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Text -- Isaiah 43:11 (NET)

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43:11 I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Isa 43:11 - -- Jehovah.

Jehovah.

JFB: Isa 43:11 - -- Temporally, from Babylon: eternally, from sin and hell (Hos 13:4; Act 4:12). The same titles as are applied to God are applied to Jesus.

Temporally, from Babylon: eternally, from sin and hell (Hos 13:4; Act 4:12). The same titles as are applied to God are applied to Jesus.

Calvin: Isa 43:11 - -- 11.I, I 167 am Jehovah. Here the Lord employs lofty language, as having obtained the victory. Already he had sufficiently explained in what manner ...

11.I, I 167 am Jehovah. Here the Lord employs lofty language, as having obtained the victory. Already he had sufficiently explained in what manner he must be known, and had shewn that there is no God except himself; and now, in order to confirm this doctrine, he exclaims, “I alone am Jehovah, there is none besides me.” This shews how dangerous it is to contrive anything about God out of our own fancy; for when we make any kind of graven image, we produce an idol instead of God. We ought, therefore, to embrace nothing but what has proceeded from God, so as not to allow ourselves any liberty on this subject. After God has revealed himself to us, we ought to make progress in the knowledge of him, and to grow and be strengthened every day; for this is the meaning of the repetition, I, I. 168

And there is no Savior besides me That we may not suppose that his eternal essence only is here exhibited, but also his power and goodness, which he constantly exercises towards us, and by which he is fully revealed, he adds an epithet as a distinguishing mark, that “he is the only Savior.” The world falls into the mistake of giving a naked and empty name to God, and at the same time conveying his authority to another, as in Popery God is indeed mentioned, but is robbed of his honor, when one part of it is given to St. Peter, and another to St. Paul, and another to St. William, and another to St. George; that is, his offices are distributed into so many parts, that hardly anything is left to him but a naked and empty name. They boast, indeed, of worshipping God alone; but when we come to what it belongs to God to do, they make as many gods as they have creatures, and distribute among them his power and authority. But the Lord has determined that these shall remain entire and uninfringed, and they cannot be conveyed to another without shocking blasphemy; for he alone does good to men, he alone defends and preserves them. The last clause of the verse expresses that knowledge which is derived from experience, that we may not seek salvation in any other than in him who its the only author of it. Hence we learn that the chief part of the worship of God consists in faith, when he is acknowledged to be the beginning and the end of life, when we bestow on him the title of Savior, and do not convey to another what he declares to belong to himself and to reside in him alone.

Defender: Isa 43:11 - -- The Lord is not only the Creator, but also the Savior, and there can be no other. None but the all-holy Creator of life can redeem from death. The Lor...

The Lord is not only the Creator, but also the Savior, and there can be no other. None but the all-holy Creator of life can redeem from death. The Lord Jesus Christ is Himself Creator (Joh 1:1-3) and "the great God and our Saviour" (Tit 2:13)."

TSK: Isa 43:11 - -- Isa 43:3, Isa 12:2, Isa 45:21, Isa 45:22; Deu 6:4; Hos 1:7, Hos 13:4; Luk 1:47, Luk 2:11; Joh 10:28-30; Act 4:12; Tit 2:10,Tit 2:13, Tit 3:4-6; 2Pe 3:...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Isa 43:11 - -- I, even I, am the Lord - The repetition of the pronoun ‘ I’ makes it emphatic. The design is, to affirm that there was no other bein...

I, even I, am the Lord - The repetition of the pronoun ‘ I’ makes it emphatic. The design is, to affirm that there was no other being to whom the name ‘ Yahweh’ pertained. There was no other one who had the attributes which the name involved; there was, therefore, no other God. On the meanins of the word Yahweh, see the note at Isa 1:2.

And beside me there is no Saviour - There is no one who can deliver from oppression, and captivity, and exile, such as the Jews suffered in Babylon; there is no one but he who can save from sin, and from hell. All salvation, therefore, must come from God; and if we obtain deliverance from temporal ills, or from eternal death, we must seek it from him.

Poole: Isa 43:11 - -- That can and doth save his worshippers: whereby he implies that the false gods were not only weak, and unable to save their people, but also were th...

That can and doth save his worshippers: whereby he implies that the false gods were not only weak, and unable to save their people, but also were the destroyers of their people, as being the great cause of their ruin.

