9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, …
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: …
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-12)Here is I. The covenant God made with and the commission he gave to the Messiah, Isa. 42:5-7, which are an exposition of Isa. 42:1; Behold my servant, whom I uphold . 1. The royal titles by which the great God here makes himself known, and distinguishes himself from all pretenders, speak very much his glory (Isa. 42:5): Thus saith God the Lord . And who are thou, Lord? Why, he is the fountain of a…
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