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Isaiah 44:21-28

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The Lord Redeems Israel

21 Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are 1my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; 2O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
22 3I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.
23 4Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O 5depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, 6and will be glorified[a] in Israel.
24 Thus says the Lord, 7your Redeemer, 8who formed you from the womb: 9“I am the Lord, who made all things, 10who alone stretched out the heavens, who spread out the earth by myself,
25 who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, 11who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
26 12who confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited, ’ 13and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins’;
27 14who says to the deep, ‘Be dry; I will dry up your rivers’;
28 who says of 15Cyrus, ‘He is 16my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built, ’ 17and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid. ’”
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Isaiah 44:21-28 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 44

In this chapter the Lord comforts his people with the promise of the effusion of his Spirit, and the blessings of his grace upon them; the consequence of which would be fruitfulness in them, and the conversion of others, who should profess themselves the Lord's people, Isa 44:1-5, he proves his deity in opposition to all false gods from his eternity, omniscience, and foretelling future events, Isa 44:6-8, exposes the stupidity of idol makers and the worshippers of them, Isa 44:9-20, makes gracious promises of the remembrance of his people, the remission of their sins, and their redemption by Christ, Isa 44:21-23, of which redemption from Babylon was a type; and of that assurance is given, from the Lord's creating all things by his power; from his frustrating and infatuating diviners and wise men; from his fulfilling his predictions delivered by his prophets; and from his mentioning by name the instrument of their redemption, Cyrus, Isa 44:24-28, which makes way for a particular prophecy concerning him in the next chapter.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 17

  • 1. 44:21 ch. 42:19; See ch. 42:1
  • 2. 44:21 [ch. 49:15]
  • 3. 44:22 ch. 43:25
  • 4. 44:23 ch. 49:13; [ch. 55:12; Ps. 69:34; Jer. 51:48]
  • 5. 44:23 Ps. 63:9; [Hos. 2:21, 22]
  • 6. 44:23 ch. 49:3; [ch. 55:5; 60:9]
  • 7. 44:24 See ch. 43:14
  • 8. 44:24 See ver. 2
  • 9. 44:24 [ch. 42:5]
  • 10. 44:24 ch. 42:5; 45:12
  • 11. 44:25 [ch. 19:3, 14]
  • 12. 44:26 [2 Chr. 36:22]
  • 13. 44:26 [Jer. 32:15, 44]
  • 14. 44:27 ch. 11:15; [ch. 51:10]
  • 15. 44:28 ch. 45:1
  • 16. 44:28 [2 Sam. 5:2; Ps. 78:72]
  • 17. 44:28 ch. 45:13; See 2 Chr. 36:22, 23; Ezra 1:1-3

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 44:23 Or 'will display his beauty'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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