Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Isaiah 48:13
my right hand hath spanned the heavens:
Or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out
my right hand hath spanned the heavens:
Or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out
MINE HAND ALSO HATH LAID ... - I am the Creator of all things, and I have all power, and am abundantly able to deliver you from all your foes. AND MY RIGHT HAND HATH SPANNED THE HEAVENS - Margin, ‘The...
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 NEW THINGS WHICH YAHWEH SHOWS. Yahweh emphasizes His incomparable and eternal majesty as Creator. When He had fashioned the earth and the heavens at His word they took their places. Let Israel ass...
SPANNED. stretched out. STAND UP. To listen to my words....
WHEN I CALL, &C.— Nothing can give us a more sublime idea of God than this passage. The idea is taken from servants, who, at the voice of their masters, instantly rise up, and stand ready to execute t...
b. PERSPECTIVE TEXT: Isaiah 48:9-16 9 For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as si...
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. -The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will restore His people. Verse 12. I (AM) THE...
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...
SPANNED] RV 'stretched out.'...
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...
God created the world by his Word (see Genesis chapter 1, and John 1:1-2). And what God creates, he continues to control (see Isaiah 44:24-28)....
אַף ־יָדִי֙ יָ֣סְדָה אֶ֔רֶץ וִֽ ימִינִ֖י טִפּ
Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
THE OBSTINATE AND INSINCERE REBUKED Isaiah 48:1-16 We are meant to be for God's praise and glory; but we may delay the realization of His high purpose. Our neck iron, our brow brass, we trust in idol...
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...
My hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread out the heavens: [when] I call to them, (q) they stand up together. (q) To obey me, and to do whatever I command them...
Reader! observe what grace is, again and again displayed in every verse, as we prosecute this sweet Chapter. Though the Lord began by pointing out Israel's rebellion, and this was followed up with exp...
13._Surely my hand hath founded the earth. _Here the Prophet explains more clearly what he meant in the preceding verse. After having spoken of God’s constant and unvarying will toward us, he likewise...
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...
MINE HAND ALSO HATH LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH,.... Which is ascribed to the Wisdom, Word, and Son of God, Proverbs 3:19. This Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret of the left hand k, seeing the work...
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: [when] I call unto them, they stand up together. Ver. 13. _My hand hath also laid the foundation of t...
_Hearken unto me, Israel, my called_ Whom I have called out of the world to be my peculiar people, to serve, and glorify, and enjoy me; and therefore you, of all others, have least cause to forsake me...
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand hath spanned the heavens, stretching them out like a tent; Cf. Isaiah 40:28; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:24;...
An Urgent Invitation to Believe the Lord's Word...
9-15 We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It w...
HATH SPANNED; or, _doth span_, i. e. _mete out the heavens with a span_, as the phrase is, ISAIAH 40:12, although that be expressed there in other Hebrew words. Or, _hath spread them out with its palm...
Isaiah 48:13 hand H3027 foundation H3245 (H8804) earth H776 hand H3225 stretched H2946 (H8765) heavens H8064 call...
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...
YAHWEH'S PLEA TO HIS PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF ISAIAH, AND TAKE THEIR PLACE AS GOD'S SERVANT (ISAIAH 48:12). Isaiah 48:12 “Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called, I am he, I am the fir...
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...
_Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth_ THE CREATOR I. THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH. II. THE OVER-ARCHING HEAVENS. III. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN THESE GREAT WORKS. 1. The heavens have...
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. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 48:12 The God of the gospel is the commanding presence in the universe. ⇐ ⇔...
THE CREATOR Isaiah 48:13. _Mine hand also hath laid the foundation, &c._ It seems to be an axiom of modern philosophy that all human knowledge has been progressive, from the roughest fanciful guesses...
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...
Exodus 20:11; Hebrews 1:10; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 40:26
Stand up — They are still continually in readiness to execute my commands....