Yǐsaìyàshū 45:19

19 Wǒ méiyǒu zaì yǐn mì hēiàn zhī dì shuōhuà , wǒ méiyǒu duì Yǎgè de hòuyì shuō , nǐmen xúnqiú wǒ shì túrán de , wǒ Yēhéhuá suǒ jiǎng de shì gōngyì , suǒ shuō de shì zhèngzhí .

Yǐsaìyàshū 45:19 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth,
&c.] In a private whisper, in a muttering manner, and out of the belly, as the Heathen priests did; and from out of cells, dens, and caverns of the earth, from whence the oracles of Heathen deities were delivered; but in a free, open, clear, and public manner, before multitudes, in the face of all men, or where there was a great concourse of people: so Christ delivered the law on Mount Sinai, in an audible manner, attended with a multitude of angels, and before all the people; and when here on earth he said nothing in secret, but openly to the world, in the synagogues and temple of the Jews, where they resorted in great numbers, ( John 18:20 ) and ordered his disciples also to publish on the housetops what they heard with their ears, ( Matthew 10:27 ) : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain;
that is, he never suffered the seed of Jacob, Israelites indeed, praying Jacobs and prevailing Israels, the true worshippers of him, to seek him in vain; to pray unto and worship him to no purpose, or without fruit to themselves; for all such who seek him early and earnestly, heartily and diligently, and where he may be found, always find him; he receives them, and not rejects them; and they receive that from him which is worth seeking after, and amply rewards all their trouble. The Targum is,

``nor have I said to the seed of the house of Jacob in vain, seek my fear:''

I the Lord speak righteousness;
the word of righteousness, the doctrine of justification by his own righteousness; that which he wrought out by his obedience, sufferings, and death, he declared and brought near in the ministry of the word; see ( Isaiah 46:13 ) . The Targum renders it, "truth"; grace and truth came by Christ, ( John 1:17 ) : I declare things that are right;
according to right reason, agreeably to the word of God, both law and Gospel, fit for men to receive, and what made for his own and his Father's glory; see ( Proverbs 8:6 Proverbs 8:18 ) .

Yǐsaìyàshū 45:19 In-Context

17 Wéiyǒu Yǐsèliè bì méng Yēhéhuá de zhĕngjiù , dé yǒngyuǎn de jiùēn . nǐmen bì bù méng xiū , yĕ bù bào kuì , zhídào yǒng shì wú jǐn .

18 Chuàngzào zhū tiān de Yēhéhuá , zhìzào chéngquán dàdì de shén , tā chuàngzào jiāndéng dàdì , bìng fēi shǐ dì huāngliáng , shì yào gĕi rén jūzhù . tā rúcǐ shuō , wǒ shì Yēhéhuá , zaì méiyǒu bié shén .

19 Wǒ méiyǒu zaì yǐn mì hēiàn zhī dì shuōhuà , wǒ méiyǒu duì Yǎgè de hòuyì shuō , nǐmen xúnqiú wǒ shì túrán de , wǒ Yēhéhuá suǒ jiǎng de shì gōngyì , suǒ shuō de shì zhèngzhí .

20 Nǐmen cóng liè guó taótuō de rén , yào yītóng jùjí qián lái . nàxiē tái zhe diāokè mùǒu , dǎogào bùnéng jiù rén zhī shén de , haó wúzhī zhì .

21 Nǐmen yào shùshuō chén míng nǐmen de lǐ , ràng tāmen bǐcǐ shāngyì . shuí cóng gǔ shí zhǐ míng , shuí cóng shànggǔ shùshuō , bú shì wǒ Yēhéhuá ma , chúle wǒ yǐwaì , zaì méiyǒu shén . wǒ shì gōngyì de shén , yòu shì jiù zhǔ , chúle wǒ yǐwaì , zaì méiyǒu bié shén .