A DECLARATION AGAINST BABYLON, AND A PROMISE OF ISRAEL'S RESTORATION. Having wound up the preceding "controversy" with a reference to his own power to work great results (Isaiah 43:13), Jehovah now brings forward two examples—the discomfiture of Babylon (Isaiah 43:14, Isaiah 43:15), and the recovery and restoration of Israel (Isaiah 43:16-21), both of which he is about to accomplish.
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 43:1-28EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Isaiah 43:14-21The deliverance from Babylon is foretold, but there is reference to greater events. The redemption of sinners by Christ, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the recall of the Jews, are described. All that is to be done…Matthew HenrycommentaryPromises to God's People. (b. c. 708.)PROMISES TO GOD'S PEOPLE. (B. C. 708.) To so low an ebb were the faith and hope of God's people in Babylon brought that there needed line upon line to assure them that they should be released out of their captivity; and…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 43:14For your sake I have sent to Babylon. For Israel's sake God has already, in his counsels, sent to Babylon the instruments of his vengeance—Cyrus and his soldiers—and by their instrumentality has brought down all their n…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 43:14God the Redeemer. Proof of the existence of God is not the proper subject of a revelation made to man in a book. The being of God is assumed by making a revelation in a book. The proper subject of a book-revelation is n…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 43:15The Creator of Israel. An unusual epithet; but comp. Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:7. Your King (see 8:23; 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 12:12; and comp. Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 45:6).Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 43:16The Lord, which maketh a way in the sea. The deliverance out of Egypt is glanced at, to prepare the way for the announcement of deliverance from the hand of Babylon. Then "a way was made in the sea" (Exodus 14:21-29), "…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 43:16-21Three deliverances. In the past, Israel had had one great and unparalleled deliverance, that, namely— I. FROM THE POWER OF EGYPT. With a "mighty hand and a stretched-out arm" God had saved them from the miserable fate o…Joseph S. Exell and contributors