26Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
28When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
29Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
26 Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and before, that we may say, ‘He is right?’ Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27 I am the first to say to Zion, ‘Behold, look at them;’ and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
28 When I look, there is no man, even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
29 Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
KJVKing James Version
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
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JPSJPS Tanakh (1917)
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say that he is right? Yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that announceth, yea, there is none that heareth your utterances.
27 A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings.
28 And I look, but there is no man; even among them, but there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can give an answer.
29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Has there ever been a righteous person?Job 15:14, Isaiah 64:6, and Romans 3:10 deny anyone is righteous — all our righteousness is as filthy rags, there is none righteous, no, not one.
Isaiah 40:9(v27)You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it…
Isaiah 41:22(v26)“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the…
Isaiah 44:7(v26)Who is like me? Who will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? Let them declare…
Isaiah 52:7(v27)How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims…
Jeremiah 5:13(v29)The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them.”
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Isaiah 41:24(v29)Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
Isaiah 44:28(v27)Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the…
Isaiah 45:21(v26)Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I,…
Isaiah 63:5(v28)I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My…
Isaiah 43:9(v26)Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let…
Isaiah 48:3(v27)I have declared the former things from of old. Yes, they went out of my mouth, and I revealed them. I did them suddenly, and they happened.
Nahum 1:15(v27)Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the…
Habakkuk 2:18-20(v26)“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions…
Ezra 1:1-2(v27)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit…
Psalms 115:4-8(v29)Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they don’t speak. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They…
Psalms 135:15-18(v29)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they can’t speak. They have eyes, but they…
Isaiah 40:13-14(v28)Who has directed Yahweh’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor? Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him…
Isaiah 41:4(v27)Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”
Isaiah 43:10(v27)“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he.…
Isaiah 44:6(v27)This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there…
Isaiah 44:9-20(v29)Everyone who makes a carved image is vain. The things that they delight in will not profit. Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that…
Isaiah 48:12(v27)“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
Isaiah 50:2(v28)Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? Or…
Isaiah 59:16(v28)He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his…
Jeremiah 10:2-16(v29)Yahweh says, “Don’t learn the way of the nations, and don’t be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them. For…
Daniel 2:10-11(v28)The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord,…
Daniel 4:7-8(v28)Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make…
Daniel 5:8(v28)Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing, and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.
Habakkuk 2:18(v29)“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions…
Luke 2:10-11(v27)The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. For there is born…
Romans 10:15(v27)And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace,…
Revelation 2:8(v27)“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv26–28Meaning, that none of the Gentile gods can work…
Meaning, that none of the Gentile gods can work any of these things.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv26–29Isa 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that…
Isa 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] righteous? yea, [there is] none that sheweth, yea, [there is] none that declareth, yea, [there is] none that heareth your words.
Ver. 26. Who hath declared?] Who, besides myself, ever did or could predict such a thing? If any other hath done it, we will do him right, called him a god.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv26–29Who hath declared from the beginning? which of all…
Who hath declared from the beginning? which of all your idols did or could foretell such things as this from the beginning of the world unto this day? They never yet did nor can foretell any such things, further than I think fit to reveal it to them.
Beforetime; either in time past, or before the things come to pass.
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That we may say, that we may be convinced and forced to acknowledge,
He is righteous; his cause now pleaded is just and good; he. is a God indeed as he pretends to be, he claims his Divinity by a good title.
Yea, there is none; Heb. surely there is none of your gods that hath done or can do this, and therefore their claim to the Deity is false and foolish.