Gill: Isa 43:11 - -- I, even I, am the Lord,.... Jehovah, the self-existing, eternal, and immutable Being; this is doubled for the confirmation of it, and to exclude all o...

I, even I, am the Lord,.... Jehovah, the self-existing, eternal, and immutable Being; this is doubled for the confirmation of it, and to exclude all others:

and besides me there is no Saviour; either in a temporal or spiritual sense; the gods of the Heathens could not save them out of their present troubles, and much less save them with an everlasting salvation; none but God can do this, and this is a proof that Christ is God, since none but God can be a Saviour.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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TSK Synopsis: Isa 43:1-28 - --1 The Lord comforts the church with his promises.8 He appeals to the people for witness of his omnipotency.14 He foretells them the destruction of Bab...

MHCC: Isa 43:8-13 - --Idolaters are called to appear in defence of their idols. Those who make them, and trust in them, are like unto them. They have the shape and facultie...

Matthew Henry: Isa 43:8-13 - -- God here challenges the worshippers of idols to produce such proofs of the divinity of their false gods as even this very instance (to go no further...

Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 43:11-13 - -- The address now closes by holding up once more the object and warrant of faith. "I am Jehovah; and beside me there is no Savour. I have proclaimed ...

Constable: Isa 40:1--55:13 - --IV. Israel's calling in the world chs. 40--55 This part of Isaiah picks up a theme from chapters 1-39 and develo...

Constable: Isa 40:1--48:22 - --A. God's grace to Israel chs. 40-48 These chapters particularly address the questions of whether God cou...

Constable: Isa 41:1--44:23 - --2. The servant of the Lord 41:1-44:22 There is an emphasis on the uniqueness of the Lord compare...

Constable: Isa 42:10--44:23 - --God's purposes for His servants 42:10-44:22 The section of Isaiah that I have titled "Go...

Constable: Isa 43:8--44:21 - --The witness to redemption 43:8-44:20 Isaiah continued to show that Yahweh was both willing and able to deliver His people, a theme begun in 42:10. He ...

Guzik: Isa 43:1-28 - --Isaiah 43 - Fear Not A. Reasons not to fear. 1. (1) Fear not, knowing you belong to the LORD. But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jaco...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Isaiah (Book Introduction) ISAIAH, son of Amoz (not Amos); contemporary of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, in Israel, but younger than they; and of Micah, in Judah. His call to a higher deg...

JFB: Isaiah (Outline) PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. (Isa. 5:1-30) SIX DISTINCT WOES AGAINST CRIMES. (Isa. 5:8-23) (Lev 25:13; Mic 2:2). The jubilee restoration of posses...

TSK: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the a...

TSK: Isaiah 43 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Isa 43:1, The Lord comforts the church with his promises; Isa 43:8, He appeals to the people for witness of his omnipotency; Isa 43:14, H...

Poole: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts: 1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites. 2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These we...

Poole: Isaiah 43 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 43 Promises to protect and enlarge the church, Isa 43:1-7 . God appealeth to them as witnesses of his power and knowledge, Isa 43:8-13 . He...

MHCC: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He has been well called the evangelical prophet, on account of his numerous and...

MHCC: Isaiah 43 (Chapter Introduction) (Isa 43:1-7) God's unchangeable love for his people. (Isa 43:8-13) Apostates and idolaters addressed. (Isa 43:14-21) The deliverance from Babylon, a...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Prophet is a title that sounds very great to those that understand it, t...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah 43 (Chapter Introduction) The contents of this chapter are much the same with those of the foregoing chapter, looking at the release of the Jews out of their captivity, but ...

Constable: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and writer The title of this book of the Bible, as is true of the o...

Constable: Isaiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction chs. 1-5 A. Israel's condition and God's solution ch. 1 ...

Constable: Isaiah Isaiah Bibliography Alexander, Joseph Addison. Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. 1846, 1847. Revised ed. ...

Haydock: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS. INTRODUCTION. This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, (Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 25.) the great prophet; from t...

Gill: Isaiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH This book is called, in the New Testament, sometimes "the Book of the Words of the Prophet Esaias", Luk 3:4 sometimes only t...

Gill: Isaiah 43 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 43 Is this chapter the Lord comforts his own people, under their afflictions, with many precious promises; asserts his deity...

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