Isa 41 | TSK | STEP | God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church; about his promises; and about the vanity of idols. silence. let the people. let us.

goldsmith. or, founder. him that smote the anvil. or, thesmiting. saying, It is ready for the soldering. or, saying of the solder, It is good. that it.

40:20; 46:7; Jud 18:17,18,24

thou.

43:1; 44:1,2,21; 48:12; 49:3; Ex 19:5,6; Le 25:42; De 7:6-8; 10:15

De 14:2; Ps 33:12; 105:6,42-45; 135:4; Jer 33:24

the seed.

Mt 3:9; Joh 8:33-44; Ro 4:12,13; 9:4-8; Ga 3:19; 4:22-31

my friend.

2Ch 20:7; Joh 15:14,15; Jas 2:23

whom.

2; Jos 24:2-4; Ne 9:7-38; Ps 107:2,3; Lu 13:29; Re 5:9

called.

De 7:7; 1Co 1:26-29; Jas 2:5

I have chosen.

1Sa 12:22; Ps 94:14; Jer 33:25,26; Ro 11:1,2

Fear.

13,14; 12:2; 43:1,5; 44:2; 51:12,13; Ge 15:1; De 20:1; 31:6-8

Jos 1:9; 2Ch 20:17; 32:8; Ps 27:1; 46:1,2,7,11; Lu 1:13,30; 2:10,11

Ro 8:31

for I am thy God.

52:7; 60:19; 1Ch 12:18; Ps 147:12; Ho 1:9; Zec 13:9; Joh 8:54,55

I will strengthen.

40:29-31; De 33:27-29; Ps 29:11; Zec 10:12; 2Co 12:9; Eph 3:16

Php 4:13

I will uphold.

Ps 37:17,24; 41:12; 63:8; 145:14

the right.

Ps 65:5; 89:13,14; 99:4; 144:8,11

all they.

45:24; 49:26; 54:17; 60:12-14; Ex 11:8; 23:22; Zec 12:3; Ac 13:8-11

Ac 16:39; Re 3:9

as nothing.

24,29; 40:17; Da 4:35

they that strive with thee. Heb. the men of thy strife.

shalt seek.

Job 20:7-9; Ps 37:35,36

them that contended with thee. Heb. the men of thycontention. they that war against thee. Heb. the men of thy war.

will hold.

43:6; 45:1; 51:18; De 33:26-29; Ps 63:8; 73:23; 109:31; 2Ti 4:17

Fear.

thou worm.

Job 25:6; Ps 22:6

men. or, few men.

De 7:7; Mt 7:14; Lu 12:32; Ro 9:27

saith.

43:14; 44:6,24; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7,26; 54:5,8; 59:20; 60:16; 63:16

Job 19:25; Ps 19:14; Jer 50:34; Ga 3:13; Tit 2:14; Re 5:9

I will make.

21:10; 28:27; Hab 3:12

teeth. Heb. mouths. thou shalt.

Ps 18:42; Mic 4:13; Zec 4:7; 2Co 10:4,5

shalt fan.

17:13; Ps 1:4; Jer 15:7; 51:2; Mt 3:12

thou shalt rejoice.

12:6; 25:1-3; 45:24,25; 61:10,11; 1Sa 2:1,2; Jer 9:23,24; Hab 3:18

Lu 1:46,47; Ro 5:11; 1Co 1:30,31; Php 3:3; *Gr:

the poor.

61:1; 66:2; Ps 68:9,10; 72:12,13; 102:16,17; Mt 5:3

seek.

55:1; Ex 17:3,6; Ps 42:2; 63:1,2; Am 8:11-13; Mt 5:6; Joh 4:10-15

Joh 7:37-39; Re 21:6; 22:17

their tongue.

Ps 22:15; La 4:4; Lu 16:24

I the Lord.

30:19; Jud 15:18,19; Ps 34:6; 50:15; 102:17; 107:5,6; 2Co 12:9

I the God.

42:16; Ge 28:15; Ps 94:14; Heb 13:5,6

12:3; 30:25; 32:2; 35:6,7; 43:19,20; 44:3; 48:21; 49:9,10; 58:11

Ps 46:4; 78:15,16; 105:41; 107:35; Eze 47:1-8; Joe 3:18; Zec 14:8

Re 7:17; 22:1

plant.

27:6; 32:15; 37:31,32; 51:3; 55:13; 60:21; 61:3,11; Ps 92:13,14

Eze 17:22-24; 47:12

43:7-13,21; 44:23; 45:6-8; 66:18; Ex 9:16; Nu 23:23; Job 12:9

Ps 109:27; Eph 2:6-10; 2Th 1:10

Produce. Heb. Cause to come near.

Job 23:3,4; 31:37; 38:3; 40:7-9; Mic 6:1,2

and shew.

42:9; 43:9-12; 45:21; 48:14; Joh 13:19; 16:14

consider them. Heb. set our heart upon them.

that we may know.

42:9; 44:7,8; 45:8; 46:9,10; Joh 13:19; Ac 15:18

do good.

45:7; 46:7; Jer 10:5

ye are.

29; 44:9,10; Ps 115:8; Jer 10:8,14; 51:17,18; 1Co 8:4

of nothing. or, worse than nothing. of nought. or, worsethan of a viper. an abomination.

66:24; De 7:26; 27:15; Re 17:5

I have.Jehovah here, by the mouth of the prophet, predicts the victories of Cyrus over the Chaldeans and their allies, at least 150 years before the event, as one instance of his foreknowledge and invincible power. Media lay north of Babylon, and Persia eastward; and Cyrus commanded the forces of both these nations; and, by his wonderful success, he trampled down mighty monarchs as mortar, and as the potter treads the clay.

raised.

21:2; 44:28; 45:1-6,13; 46:10,11; Jer 51:27-29

shall he call.

Ezr 1:2,3

come upon.

2; 10:6; 2Sa 22:43; Mic 7:10; Zec 10:5

declared.

22; 43:9; 44:7; 45:21; Hab 2:18-20

righteous.

first.

4; 43:10; 44:6; 48:12; Re 2:8

I will give.