Jacob, here also called Jeshurun, hears Jehovah's reassurance: Spirit poured on the seed like water on thirsty ground, so that individuals will subscribe their hands to Jehovah's name.

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Jacob, here also called Jeshurun, hears Jehovah's reassurance: Spirit poured on the seed like water on thirsty ground, so that individuals will subscribe their hands to Jehovah's name. The King of Israel declares, "I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God," challenging any rival to foretell what is coming. An extended satire then follows the idol from workshop to shrine: the smith labors till faint, the carpenter measures with line and compass, a man plants a cedar, burns half for bread and roast, and worships the residue, never asking, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?" Jehovah blots out transgressions like a cloud, summons heavens, earth, mountains, and forest to sing, frustrates diviners while confirming his servants' word, and names Cyrus "my shepherd," who will order Jerusalem rebuilt and the temple's foundation laid.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–8 I Will Pour Water on Him That Is Thirsty
B. 9–20 The Carpenter Who Warms Himself and Worships the Rest
C. 21–23 I Have Blotted Out Thy Transgressions as a Thick Cloud
D. 24–28 Cyrus My Shepherd Shall Say: Jerusalem, Be Built

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Isaiah 414 verses
- Isaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- Isaiah 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
- Isaiah 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
- Isaiah 41:26Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
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Isaiah 433 verses
- Isaiah 43:1Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Isaiah 43:10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
- Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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Isaiah 423 verses
- Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
- Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
- Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
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Jeremiah 102 verses
- Jeremiah 10:5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
- Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
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1 Kings 112 verses
- 1 Kings 11:5Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
- 1 Kings 11:7At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
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Isaiah 452 verses
- Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
- Isaiah 45:12It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
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Jeremiah 11 verse
- Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
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Isaiah 461 verse
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.