Isaiah 45:11 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 45:11

Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: “How dare you question Me about My sons, or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

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Commentary

3 voices

Fulgentius of Ruspe

LETTER 9:8.7 (533)

"He who made the things that will be," therefore, the things that were to be done, he willed them to be spoken of as if done, because these things which come about changeably in time, he has made firm with the unchangeable eternity of his …

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 9 and following) Woe to those who contradict their maker, a pot made of clay, and say to the one who formed them, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no hands.' Woe to those who say to their father, 'What are you begetting?' or to their mother, 'What are you in labor with?' This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, and its maker: Ask me about the things to come, concerning my children, and about the work of my hands, give me orders.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

A challenge given to the worshippers of idols and their doom read, and satisfaction given to the worshippers of the true God and their comfort secured, with an eye to the Mediator, who is made of God to us both righteousness and sanctification,

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֧ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
קְד֥וֹשׁ	ke.Do.osh	[the] holy [one] of	H6918 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְיֹצְר֑וֹ	ve.yo.tze.Ro	and [the] [one who] formed it	H3335 →
הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת	ha.'o.ti.Yot	the coming [things]	H857 →
שְׁאָל֔וּנִי	she.'a.Lu.ni	ask me	H7592 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
בָּנַ֛י	ba.Nai	children my	H1121 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
פֹּ֥עַל	Po.'al	[the] work of	H6467 →
יָדַ֖י	ya.Dai	hands my	H3027 →
תְּצַוֻּֽנִי׃	te.tza.Vu.ni	you command me	H6680 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:12
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Isaiah 65:24
  Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Isaiah 48:6
  You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
Through
Isaiah 48:17
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
leads to
- Psalms 32:8
  I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- Psalms 25:12
  Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Through
Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
leads to
- Matthew 21:22
  If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
- 1 John 5:14–15
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

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