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Isaiah 45:14
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12 aI have made the earth,
And bcreated man on it.
I—My hands—stretched out the heavens,
And call their host I have commanded. 
13 aI have raised him up in righteousness,
And I will1 direct all his ways;
He shall bbuild My city
And let My exiles go free,
cNot for price nor reward,”
Says the Lord of hosts.  

The Lord, the Only Savior

14 Thus says the Lord:
a“The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over bin chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, c‘Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
dThere is no other God.’ ” 
15 Truly You are God, awho hide Yourself,
O God of Israel, the Savior! 
16 They shall be aashamed
And also disgraced, all of them;
They shall go in confusion together,
Who are makers of idols. 
17 aBut Israel shall be saved by the Lord
With an beverlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or cdisgraced
Forever and ever. 
18 For thus says the Lord,
aWho created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it1 in vain,
Who formed it to be binhabited:
c“I am the Lord, and there is no other. 
19 I have not spoken in asecret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me1 in vain’;
bI, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right. 
20 “Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
aThey have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 45:14

The language but cursorily alludes to Egypt, Ethiopia, and Seba, being given to Cyrus as a ransom in lieu of Israel whom he restored (Isaiah 43:3), but mainly and fully describes the gathering in of the Gentiles to Israel (Acts 2:10-11; Acts 8:27-38), especially at Israel's future restoration (Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 14:1-2; Isaiah 19:18-22; Isaiah 60:3-14; Isaiah 49:23; Psalms 68:31; Psalms 72:10-11).

labour—wealth acquired by labor (Jeremiah 3:24).

Sabeans . . . of stature—the men of Meroe, in Upper Egypt. HERODOTUS (3.30) calls the Ethiopians "the tallest of men" (see on Isaiah 18:2; I Chronicles 11:23).

thee—Jerusalem ("my city," Isaiah 45:13).

in chains— (Psalms 149:8). "The saints shall judge the world" (I Corinthians 6:2) and "rule the nations with a rod of iron" (Zechariah 14:12-19; Revelation 2:26-27). The "chains," in the case of the obedient, shall be the easy yoke of Messiah; as "the sword of the Spirit" also is saving to the believer, condemnatory to the unbeliever (John 12:48; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 19:15).

God is in thee— (Jeremiah 3:19).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 45:14:

Isaiah 18:2
Isaiah 60:6

 

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