Isaiah 44:20-28

20 Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

21 “Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant. I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you.

22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”

23 Sing for joy, you heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, you earth beneath. Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel.

Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,

25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense,

26 who carries out the words of his servants and fulfills the predictions of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’ of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’ and of their ruins, ‘I will restore them,’

27 who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your streams,’

28 who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd and will accomplish all that I please; he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,” and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.” ’

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Isaiah 44:20-28 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 36

1. Psalms 102:9
2. S Job 15:31; Ro 1:21-23,28; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 2 Timothy 3:13
3. S Deuteronomy 4:28; Hosea 10:5; Hosea 13:2
4. Isa 59:3,4,13; Jeremiah 9:3; Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 51:17; Romans 1:25
5. Isaiah 46:8; Zechariah 10:9
6. S Isaiah 43:1
7. S Psalms 136:22; S Isaiah 27:11; ver 1-2
8. Psalms 27:10; Isaiah 49:15; Jeremiah 31:20
9. S 2 Samuel 12:13; S 2 Chronicles 6:21; Isaiah 43:25; Acts 3:19
10. S Job 22:23; Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 36:3; Malachi 3:7
11. S Isaiah 33:24; S Matthew 20:28; 1 Corinthians 6:20
12. S Psalms 98:4; S Isaiah 12:6; Isaiah 42:10
13. S 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalms 148:7
14. S Psalms 98:8
15. S Psalms 65:13
16. S Exodus 6:6; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 62:12
17. S Exodus 16:7; S Leviticus 10:3; S Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 43:7; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 49:3; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:9,21; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 30:19
18. S Job 19:25; Isaiah 43:14
19. S Isaiah 27:11
20. S Psalms 139:13
21. S Genesis 2:1; S Isaiah 42:5
22. S Genesis 1:1
23. Psalms 33:10
24. Leviticus 19:26; 1 Samuel 6:2; Isaiah 2:6; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 47:13; Jeremiah 27:9; Daniel 2:2,10; Daniel 4:7; Micah 3:7; Zechariah 10:2
25. S Job 5:13; 1 Corinthians 1:27
26. 2 Samuel 15:31; 1 Corinthians 1:19-20
27. Isaiah 59:21; Zechariah 1:6
28. Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 55:11; Jeremiah 23:20; Jeremiah 39:16; Lamentations 2:17; Daniel 9:12; S Matthew 5:18
29. S Isaiah 1:1
30. S Psalms 74:3; S Isaiah 51:3
31. S Ezra 9:9; S Psalms 51:18; Isaiah 49:8-21; S Isaiah 61:4
32. S Isaiah 11:15; S Isaiah 19:5; Revelation 16:12
33. S 2 Chronicles 36:22; S Isaiah 41:2
34. S Isaiah 14:32
35. Ezra 1:2-4
36. S Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 58:12