There is none that heareth your words; none of your worshippers ever heard any such thing, either from you or of you; nor indeed doth any man hear your words, because you are dumb, and cannot speak.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv26–29Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may…
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?.... Who of the idols, or of their priests, that have declared things future before they came to pass, or ever predicted such an event as this before mentioned; which, if understood of Cyrus, was an hundred and fifty years before it came to pass; and if of Constantine, near a thousand years:
and before time, that we may say, he is righteous? that is, who hath declared things before the time of the accomplishment of them, and they have come to pass, as they have been declared? by which it may be known that they are gods, or the priests of such that are so, by their having prescience of future events, or the spirit of prophecy; and so it may be said of them, that they are just in their pretensions, and have a rightful claim to deity, or are true prophets; so the Targum,
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"that we may say it is true''
yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that declareth; that shows and declares things to come, or such as the true God shows and declares:
yea, there is none that heareth your words; none of your worshippers that ever heard you speak a word, who, when they have prayed to you, could never have an answer; and therefore you have no just claim to deity; or ever heard any of your prophets say such a thing should come to pass, and it did.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn vv26–29Who - Which of your idols could foretel such…
Who - Which of your idols could foretel such things as these from the beginning of the world unto this day? Before-time - Before the things come to pass. Righteous - His cause is good: he is a God indeed. Heareth - Because you are dumb and cannot speak.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv26–28Verse 26. Your word] אמרתיכם imrntheychem; but, instead of…
Verse 26. Your word] אמרתיכם imrntheychem; but, instead of this, one of my most ancient MSS. has דבריכם dibreychem. The meaning is nearly the same: but in this reading this MS. is singular.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn vv26–28Isa 41:26. Who hath declared from the beginning —…
Isa 41:26. Who hath declared from the beginning — Which of your idols could foretel such things as these from the beginning of the world unto this day? And beforetime — Before the things come to pass. That we may say, He is righteous — His cause is good; he is a God indeed. Yea, there is none that showeth — Hebrew, surely, there is none of your gods that hath done or can do this, and therefore their claim to divinity is false and foolish. There is none that heareth your words — Because you are dumb and cannot speak.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv26–29Who hath declared from the beginning - The meaning…
Who hath declared from the beginning - The meaning of this passage is, ‘there is no one among the soothsayers, and the worshippers of idols, who has predicted the birth, the character, and the conquests of Cyrus. There is among the pagan no recorded prediction on the subject, as there is among the Jews, that when he shall have come, it may be said that a prediction is accomplished.’
And before-time - Formerly; before the event occurred.
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That we may say - That it may be said; that there may be evidence, or reason for the affirmation.
He is righteous - The words ‘he is’ are not in the Hebrew ·The original is simply ‘righteous’ (צדיק tsaddı̂yq), just, that is, it is just, or true; the prediction is fulfilled. It does not refer to the character of God, but to the certainty of the fulfillment of the prediction.
There is none that showeth - There is no one among the worshippers of false gods, the soothsayers and necromancers, that has predicted these events.
None that heareth your words - There is no one that has heard such a prediction among you.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary1859 · Public DomainOn vv26, 28Just, or "the just one," (Haydock) that we may…
Just, or "the just one," (Haydock) that we may recognise Cyrus at once. --- Your words. He addresses the idols. You cannot dive into futurity. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn vv26–29Who--of the idolatrous soothsayers? When this prophecy shall be…
Who--of the idolatrous soothsayers? When this prophecy shall be fulfilled, all shall see that God foretold as to Cyrus, which none of the soothsayers have.
beforetime--before the event occurred.
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He is righteous--rather, "It is true"; it was a true prophecy, as the event shows. "He is righteous," in English Version, must be interpreted, The fulfilment of the idol's words proves that he is faithful.
showeth, &c.--rather, "there was none (of the soothsayers) that showed . . . declared--no one has heard your words" foretelling the event.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv26–2826. Who hath declared from the beginning — The…
26. Who hath declared from the beginning — The questioned resumed as respects idols. Which of them ever gave a prediction at all? Which of them could even affirm as I, Jehovah, have affirmed of Cyrus?
He is righteous — A better translation, at least of the thought, is that of Cowles: “Who has declared [any thing] from the beginning, that we may know [it,] and from before the event, and we will say, Right. [It is true.] Verily there has been no such revealer, no such publisher; not one who has heard your words — that is, real predictions.”
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv26–2926. He is righteous] He is in the right…
26. He is righteous] He is in the right (cf. Exo_9:27); or, simply, Right! (cf. ch. Isa_43:9), although the adj. is always used of persons, except in Deu_4:8 (of the divine ordinances).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv26–29(26) Who hath declared . . .—The words paint…
(26) Who hath declared . . .—The words paint once more the startling suddenness of the conquests of the Persian king. He was to come as a comet or a meteor. None of all the oracles in Assyria or Babylon, or in the far coasts to which the Phœnicians sent their ships of Tarshish, had anticipated this.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv26–28Who hath declared from the beginning? Which of the…
Who hath declared from the beginning? Which of the idol-gods has announced the coming of a conqueror? If any, we on Jehovah"s side are quite willing to acknowledge it, and to say, He is righteous; or rather, he is right. But, in fact, there is none of them that showeth, none that declareth no one has heard of any such announcement as delivered by any of them.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Biblical Illustrator1887 · Public DomainOn v27One that bringeth good tidings
Isa_41:27
One that bringeth good tidings
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Divine ordination
I.
