Tell ye, and bring them near, and let them take
counsel
together
Tell them what I say of their ignorance and stupidity; and gather
them all together, their gods, their makers, and their
worshippers, and let them lay their heads together, and consult
what proof they are able to give of their divinities,
particularly by foretelling things to come: who hath
declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from
that
time?
that is, who of all their gods or priests have ever declared this
or anyone thing at any distance of time before it came to pass?
either this everlasting salvation of my people, or the redemption
by Cyrus, which was a type of it, and was spoken of beforehand?
have ever any of them foretold anything like this, and it came to
pass as predicted? not one of them. Have not I the
Lord?
he had. Christ, by his Spirit in the prophets, signified before
hand his sufferings and his death, and the glory that should
follow, ( 1 Peter 1:11
) and when he was here on earth, he foretold his being betrayed
to the chief priests; his being delivered to the Gentiles; his
scourging and crucifixion, and resurrection from the dead; all
which came to pass exactly as he had predicted, ( Matthew
20:18 Matthew
20:19 ) : and there is no God else beside me; a just
God and a Saviour:
there is "none beside me", Christ is the one God with the Father
and Spirit, and there is no other; nor any Saviour of lost
sinners, but him; there is salvation in him, and in no other; and
he is "just" in things pertaining to God, in satisfying his
justice, and fulfilling his law; he was set forth as Mediator to
declare his righteousness, and which is displayed in the work of
redemption by him; so that God is just, while he is the justifier
of him that believes in him, ( Romans 3:25 Romans 3:26 ) .