Isaiah 50:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. ”

Isaiah 50:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He is near that justifieth me - That is, God, who will vindicate my character, and who approves what I do, does not leave nor forsake me, and I can with confidence commit myself and my cause to h...
Isaiah 50:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Confidence of the Servant in Yahweh (the third Servant Song). Here, as in Isaiah 49:1-6 , the Servant is the speaker. Yahweh has given me the eloquence of a disciple that I may know how to ans...
Isaiah 50:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

who. ? Figure of speech Erotesis . who is Mine adversary? . who can convict Me? Literally who owneth My sentence?
Isaiah 50:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. He is near that justifieth me. We ought always to keep in remembrance that the Prophet mentions nothing that is peculiar to himself, but testifies what the Lord chooses to be, and will al...
Isaiah 50:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 955 MESSIAH’S SUFFERINGS AND SUPPORT Isaiah 50:5-9 . The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheek...
Isaiah 50:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Who will contend with me - The Bodleian MS. and another add the wor...
Isaiah 50:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Who is mine adversary?— Who will hold suit against me?
Isaiah 50:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. He is near that justifieth me - ( Isaiah 49:4 ) The believer, b...
Isaiah 50:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The children of Zion ( Isaiah 49:20-21 ) are addressed. Their servitude is not irrevocable; Jehovah has not formally repudiated Zion ( Deuteronomy 24:1 ); nor, though they had to learn by discip...
Isaiah 50:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He is near that justifieth — i.e., declares innocent and righteous. Appealing from the unrighteous judges of the earth, the Servant commits himself to Him who judges righteously ( Luke 23:46 ). W...
Isaiah 50:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIX PROPHET AND MARTYR Isaiah 49:1-9 ; Isaiah 50:4-11 THE second great passage upon the Servant of the Lord is Isaiah 49:1-9 , and the third is Isaiah 50:4-11 . In both of these the...
Isaiah 50:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Help for Those Who Trust in Him Isaiah 50:1-11 It is impossible for God to put away the soul that clings to Him in penitence and faith. Heaven and earth may be searched, but no bill of divorce...
Isaiah 50:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proceeding, Jehovah challenges the people to prove their assertion that they have been forsaken by producing the writing in which God has divorced His people, and declares to them that the reason of...
Isaiah 50:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I should think it an unnecessary service to point out whom this account refers to. Everything here spoken is so directly descriptive of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, that it is hardly possible...
Isaiah 50:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He is near that justifieth me ,.... His Father was "near" him in his whole state of humiliation; he left him not alone; he was at his right hand, and therefore he was not moved; and "justified" him...
Isaiah 50:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 [He is] near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who [is] mine adversary? let him come near to me. Ver. 8. He is near that justifieth me, ] i.e.,...
Isaiah 50:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For , or rather, but, the Lord God will help me Though as man I am weak, yet God will strengthen me to go through my great and hard work. Therefore shall I not be confounded Therefore I assure m...
Isaiah 50:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Work and Sufferings of the Messiah. B. C. 706. 4 The Lord G OD hath given me the tong...
Isaiah 50:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He is near; God, though he seem to be at a distance, and to hide his face from me, yet he is in truth at my right hand, and ready to help me. That justifieth me; that will publicly acquit me from...
Isaiah 50:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

But There is One who Will Answer, the Servant of Yahweh ( Isaiah 50:4-9 ). But then there is an answer. There is a man who speaks up answers, but it is not quite as expected. Instead of the Spirit...
Isaiah 50:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

OUR SAVIOUR’S QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS WORK Isaiah 50:4-9 . The Lord hath given me the tongue, &c. We suppose the prophet Isaiah to say something of himself in...
Isaiah 50:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 50:1 . Thus saith the LORD, There is always something weighty coming when you have this preface. If God speaks, we ought to hear with reverence, with attention. Isaiah 50:1 . Where is t...
Isaiah 50:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 50:1 . Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement. That is, of Jerusalem, gone over to the worship of Baal. God did not divorce the synagogue, till she had first committed adultery, the...
Isaiah 50:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord God hath given Me the tongue of the learned The Lord’s servant made perfect through sufferings In Isaiah 50:4-9 the servant is again introduced, speaking of Himself and His work, as...
Isaiah 50:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter seems to be made up of short fragments, which the collector, or collectors, of Isaiah's writings regarded as too precious to be lost, and which they consequently here thr...
Isaiah 50:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defection of Israel Atoned for by the Servant of Jehovah. The opening of this chapter continues the picture of the Lord and His Church, represented by Zion, His bride, whom He seeks with the f...
Isaiah 50:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:16 ; Deuteronomy 19:17 ; Exodus 22:9 ; Isaiah 41:1 ; Isaiah 41:21 ; Job 23:3-7 ; Matthew 5:25 ; Revelation 12:10 ; Romans 8:32-34 ; Zechariah 3:1-10
Isaiah 50:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Justifieth — God will clear up my righteousness, and shew by many and mighty signs and wonders, that I lived and died his faithful servant. Let him come — l am conscious of mine own innocency, and...

Isaiah 50:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 50:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 50:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 50:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 50:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 50:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 50:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 50:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 50:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 50:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 50:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes