isaiah-46:4

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

HOW GOD CARRIES MEN‘And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.’ Isaiah 46:4 I. Let us see how God carries men.—The first requisite for an upright bearing is ground—something to rest upon. So the soul requires this assurance, and God has confirmed it in His Word: ‘I have made, and I will bear.’ The responsibility of life is God’s; we have been sent here at His will. This instinct has formed... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

YAHWEH IS ABOUT TO ACT SO AS TO ESTABLISH HIS PEOPLE AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR HIS SERVANT (Isaiah 44:24 to Isaiah 48:22 ). As with what has gone before it is necessary for us to determine the viewpoint from which we will see these narratives, and in order to do so we must put ourselves in the shoes of Isaiah. Chapters 1-39 were mainly behind him, Hezekiah was dead, and what lay before him was the future in terms of Manasseh’s reign. That reign had not had a promising beginning. Manasseh had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:3-7

While The Gods Of The Nations Have To Be Borne By Man And Beast, Yahweh Himself In Contrast Bears His People (Isaiah 46:3-7 ). Isaiah 46:3-4 “Listen to me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been borne by me from the belly, Who have been carried from the womb. And even to old age, I am He, And even to grey hairs will I carry you, I have made and I will bear, Yes, I will carry and will deliver.” In contrast with the ignominious situation of the gods of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 46:1-13

Isaiah 46:1-1 Chronicles : . The Helpless Plight of Babylon’ s Gods Contrasted with the Saving Might of Yahweh. Isaiah 46:1 f. In vision the prophet sees the images of Babylon’ s gods (two of the most prominent are named), taken from their proud pedestals and placed upon the victor’ s beasts. So far from delivering others, or even their own images, Bel and Nabu are carried away captive. The general drift is clear, but details are uncertain owing to corruption of the text. Isaiah 46:1 . and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 46:4

And that care and kindness which I have had for you from the beginning, I will continue to you to the end; never forsaking you, unless you wilfully and obstinately cast me off, as the Jews did when their Messiah came. You are my workmanship, both as you are men, and as you are my peculiar people; and therefore I will preserve and deliver you. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 46:4

GOD’S PROMISE TO HIS AGED SERVANTSIsaiah 46:4. And even to your old age I am He, &c.The design of this chapter is to caution the Israelites against the idolatry of the Babylonians, and to prevent their fears of any mischief which idol-gods could do. For this purpose, Isaiah describes the desolation Cyrus should bring upon Babylon, and foretells that he should carry captive their gods, who would be insufficient to help either their worshippers or themselves. And then God calls upon His... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 46:3-5

DISCOURSE: 945GOD’S CARE FOR HIS PEOPLEIsaiah 46:3-5. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, end I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. To whom will you liken me?THAT men who know nothing of the One true God should form to themselves idols to represent imaginary gods, is not so much... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Isaiah 46:4

The God of the Aged A Sermon (No. 81) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, May 25, 1856, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. The substance of which was also delivered at Stambourne, Essex, on the commemoration of the Jubilee of his Grandfather, the REV. JAMES SPURGEON, Tuesday 27th May. 1856. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 46:1-13

Isaiah chapter 46. Now in Isaiah 46:1-13 we get a short contrast between God, the true and the living eternal God that created the heavens and the earth, and the false gods that these people were worshipping. And the tragic thing is these people were the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They had turned to idolatry. And as you read the prophecy of Isaiah and of Jeremiah, they are crying out against the idolatry of the people, warning them that their continued idolatry... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 46:1-13

Isaiah 46:1 . Bel or Baal. See on Numbers 32:38. It is understood that the name is derived from Belus; the history is involved in obscurity. The priests every night prepared him a voluptuous supper, and they and their wives entered by a private door and ate the meat. Daniel detected this imposture, as mentioned in the Apocrypha. Nebo stoopeth. קרס korais, stoops or crouches. His worshippers used to bow to receive his oracles; now the god himself stoopeth. The verb occurs only in this... read more