MINISTERS ARE DIVINELY ORDAINED. They come from God. f will give. The ministry is not one of the literary professions, nor a secular office. Colleges and seminaries do not make them.
II. THEY ARE A GIFT OF GODS GRACE. Neither the Churchs merit, wealth, or respectability has s claim to them, nor does a salary hire them, nor ordination commission them in the highest sense. They are a benefaction.
III. THE MINISTERS CHIEF WORK IS TO BE THE BEARER OF GOOD TIDINGS. It does not exclude other things that accompany salvation, but the Gospel proclamation is to be his specific, constant, cheerful, enthusiastic, confident employment. In season, out of season, in pulpit and private, his heart and lips are to overflow with the good tidings. Because--
1. They are what men, all men, all men everywhere and always need, and need most imperatively.
2. The more the good tidings are preached the more open is the way for everything else connected with the pastors work, and the more effective all departments of his ministry.
3. It, and it alone, is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation and sanctification. (Homiletic Review.)
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The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On v27General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking.
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not one among them
"not one idol"
their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness
Yahweh speaks of the worthlessness of the idols as if the idols are wind and nothing at all. AT: "their idols are all worthless" (See: Metaphor)
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Meaning, that none of the Gentile gods can work…
Meaning, that none of the Gentile gods can work any of these things.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Isa 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that…
Isa 41:26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] righteous? yea, [there is] none that sheweth, yea, [there is] none that declareth, yea, [there is] none that heareth your words.
Ver. 26. Who hath declared?] Who, besides myself, ever did or could predict such a thing? If any other hath done it, we will do him right, called him a god.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Who hath declared from the beginning? which of all…
Who hath declared from the beginning? which of all your idols did or could foretell such things as this from the beginning of the world unto this day? They never yet did nor can foretell any such things, further than I think fit to reveal it to them.
Beforetime; either in time past, or before the things come to pass.
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That we may say, that we may be convinced and forced to acknowledge,
He is righteous; his cause now pleaded is just and good; he. is a God indeed as he pretends to be, he claims his Divinity by a good title.
Yea, there is none; Heb. surely there is none of your gods that hath done or can do this, and therefore their claim to the Deity is false and foolish.
There is none that heareth your words; none of your worshippers ever heard any such thing, either from you or of you; nor indeed doth any man hear your words, because you are dumb, and cannot speak.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may…
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know?.... Who of the idols, or of their priests, that have declared things future before they came to pass, or ever predicted such an event as this before mentioned; which, if understood of Cyrus, was an hundred and fifty years before it came to pass; and if of Constantine, near a thousand years:
and before time, that we may say, he is righteous? that is, who hath declared things before the time of the accomplishment of them, and they have come to pass, as they have been declared? by which it may be known that they are gods, or the priests of such that are so, by their having prescience of future events, or the spirit of prophecy; and so it may be said of them, that they are just in their pretensions, and have a rightful claim to deity, or are true prophets; so the Targum,
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"that we may say it is true''
yea, there is none that showeth, yea, there is none that declareth; that shows and declares things to come, or such as the true God shows and declares:
yea, there is none that heareth your words; none of your worshippers that ever heard you speak a word, who, when they have prayed to you, could never have an answer; and therefore you have no just claim to deity; or ever heard any of your prophets say such a thing should come to pass, and it did.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Who - Which of your idols could foretel such…
Who - Which of your idols could foretel such things as these from the beginning of the world unto this day? Before-time - Before the things come to pass. Righteous - His cause is good: he is a God indeed. Heareth - Because you are dumb and cannot speak.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Verse 26. Your word] אמרתיכם imrntheychem; but, instead of…
Verse 26. Your word] אמרתיכם imrntheychem; but, instead of this, one of my most ancient MSS. has דבריכם dibreychem. The meaning is nearly the same: but in this reading this MS. is singular.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Isa 41:26. Who hath declared from the beginning —…
Isa 41:26. Who hath declared from the beginning — Which of your idols could foretel such things as these from the beginning of the world unto this day? And beforetime — Before the things come to pass. That we may say, He is righteous — His cause is good; he is a God indeed. Yea, there is none that showeth — Hebrew, surely, there is none of your gods that hath done or can do this, and therefore their claim to divinity is false and foolish. There is none that heareth your words — Because you are dumb and cannot speak.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Who hath declared from the beginning - The meaning…
Who hath declared from the beginning - The meaning of this passage is, ‘there is no one among the soothsayers, and the worshippers of idols, who has predicted the birth, the character, and the conquests of Cyrus. There is among the pagan no recorded prediction on the subject, as there is among the Jews, that when he shall have come, it may be said that a prediction is accomplished.’
