Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I—Messiah.
no man—willing to believe in and obey Me (Isaiah 52:1, Isaiah 52:3). The same Divine Person had "come" by His prophets in the Old Testament (appealing to them, but in vain, Jeremiah 7:25-26), who was about to come under the New Testament.
hand shortened—the Oriental emblem of weakness, as the long stretched-out hand is of power (Isaiah 59:1). Notwithstanding your sins, I can still "redeem" you from your bondage and dispersion.
dry up . . . sea— (Exodus 14:21). The second exodus shall exceed, while it resembles in wonders, the first (Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 51:15).
make . . . rivers . . . wilderness—turn the prosperity of Israel's foes into adversity.
fish stinketh—the very judgment inflicted on their Egyptian enemies at the first exodus (Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:21).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 50:2:
Psalms 104:6-9
Isaiah 50:1
Isaiah 59:1
Nahum 1:4
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