Isaiah 42:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? ”

Isaiah 42:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who among you will give ear to this? - Who is there in the nation that will be so warned by the judgments of God, that he will attend to the lessons which he designs to teach, and reform his life...
Isaiah 42:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for (b) the time to come? (b) Meaning, God's wrath.
Isaiah 42:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Piteous Plight, a Punishment from Yahweh. The prophet bids the people, who have not recognised Yahweh's working in their distresses, look beneath the surface. To all appearance they are ca...
Isaiah 42:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Who... ? The other "call to hear" emphasized by the Figure of speech Erotesis .
Isaiah 42:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Who is there among you? Isaiah continues the same subject; for he means that the Jews are and will be so stupid, that they will not see, even when they are warned; and he expressly addre...
Isaiah 42:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Isaiah 42:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But this is a people robbed, &c.— It was reasonably to be expected, that the Jews, blessed with so great privileges, would have been greatly honoured and respected: but, abusing those privilege...
Isaiah 42:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? (Who) will hearken, and hear for the time to come? - a call that they should be warned by the past judgmen...
Isaiah 42:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ideal Servant 1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant of Jehovah. 10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah. 18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considere...
Isaiah 42:23 - 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 42:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Deaf and Blind Messenger Isaiah 42:14-25 There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is only tempor...
Isaiah 42:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1 ), His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1 ), His method...
Isaiah 42:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here, as in the former Chapter s, the contrast is drawn between the Lord Jehovah, and the idols of the nations around; and the striking difference which marks the several worshippers is made between...
Isaiah 42:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who among you will give ear to this ?.... To this prophecy of your destruction, and to what follows concerning it: who will hearken and hear for the time to come ? and receive instruction from hen...
Isaiah 42:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come? Ver. 23. Who among you will give ear to this? ] Magna nimirum haec sunt, sed paucis persuasa. We shall have...
Isaiah 42:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But this is a people robbed and spoiled Notwithstanding the great respect which God hath had, and still hath, for his people, it is evident he hath severely scourged them for their sins. They are...
Isaiah 42:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Blindness of the Jews. B. C. 708. 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye ma...
Isaiah 42:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Oh that you would learn from your former and dear bought experiences to be wiser for the future, and not to provoke God to your own total and final ruin!
Isaiah 42:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sad Present State of God's Servant, The Seed of Abraham ( Isaiah 42:18-25 ). The glory of the future is now brought down to earth by a recognition of the present condition of God's servant. In...
Isaiah 42:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SUBJECTION OF THE JEWS AN ADMONITION TO THE WORLD Isaiah 42:23-25 . Who among you will give ear to this? &c. I. The desolation brought upon the Jews . Terrible. Sent upon them by God. D...
Isaiah 42:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant. In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17-20 . All other applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Chri...
Isaiah 42:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who among you will give ear to this? National calamities I. THE TRUE CAUSE OF NATIONAL CALAMITIES IS HERE POINTED OUT--SIN. The public distresses of the men of Judah and Israel did not proceed...
Isaiah 42:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 42:1-23 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM . There are comparatively few who deny that, in this place a...
Isaiah 42:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wrath of God upon Israel
Isaiah 42:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:2 ; 1 Peter 4:3 ; Acts 3:19 ; Acts 3:22 ; Acts 3:23 ; Deuteronomy 32:29 ; Deuteronomy 4:29-31 ; Isaiah 1:18-20 ; Isaiah 48:18 ; Jeremiah 3:13 ; Jeremiah 3:4-7 ; Leviticus 26:40-...

Isaiah 42:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 42:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 42:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 42:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 42:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 42:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 42:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 42:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 42:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 42:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge