Isaiah 44:19-28

19 No one recalls * *, nor is there ¹knowledge or understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an ²abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!"

20 He ³feeds on ashes; a ⁴deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, "⁵Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

God Forgives and Redeems

21 "⁶Remember these things, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are ⁷My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant, O Israel, you will ⁸not be forgotten by Me.

22 "I have ⁹wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. ¹⁰Return to Me, for I have ¹¹redeemed you."

23 ¹²Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth; ¹³Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it; For ¹⁴the LORD has redeemed Jacob And in Israel He ¹⁵shows forth His glory.

24 Thus says the LORD, your ¹⁶Redeemer, and the one who ¹⁷formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, ¹⁸Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all * alone *,

25 ¹⁹Causing the omens of boasters to fail, Making fools out of diviners, ²⁰Causing wise men to draw back And turning their knowledge into foolishness,

26 ²¹Confirming the word of His servant And performing the purpose of His messengers. It is I who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited!' And of the ²²cities of Judah, '²³They shall be built.' And I will raise up her ruins again.

27 "It is I who says to the depth of the sea, 'Be dried up!' And I will make your rivers ²⁴dry.

28 "It is I who says of ²⁵Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd! And he will perform all My desire.' And he declares of Jerusalem, '²⁶She will be built,' And of the temple, 'Your foundation will be laid.' "

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Isaiah 44:19-28 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

Cross References 26

1. Isaiah 5:13; Isaiah 44:18, 19; Isaiah 45:20
2. Deuteronomy 27:15; 1 Kings 11:5, 7; 2 Kings 23:13, 14
3. Psalms 102:9
4. Job 15:31; Hosea 4:12; Romans 1:21, 22; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 2 Timothy 3:13
5. Isaiah 57:11; Isaiah 59:3, 4, 13; Romans 1:25
6. Isaiah 46:8; Zechariah 10:9
7. Isaiah 44:1, 2
8. Isaiah 49:15
9. Psalms 51:1, 9; Isaiah 43:25; Acts 3:19
10. Isaiah 31:6; Isaiah 55:7
11. Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 48:20; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18, 19
12. Psalms 69:34; Psalms 96:11, 12; Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 49:13
13. Psalms 98:7, 8; Psalms 148:7, 9; Isaiah 55:12
14. Isaiah 43:1
15. Isaiah 49:3; Isaiah 61:3
16. Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14
17. Isaiah 44:2
18. Isaiah 40:22; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 45:12, 18; Isaiah 51:13
19. Isaiah 47:13
20. 2 Samuel 15:31; Job 5:12-14; Psalms 33:10; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 51:57; 1 Corinthians 1:20, 27
21. Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 5:18
22. Isaiah 40:9
23. Jeremiah 32:15, 44
24. Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 50:2; Jeremiah 50:38; Jeremiah 51:36
25. Isaiah 45:1
26. 2 Chronicles 36:22, 23; Ezra 1:1; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 54:11

Footnotes 13

[a]. Lit "returns to his heart"
[b]. Or "shall I make?"
[c]. Or "shall I fall...?"
[d]. Or "is a companion of ashes"
[e]. Lit "his soul"
[f]. Or "cloud"
[g]. Or "who was with Me?"
[h]. Lit "signs"
[i]. Lit "He makes"
[j]. Lit "He turns"
[k]. Lit "He performs"
[l]. Lit "to say"
[m]. Lit "You will be founded"