Isaiah 45:12

I have made... — The Creator is also the Ruler, supreme in history as in nature.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 45:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have made the earth - God here asserts that he had made all things, doubtless with a view to show that he was able to hear their cry, and to gr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their (o) host have I commanded. (o) Tha...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Justifies His Choice of Cyrus. Whoever questions the wisdom of Yahweh's working through Cyrus, He likens to clay that would instruct the pot...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have made, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 1:1 ). App-92. man . Hebrew. adam . App-14.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. I made the earth. He appears merely to maintain the power of God, as be had formerly done; so that there is an indirect contrast between...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thus saith the Lord— Thus, &c.— They ask me of things to come: Would ye then give me commands concerning my sons, and concerning the work of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. I have...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Meaning of the Conquests of Cyrus 1-13. The conquests of Cyrus are ordained by Jehovah for His purposes. Let not Israel Criticise the manner o...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah's Chosen Instrument Isaiah 45:1-13 Cyrus is one of the noblest figures in ancient history. His character became a model for the Greek y...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The fifth of these messages of Jehovah is a charge to Cyrus. First of all, it utters to him the promises of God which are intended to be his strength...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Perhaps in all the Bible there is not a passage equal to this for showing the Lord's graciousness at his mercy-seat. The expression seems as if the L...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I have made the earth ,.... The Targum adds, "by my Word"; the essential Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; see Hebrews 11:3 , this, with what follows, i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. Ver. 12....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus saith the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker Israel's Maker. A preface this which always ushers in some gracious promise: see Isaiah 43:1 ; I...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Power of God; Encouragement to the People of God. B. C. 708....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have made the earth, and created man upon it; they are wholly and solely my creatures, and therefore absolutely at my disposal. All their host h...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Counters Any Possible Opposition That What He Has Suggested Is Unacceptable And Declares Yahweh's Sovereign Power To Accomplish His Will ( Is...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE PEOPLE OF A PRAYER-HEARING GOD Isaiah 45:11-13 . Thus saith the Lord, &c. A wonderful promise wonderfully fulfilled. The facts and princ...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 45:1-4 . Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the l...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

While we are reading this chapter, and thinking of Cyrus, the Lord's anointed deliverer for Israel, let us not forget the greater Deliverer of whom t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The first paragraph concerns Cyrus, and the great work for which God raised him up. Isaiah 45:1-4 . Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 45:1 . Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden; a figure of Christ, the anointed of the Father. This...
The Biblical Illustrator

I am the Lord, and there is none else The beneficent sovereignty of God The key-thought to all the intricacies of the whole of this passage is...
The Biblical Illustrator

I have made the earth Nature and Scripture (with Isaiah 45:22 ):--The study of Nature reveals a Creator. This is the order: God, creation, fi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 45:1-23 GOD 'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS . This direct address of God to a heathen king is witho...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rebuking the Reprobate People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I have made the earth and created man upon it, making him with His own hands; I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, like a great tent, a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 1:27 ; Genesis 2:1 ; Hebrews 11:3 ; Isaiah 40:12 ; Isaiah 40:22 ; Isaiah 40:28 ; Isaiah 42:5 ; Isaiah 44:24 ; Isaiah...

¹² I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 45:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 45:12