Isaiah 45:19 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

BSB

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ASV

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

KJV

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 19) I did not speak in secret, in a dark place on the earth. I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I am the Lord, speaking truth, declaring what is right. LXX: I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place on the earth. I have not spoken in secret, in a place of a land of darkness: I have not said to the seed of Jacob: Seek me in vain. I am the Lord that speak justice, that declare right things.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Vers. 18 seqq.) Because this is what the Lord says, the one who created the heavens, the one who formed the earth and made it, the one who established it; he did not create it in vain, but formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other. I did not speak in secret, in a dark place on the earth. I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek me in vain.' I am the Lord, speaking truth, declaring what is right.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The heathen deities dictated those things to their worshippers which were the reproach of human nature and tended to the extirpation of virtue; but God speaks righteousness, dictates that which is right in itself and tends to make men righteous; and therefore he is God, and there is none else.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

I have not spoken in secret - The word rendered ‘secret’ (סתר sı̂ther) denotes a hiding, or covering; and the phrase here means secretly, privately. He did not imitate the pagan oracles by uttering his predictions from dark and deep caverns, and encompassed with the circumstances of awful mystery, and with designed obscurity. In a dark place of the earth - From a cave, or dark recess, in the manner of the pagan oracles.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹ֧א	lo'	not	H3808 →
בַסֵּ֣תֶר	va.Se.ter	in <the> secrecy	H5643 →
דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	I spoke	H1696 →
בִּמְקוֹם֙	bim.kOm	in a place of	H4725 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	a land of	H776 →
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ	Cho.shekh	darkness	H2822 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אָמַ֛רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	I said	H559 →
לְזֶ֥רַע	le.Ze.ra'	to [the] offspring of	H2233 →
יַעֲקֹ֖ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
תֹּ֣הוּ	To.hu	emptiness	H8414 →
בַקְּשׁ֑וּנִי	va.ke.Shu.ni	seek me	H1245 →
אֲנִ֤י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דֹּבֵ֣ר	do.Ver	[am] speaking	H1696 →
צֶ֔דֶק	Tze.dek	righteousness	H6664 →
מַגִּ֖יד	ma.Gid	[I am] declaring	H5046 →
מֵישָׁרִֽים׃	mei.sha.Rim	uprightness<es>	H4339 →

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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
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
leads to
- Psalms 18:30
  As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
- Psalms 12:6
  The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- James 3:17
  But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
- Psalms 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Psalms 3:3
  But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Through
Amos 5:4
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
leads to
- Zephaniah 2:3
  Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- 2 Chronicles 15:2
  So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him,…
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
  Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

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