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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Isaiah 48

Chapter 48

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

which are

Genesis 32:28 35:10 2 Kings 17:34 John 1:47 Romans 2:17,28,29 9:6,8 Revelation 2:9 Revelation 3:9

come

Numbers 24:7 Deuteronomy 33:28 Psalms 68:26 Proverbs 5:16

which swear

44:5 45:23 65:16 Deuteronomy 5:28 6:13 10:20 Psalms 63:11 Zephaniah 1:5

make mention

26:13 62:8 Exodus 23:13

not in truth

1:10-14 Leviticus 19:12 Psalms 50:16-20 66:3 *marg:; Jeremiah 4:2 5:2 7:9,10 Malachi 3:5 Matthew 15:8,9 23:14 John 4:24 1 Timothy 4:2 2 Timothy 3:2-5

For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

they call

52:1 64:10,11 Nehemiah 11:1,18 Psalms 48:1 87:3 Daniel 9:24 Matthew 4:5 27:53 Revelation 11:2 21:2 22:19

and stay

10:20 Judges 17:13 1 Samuel 4:3-5 Jeremiah 7:4-11 21:2 Micah 3:11 John 8:40,41 Romans 2:17

The Lord

47:4 51:13 Jeremiah 10:16

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

declared

41:22 42:9 43:9 44:7,8 45:21 46:9,10

and I

10:12-19,33,34 37:7,29,36-38 Joshua 21:45 23:14,15

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

I knew

46:12 Psalms 78:8 Zechariah 7:11,12

obstinate

Heb. hard.

Jeremiah 5:3 Ezekiel 3:4-7 Daniel 5:20 Romans 2:5 Hebrews 3:13

and they

Exodus 32:9 33:3,5 Deuteronomy 10:16 31:27 2 Kings 17:14 2 Chronicles 30:8 36:13 Nehemiah 9:16,17,28 Psalms 75:5 Proverbs 29:1 Jeremiah 7:26 19:15 Zechariah 7:12 Acts 7:51

thy brow

Jeremiah 3:3 Ezekiel 3:7-9

I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

even

3 44:7 46:10 Luke 1:70 Acts 15:18

Mine idol

42:8,9 Jeremiah 44:17,18

Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

hast heard

Psalms 107:43 Jeremiah 2:31 Micah 6:9

and will

21:10 43:8-10 Psalms 40:9,10 71:15-18 78:3-6 119:13 145:4,5 Jeremiah 50:2 Matthew 10:27 Acts 1:8

shewed

42:9 Daniel 12:8-13 Amos 3:6 John 15:15 Romans 16:25,26 1 Corinthians 2:9 1 Peter 1:10-12 Revelation 1:19 4:1 5:1,2 6:1-17

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

thou heardest

6:9,10 26:11 29:10,11 42:19,20 Jeremiah 5:21 Matthew 13:13-15 John 12:39,40

thine ear

50:5 Psalms 40:6 139:1-4 Jeremiah 6:10

I knew

4 21:2 Jeremiah 3:7-11,20 5:11 Hosea 5:7 6:7 Malachi 2:11

a transgressor

Deuteronomy 9:7-24 Psalms 51:5 58:3 Ezekiel 16:3-5 Ephesians 2:3

For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

my name's

11 37:35 43:25 Joshua 7:9 1 Samuel 12:22 Psalms 25:11 79:9 106:8 143:11 Jeremiah 14:7 Ezekiel 20:9,14,22,44 Daniel 9:17-19

defer

Nehemiah 9:30,31 Psalms 78:38 103:8-10 Proverbs 19:11

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

I have refined

1:25,26 Job 23:10 Psalms 66:10 Proverbs 17:3 Jeremiah 9:7 Ezekiel 20:38 Ezekiel 22:18-22 Zechariah 13:8,9 Malachi 3:2,3 Hebrews 12:10,11 1 Peter 1:7 4:12 Revelation 3:19

with silver

or, for silver. I have chosen.

Deuteronomy 4:20

For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

mine own

for how

52:5 Numbers 14:15,16 Deuteronomy 32:26,27 Ezekiel 20:9,39 Romans 2:24

my name

Shemi, "my name," is supplied by one MS. and the LXX.

I will not

5 42:8 John 5:23

Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

Hearken

34:1 46:3 49:1 51:1,4,7 55:3 Proverbs 7:24 8:32

O Jacob

Three MSS. and two old editions add avdi, "my servant."

my called

Matthew 20:16 Romans 1:6 8:28 1 Corinthians 1:24 1 Peter 2:9 Revelation 17:14

I am he

41:4 44:6 Deuteronomy 32:39 Revelation 1:8,11,17,18 2:8 22:13

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

hand

42:5 45:18 Exodus 20:11 Psalms 102:25 Hebrews 1:10-12

and

40:12

my right hand hath spanned

or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out.

40:22 Job 37:18

when

40:26 Psalms 119:89-91 147:4 148:5-8

All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

assemble

41:22 43:9 44:7 45:20,21

among them

Instead of bahem, "among them," thirty-five MSS. and two editions have bachem, "among you."

The Lord

Rather, "He whom the Lord hath loved, will execute his will on Babylon:" that is, Cyrus.

45:1-3 Mark 10:21

he will do

13:4,5,17,18 44:28 46:11 Jeremiah 50:21-29 51:20-24

I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

Joshua 1:8 Psalms 45:4 Ezekiel 1:2

Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

I have not

3-6 45:19 John 18:20

the Lord God

11:1-5 61:1-3 Zechariah 2:8-11 Luke 4:18 John 3:34 20:21,22

Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

the Lord

20 43:14 44:6-24 54:5

which teacheth

2:3 30:20 54:13 Deuteronomy 8:17,18 1 Kings 8:36 Job 22:21,22 36:22 Psalms 25:8,9,12 71:17 73:24 Jeremiah 31:33,34 Micah 4:2 John 6:45 Ephesians 4:21

which leadeth

43:16 49:9,10 Psalms 32:8 Jeremiah 6:16

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

that thou

Deuteronomy 5:29 32:29 Psalms 81:13-16 Matthew 23:37 Luke 19:41,42

then had

32:15-18 66:12 Psalms 36:8 119:165 Amos 5:24 Romans 14:17

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

seed

10:22 Genesis 13:16 22:17 Jeremiah 33:22 Hosea 1:10 Romans 9:27

his name

9 9:14 14:22 Joshua 7:9 Ruth 4:10 1 Kings 9:7 Psalms 9:5 109:13 Zephaniah 1:4

Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

ye forth

52:11 Jeremiah 50:8 51:6,45 Zechariah 2:6,7 Revelation 18:4

with a voice

12:1 26:1 45:22,23 49:13 52:9 Exodus 15:1-21 19:4-6 Psalms 126:1 Jeremiah 31:12,13 51:48 Revelation 18:20 19:1-6

utter it even

6 2 Samuel 7:23 Jeremiah 31:10 50:2

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

they thirsted

30:25 35:6,7 41:17,18 43:19,20 49:10 Jeremiah 31:9

he caused

Exodus 17:6 Numbers 20:11 Nehemiah 9:15 Psalms 78:15,20 105:41

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

57:21 Job 15:20-24 Luke 19:42 Romans 3:17