Bible Commentaries

Introduction

1	An exhortation, after the pattern of Abraham, to trust in Christ,
3	by reason of his comfortable promises,
4	of his righteous salvation,
7	and man's mortality.
9	Christ by his sanctified arm defends his from the fear of man.
17	He bewails the afflictions of Jerusalem,
21	and promises deliverance.

Verse 1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Hearken

4,7; 46:3,4; 48:12; 55:2,3

ye that follow

7; Psalms 94:15; Proverbs 15:9; 21:21; Matthew 5:6; 6:33; Romans 9:30-32; 14:19; Philippians 3:13; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:22; Hebrews 12:14

ye that seek

45:19; 55:6; Psalms 24:6; 105:3,4; Amos 5:6; Zephaniah 2:3

look

Genesis 17:15-17; Ephesians 2:11,12

Verse 2
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

unto Abraham

Genesis 15:1,2; 18:11-13; Joshua 24:3; Romans 4:1-5,16-24

for

Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:4,5; 22:17; 24:1,35; Nehemiah 9:7,8; Ezekiel 33:24; Galatians 3:9-14; Hebrews 11:8-12

Verse 3
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

the Lord

12; 12:1; 40:1,2; 49:13; 54:6-8; 61:1-3; 66:10-14; Psalms 85:8; Jeremiah 31:12-14,25; Zephaniah 3:14-20; 2 Corinthians 1:3,4

all

44:26; 49:8; 52:9; 61:4; Psalms 102:13,14; Jeremiah 33:12,13

make

35:1,2,7-10; 41:18,19

like the

Genesis 2:8,9; 13:10; Ezekiel 31:8-10; Joel 2:3

joy

Jeremiah 33:11; 1 Peter 1:8; Revelation 19:1-7

Verse 4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

O my

26:2; Exodus 19:6; 33:13; Psalms 33:12; 106:5; 147:20; 1 Peter 2:9

a law

2:3; Micah 4:2; Romans 8:2-4; 1 Corinthians 9:21

I will make

42:1-4,6; 49:6; Proverbs 6:23; Matthew 12:18-20; Luke 2:32; John 16:8-11

Verse 5
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

righteousness

46:13; 56:1; Deuteronomy 30:14; Psalms 85:9; Matthew 3:2; Romans 1:16,17; 10:6-10

my salvation

2:2,3; Ezekiel 47:1-5; Matthew 28:18; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; Romans 10:17,18

mine

1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 50:4-6; 67:4; 96:13; 98:9; 110:6; Joel 3:12; John 5:22,23; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16; 2 Corinthians 5:10

the isles

42:4; 49:1; 60:9; Zephaniah 2:11; Romans 1:16; 15:9-12

Verse 6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Lift up

40:26; Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalms 8:3,4

the heavens

34:4; 50:9; Psalms 102:26; Matthew 24:35; Hebrews 1:11,12; 2 Peter 3:10-12; Revelation 6:12-14; 20:11

my salvation

8; 45:17; Psalms 103:17; Daniel 9:24; John 3:15,16; 5:24; 10:27-29; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Hebrews 5:9; 9:12,15

Verse 7
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

Hearken

ye that

Philippians 3:8,10; Titus 2:11,12

in whose

Psalms 37:31; 40:8; Jeremiah 31:33,34; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Hebrews 10:16

fear

Jeremiah 1:17; Ezekiel 2:6; Matthew 5:11; 10:28; Luke 6:22; 12:4,5; Acts 5:41; 1 Peter 4:4,14

Verse 8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

the moth

50:9; 66:24; Job 4:19; 13:28; Hosea 5:12

my righteousness

6; 45:17; 46:13; Luke 1:50

Verse 9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Awake

17; 27:1; Psalms 7:6; 44:23; 59:4; 78:65; Habakkuk 2:19

put

52:1; 59:17; Psalms 21:13; 74:13,14; 93:1; Revelation 11:17

O arm

5; 53:1; 59:16; 62:8; Luke 1:51; John 12:38

as in

Judges 6:13; Nehemiah 9:7-15; Psalms 44:1

Art thou

Job 26:12; *marg:; Psalms 87:4; 89:10

the dragon

27:1; Psalms 74:13,14; Ezekiel 29:3; Habakkuk 3:13; Revelation 12:9

Verse 10
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

dried

42:15; 43:16; 50:2; 63:11,12; Exodus 14:21,22; 15:13; Psalms 74:13

Verse 11
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

the redeemed

35:10; 44:23; 48:20; 49:13; Jeremiah 30:18,19; 31:11,12; 33:11; Acts 2:41-47; Revelation 5:9-13; 7:9,10; 14:1-4; 19:1-7

