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Isaiah 41:4

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 41:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Who hath wrought and done it? i.e. "by whom has this mighty conqueror been raised up?" Can any of the idol-gods claim him as their protege? Assuredly not. He is my work; I, Jehovah, that have called (into being) the generations (of man) from the beginning (of the world)—I, Jehovah, the First, and with the last, am he that he has done this thing.

By "the First, and with the last"—a favourite phrase in these later chapters (see and )—seems to be meant simply "the Eternal" (comp. , , ; ; ; ).

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