Isaiah 50:8

Who is mine adversary?— Who will hold suit against me?

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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 c...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

who. ? Figure of speech Erotesis . who is Mine adversary? . who can convict Me? Literally who owneth My sentence?
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...
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...
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...
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 th...
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 ( Deuterono...
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 himse...
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 t...
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...
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 Hi...
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...
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, an...
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. V...
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. Therefo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Work and Sufferings of the Messiah. B. C. 706....
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...
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...
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...
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 reve...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This chapter might well have been written by our Lord Jesus Christ himself at the time when he was upon the earth. Isaiah 50:1 . Thus saith the LO...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 50:1 . Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? Sometimes, the headings to the Chapter s...
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 syn...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

For the Lord God will help Me Messiah neither ashamed nor put to shame The verse is better rendered thus: “But the Lord Jehovah helps Me, there...
The Biblical Illustrator

He is near that justifieth Me Jehovah the justifier The consciousness of innocence is expressed (as often in the Book of Job) under the concept...
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 preciou...
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, repres...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

He is near that justifieth Me, His innocence being established in the last great Judgment; who will contend with Me? The guilt of all mankind was i...
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 8:32-3...
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...

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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 50:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 50:8