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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 41:21

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

Ver. 21. Produce your cause, saith the Lord.] He had dealt with the heathens, and convinced them; now have at their gods: and their best proofs are called for.

Bring forth your strong reasons.] Heb., Your bony arguments, argumenta trabalia; but, alas! they had none such.

Saith the king of Jacob.] Not the God of Jacob; for that was now the matter in question, whether he were God, or the heathen deities. And because they were silent, and to seek a of such arguments, he helpeth them to a couple.

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See also Isaiah 41:21 in other biblical comments:

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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