Isa 45:24, 59:16 | JFB | STEP | 24. Rather, " Only in Jehovah shall men say of me (this clause is parenthetical), is there righteousness" (which includes salvation, , "a just God and a Saviour, " ), &c. [MAURER ]. strength —namely, to save. shall men come —Those who have set themselves up against God shall come to Him in penitence for the past ( ). ashamed

Isaiah 45:24

24. Rather, "Only in Jehovah shall men say of me (this clause is parenthetical), is there righteousness" (which includes salvation, Isa 45:21, "a just God and a Saviour," Isa 46:13), &c. [MAURER].

strength—namely, to save.

shall men come—Those who have set themselves up against God shall come to Him in penitence for the past (Isa 19:22).

ashamed— (Isa 45:16; Isa 54:17; 41:11).

Isaiah 59:16

16. no man—namely, to atone by his righteousness for the unrighteousness of the people. "Man" is emphatic, as in 1Ki 2:2; no representative man able to retrieve the cause of fallen men (Isa 41:28; 63:5, 6; Jer 5:1; Eze 22:30).

no intercessor—no one to interpose, "to help . . . uphold" (Isa 63:5).

his arm— (Isa 40:10; 51:5). Not man's arm, but His alone (Ps 98:1; 44:3).

his righteousness—the "arm" of Messiah. He won the victory for us, not by mere might as God, but by His invincible righteousness, as man having "the Spirit without measure" (Isa 11:5; 42:6, 21; 51:8; 53:11; 1Jo 2:1).