1 God expostulates with his people, about his mercies to the church.
10 About his promises
21 And about the vanity of idols.

silence Isa 49:1 Ps 46:10 Hab 2:20 Zec 2:13

let the people Isa 41:6,7,21,22 8:9,10 Job 38:3 40:7 Joe 3:10,11

let us Isa 1:18 Job 23:3-7 31:35,36 40:8-10 Mic 6:1-3

2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

who raised Isa 41:25 45:13 46:11 Ge 11:31 12:1-3 17:1 Heb 11:8-10

the righteous man. Heb. righteousness. gave Isa 45:1 Ge 14:14,15 Ezr 1:2 Heb 7:1

as the Isa 41:15,16 2Sa 22:43 2Ki 13:7

as driven Isa 40:24

3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

safely. Heb. in peace

4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

hath Isa 41:26 40:12,26 42:24

calling Isa 44:7 46:10 48:3-7 De 32:7,8 Ac 15:18 17:26

I the Lord Isa 43:10 44:6 48:12 Re 1:11,17 2:8 22:13

with the Isa 46:3,4 Mt 1:23 28:20

5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

isles Ge 10:5 Eze 26:15,16

the ends Ex 15:14 Jos 2:10 5:1 Ps 65:8 66:3 67:7

6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

helped Isa 40:19 44:12 1Sa 4:7-9 5:3-5 Da 3:1-7 Ac 19:24-28

of good courage. Heb. strong Isa 35:4 Joe 3:9-11

7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

the carpenter Isa 40:19 44:12-15 46:6,7 Jer 10:3-5,9 Da 3:1

goldsmith. or, founder
him that smote the anvil. or, the smiting.
saying. It is ready for the soldering. or, saying of the solder, It is good that it. Isa 40:20 46:7 Jud 18:17,18,24

8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

thou Isa 43:1 44:1,2,21 48:12 49:3 Ex 19:5,6 Le 25:42 De 7:6-8 10:15 14:2 Ps 33:12 105:6,42-45 135:4 Jer 33:24

the seed Mt 3:9 Joh 8:33-44 Ro 4:12,13 9:4-8 Ga 3:19 4:22-31

my friend 2Ch 20:7 Joh 15:14,15 Jas 2:23

9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

whom Isa 41:2 Jos 24:2-4 Ne 9:7 Ps 107:2,3 Lu 13:29 Re 5:9

called De 7:7 1Co 1:26-29 Jas 2:5

I have chosen 1Sa 12:22 Ps 94:14 Jer 33:25,26 Ro 11:1,2

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

fear Isa 41:13,14 12:2 43:1,5 44:2 51:12,13 Ge 15:1 De 20:1 31:6-8 Jos 1:9 2Ch 20:17 32:8 Ps 27:1 46:1,2,7,11 Lu 1:13,30 2:10,11 Ro 8:31

for I am thy God Isa 52:7 60:19 1Ch 12:18 Ps 147:12 Ho 1:9 Zec 13:9 Joh 8:54,55

I will strengthen Isa 40:29-31 De 33:27-29 Ps 29:11 Zec 10:12 2Co 12:9 Eph 3:16 Php 4:13

I will uphold Ps 37:17,24 41:12 63:8 145:14

the right Ps 65:5 89:13,14 99:4 144:8,11

11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

all they Isa 45:24 49:26 54:17 60:12-14 Ex 11:8 23:22 Zec 12:3 Ac 13:8-11 16:39 Re 3:9

as nothing Isa 41:24,29 40:17 Da 4:35

they that strive with thee. Heb. the men of they strife.

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

shalt seek Job 20:7-9 Ps 37:35,36

them that contended with thee. Heb. the men of thy contention. they that war against thee. Heb. the men of thy war.

