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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Isaiah 43:22

But; or, for, as this conjunction is oft used. So this may be added as a reason why God called the Gentiles to be his people, because the Jews forsook him. Thou hast not called upon me; thou hast grossly neglected or very slightly performed the duties of my worship. Thou hast been weary of me; thou hast not esteemed my service to be a privilege, as in truth it is, but as a burden and bondage. Compare Zechariah 1:13.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 43:22. _BUT THOU HAST NOT CALLED UPON ME_] The connexion is: But thou, Israel, whom I have chosen, whom I have formed for myself to be my witness against the false gods of the nations; e...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT THOU HAST NOT CALLED UPON ME - The design of this and the following verses, is to show them that they were indebted to the divine mercy alone for their deliverance from bondage. It was not because...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 43 Jehovah Speaks in Comfort to His People 1. _What Jehovah is and will be to Israel (Isaiah 43:1)_ 2. _Second address to the blind and deaf people (Isaiah 43:8)_ 3. Jehovah deals with their...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 43:22 TO ISAIAH 44:5. YAHWEH'S INTERVENTION, NOT PURCHASED BY HIS PEOPLE BUT ENTIRELY OF HIS GRACE, SHALL BRING NEW LIFE TO ISRAEL. It is not that during the exile Israel has assiduously sought...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CALLED UPON ME. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for all that has to do with worship, as developed in verses: Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 43:24. BEEN WEARY OF ME. Note the emphasis i...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But thou hast not called upon me_ To call upon Jehovah "in the day of trouble" was the first and most obvious duty of Israel (Psalms 50:15), but this duty Israel has neglected. The statement is of co...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah effects this deliverance for His own sake, not in return for any service He has received at the hands of Israel. The argument of the section is difficult to follow, especially in the part whic...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 934 THE GREATNESS OF GOD’S MERCY Isaiah 43:22. Thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt-offeri...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT THOU HAST NOT CALLED UPON ME— This reproof may be connected in a two-fold manner with the preceding discourse. _First,_ that the prophet, while he consoles the better part of the church, and confi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    d. TO BE PERFECTED TEXT: Isaiah 43:22-28 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neit...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. BUT THOU HAST NOT CALLED UPON ME, O JACOB. The people of Israel, however, are not to think that these divine favou...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    43:22 me, (f-16) Or 'thou hast not wearied thyself concerning me.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In their hearts, the people did not have a right relationship with God....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹא ־אֹתִ֥י קָרָ֖אתָ יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב כִּֽי ־יָגַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But thou hast not (x) called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been (y) weary of me, O Israel. (x) You have not worshipped me as you ought to have done. (y) Because you have not willingly received tha...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader, do not fail to overlook the very great tenderness of this expostulation, which the Lord makes with his people. What did the Lord look for, and expect in his people? Evidently, from what is her...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    22._And thou hast not called on me. _He confirms by an indirect reproof what he said in the preceding verse, that it was not by any merits of his people that he was induced to act so kindly towards th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 41, 42, AND 43. Chapter 41 begins the historical details which prove this. Who raised up Cyrus to overthrow idolatry? But in the midst of the havoc he made of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT THOU HAST NOT CALLED UPON ME, O JACOB,.... The Jews, though they were the posterity of Jacob, a praying person, yet did not tread in his steps, but were more like the Heathens that called not on t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Isa. 43:21-28. In this prophecy of the great gospel salvation, the freeness of God's grace in it, as not being at all for our righteousness, is largely insisted on here in verse Isaiah 43:21, and also...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob, they had not chosen the true God; BUT THOU HAST BEEN WEARY OF ME, O ISRAEL, they had in no way exerted themselves on His account, His election of them as His...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Israel's Salvation the Work of Jehovah's Mercy...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    22-28 Those who neglect to call upon God, are weary of him. The Master tired not the servants with his commands, but they tired him with disobedience. What were the riches of God's mercy toward them?...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 43:22 called H7121 (H8804) Jacob H3290 weary H3021 (H8804) Israel H3478 thou hast not -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    BUT GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE FAILED TO BE HIS TRUE PEOPLE AND MUST FIRST FACE CURSING AND REVILEMENT (ISAIAH 43:22). However, while there is the glorious vision of this future true people of God, Isaiah has...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:22 I. The nature of this evil. To be weary of God is to desire to break the connection that exists between us and God. It is to be impatient of continued connection with Him; to be tired of...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:1. _But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine._ I cannot p...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 43:18. _Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing: now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wild...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But thou hast not called upon Me, O Jacob_ INSINCERITY IN RELIGION It is a common observation that there is very little sincerity in the world. We are now concerned with insincerity of a deeper an...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 43:22 God promises to pour his life-giving Spirit upon his weary people. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 43:1 A RENEWED PROMISE TO ISRAEL OF PROTECTION AND DELIVERANCE. Severe rebuke (Isaiah 42:18) is followed, as so often in I

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    But yet, God is going to restore them. Chapter 43 gets in the restoration. But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 9:13; Hosea 14:1; Hosea 14:2; Hosea 7:10; Isaiah 64:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For — God called to the Gentiles to be his people, because the Jews forsook him. Weary — Thou hast not esteemed my service to be a privilege, but a burden and bondage....

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