And before-time - Formerly; before the event occurred.
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That we may say - That it may be said; that there may be evidence, or reason for the affirmation.
He is righteous - The words ‘he is’ are not in the Hebrew ·The original is simply ‘righteous’ (צדיק tsaddı̂yq), just, that is, it is just, or true; the prediction is fulfilled. It does not refer to the character of God, but to the certainty of the fulfillment of the prediction.
There is none that showeth - There is no one among the worshippers of false gods, the soothsayers and necromancers, that has predicted these events.
None that heareth your words - There is no one that has heard such a prediction among you.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv26, 28 Just, or "the just one," (Haydock) that we may…
Just, or "the just one," (Haydock) that we may recognise Cyrus at once. --- Your words. He addresses the idols. You cannot dive into futurity. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv26–29 Who--of the idolatrous soothsayers? When this prophecy shall be…
Who--of the idolatrous soothsayers? When this prophecy shall be fulfilled, all shall see that God foretold as to Cyrus, which none of the soothsayers have.
beforetime--before the event occurred.
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He is righteous--rather, "It is true"; it was a true prophecy, as the event shows. "He is righteous," in English Version, must be interpreted, The fulfilment of the idol's words proves that he is faithful.
showeth, &c.--rather, "there was none (of the soothsayers) that showed . . . declared--no one has heard your words" foretelling the event.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv26–28 26. Who hath declared from the beginning — The…
26. Who hath declared from the beginning — The questioned resumed as respects idols. Which of them ever gave a prediction at all? Which of them could even affirm as I, Jehovah, have affirmed of Cyrus?
He is righteous — A better translation, at least of the thought, is that of Cowles: “Who has declared [any thing] from the beginning, that we may know [it,] and from before the event, and we will say, Right. [It is true.] Verily there has been no such revealer, no such publisher; not one who has heard your words — that is, real predictions.”
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv26–29 26. He is righteous] He is in the right…
26. He is righteous] He is in the right (cf. Exo_9:27); or, simply, Right! (cf. ch. Isa_43:9), although the adj. is always used of persons, except in Deu_4:8 (of the divine ordinances).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv26–29 (26) Who hath declared . . .—The words paint…
(26) Who hath declared . . .—The words paint once more the startling suddenness of the conquests of the Persian king. He was to come as a comet or a meteor. None of all the oracles in Assyria or Babylon, or in the far coasts to which the Phœnicians sent their ships of Tarshish, had anticipated this.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv26–28 Who hath declared from the beginning? Which of the…
Who hath declared from the beginning? Which of the idol-gods has announced the coming of a conqueror? If any, we on Jehovah"s side are quite willing to acknowledge it, and to say, He is righteous; or rather, he is right. But, in fact, there is none of them that showeth, none that declareth no one has heard of any such announcement as delivered by any of them.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v27 One that bringeth good tidings
Isa_41:27
One that bringeth good tidings
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Divine ordination
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MINISTERS ARE DIVINELY ORDAINED. They come from God. f will give. The ministry is not one of the literary professions, nor a secular office. Colleges and seminaries do not make them.
II. THEY ARE A GIFT OF GODS GRACE. Neither the Churchs merit, wealth, or respectability has s claim to them, nor does a salary hire them, nor ordination commission them in the highest sense. They are a benefaction.
III. THE MINISTERS CHIEF WORK IS TO BE THE BEARER OF GOOD TIDINGS. It does not exclude other things that accompany salvation, but the Gospel proclamation is to be his specific, constant, cheerful, enthusiastic, confident employment. In season, out of season, in pulpit and private, his heart and lips are to overflow with the good tidings. Because--
1. They are what men, all men, all men everywhere and always need, and need most imperatively.
2. The more the good tidings are preached the more open is the way for everything else connected with the pastors work, and the more effective all departments of his ministry.
3. It, and it alone, is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation and sanctification. (Homiletic Review.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v27 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking.
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not one among them
"not one idol"
their cast metal figures are wind and emptiness
Yahweh speaks of the worthlessness of the idols as if the idols are wind and nothing at all. AT: "their idols are all worthless" (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv26–27 41:26 Idols and false gods could not predict the…
41:26 Idols and false gods could not predict the future.
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