Isa 51:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. alone —translate, "I called him when he was but one" ( ). The argument is: the same God who had so blessed "one" individual, as to become a mighty nation ( ), can also increase and bless the small remnant of Israel, both that left in the Babylonish captivity, and that left in the present and latter days ( ); "the residue" ( ).

Isaiah 51:2

2. alone—translate, "I called him when he was but one" (Eze 33:24). The argument is: the same God who had so blessed "one" individual, as to become a mighty nation (Ge 12:1; 22:7), can also increase and bless the small remnant of Israel, both that left in the Babylonish captivity, and that left in the present and latter days (Zec 14:2); "the residue" (Isa 13:8, 9).