The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 44:22
Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressionsSin blotted outThe meaning of the verse may be--He who offered his sacrifice aright, was as sure that the sin for which he offered it was blotted out, as that the smoke of the sacrifice was dispersed by the wind, and was no longer discernible.(E. Thompson, D. D.)Blotting out sin: a classical side-light:“This decree made the danger then hanging over the city, pass away like a cloud.” (Demosthenes.)Clouds and sins:Clouds do good;... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 44:21-22
Isaiah 44:21-22Remember these, O Jacob and IsraelGod’s Israel not forgottenThis verse, standing in connection with the following, is a call to Jacob and Israel to return to the Lord.Many are the arguments used to induce them to do so. 1. “Remember these” idolaters, their follies, their wickednesses, their wretched and miserable condition, and forget not that you were guilty once as they are. It is well to retrace our past history, often to do it, to be reminded of what we once were in the days... read more