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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 45:11

Ask me of things to come... — As it stands, the verse calls men to consult the Holy One of Israel, and not the oracles of the heathen, about the future, to leave His works to His own control, and this falls in with Isaiah 44:25. A slight alteration of the text gives a meaning much more coherent with the immediate context: Will ye question me concerning things to come, concerning my sons ... will ye command me! This was what they were practically doing when they murmured against the providence of God.

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See also Isaiah 45:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 45:11. _ASK ME OF THINGS TO COME_ - "And he that formeth the things which are to come"] I read ויוצר _veyotser_, without the ו _vau_ suffixed; from the _Septuagint_, who join it in constr...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THUS SAITH THE LORD - This verse is designed still further to illustrate the general subject referred to in this chapter, and especially to show them, that instead of complaining of his designs, or of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 1:4. MAKER. Former, or Fashioner....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD— _Thus,_ &c.—_They ask me of things to come: Would ye then give me commands concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands?_ As much as to say, "You, hypocrites, inquire i...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. OBEDIENCE TEXT: Isaiah 45:9-13 9 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. THUS SAITH THE LORD ... ASK ME OF THINGS...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    45:11 work (d-25) 'Finished work' done with a purpose, as Deuteronomy 32:4 . see chs. 5.12; 41.24; 'act,' 59.6; Psalms 64:9 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Ask, etc.] Read as interrogative, 'Will ye ask.. will ye command me?'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Cyrus was not a *Jew. The *Jews did not think that their God could use a foreigner to benefit God’s special people....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה קְדֹ֥ושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me (n) of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. (n) Instead of murmuring, humble yourse...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _To me. Ask what will come to pass, or direct me how to act._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Perhaps in all the Bible there is not a passage equal to this for showing the Lord's graciousness at his mercy-seat. The expression seems as if the Lord had thrown the reins of government into the han...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11._Thus saith Jehovah. _I have already said, that I do not agree with those who connect this verse with the preceding, as if God, abandoning his just right, gave permission to the Jews to put questio...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, AND HIS MAKER,.... He whose name alone is Jehovah, who is glorious in holiness, the Sanctifier of his people, and the Maker of them, both as creatures, and...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. Ver. 11. _Thus saith the Lord, &c., _] _q.d...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thus saith the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker_ Israel's Maker. A preface this which always ushers in some gracious promise: see Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 43:14; and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, He who has chosen and established Israel as His peculiar people, ASK ME OF THINGS TO COME CONCERNING MY SONS AND CONCERNING THE WORK OF MY H...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    REBUKING THE REPROBATE PEOPLE...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-19 Believers may ask in prayer for what they need; if for their good, it will not be withheld. But how common to hear God called to account for his dealings with man! Cyrus provided for the return...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HIS MAKER; Israel's Maker, who not only created him, as I did all others, but made him a new creature, and a peculiar people to myself. ASK ME OF THINGS TO COME CONCERNING MY SONS, AND CONCERNING THE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 45:11 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 One H6918 Israel H3478 Maker H3335 (H8802) Ask H7592 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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;...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thus saith the Lord. .. Ask Me_ PRAYER AND CRITICISM “Ask Me, but do not criticise Me. ” “Command Me” must mean “leave to My care.” (_Prof. J. Skinner, D. D._) ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAY FROM THE NAME...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE PEOPLE OF A PRAYER-HEARING GOD Isaiah 45:11. _Thus saith the Lord, &c._ A wonderful promise wonderfully fulfilled. The facts and principles involved in it are of perpetual value. I. God has a peo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 6:18; Daniel 2:18; Daniel 9:2; Daniel 9:24; Daniel 9:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thus saith — Will you not allow me that liberty which yourselves take, of disposing of my own children and works, as I see fit?...

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