Isaiah 42:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. ”

Isaiah 42:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am the Lord - I am Yahweh. Here is also a change in the address. In the previous verses, God had addressed the Messiah. Here he turns to the people, and assures them that he is the only true Go...
Isaiah 42:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my (o) glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. (o) I will not permit my glory to be diminished: which I would do if I were not f...
Isaiah 42:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 f. The fulfilment of His earlier predictions, the former things, differentiates Yahweh from the gods of the nations, and guarantees the fulfilment of the prophecies now made.
Isaiah 42:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I am. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 3:15 ). App-92. will. not give. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 20:5 ). another: i.e.. strange god. praise. Hebrew. lullal. Not confined to the "f...
Isaiah 42:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. I am Jehovah. Hence infer what is the nature and extent of the disease of unbelief, since the Lord can hardly satisfy himself with any words to express the cure of it. By nature we are pr...
Isaiah 42:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. I am the Lord - אני יהוה ani Yehovah. This is the famous tetragrammaton, or name of fo...
Isaiah 42:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thus saith God— The prophet here continues the address of God to the Messiah, and that in a very lofty and magnificent manner. First, the Messiah is animated to continue his course with alacrity...
Isaiah 42:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. God turns from addressing Messiah to the people. I (am) the Lord - Yahweh...
Isaiah 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I am the Lord.... — The prophet grasps the full meaning of the name revealed in Exodus 3:15 . It follows from that meaning that God cannot look with indifference on the transfer to the “graven ima...
Isaiah 42:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent interest, the deliverance...
Isaiah 42:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Work of the Lord's Servant Isaiah 42:1-13 We cannot doubt the application of this passage to our Lord, Matthew 12:18-20 . The unobtrusiveness of His life and work was clearly demonstrated...
Isaiah 42:8 - 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 42:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In the former verses, Jehovah was speaking of Christ; here we find him speaking to Christ: and a most blessed discourse it is. The Lord opens it with a sublime preface, in asserting his own divine au...
Isaiah 42:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I am the Lord, that is my name ,.... Jehovah, a name expressive of his self-existence, eternity, and immutability; a name by which be made himself known to Israel of old, and which is peculiar to hi...
Isaiah 42:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. Ver. 8. I am the Lord. ] I, and no heathen petty god, as I have plainly and plentif...
Isaiah 42:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am the Lord Hebrew, Jehovah; who have all being in and of myself, and give being to all my creatures. The everlasting, and unchangeable, and omnipotent God, who therefore both can and will fulf...
Isaiah 42:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Messiah's Approach. B. C. 708. 5 Thus saith God the L ORD , he that created the he...
Isaiah 42:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am the Lord, Heb. Jehovah ; who have all being in and of myself, and give being to all my creatures, and to all my promises, as this name signifies. The everlasting, and unchangeable, and omnipo...
Isaiah 42:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Charge to His Servant ( Isaiah 42:5-9 ). We continue to see here the joint ministries of Israel and their coming King, reaching out and drawing men within the covenant and bringing them ligh...
Isaiah 42:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SERVANT OF THE LORD Isaiah 42:1-11 . Behold My servant, &c. It is difficult for us who have history, with all its definiteness, to realise the inestimable value of prophecy, notwithstand...
Isaiah 42:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for it is full of evangelical truth. Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have...
Isaiah 42:8 - 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 42:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold My Servant Who is the “servant of Jehovah”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as di...
Isaiah 42:8 - 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 42:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The True Servant of the Lord
Isaiah 42:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:3-5 ; Exodus 3:13-15 ; Exodus 34:14 ; Exodus 4:5 ; Isaiah 48:11 ; John 5:23 ; John 8:58 ; Psalms 83:18
Isaiah 42:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord — Heb. Jehovah: who have all being in and of myself, and give being to all my creatures. The everlasting, and unchangeable, and omnipotent God, who therefore both can, and will fulfil all...

Isaiah 42:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 42:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 42:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 42:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 42:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 42:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 42:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 42:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 42:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 42:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 42:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 42:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes