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Verse Isaiah 44:18. _HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES _- "Their eyes are closed
up"] The _Septuagint, Chaldee_, and _Vulgate_, for טח _tach_, read
טחו, _tachu_. Isaiah 6:10....
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THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR UNDERSTOOD - They are stupid, ignorant, and
blind. Nothing could more strikingly show their ignorance and
stupidity than this idol worship.
HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES - God hath c...
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CHAPTER 44
Jehovah Continues to Speak
1. _Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah
44:1)_ 2. _Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6)_ 3. _Idolatry
rebuked (Isaiah 44:9)_ 4...
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ISAIAH 44:6; ISAIAH 44:21. THE INCOMPARABLENESS OF YAHWEH, WHO REDEEMS
ISRAEL. Yahweh of (the heavenly) Hosts (Genesis 2:1 *, 1 Samuel 1:3 *)
asserts Hi
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Isaiah 44:6-23. The Reality of Jehovah's Godhead, evinced by His
Predictions, and contrasted with the manifold absurdities of Idolatry
The passage, which is merely a restatement of ideas already expr...
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now meditated were actually taken....
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b. SHOWS THE FRAUDULENCE OF FALSE GODS
TEXT: Isaiah 44:9-20
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They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the
things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses...
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They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that
they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES. "He," God, hath given them over to jud...
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THE IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS
1-23. The reproach of God's people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah
the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the
futile gods of the heathen.
24-28. This...
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Food and warmth have made this person feel comfortable. But
occasionally he thinks that there may be something missing from his
life. So he makes himself a god to fill the space....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 44
The connection between Chapter s 43 and 44 is similar to the
connection...
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HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES. — Better, _their eyes are smeared over._
The state described is the judicial blindness of Romans 1:20. It will
be remembered that blindness thus inflicted was one of the tortu...
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לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ וְ לֹ֣א יָבִ֑ינוּ כִּ֣י
טַ֤ח
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY
Isaiah 44:12-20
We are here conducted to a metal idol factory, Isaiah 44:12. As we
enter, we are forewarned that we shall find the workmen vain, and
their delectable things unpr...
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The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5) contains the
gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a
description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come
to...
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They have not known nor understood: (y) for he hath shut their eyes,
that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.
(y) The prophet gives here an answer to all them who wonder...
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_Covered. Septuagint, "darkened." Are Catholics in the same
predicament? (Chap. xl. 18.) (Haydock)_...
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What a fine contrast does this view of the dung-hill god of a man's
own creating, form with what went before, in which the glory of
Jehovah is so sublimely set forth! If there were not facts existing...
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18._They have not known or understood. _He concludes that it is
impossible that men endued with reason should have fallen into this
mistake, if they had not been altogether blind and mad; for if any
s...
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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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THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN NOR UNDERSTOOD,.... Who the true God is, nor the
worship that is due to him alone; they do not know nor understand
divine and spiritual things; nay, they have not the knowledge and...
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They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that
they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Ver. 18. _They have not known nor understood._] How should they...
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_They have not known_, &c. They want common discretion, and have not
the understanding of a rational being in them. For what an absurdity
is it for a man to dress his meat and make his god with the sa...
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THE VANITY OF IDOLATRY OVER AGAINST JEHOVAH...
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They have not known nor understood, they do not realize the
inconsistency of their conduct; FOR HE HATH SHUT THEIR EYES, rather,
their eyes are daubed shut, THAT THEY CANNOT SEE, AND THEIR HEARTS
THAT...
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SHUT:
_ Heb._ daubed...
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9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters.
Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an
image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man grea...
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THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD: this showeth that they want common
discretion, and have not the understanding of a man in them. _He_, to
wit, God; who is easily understood, and is oft expressed by...
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Isaiah 44:18 know H3045 (H8804) understand H995 (H8799) shut H2902
(H8804) eyes H5869 see H7200 ...
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ISAIAH REVEALS THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY (ISAIAH 44:10).
Note the contrast of this passage with what precedes it. Isaiah brings
out that while it is Yahweh Who formed Israel, the idol is merely
fashioned...
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In this chapter, God encourages his Church by a promise of the
visitation of his Spirit. Oh, that it may be fulfilled to us also!
Isaiah 44:1. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I hav...
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This evening, we will read two Chapter s from Isaiah's prophecy, the
forty-fourth and the fifty-fifth, and a few verses from the
twenty-third chapter of the second Book of Samuel. May the Lord bless
a...
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Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I
have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from
the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;...
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Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I
have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from
the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my Servant;...
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CONTENTS: The promise of the Spirit and the coming restoration. The
folly of idolatry.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Cyrus.
CONCLUSION: There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite and
therefore...
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Isaiah 44:5. _Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord._
This phrase is somewhat obscure; it is not said whether they signed a
covenant, or imprinted some mark on their hand. The latter sen...
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_They that make a graven image_
THE VANITY OF GRAVEN IMAGES
Substituting homely prose for glowing poetry we may, after a fashion,
reduce the prophet’s thought to propositions like the following--
1...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 44:18 As in v. Isaiah 44:9, God judges
idolatrous worship. ABOMINATION. See...
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IDOL-MAKERS
Isaiah 44:9. _They that make a graven image, &c._
What have we in this section of this chapter? An effective exposure of
the folly of a practice that was almost universal! A fact in itsel...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 44:1
A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This
section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1; of which it ought to
form
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus
saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which
will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesh...
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2 Corinthians 4:3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 2:14; 2 Thessalonians
2:9;...
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Not known — This shews that they have not the understanding of a
man. For he — God. Not as if God did make men wicked; he only
permits them so to be, and orders, and over — rules their wickedness
to h...