13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

will hold Isa 43:6 45:1 51:18 De 33:26-29 Ps 63:8 73:23 109:31 2Ti 4:17

fear Isa 41:10

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

thou worm Job 25:6 Ps 22:6

men. or, few men De 7:7 Mt 7:14 Lu 12:32 Ro 9:27

saith Isa 43:14 44:6,24 47:4 48:17 49:7,26 54:5,8 59:20 60:16 63:16 Job 19:25 Ps 19:14 Jer 50:34 Ga 3:13 Tit 2:14 Re 5:9

15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

I will make Isa 21:10 28:27 Hab 3:12

teeth. Heb. mouths
thou shalt Ps 18:42 Mic 4:13 Zec 4:7 2Co 10:4,5

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

shalt fan Isa 17:13 Ps 1:4 Jer 15:7 51:2 Mt 3:12

thou shalt rejoice Isa 12:6 25:1-3 45:24,25 61:10,11 1Sa 2:1,2 Jer 9:23,24 Hab 3:18 Lu 1:46,47 Ro 5:11 1Co 1:30,31 Php 3:3

17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

the poor Isa 61:1 66:2 Ps 68:9,10 72:12,13 102:16,17 Mt 5:3

seek Isa 55:1 Ex 17:3,6 Ps 42:2 63:1,2 Am 8:11-13 Mt 5:6 Joh 4:10-15 7:37-39 Re 21:6 22:17

their tongue Ps 22:15 La 4:4 Lu 16:24

I the Lord Isa 30:19 Jud 15:18,19 Ps 34:6 50:15 102:17 107:5,6 2Co 12:9

I the God Isa 42:16 Ge 28:15 Ps 94:14 Heb 13:5,6

18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Isa 12:3 30:25 32:2 35:6,7 43:19,20 44:3 48:21 49:9,10 58:11 Ps 46:4 78:15,16 105:41 107:35 Eze 47:1-8 Joe 3:18 Zec 14:8 Re 7:17 22:1

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

plant Isa 27:6 32:15 37:31,32 51:3 55:13 60:21 61:3,11 Ps 92:13,14 Eze 17:22-24 47:12

20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Isa 43:7-13,21 44:23 45:6-8 66:18 Ex 9:16 Nu 23:23 Job 12:9 Ps 109:27 Eph 2:6-10 2Th 1:10

21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

produce. Heb. cause to come near Job 23:3,4 31:37 38:3 40:7-9 Mic 6:1,2

22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

and shew Isa 42:9 43:9-12 45:21 48:14 Joh 13:19 16:14

consider them. Heb. set our hearts upon them

23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

that we may know Isa 42:9 44:7,8 45:8 46:9,10 Joh 13:19 Ac 15:18

do good Isa 45:7 46:7 Jer 10:5

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

ye are Isa 41:29 44:9,10 Ps 115:8 Jer 10:8,14 51:17,18 1Co 8:4

of nothing. or, worse than nothing. of nought. or, worse than of a viper. an abomination Isa 66:24 De 7:26 27:15 Re 17:5

25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

I have. Jehovah here, by the mouth of the prophet, predicts the victories of Cyrus over the Chaldeans and their allies, at least 150 years before the event, as one instance of his foreknowledge and invincible power. Media lay north of Babylon, and Persia eastward; and Cyrus commanded the forces of both these nations; and, by his wonderful success, he trampled down mighty monarchs as mortar, and as the potter treads the clay.

raised Isa 21:2 44:28 45:1-6,13 46:10,11 Jer 51:27-29

shall he call Ezr 1:2,3

come upon Isa 41:2 10:6 2Sa 22:43 Mic 7:10 Zec 10:5

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

declared Isa 41:22 43:9 44:7 45:21

righteous Isa 41:23

27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

first Isa 41:4 43:10 44:6 48:12 Re 2:8

I will give Isa 40:9 44:28 52:7 Ezr 1:1,2 Na 1:15 Lu 2:10,11 Ro 10:15

28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

I beheld Isa 63:5 Da 2:10,11 4:7,8 5:8

answer. Heb. return

29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

they are all Isa 41:24 44:9-20 Ps 115:4-8 135:15-18 Jer 10:2-16 Hab 2:18

wind Jer 5:13