9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
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Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. …
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-13)The deliverance of Israel by the destruction of Babylon (the general subject of all these chapters) is here insisted upon, and again promised, for the conviction both of idolaters who set up as rivals with God, and of oppressors who were enemies to the people of God. I. For the conviction of those who made and worshipped idols, especially those of Israel who did so, who would have images of their…
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