Isaiah 63:8
in Isaiah 63For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.
KJV
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
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This verse in Isaiah 63
Commentary
10 notes on this verseSo he was their Savior. In all their affliction “And he became their Savior in all their distress” - I have followed the translation of the Septuagint in the latter part of the eighth, and the former part of the ninth verse; which agrees with the present text, a little differently divided as to thee members of the sentence.
This site's exposition
I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion
on Isaiah 63:7-9
The voice changes from the warrior to a worshipper: “I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts”. Verse 8 gives the ground, “They are surely My people”. Verse 9 says “He too was afflicted” in their distress, and He “carried them all the days of old”.
This site's exposition
They are surely My people
He said marks the resolve of the LORD when He chose Israel as His people, Jamieson, Fausset & Brown explain. Clarke follows the Septuagint and reads So He became their Savior with verse 9, their Savior in all their distress. Wesley names that Savior as Christ.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 8-9) And He said: Yet My people are; sons not denying: and He became a Savior unto them. In all their affliction He was not afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them: in His love and in His pity He redeemed them, and He bore them, and carried them all the days of the age. 70: And he said: Not my people, the children will never reject.
The Medieval Church1 voice
1106. And first, he recalls the benefits, as to their escape from dangers, recalling his particular election: and he, namely, God, said: surely, although they may be against me, they are children that will not deny, namely, Abraham, or that will not deny, because they …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He said - When he made a covenant with our fathers, and brought them out of Egypt. Not lie - That will keep my covenant. So he - Not Cyrus, Zerubbabel, or Nehemiah, but Christ himself.
They are children of the covenant ( Acts iii. 25 ), children of those that clave unto the Lord, and therefore it may be hoped that they will tread in the steps of their fathers' constancy. Note, God's people are children that will not lie; for those that will are not his children but the devil's.
For he said, surely they are my people,.... Not in common with the rest of mankind, being his creatures, and the care of his providence; but his special people, whom he had chosen to be such, and had made a covenant with; he had avouched them for his people, and they had avouched him to be the Lord their God; and this covenant interest was the ground and foundation of the actual donation and application of all the blessings of grace and goodness to them before mentioned.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he--Jehovah "said," that is, thought, in choosing them as His covenant-people; so "said" (Ps 95:10).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
For he said - Yahweh had said. That is, he said this when he chose them as his unique people, and entered into solemn covenant with them. Surely they are my people - The reference here is to the fact that he entered into covenant with them to be their God. Children that will not lie - That will not prove false to me - indicating the reasonable expectation which Yahweh might have, when he chose them, that they would be faithful to him. So he was their Saviour - Lowth renders this, ‘And he became their Saviour in all their distress;’ connecting this with the first member of the following verse, and translating that, ‘it was not an envoy, nor an angel of his presence that saved them.’ So the Septuagint renders it, ‘And he was to them for salvation εἰς σωτηρίαν eis sōtērian) from all their affliction.’ The Chaldee render it, ‘And his word was redemption (פריק pâriyq) unto them.’ But the true idea probably is, that he chose them, and in virtue of his thus choosing them he became their deliverer.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אַךְ־ | ʾakh- | surely | H389 → | 161 times |
| עַמִּ֣י | ʾami | [are] people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הֵ֔מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| בָּנִ֖ים | banim | children | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | [who] not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּ | yeshakeru | they will deal falsely | H8266 → | |
| וַיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and he became | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | of them | ||
| לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ | lemoshia' | <into> a deliverer | H3467 → | 206 times |
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אַךְ־surely
ʾakh-H389 →161 times
עַמִּ֣י[are] people my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
הֵ֔מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
בָּנִ֖יםchildren
banimH1121 →4930 times
לֹ֣א[who] not
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּthey will deal falsely
yeshakeruH8266 →
וַיְהִ֥יand he became
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶ֖םof them
lahem
לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃<into> a deliverer
lemoshia'H3467 →206 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
it leads to
- Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Psalms 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Revelation 7:10
And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Exodus 15:2
Through
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:22
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Ephesians 4:22
Through
Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
it leads to
- Romans 9:7–9
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
- Romans 9:7–9
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.