Isa 45:22-23, Rom 14:11 | JFB | STEP | 22. Look . . . and be ye saved —The second imperative expresses the result which will follow obedience to the first ( ); ye shall be saved ( ). : "If a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived." What so simple as a look? Not do something, but look to the Saviour ( ). Believers look by faith, the eye of the soul. The look is that of one turning (see Margin ) to God, as at once "Just and the Saviour" ( ), that is, the look of conversion ( ).

Isaiah 45:22-23

22. Look . . . and be ye saved—The second imperative expresses the result which will follow obedience to the first (Ge 42:18); ye shall be saved (Joh 3:14, 15). Nu 21:9: "If a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived." What so simple as a look? Not do something, but look to the Saviour (Ac 16:30, 31). Believers look by faith, the eye of the soul. The look is that of one turning (see Margin) to God, as at once "Just and the Saviour" (Isa 45:21), that is, the look of conversion (Ps 22:27).

23. sworn by myself—equivalent to, "As I live," as Ro 14:11 quotes it. So Nu 14:21. God could swear by no greater, therefore He swears by Himself (Heb 6:13, 16).

word . . . in righteousness—rather, "the truth (see on Isa 45:19) is gone forth from My mouth, the word (of promise), and it shall not return (that is, which shall not be revoked)" [LOWTH]. But the accents favor English Version.

tongue . . . swear—namely, an oath of allegiance to God as their true King (see on Isa 19:18; Isa 65:16). Yet to be fulfilled (Zec 14:9).

Romans 14:11

11, 12. For it is written— (Isa 45:23).

As I live, saith the Lord—Hebrew, JEHOVAH.

every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God—consequently, shall bow to the award of God upon their character and actions.