everlasting

60:19; 61:7; 2 Corinthians 4:17,18; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; Jude 1:24

and sorrow

25:8; 60:20; 65:19; Revelation 7:17; 21:1,4; 22:3

Verse 12
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

I, am he

3; 43:25; 57:15-18; 66:13; John 14:18,26,27; Acts 9:31; 2 Corinthians 1:3-5; 2 Corinthians 7:5,6

that thou

7,8; 2:22; Psalms 118:6; 146:4; Proverbs 29:26; Daniel 3:16-18; Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4,5

man which

40:6; Psalms 90:5,6; 92:7; 103:15,16; James 1:10,11; 1 Peter 1:24

Verse 13
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

forgettest

17:10; Deuteronomy 32:18; Jeremiah 2:32

that hath

40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12; Job 9:8; 37:18; Psalms 102:25,26; 104:2; Jeremiah 10:11,12; 51:15; Hebrews 1:9-12

feared

8:12,13; 57:11; Hebrews 11:15

were ready

or, made himself ready.

10:29-32; Exodus 14:10-13; 15:9,10; Esther 5:14; Daniel 3:15,19; Revelation 20:9

where is

10:33,34; 14:16,17; 16:4; 33:18,19; 37:36-38; Exodus 14:13; Esther 7:10; Job 20:5-9; Psalms 9:6,7; 37:35,36; 76:10; Daniel 4:32,33; Matthew 2:16-20; Acts 12:23; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 15:55; Revelation 19:20

Verse 14
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

captive

48:20; 52:2; Ezra 1:5; Acts 12:7,8

die

Jeremiah 37:16; 38:6-13; Lamentations 3:53,54; Zechariah 9:11

Verse 15
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

that divided

10; Nehemiah 9:11; Job 26:12; Psalms 74:13; 114:3-5; 136:13; Jeremiah 31:35; Amos 9:5,6

The Lord

47:4; 48:2; 54:5; Jeremiah 10:16

Verse 16
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

I have put

50:4; 59:21; Deuteronomy 18:18; John 3:34; 8:38-40; 17:8; Revelation 1:1

I have covered

49:2; Deuteronomy 33:27

plant

45:18; 60:21; 61:3; 65:17; 66:22; Psalms 92:13; 2 Peter 3:13

and lay

48:13; 49:8; Psalms 75:3

Thou art

60:14,15; Jeremiah 31:33; 32:38; Zechariah 8:8; 13:9; Hebrews 8:10

Verse 17
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

awake

9; 52:1; 60:1,2; Judges 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Ephesians 5:14

which hast

Deuteronomy 28:28,34; Job 21:20; Psalms 11:6; 60:3; 75:8,10; Jeremiah 25:15-17,27; Ezekiel 23:31-34; Zechariah 12:2; Revelation 14:10; 18:6

Verse 18
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

none

3:4-8; 49:21; Psalms 88:18; 142:4; Matthew 9:36; 15:14

that taketh

41:13; 45:1; Job 8:20; *marg:; Jeremiah 31:32; Mark 8:23; Acts 9:8; 13:11; Hebrews 8:9

Verse 19
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

two things

47:9; Ezekiel 14:21

are come

Heb. happened. who shall.

Job 2:11; Psalms 69:20; Jeremiah 9:17-21; Lamentations 1:9,12,17; Amos 7:2

destruction

Heb. breaking. by whom.

22:4; 61:2; Job 42:11; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Lamentations 1:16; Amos 7:2; 2 Corinthians 7:6,7,13; 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17

Verse 20
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

sons

40:30; Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 1:15,19; 2:11,12; 4:2; 5:13

a wild

8:21; Ezekiel 12:13; 17:20; Revelation 16:9-11

full

17,21; 9:19-21; Psalms 88:15,16; Lamentations 3:15,16; Revelation 14:10

but

29:9; 49:26; Ezekiel 39:19

Verse 22
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

pleadeth

1 Samuel 25:39; Psalms 35:1; Proverbs 22:23; Jeremiah 50:34; 51:36; Joel 3:2; Micah 7:9

I have

17; 54:7-9; 62:8; Ezekiel 39:29

Verse 23
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

I will

49:25,26; Proverbs 11:8; 21:18; Jeremiah 25:17-29; Zechariah 12:2; Revelation 17:6-8,18

Bow

Joshua 10:24; Psalms 65:11,12; Revelation 11:2; 13:16,17

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