I, even I, have spoken. Yes, I have called him. I have brought him and he shall make his way prosperous.
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I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
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I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 48:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- Isaiah 45:1-2 Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut: “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of bronze in pieces and cut apart the bars of iron.
- Psalms 45:4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
- Ezekiel 1:2 In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 48:15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I…
Isa 48:15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Ver. 15. I have brought him.] Heb., Made him to go, or caused him to come, who of himself had no such mind to come on such a design. Herodotus telleth us that Cyrus had once resolved to abandon the siege of Babylon as unfeasible: but God altered his mind, as we here read, and prospered his work.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I, even I; both the foreknowledge and the execution…
I, even I; both the foreknowledge and the execution of this great achievement cannot be ascribed to idols, but to me only.
He shall make his way prosperous; God will give him good success in this undertaking. Here is a sudden change of the person from I to he, which is very usual. Or, as others render it, he shall prosper in his way; the preposition in being most frequently understood.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I, even I, have spoken,.... What I will do,…
I, even I, have spoken,.... What I will do, and what shall certainly come to pass; for not one word of the Lord ever fails; what he has spoken he will make good; what he has said to his Son in his council, and in covenant, or has delivered out by promise or prophecy, Num 23:19,
yea, I have called him; not Abraham, as the Targum; but Cyrus, whom he called by name, as well as called him to his work and office as a deliverer of his people, Isa 45:4 and so he called Christ also to his work and office, which he did not take to himself, but was called of God, Heb 5:4, I have brought him; from a far country, from Persia to Babylon; and who has also brought forth his servant, the branch, the Messiah, Zac 3:8,
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and he shall make his way prosperous; or "his way shall be prosperous" (m); being made so by the Lord, who directed his way, and removed all difficulties and obstructions in it, Isa 45:1 and so the pleasure of the Lord has prospered in the hands of Christ, who has succeeded in the work of redemption and salvation he was called to, Isa 53:11, these are the words of God the Father, confirming what the Messiah said in the preceding, and who is introduced speaking in the next verse.
(m) "et prosperabitur via ejus", Pagninus, Montanus; "critique prospera via ejus", Vitringa.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain I, even I, have spoken - The word ‘I’…
I, even I, have spoken - The word ‘I’ is repeated to give emphasis, and to furnish the utmost security that it should be certainly accomplished. It means, that Yahweh, and he alone, had declared this, and that it was entirely by his power that Cyrus had been raised up, and had been made prosperous.
Yea, I have called him - (See the note at Isa 41:2).
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I have brought him - I have led him on his way in his conquests.
And he shall make his way prosperous - There is a change of person in this verse, from the first to the third, which is quite common in the writings of Isaiah.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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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 brought--led him on his way.
brought--led him on his way.
he--change from the first to the third person [BARNES]. Jehovah shall make his (Cyrus') way prosperous.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. I, even I, have spoken… I have called…
15. I, even I, have spoken… I have called — The Lord is here the speaker. The thrice-repeated “I” denotes the strength of purpose — the certainty of the fulfilment of the prediction.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I have called him. (comp. Isa_46:11, "Calling a ravenous…
I have called him. (comp. Isa_46:11, "Calling a ravenous bird from the east Cyrus is represented as raised up by God, "called" by him, and commissioned by him "to do all his pleasure." God has brought him on his way, and made that way prosperous. According to the account of Herodotus, Cyrus received no check of any kind until the last expedition, in which he lost his life. His "prosperity" was beyond that of almost any other commander.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 48:15 I will send him and will help him…
48:15 I will send him and will help him succeed: Cyrus would humiliate Babylon and liberate Israel (45:1-4).
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