Thou hast heard... — The appeal is to the conscience of the exiles. They had heard the prediction. They are bidden to consider it all. Should not they declare the impression it had made on them?
I have shewed thee. — Better, I shew thee, as a present incipient act.
New things. — The “new things” are those that lie in a more distant future than the conquests of Cyrus, which are referred to as “former things.”
Verse Isaiah 48:6. _THOU HAST HEARD, SEE ALL THIS _- "Thou didst hear it beforehand; behold, the whole is accomplished"] For חזה _chazeh,_ _see_, a MS. has הזה _hazzeh, this_; thou hast heard the who...
THOU HAST HEARD - You are witnesses that the prediction was uttered long before it was fulfilled. SEE ALL THIS - Behold how it is all fulfilled. Bear witness that the event is as it was predicted. AN...
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....
A RECAPITULATION OF THE ARGUMENT FROM PROPHECY. To the original text a redactor has added a commentary (bracketed below) from a different standpoint. Whereas the prophet regarded Israel as having more...
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I HAVE DECLARED THE FORMER THINGS— The proof is here again drawn from the prediction of casual future events; either because this argument is unanswerable, and adapted to every capacity, or because Is...
I HAVE SHEWED THEE NEW THINGS— The _new things_ refer to the prophesies respecting the deliverance of the Jewish people by Cyrus, and the consequence of that deliverance. _They are created now,_ says...
SOVEREIGN IN WISDOM, CHAPTER 48 a. PROOF TEXT: Isaiah 48:1-8 1 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by th...
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. THOU HAST HEARD, SEE ALL THIS; AND WILL NO...
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...
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Of course, the phrases ‘you heard’ and ‘you saw’ refer to *ancestors before Isaiah’s day. But reports of what God had done in earlier centuries were well-known to Isaiah’s audience....
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...
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּֽ חֲזֵה֙ כֻּלָּ֔הּ וְ אַתֶּ֖ם הֲ ל
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...
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye (g) declare [it]? I have showed ye new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. (g) Will you not acknowledge my blessing...
_Them. Could you have believed them? --- Knowest not. He upbraids their ignorance and indocility._...
Reader! mark, I beseech you, what a gracious expostulation of the Lord is contained in these verses. The Lord retraces the subject from the beginning. He gives his people to see what they were, and wh...
6._Thou hast heard. _This makes it still more clear that the Prophet speaks of a future captivity, and of the redemption by which it should be followed; thus intending to make provision for the advant...
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...
THOU HAST HEARD, SEE ALL THIS: AND WILL YE NOT DECLARE IT?.... You have heard of all these things, how they were foretold before they were; how they came to pass exactly as they were predicted; now lo...
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare [it]? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. Ver. 6. _Thou hast heard, see all this._]...
_Thou hast heard, see all this_ As thou hast heard all these things, from time to time, seriously consider them. _And will not ye declare it_ I call you to witness: must you not be forced to acknowled...
A TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF JACOB...
Thou hast heard, Israel having had plenty of opportunity to investigate. SEE ALL THIS, convincing themselves by personal observation; AND WILL NOT YE DECLARE IT? Are men, in view of the fact that prop...
1-8 The Jews valued themselves on descent from Jacob, and used the name of Jehovah as their God. They prided themselves respecting Jerusalem and the temple, yet there was no holiness in their lives....
THOU HAST HEARD, SEE ALL THIS; as thou hast heard all these things from my mouth, from time to time, so now I advise thee to see, i.e. seriously to consider them, and to lay them to heart. WILL NOT YE...
Isaiah 48:6 heard H8085 (H8804) See H2372 (H8798) declare H5046 (H8686) hear H8085 (H8689) things...
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...
THE FAILURE OF ISRAEL/JUDAH AND HIS INTENTION FOR THEM (ISAIAH 48:1). Isaiah 48:1 “Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, And are come forth out of the waters of Judah....
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...
_See all this_ THINGS SEEN AS A WHOLE The words “See all this,” have been rendered by one of the latest commentators, “See it as a whole. ” This rendering reproduces the prophetic argument. Isaiah h...
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. ⇐...
GOD’S COMMUNICATIONS TO MANKIND Isaiah 48:6. _I have showed thee new things, &c._ I. _The manner of God’s communications_. Prophetic, addressed to the ear, and concerning things hidden from human re...
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...
1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Peter 1:10; Acts 1:8; Amos 3:6; Daniel 12:8;...
See — As thou hast heard all these things, from time to time, seriously consider them. Declare — I call you to witness: must you not be forced to acknowledge the truth of what I say? Shewed — And I ha...