Isaiah 41:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. ”

Isaiah 41:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first shall say to Zion - This translation is unhappy. It does not convey any clear meaning, nor is it possible from the translation to conjecture what the word ‘first’ refers to. The correct...
Isaiah 41:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold (z) them: and I will give to Jerusalem (a) one that bringeth good tidings. (z) That is, the Israelites who return from the captivity. (a) That is, a co...
Isaiah 41:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh's Challenge to the Gods of the Nations. The nations are bidden to produce their case and bring forward their champions their idols (so emend strong reasons). Let the idols show that in days...
Isaiah 41:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The first shall say . From the first [I have said].
Isaiah 41:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

27. The first to Zion. (149) In this verse God states more clearly that he predicts future events to the Jews, in order to encourage them to believe; because if prophecies had not their end...
Isaiah 41:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them "I first to Zion gave the word, Behol...
Isaiah 41:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have raised up one from the north— The prophet changes his general argument into a particular one; repeating and urging more strongly the example of Cyrus, which he produced at the beginning of t...
Isaiah 41:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. The first (shall say) to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem...
Isaiah 41:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cyrus God's Agent 1-7. Jehovah and the gods of the heathen compared as in a court of judgment. Jehovah has raised up Cyrus and given him victory, in order to carry out His good purposes, while the...
Isaiah 41:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The first shall say to Zion. — The italics show the difficulty and abruptness of the originals. A preferable rendering is, (1) I was the first that said to Zion, &c. No oracle or soothsayer a...
Isaiah 41:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1-31 ; Isaiah 41:1-29 ; Isaiah 42:1-25 ; Isaiah 43:1-28 ; Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 ; Isaiah 49:1...
Isaiah 41:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

What the Lord's Hand Does for the Needy Isaiah 41:17-29 Life is not easy for any of us, if we regard external conditions only; but directly we learn the divine secret, rivers flow from bare hei...
Isaiah 41:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus announced the majesty of Jehovah, the prophet proceeds to utter his general manifesto. This occupies Chapter s forty-one and forty-two. In chapter forty-one Jehovah challenges the island...
Isaiah 41:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

W hat a blessed view is here again given of Christ, and the glorious events of his coming! It seems as if our God and Father delighted to be forever calling upon the Church to notice him. The north i...
Isaiah 41:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The first shall say to Zion, behold, behold them ,.... Or, "I the first say to Zion"; I who am the first and the last, Isaiah 41:4 which some ancient Jewish writers d observe is the name of the Me...
Isaiah 41:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. Ver. 27. The first shall say to Zion. ] Or, I first said to Zion. I first brought h...
Isaiah 41:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The first shall say , &c. Hebrew, ראשׁון לציון, literally, first , or the first to Zion; which words some interpret thus: I, who am the first, ( Isaiah 41:4 ,) do and will foretel to my peopl...
Isaiah 41:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Idolatry Exposed. B. C. 708. 21 Produce your cause, saith the L ORD ; bring forth your...
Isaiah 41:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The first; I who am the first, as I said before, Isaiah 41:4 , and therefore capable of declaring or foretelling things to come from the beginning, which your idols cannot do, Isaiah 41:26 ....
Isaiah 41:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:25-29 “I have raised up one from the north, and he is come, From the rising of the sun one who calls on my name. And he will come on rulers as on mortar, And as the potter treads the...
Isaiah 41:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 41:1 . Keep silence before me, oh islands. Commentators here refer us to the time of our Saviour's birth, for the isles of Chittim designate the Roman power. In the Augustan age, the temple...
Isaiah 41:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

One that bringeth good tidings Divine ordination I. MINISTERS ARE DIVINELY ORDAINED. They come from God. “f will give.” The ministry is not one of the literary professions, nor a secular office...
Isaiah 41:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION II .— RECOVERY OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD FROM THEIR SIN , AND FROM THEIR BONDAGE IN BABYLON ( CH . 41-48.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 41:1-23 ANNOUNCEMENT OF...
Isaiah 41:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Coming of the Deliverer
Isaiah 41:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 1:1 ; Ezra 1:2 ; Isaiah 40:9 ; Isaiah 41:4 ; Isaiah 43:10 ; Isaiah 44:28 ; Isaiah 44:6 ; Isaiah 48:12 ; Isaiah 52:7 ; Luke 2:10 ; Luke 2:11 ; Nahum 1:15 ; Revelation 2:8 ; Romans 1...
Isaiah 41:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The first — I who am the first, do and will foretel to my people things to come. Them — I also represent future things as if they were present. By them he means things which are to come. One — Mess...

Isaiah 41:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 41:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 41:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 41:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 41:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 41:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 41:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 41:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 41:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 41:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 41:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 41:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 41:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 41:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes