; Alfred Tucker

[1] Shall write with his hand The Lord’s.—Kay.

[2] 7. And who, as I, can ordain, and announce it, and set it in order for me, ever since I appointed the ancient people? and coming things, and those which shall come, can they show unto them?—Kay.

And who, as I, hath foretold (let him declare it, and set it in order for me!) since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come, let them show!—Matthew Arnold.

[3] The iron-smith (maketh) an adze, and worketh it in the coal.—Kay.

[4] 14. He must cut down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, and he encourageth himself in the trees of the forest.—Kay.

[5] 22. I have swept away as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a dark cloud thy sins.—Kay.

I blot out, as a dark cloud, thy transgressions, and, as the clouds, thy sins.—Revised English Bible.

XLV.—1. Thus saith Jehovah to His anointed, to Koresh, whom I have taken by his right hand to subdue nations before him, and the loins of kings I ungird, to open before him doors and gates, that they may not continue shut. 2. I shall go before thee, and level what is heaped up: gates of brass shall I break to pieces, and bolts of iron shall I smite to the ground. 3. And I shall give thee treasures of darkness, and jewels of hidden places, that thou mayest know that I Jehovah am He who called out thy name, (even) the God of Israel.

4. For the sake of My servant Jacob, and Israel My chosen, I called thee hither by name, surnamed thee when thou knewest Me not. 5. I Jehovah, and there is none else, beside Me no God: I equipped thee when thou knewest Me not; 6. that they may know from the rising of the sun, and its going down, that there is none without Me; I Jehovah, and there is none else; 7. Former of the light, and Creator of the darkness; Founder of peace, and Creator of evil: I Jehovah am He Who worketh all this.

8. Cause to trickle down, ye heavens above, and let the blue sky rain down righteousness; let the earth open, and let salvation blossom, and righteousness; let them sprout together, I Jehovah have created it.