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WO UNTO HIM THAT SAITH UNTO HIS FATHER ... - It is wicked and foolish
for a son to complain of his father or mother in regard to his birth,
or of his rank and condition of life. Probably the idea is,...
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CHAPTER 45
The Word of Jehovah to Cyrus, to Israel and to the Ends of the Earth
1. _Thus saith Jehovah to Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1)_ 2. _Thus saith Jehovah:
Israel shall be saved (Isaiah 45:14)_ 3. Thus sa...
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YAHWEH JUSTIFIES HIS CHOICE OF CYRUS. Whoever questions the wisdom of
Yahweh's working through Cyrus, He likens to clay that would instruct
the potter. Would ye, He asks, question Me as to the things...
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WOE UNTO HIM THAT STRIVETH— _Woe unto him that striveth with his
Maker; the potsherd with the potter: Shall the clay,_ &c.? The greater
number of interpreters are of opinion, that this reproof refers...
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b. OBEDIENCE
TEXT: Isaiah 45:9-13
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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the
potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it,
What makest thou? or thy wo...
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Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH UNTO (HIS) FATHER, WHAT BEGETTEST THOU? If it
be wrong for a chi...
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45:10 mother, (e-15) Lit. 'the woman.'...
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THE MEANING OF THE CONQUESTS OF CYRUS
1-13. The conquests of Cyrus are ordained by Jehovah for His purposes.
Let not Israel Criticise the manner of its deliverance.
14-17. Great honour awaits Israel...
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Cyrus was not a *Jew. The *Jews did not think that their God could use
a foreigner to benefit God’s special people....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 45
THE *LORD APPOINTS CYRUS
v1 The *Lord has chosen Cyrus as his champio...
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WOE UNTO HIM... — The implied argument is that men accept the
accident of birth without questioning father or mother as to that
which lay beyond the control of either. Should they not _a fortiori_
acc...
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הֹ֛וי אֹמֵ֥ר לְ אָ֖ב מַה ־תֹּולִ֑יד וּ
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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JEHOVAH'S CHOSEN INSTRUMENT
Isaiah 45:1-13
Cyrus is one of the noblest figures in ancient history. His character
became a model for the Greek youth in strength, simplicity, humanity,
purity, and self...
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The fifth of these messages of Jehovah is a charge to Cyrus. First of
all, it utters to him the promises of God which are intended to be his
strength in carrying out the divine purpose. These all emph...
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_Forth. As such language would be improper to parents, so it is wrong
to complain that God places us in any situation. (Menochius)_...
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How beautiful and striking is this figure of the potsherd, to shed the
folly and danger of finding fault with God. Earthen vessels, struck
one against another, will break; contentions among men are fo...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45.
Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb,
encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring
up as...
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WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH UNTO HIS FATHER, WHAT BEGETTEST THOU?.... That
quarrels with him, and complains of him, because he was not of the
other sex, or not so wise, or so rich, or so handsome, as othe...
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Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Ver. 10. _Woe unto him that saith to his father._] Are these fit words
to a father? Is i...
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_Wo unto him that striveth_, &c. Bishop Lowth renders this verse,
“Wo unto him that contendeth with the power that formed him, the
potsherd with the moulder of the clay! Shall the clay say to the
pott...
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REBUKING THE REPROBATE PEOPLE...
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Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Applied to the Lord, these
questions would challenge both His authority and His power. Ther...
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5-10 There is no God beside Jehovah. There is nothing done without
him. He makes peace, put here for all good; and creates evil, not the
evil of sin, but the evil of punishment. He is the Author of a...
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Isaiah 45:10 Woe H1945 says H559 (H8802) father H1 begetting H3205
(H8686) woman H802 forth H2342 ...
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ISAIAH COUNTERS ANY POSSIBLE OPPOSITION THAT WHAT HE HAS SUGGESTED IS
UNACCEPTABLE AND DECLARES YAHWEH'S SOVEREIGN POWER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS
WILL (ISAIAH 45:9).
Having earlier in Chapter s 7, 9, 11 refe...
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The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God
raised him up.
Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden, to subdue nations befor...
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While we are reading this chapter, and thinking of Cyrus, the Lord's
anointed deliverer for Israel, let us not forget the greater Deliverer
of whom the hymn writer sings,
«Thus saith God of his Anoin...
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Isaiah 45:1. Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will
loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates;...
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CONTENTS: Promises to Cyrus for Israel's sake. Proof of God's eternal
power and sovereignty. Encouragement to believing Jews. Doom of idol
worshippers.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Cyrus.
CONCLUSION: Bes...
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Isaiah 45:1. _Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose
right hand I have holden;_ a figure of Christ, the anointed of the
Father. This anointing equalled Cyrus with David. Before him God w...
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_I am the Lord, and there is none else_
THE BENEFICENT SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
The key-thought to all the intricacies of the whole of this passage is
that God is the absolute Author of all that exists an...
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CAVILLING AGAINST GOD
Isaiah 45:9. _Woe unto him that striveth, &c._
I. That man is formed by God, and that all his affairs are ordered by
Him as really as the work of the potter is moulded by the ha...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 45:1
GOD'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS. This direct address of
God to a heathen king is without a parallel in Scripture.
Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh, Abimelech, were warned t...
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Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of
kings (Isaiah 45:1),
You remember I told you he prophesied that...
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Deuteronomy 27:16; Hebrews 12:9; Malachi 1:6...