Deuteronomy 27:16; Hebrews 12:9; Malachi 1:6
Wo unto him that saith unto his father ... - It is wicked and foolish for a son to complain of his father or mother in regard to his birth, or of...
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...
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Woe unto him that striveth— Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker; the potsherd with the potter: Shall the clay, &c.? The greater number...
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Woe unto him that saith unto (hi...
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...
Woe unto him... — The implied argument is that men accept the accident of birth without questioning father or mother as to that which lay beyond th...
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...
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...
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...
How beautiful and striking is this figure of the potsherd, to shed the folly and danger of finding fault with God. Earthen vessels, struck one agains...
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, what begettest thou ?.... That quarrels with him, and complains of him, because he was not of the other sex...
Woe unto him that saith unto [his] father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Ver. 10. Woe unto him that saith to...
Wo unto him that striveth , &c. Bishop Lowth renders this verse, “Wo unto him that contendeth with the power that formed him, the potsherd with...
The Divine Dominion. B. C. 708. 5 I...
As it were an absurd and impudent thing for a child to quarrel with his parents, either simply for begetting him, or for begetting him of this or tha...
Isaiah Counters Any Possible Opposition That What He Has Suggested Is Unacceptable And Declares Yahweh's Sovereign Power To Accomplish His Will ( Is...
CAVILLING AGAINST GOD Isaiah 45:9-10 . Woe unto him that striveth, &c. I. That man is formed by God, and that all his affairs are ordered by...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 45:1-23 GOD 'S WILL CONCERNING HIM ANNOUNCED TO CYRUS . This direct address of God to a heathen king is witho...
Rebuking the Reprobate People
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Applied to the Lord, these questions wou...
10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?