Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Who but God can predict future events and declare also the order and time of each (see on Isaiah 41:22-23; Isaiah 45:21)?
call—"openly proclaim" (Isaiah 40:6) things to come [MAURER]. Or, "call forth" the event; command that it happen (Isaiah 46:11; Isaiah 48:15), [BARNES].
set . . . in order—There is no chance or confusion; all events occur in the order best fitted to subserve God's plans.
for me—It is FOR GOD that all things exist and take place (Revelation 4:11). But MAURER translates, "Let him set it forth (Job 37:19) to me."
since . . . ancient people—I have given the Jews predictions of the future ever since I appointed them as My people in ancient times; therefore they were qualified to be His witnesses (Isaiah 44:8). As to their being God's "ancient (everlasting) people," see Deuteronomy 32:7-9; Jeremiah 31:3; the type of the redeemed Church (Ephesians 1:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 44:7:
Job 34:13
Psalms 40:5
Isaiah 41:22
Isaiah 44:8
Isaiah 48:3
Isaiah 48:14
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