Geneva Study Bible Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are {a} called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of {b} the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
(a) He detects their hypocrisy who claimed to be Israelites, but were not so. (b) Meaning, the fountain and stock. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves {c} upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
(c) They make a show, as though they would have no other God. I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth from my mouth, and I showed {d} them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
(d) He shows that they could not accuse him in anything, as he had performed whatever he had promised. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; Because I knew that {e} thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
(e) I have done for you more than I promised, that your stubbornness and impudency might have been overcome. I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I showed {f} it thee: lest thou shouldest say, My idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
(f) How you should be delivered out of Babylon. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye {g} declare it? I have showed ye new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
(g) Will you not acknowledge my blessing, and declare it to others? They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I {h} knew them.
(h) Showing that man's arrogancy is the reason God does not declare all things at once, lest they should attribute this knowledge to their own wisdom. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the {i} womb.
(i) From the time that I brought you of Egypt: for that deliverance was as the birth of the Church. For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, {k} that I cut thee not off.
(k) As it was my free mercy that I chose you: so it is my free mercy that must save you. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Behold, I have refined thee, but {l} not with silver; I have {m} chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
(l) For I had respect to your weakness and infirmity: for in silver there is some pureness, but in us there is nothing but dross. (m) I took you out of the furnace where you would have been consumed. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name {n} be profaned? {o} and I will not give my glory to another.
(n) God joins the salvation of his with his own honour: so that they cannot perish, but his glory would be diminished, as in De 32:27. (o) Read Isa 42:8. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; {p} I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
(p) Read Isa 41:4. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. My hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: when I call to them, {q} they stand up together.
(q) To obey me, and to do whatever I command them. All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved {r} him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
(r) Meaning, Cyrus, whom he had chosen to destroy Babylon. I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. Come ye near to me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the {s} beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath {t} sent me.
(s) Since the time that I declared myself to your fathers. (t) Thus the Prophet speaks for himself, and to assure them of these things. Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God who teacheth thee {u} to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
(u) What things will do you good. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like its gravel; his {x} name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
(x) That is, the prosperous estate of Israel. Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. {y} Go ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
(y) After he had forewarned them of their captivity and of the reason for it, he shows them the great joy that will come of their deliverance. And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. And they {z} thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he broke the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
(z) He shows that it will be as easy to deliver them, as he did their fathers out of Egypt. There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. There is no {a} peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked. (a) Thus he speaks that the wicked hypocrites should not abuse God's promise, in whom was neither faith nor repentance, as in Isa 57:21 The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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