Isaías 45:19

19 Yo proclamo firmes promesas en público;
no susurro cosas oscuras en algún rincón escondido.
No le habría dicho al pueblo de Israel
que me buscara
si no fuera posible encontrarme.
Yo, el Señor
, solo digo la verdad,
y solo declaro lo correcto.

Isaías 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 ) .

Isaías 45:19 In-Context

17 Pero el Señor
salvará al pueblo de Israel
con salvación eterna;
por los siglos de los siglos,
nunca más será humillado ni avergonzado.

18 Pues el Señor
es Dios;
él creó los cielos y la tierra
y puso todas las cosas en su lugar.
Él hizo el mundo para ser habitado,
no para que fuera un lugar vacío y de caos.
«Yo soy el Señor
—afirma—,
y no hay otro.

19 Yo proclamo firmes promesas en público;
no susurro cosas oscuras en algún rincón escondido.
No le habría dicho al pueblo de Israel
que me buscara
si no fuera posible encontrarme.
Yo, el Señor
, solo digo la verdad,
y solo declaro lo correcto.

20 »Reúnanse y vengan,
fugitivos de las naciones vecinas.
¡Qué necios son los que llevan consigo sus ídolos de madera
y dirigen sus oraciones a dioses que no pueden salvarlos!

21 Consulten entre ustedes, defiendan su causa;
reúnanse y resuelvan qué decir.
¿Quién dio a conocer estas cosas desde hace mucho?
¿Cuál de los ídolos alguna vez les dijo que iban a suceder?
¿Acaso no fui yo, el Señor
?
Pues no hay otro dios aparte de mí,
un Dios justo y Salvador;
fuera de mí no hay otro.