Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 48:22
No peace — God having foretold that peace which he would give to his servant Jacob, adds an explication; and declares, that wicked men should not enjoy the benefit of this mercy.
No peace — God having foretold that peace which he would give to his servant Jacob, adds an explication; and declares, that wicked men should not enjoy the benefit of this mercy.
Verse Isaiah 48:22. THERE IS _NO PEACE, SAITH THE LORD, UNTO THE WICKED._] _See below, Clarke's note on "_Isaiah 57:21_"_. As the destruction of Babylon was determined, God commands his people to has...
THERE IS NO PEACE, SAITH THE LORD, UNTO THE WICKED - This verse contains a sentiment whose truth no one can doubt. To the transgressor of the laws of God there can be no permanent peace, enjoyment, or...
CHAPTER 48 The Divine Restatement Concerning His People, Their Condition and Future 1. _Their condition and Jehovah's predictions (Isaiah 48:1)_ 2. _Jehovah acts for His Name's sake (Isaiah 48:9)_ 3....
THE JOYOUS SONG OF THE RETURNING EXILES. The exiles on their return exhort one another to publish the salvation which Yahweh has brought, how, repeating the wonders of the Exodus, He miraculously prov...
NO PEACE, &C. Compare Isaiah 57:20. THE WICKED. lawless ones: i.e. the wicked in Israel....
The words are taken from ch. Isaiah 57:21, where, however, they stand in their proper connexion. Here they are either a gloss or an editorial insertion intended to mark the close of a division of the...
THERE IS NO PEACE, &C.— "There is no peace, no serenity of mind and conscience,—more desirable than every earthly blessing, superior to all conception;—there is no durable prosperity on earth, no eter...
c. PRACTICE TEXT: Isaiah 48:17-22 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go....
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. (NO PEACE ... UNTO THE WICKED. Repeated at . All the blessings just mentioned () belong only to the godly, not to the wicked. Israel shall first...
LET THE EXILES TRUST IN JEHOVAH, AND COME OUT OF BABYLON 1-11. Jehovah's purpose will be executed, but not for Israel's merit. 12-22. Let Israel recognise His leading in the course of history, and l...
Those who are unfaithful cannot share the promised peace. The words are repeated almost exactly at Isaiah 57:21. THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH Isaiah 49:1. The Servant of Jehovah tells of His call and miss...
But God’s promises are not for people who refuse to give up their wicked behaviour. LORD ~ God’s personal name in the Bible. In the original language, God’s name ‘Lord’ means ‘head over all’ and ‘God...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 48 ISRAEL’S EMPTY RELIGION V1 The *Lord says, ‘Listen to this, you family...
THERE IS NO PEACE. — The warning was needed even for the liberated exiles. There was an implied condition as to all God’s gifts. Even the highest blessings, freedom and home, were no real blessings to...
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
“A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES” Isaiah 48:17-22; Isaiah 49:1-13 The first division of this second part of Isaiah closes at Isaiah 48:22, with the phrase _there is no peace to the wicked_. The second divisi...
This chapter constitutes the last section of the division dealing with the purpose of peace. It is a great appeal to the people. It first describes Jehovah's methods (verses Isa 48:1-11). He has had t...
[There is] no (a) peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked. (a) Thus he speaks that the wicked hypocrites should not abuse God's promise, in whom was neither faith nor repentance, as in (Isaiah 57:21)...
_Peace. Septuagint, "rejoicing," or prosperity for the Chaldeans or wicked Jews, ver. 18. (Calmet) --- It is promised only to the penitent. (Worthington)_...
How gracious the preface to all these sweet promises; and how sure they become, in the name of the great Promiser! Reader! let it be our earnest study and delight to come under the teaching of this al...
REFLECTIONS READER! stand still, and see the salvation of God! Behold, as this Chapter most blessedly sets forth, from whom that salvation comes; by whom it is accomplished; in whom it is alone found...
22._There is no peace, saith Jehovah to the wicked. _These words, “saith the Lord,” are included by some commentators in a parenthesis; but we view them as having this connection with what goes before...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 46, 47, AND 48. In Chapter s 46, 47, the application is made to Babylon and to her idols, but still as pleading for Israel as beloved of God; for governmental...
THERE IS NO PEACE, SAITH THE LORD, UNTO THE WICKED,.... To Nebuchadnezzar and his seed, says Jarchi; to the Babylonians, say Aben Ezra and Kimchi; who enjoyed no more peace and prosperity, being conqu...
Isaiah 48:22 [There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. Ver. 22. _There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked._] Babylon's best days are past: therefore go ye forth of her. Isa 48:2...
_There is no peace unto the wicked_ God having, in the foregoing verses, foretold that blessed deliverance which he would give to his servant Jacob, (Isaiah 48:20,) here adds an explication and limita...
There is no peace, saith the Lord, in a solemn declaration, UNTO THE WICKED. Those who refuse to accept the salvation prepared by Him for all men will never know anything of the peace which passeth al...
An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word...
16-22 The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those may speak boldly, whom God and his Spirit send. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and he had the Spirit without measure. Whom God re...
God having in the next foregoing verses foretold, that peace and blessed deliverance which he would certainly give to _his servant Jacob_, ISAIAH 48:20, he here adds an explication and limitation of t...
Isaiah 48:22 peace H7965 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 wicked H7563 Isaiah 57:21;...
THE CALL TO FLEE FROM BABYLON (ISAIAH 48:20). As we come to the end of the section from chapter 40 to 48 we find God's final charge. It is to ‘flee from Babylon.' Babylon with all that it stood for wa...
CHAPTER 48 THE UNPREPARED STATE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH. Babylon, and its final fate, has just been described, but the very idea has turned Isaiah's attention on Israel. It has put Israel under the microscop...
Isaiah 48:1. _Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of...
CONTENTS: The dullness of Israel. Restoration under the Servant of Jehovah. Israel reminded of the promises. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: God often finds His people obstinate and...
Isaiah 48:1. _Which swear by the name of the Lord,_ who resents all false swearing to his covenant. Isaiah 48:3. _I have declared the former things._ The Messiah continues here to be the speaker, and...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:1 Despite Israel’s stubborn unbelief, God pursues his purpose of redemption. He will free them from Babylon for his own sake. ⇐...
THE POSSESSORS OF PEACE Isaiah 48:22. _There is no peace, saith the Lord, to the wicked_. “There is a caveat put in against the wicked, that go on still in their trespasses. Let them not think they h...
EXPOSITION The present chapter, which terminates the second section of Isaiah's later prophecies, consists of a long address by God to his people, partly in the way of complaint, partly of combined p...
Now in chapter 48 God speaks about how that He is going to restore then under the Holy One, Jehovah's servant. And God is going to restore the house of Jacob. Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which ar...
Isaiah 57:21; Job 15:20; Luke 19:42; Romans 3:17...